~~~Gratitude~~~

This past weekend we took a day off and got off the work farm!  It was a glorious day with dramatic skies and summer heat.  Nothing too fancy just a drive, a picnic, and a walk.  We have a standard transmission Kia Rio which we can get about 45 mpg so our little jaunt cost us about $8.00 in fuel.  We both have been working very hard on all of our projects, together & apart.  It was so nice to just be together without a task.  Here are some of the views from our little Maine road trip.  

Camden, Maine ~ a bit of a tourist town.

Beautiful Houses one minute...

...the next will be something else.

Lincolnville Beach

Our picnic spot in Belfast, Maine

Walking on the docks in Belfast

I could NOT resist a bit of wading in the ocean!

Selfie of me and my BFF!  The DH him SELF!

Very Grateful for a day off....NOW BACK TO WORK!

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It is my intention, each week, to share something that fills me with Gratitude. 

I write ~~~Gratitude~~~ with the wavy lines to represent the gratitude ENERGY~~~~~! 

I hope you will join me and share your gratitude moments. 

~~~Amen, Blessed Be, Namaste'~~~

~~~GRATITUDE~~~

Rainy and damp with ankle deep lawn....sooooo MUCH to do each day, each moment!

Making time for ducklings many times a day ... just too cute to resist!!

I am multitasking whenever & wherever I can.  Like reading aloud to the duckies.  I have been reading this book for awhile.  I have been having a hard time paying attention to what I read when I go to bed dead dog tired.  So I started reading aloud to my self!  I spent 13 years reading aloud every single day to my son when he was 0-12.  I had forgotten during the teen years how much I enjoyed it!  But now that the boyo is home it is just too weird (for even me) to read aloud within his earshot.  The duck house is warm, private, and with good lighting.  Plus, I can take a moment while contemplating what I have just read and enjoy looking at the quackadoodles.  +++ the duckies are getting used to my voice...and maybe learning something too! ;)

More of the Happenings.....

Duckies having their morning greenies!

Tomatoes in Desperate Need of Planting!

Tomato Structures Put up Yesterday...

....but will need to wait until the grass is mowed!

Clover "Floor" growing in the Sunflower House

First Sunnie Emerges...being eaten by a slug...akkk!

Slug! Prepare to meet your maker!!

Eaten!!

So what I am Grateful for today?  Plenty to do!!!  And a body healthy enough to do it!  

I choose this life and I embrace this life.  I love this life!

Happy LIFE to You too!

It is my intention, each Sunday, to share something that fills me with Gratitude. 

I write ~~~Gratitude~~~ with the wavy lines to represent the gratitude ENERGY~~~~~! 

I hope you will join me and share your gratitude moments. 

~~~Amen, Blessed Be, Namaste'~~~

~~~Gratitude~~~

The Earth Laughs in Flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

A very rainy May here in Maine especially this past week or so.  When the sun occasionally shines I have been trying to find a few moments to enjoy what May has to offer.  I do not have formal flower gardens.  I plant a few bee loving rows of wildflower mixes in the vegetable gardens. Mostly, I enjoy what nature has to offer as far as blooms go.  Things are blooming!  Some moment of pause during the break neck spring work around here....

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. 

These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

Joseph Addison

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Grateful for Flowers & Smiles

It is my intention, each Sunday, to share something that fills me with Gratitude. 

I write ~~~Gratitude~~~ with the wavy lines to represent the gratitude ENERGY~~~~~! 

I hope you will join me and share your gratitude moments. 

~~~Amen, Blessed Be, Namaste'~~~

~~~Gratitude~~~ Work and Pleasure

Well, folks it was a busy weekend!  We actually went to the "big" city of Portland, Maine on Saturday.  It is the biggest city in Maine.  We did some city type shopping.  DH went to Sears & I went to the Apple Store...to talk about switching from PC to Mac....I have only used PC's but think I will be converting.  My computer is getting a bit long in the tooth.  One time I was going to do something for my  son on my computer.  I would boot something up then go walk away from my computer and do a little task.  He looked at me quizzically and asked why I was leaving...well I wanted to get something done while I was waiting...if I try to hurry this machine it acts up...he has been convincing me I need an up grade ever since!

But I am meandering,  the day was more about fun than shopping.  The hightlight for me was a stroll on the city beach!  Did a little sea glass and stone collecting too!  More goodies coming to the InJoyGatherings Shop soon!  Found some good goodies!  After wandering on the beach a bit we enjoyed a homemade picnic in the truck out of the wind!

Beach Love Photos!

A lovely day together!

Sunday we Worked

I spread a winter's worth of duck/poopie hay on the paths in this garden.

and

DH and I dug up trees from the field that I had been marking during my walks.  We plan to mow the field this year in order to keep the field a field.  But skipping a year of mowing gave us a bounty of little white pine trees.  So rather than just mow them down we dug them up and moved them to our field border.

They are all flagged so they don't actually get mowed!  It was a perfect transplanting time.  The ground was just barely frost free so the trees are still dormant.  Here is a border we did a few years back.  So 50+ trees can live and grow and help clean our air.  Happy, happy!

Happy Earth Day!  Happy Arbor Day!  All in a Days Work!!

“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make.” ---Jane Goodall

It is my intention, each Sunday, to share something that fills me with Gratitude. 

I write ~~~Gratitude~~~ with the wavy lines to represent the gratitude ENERGY~~~~~! 

I hope you will join me and share your gratitude moments. 

~~~Amen, Blessed Be, Namaste'~~~

~~~Gratitude~~~ Opening

Today is a mix of rain, sleet, and SNOW!  Big crazy flakes that make me laugh like a lunatic, even though I know they mean nothing.  This winter loving creature that I am can finally say, YES I am ready for spring!  But, what a difference a day makes, only yesterday we had the most beautiful day.  It was OPENING day around here.  OPENED up my garden shed yesterday.  This got my gardening blood stirring!

Summer comes out of storage!

The last of the ice ~~~ today the pond is free ~~~ toe dipping begins!

The snow/ice hump in front of Duckingham Palace finally melted enough that we could OPEN the door.  I made a new list...the spring list...

Clean the Duck House

Build the Brooder

Order Ducklings!! <3

Prune the Berries

Clean the Cold Room

Summer-ize the Treehouse

Transplant Trees

Clean out Attic

Sew Bathroom Curtains

Transplant Seedlings

.......more I haven't even thought of yet!

Still time for daily walks...more OPENING to come....like the wood trails and.....

Opening Up

We sit amid a growing darkness.
It is growing in me, you have no idea.
I look in your eyes, they are the eyes
of so much love.
To know where you belong is one thing,
but to accept it like opening up to a rainstorm,
to accept it like refusing to run when the
rain comes, but letting it wash you,
is another whole thing,
new and pristine, like clear rivers.
It is another whole thing you ought
to have in your open arms. 

Courtney Kane

love.....

Grateful for OPENING!

It is my intention, each Sunday, to share something that fills me with Gratitude. 

I write ~~~Gratitude~~~ with the wavy lines to represent the gratitude ENERGY~~~~~! 

I hope you will join me and share your gratitude moments. 

~~~Amen, Blessed Be, Namaste'~~~