…Color in the garden. (My mind has been on planting more flowers lately.)
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…Watching Bracken play with the dollhouse that was mine when I was little. And his sweet invitation to: “Play me, mama!”, wanting me to play with him.
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…Having a little helper by my side in the kitchen and in the garden, complete with a silk cape and a contagious laugh.
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…Finding an egg with three yolks! I’ve found double-yolkers, but finding three little yolks in one egg was a first for me. I told Jeff it was a sign of good fortune.
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…A friend visiting and sharing some pictures with us she had taken during her last visit awhile ago. Bracken looked so little in them.
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…The fact that Bracken didn’t get into too much trouble when I went and took a shower by myself. I considered it an overall success.
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…Jeff replacing some lightbulbs and appreciating how much brighter those spaces are.
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…Vacuuming the rugs and a morning full of cleaning. I was having “cleaning therapy” that day and it did make me feel much better.
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…A few days with rain watering the garden. (And the fact that rain means less chance of forest fires in this area, it’s been so dry.)
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…Fixing my wobbly table easily, with some folded paper under one leg. Much better.
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…Our electricity only going out for a few hours one night.
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…Jeff ordering a part to fix a tool (and feeling a little annoyed since he had just replaced the part not long ago) only to find that the company sent him a replacement for free!
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…The postcards from Grandma Julie that came all the way from Europe. Bracken was delighted and asked us to read them again and again.
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…Finding just the thing we were looking for at a garage sale, for hardly any money at all. 
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…Focusing again on what is working in our life instead of what isn’t, which tends to happen when I get out of balance. It always does feel better to focus on gratitude.
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…Coming downstairs after some regenerating time to myself to hear about Jeff & Bracken’s adventures in the garden. I came into the room to see them sitting side by side, Jeff working and Bracken watercolor painting and saying “for mama!” 
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…Seeing that our duck Fennel’s leg was tangled up in something so I could go over and help her and get her untangled.
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…Bracken and I being able to sleep this morning after a long and full market day yesterday.