My Favorite Things

The month of June has been a whirlwind. So many wonderful things swirling around my life that it’s been difficult to stop and appreciate everything.

Tonight I had the opportunity as I went back through my photos. The month of June started with my birthday and a new lens for my camera.

I shot and I shot…and I realized that I started taking pictures of my favorite things.

Tonight I share some of them.

It all started with a birthday card from my 86 year old Dad who had taken the time to find a card to describe me. Now keep in mind that my Dad never had this responsibility. It was always my Mom who would buy the card, address the card and make sure we got it in time. Since my Mom has had dementia, my dear Dad (who’s plate is already full) took the time to send me this card. I had to chuckle when he wrote in it “thanks for helping me with Mom and thanks for keeping me from going nuts”…

I will save this card forever.

Finally the rainy weather broke and we were free to engage in our favorite summer past times…like fishing…or in my case, watching my man fish.

I took my new lens around my house capturing the things I collect…like the glass flowers blown at a glass museum which began my next chapter into art.

or the piece of mixed media art that I purchased from the artist that I showcased in my one year gig of being a gallery owner…

I love art and my home is filled with whimsical creations of the artists I cross paths with.

And then there’s our grandkids….can it get any better?

Every moment with them is joy….such joy.

This antique rocking horse reminds me of where we’ve been and dreams that didn’t quite come to fruition. This rocking horse was salvaged post-Katrina while we still had a house in Mississippi.

Then there was vacation in which we rented a home in the Laurel Highlands and opened it up to our friends. I’m so blessed with the dear friends that grace our life through good times and bad.

The day we came home from vacation, we came home to a house filled with all my daughters being home for the first time together in a year…

and it was W-O-N-D-E-R-F-U-L

I had a party for the family with the girls in town…

which cemented how wonderful it is…

family and sisters…

and cousins….

and children…

and grandchildren…

and parents….

Sometimes it’s overwhelming…

all these favorite things….

how do you care for all of them?

and suddenly you realize…

they’re taking care of you.

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