- a smart and funny child who makes me smile (she calls me "lady")
- my newish blog title :) (thank you my friends!)
- planting new trees on the old homestead (1 maple and 2 beech)
- discovering that previously planted trees are still alive!! (4 out of 5 maples, a red oak, an eastern pine, many many spruce seedlings)
- having a sister email me several times a day with positive advice and encouragement
- having a good friend spend 3 weeks with me to get me over a tough spell
- marigolds
- gathering enough dead wood for several more campfires
- a cold beer (or two) after mowing lawn around my forest during 30+ humid weather...ahhhhh!
- wandering around Victoria by the Sea with no time restraints; walking out onto the ocean floor when the tide is out!
- RAW FOOD - tonight's dinner is zucchini spaghetti with alfredo sauce made from cashews :)
- buying my very own adjustable wrench!!
- planting kale and lettuce seeds in July - why not?
- time for reading novels (not exactly classic literature if you know what I mean)
- icecream (toffee almond twist - a flavour I can only get on the island - I made it THREE WEEKS before I caved!!
- YOU and YOU and YOU and YOU!! My blogging friends - the best friends in the world!!
- loving myself, believing that I am worthy
- meeting relatives for the first time!! My second cousin Dawn and cousin-in-law Cindy
- travelling to Halifax for the first time - what an amazing city! I love your galleries and museums and especially your thrift/vintage clothing stores!!
- siblings who care
- crows for their entertainment value
- a strong wind that helps keep me cool in this scorching weather AND prevents mosquitoes and flies from landing on me :) :) now THAT'S happiness!!
- high speed internet which I DON'T have, but wish I did; it took about 15 minutes to upload the following 5 photos - good thing I didn't try for more!
Trees, especially the largest tree in PEI!!! Julie is a tree-hugger but this one was way too big for her though she tried!
Ain't she a beaut!?!
