Thankful

I know to the untrained eye this looks like a dandelion, just an ordinary weed but to a gardener, it represents spring. Have I mentioned spring is my favorite time of the year? I start looking around the garden in February looking for signs of life but usually don't find much happening until the middle of March....this has been a different year. We have candy tuft blooming, tulips and daffodils popping out of the ground and begonias that never really died over the winter. The temptation is to get out there and start digging but I know that the cold weather is not done yet so I am going to resist. I can still satisfy my need to get my hands dirty by starting some seeds indoors, maybe some tomatoes, herbs or flowers, I have lots of leftover seed from last year

Things to be thankful for today

• Beautiful warm sunny day
• A day with no real agenda...no worries I will find ways to fill it
• Son made it back to school safely...he had to turn around and go back to the next day
• Planned lunch with my husband...we usually meet weekly for lunch
• Improving health issues...everyday I am feeling more like my "old" self. Blood pressure which has been an issue since before Christmas finally under control
• For Sweet Lady's good response to her new medication, it does not appear to have effected her adversely in anyway. She continues happy and content and was able to go out with the "lunch bunch" the other day. I was concerned that because she had a seizure she would be restricted from going on the outings...not the case
• For a surprise visit from a friend this morning...call me crazy but I don't mind surprise visits, she did give me warning, she texted me a few minutes before she arrived to make sure it was okay.
• For another day...another year
• For God's constant reminder of his care for me, I see it everywhere.