…Sunflowers. They are one of my very favorite flowers (our living room even has a sunflower theme) and it makes me so happy to see their bright faces blooming in the garden. I’m thankful to Jeff for planting them every time I look at them.
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…Picking a spot in the yard and starting a faery garden with Bracken. Have been wanting to start one for a long time. Not much there yet, but it’s a start.
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…Being able to catch the lizard we found in our bedroom and bring it outside. I would not have slept as well that night if there was a lizard somewhere in the room.
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…Watering the garden and harvesting. Gathering eggs. Fresh water in the duck’s pond pool. Hanging the laundry on the line. All the outdoor activities that mean I get to enjoy it out there longer.
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…Mornings in bed, reading by headlamp for a bit while Bracken still slept. Such a treat to get reading time.
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…My mom being able to make me laugh about things I didn’t even know I was capable of laughing about, but really needed to. Her gift. It’s true that sometimes one of the best things you can do when you are upset about something is to see the humor in it.
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…Going out at twilight, with Bracken holding my hand, to close the door on the chicken coop for the night. It always looks so magical that time of day.
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…A little watermelon from a local farm that brought so much enjoyment. Bracken scooped every last speck of it out with a spoon while we talked to his great-grandma on the phone.
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…Jeff finding a crock pot at a garage sale for $2 after ours had just broken. Much nicer than any we’d ever had before and we can’t be without a crock pot with all the bone broths we make.
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…Cleaning out and organizing my knitting tub. A little thing that felt so satisfying. 
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…Jeff’s physical therapist getting an extension so our insurance will cover physical therapy awhile longer. Bless her heart.
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…A shower and pajamas. Ahhh.
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…The pantry being so much easier to walk in after doing a bit of cleaning up and rearranging.
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…A sweet blog reader dropping off a little surprise for me at our market booth yesterday. (Thank you Trina-Lea and I’m so bummed I didn’t get to meet you!)