3 posts tagged “happy”

1.flannel sheets fresh from the dryer, makes it hard to make the bed without climbing in
2. the way Ruby feels in my hands and the pull on my neck from her strap, out on a photowalk looking for beauty in everything
3. black and white photography, I love the ones that are mostly dark, I have not been able to shoot for black and white yet, I will make that a lesson this winter, because when everything is all shades of gray anyway, it is the perfect time to look at things in a dark and light sort of way
4. my bird feeders full of swarming tiny birds and my cat making those chatter jaw noises from the top of the cat tree
5. feeling very crafty lately, I like making little brooch thingies with vintage buttons
6. the smell of my house right now, I made lemongrass soap, I call it Polly's Poppy seed soap after my Granny who passed last year. It was her favorite soap and she gave me an old spice jar with poppy seeds in it for the soap. I mixed that small jar into my giant costco sized container. I like the sound it makes when I shake it.
7. hot coffee, that always has to make the list.
8. the carrot soup I made yesterday. It took almost three hours to make, but it was delicious!
9. a list of stuff to get at the craft store, I love the craft store!
10. I have bags of sorted buttons, the sound of them rubbing against each other is nice. I like the colors, the size, the designs, each one telling me humble stories of the past. A giant vulcanized rubber black button, bigger than a silver dollar,  with an anchor carved into it. The bottom half of the design has been rubbed away. What sailor wore this? what did he do that would make this wear mark on the button?
11. husband brought home a bonus check yesterday. Another bit of money to squirrel away for potential hard times. I don't want to waste that bit of money now and have him lose his job and wished I had it for a meal later.
12. baby sister coming by last night and showing me her new vintage clothing purchases. The bug has bit her. There is something about vintage clothes, they have a richness to them. They are different than anything you can find at the department store. They are unique and fun.
13. oversized sweatshirts and sweatpants, tall socks and slippers, tank tops and t-shirts under the sweatshirt. SO COZY!!!


My to do list today:
1. put laundry away from yesterday
2. put the washer stuff in dryer
3. clean kitchen up! I need more space in there!
4. make some more soap today

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Thirteen things I can do today to lift my mood:

1. drink bunches of delicious Coffee! We buy from a place online, they roast the beans in my state's capitol and the name of the coffee delights me. Dancing Goats coffee A local artist created the design for the Coffee, and it is CUTE! and Man, I just saw some of the new Merch from the artist and I am going to have to check the bank account to see if there is enough for something special.

2. draw beautiful things on my sidewalk in chalk this afternoon.

3. play with my new 70-300 lens that has been intimidating me but begging for a photo walk around town.

4. look at photos on flickr to get more inspiration

5. make cookies

6. make a list of all the words that make me giggle, like
*rhubarb
*pookie
*fanny

7. go to see the new movie "Burn after reading" tonight

8. make a pot of iced tea

9. make faces at small children when their parents are not looking, not mean ones, just funny ones

10. bathe in colors today, wear a very loud and bright outfit today (if I have any clean clothes)

11. color with crayons today

12. play solitaire with real cards so that I can cheat if I want to. It does feel good to win.

13. enjoy the sunshine that is still blessing my pacific northwest home. It is a rare thing to have such wonderful weather this time of year. It is nice, I feel it is making up for a rainy August and June.

My friend Todd Mchatton has finally done it! He has been drawing and writing songs and poems for kids for as long as I have known him! He has finally put all of these amazing characters into a Children's Book! I remember standing in his home on the beach years ago, looking at all of these great and silly creatures on pages of a sketch pad thinking "Wow! These NEED to be seen by Many!" He then sang a few songs accompanied by his oh so adorable preschool aged son. It really was a warm feeling. :-)

Grass Stained Twilight is a book of poetry, easily compared to Shel Silverstein. I do not have children, but I taught Preschool for over 5 years and would have LOVED this book in my classroom. I read some of the entries (there are MANY! YAY!) and I know certain kids whom I have know would have been so tickled by these! Deep Pockets reminds me of one child  I had to frisk before nap time, it seemed he had endless supplies of toys in his pockets and I used to joke about how deep his pockets must be to have all these toys in them! He would have been thrilled with this song! Haha!

So My friends, if you are tired of listening to the wiggles I urge you to go check out his site! Tell him what you think! He is SO super friendly and sweet and would appreciate every visit!
See what is blooming out of my friends head this week!        

And maybe buy the book for the kids! Or for the kid in you. :-)

Now Pass it on!