Nov 13-0014

 

 

 

…and I'm glad of it! We've needed the rain! Ponds are filling up and I'm already envisioning the fields of wildflowers we'll have in the spring.

The rain brought other gifts, too. I've been trying to capture a tiny reflection in a raindrop for a long, long, long time. This week I finally did it! Can you see it up there? 

Here are a few more sweet!s from the past week…

 

Monday: a friend who will change her plans to go check on your mom for you; a growing collection of clients and potential clients; the full moon rising over the horizon; friends' prayers for your mom

Tuesday: your mom NOT having pneumonia; attending an event downtown with your son…and bumping into a friend there 

Wednesday: publishing your first listing on MLS…and friends helping to get the word out about it; the Knights of Columbus Silver Rose visiting your church

 

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Thursday: working in your church for a week so the secretary can take a vacation; good news on a parishioner's surgery; Giving Trees; church volunteers

Friday: the first fire in your wood-burning stove; spicy chili; having a double-oven when one decides to break; sharing popcorn and silly movies with your kids

Saturday: a morning walk with no mosquitoes buzzing in your face; not having to leave the Hollow on a cold, wet day; referrals from friends

Sunday: raindrops falling on the surface of a pond that was recently a dry field covered in snow-on-the-prairies flowers; meeting long-distance clients in person for the first time and welcoming them to Austin; making it to your writing group meeting for the first time in weeks

Monday: ordering your Christmas cards in time to mail them before Christmas for the first time in a few years; colleagues who are willing to share what they've learned; homemade chicken soup on a cold night; submitting paperwork so you can get paid; your husband figuring out what's wrong with your oven and fixing it, without having to buy a single part, so you're ready for Thanksgiving…

 

What were some of your sweet! moments from the past week? Please share! And have a blessed Thanksgiving week!!

 

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. 

~John Fitzgerald Kennedy

 

 

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18 responses to “Raindrops are falling on my head…”

  1. lisleman Avatar

    Looks like you found quite a bit in one raindrop. Nice pic.
    Happy Thanksgiving.

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  2. Ms. A Avatar

    Trying again, just to see if it will let me comment.

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  3. Ms. A Avatar

    YAY, IT DID! Glad you got it figured out!

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  4. Barbara Shallue Avatar

    Whew! I sent them a note. I’m glad they fixed it!!

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  5. Barbara Shallue Avatar

    Thank you for your persistence!!

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  6. lisa Avatar

    We have a lot of snow falling on our heads here!
    I wish you and your family a beautiful Thanksgiving, Barbara.

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  7. Hilary Avatar

    That’s a beauty of a reflection image, Barbara. Sounds like you’re having a great week. Wishing you and yours a wonderful Thanksgiving.

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  8. Pete Grassow Avatar
    Pete Grassow

    Barbara: just a Thanksgiving note to wish you God’s richest blessings.

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  9. Barbara Shallue Avatar

    Thank you so much, Pete! Wishing God's richest blessings on you and your family as well! You are certainly one of the things I'm grateful for!
     

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  10. Ladyfi.wordpress.com Avatar

    What lovely shots! I too have been having great problems in leaving you a comment.

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  11. Barbara Shallue Avatar

    I hope Typepad got the comments problem straightened out!!! Thanks for coming back and trying again!
     

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  12. Barbara Shallue Avatar

    Thank you, Hilary! If you were in the US, I'd wish you a happy Thanksgivukkah, but since your Thanksgiving is on another day in Canada, I'll just wish you a Happy Hannukah!
     

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  13. Barbara Shallue Avatar

    The sun came back out on our heads today, and I'm grateful for it! Hope you have a beautiful Thanksgiving, Lisa, and stay warm and dry!
     

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  14. Barbara Shallue Avatar

    It was full and overflowing, just like I'll be on Thursday! lol Happy Thanksgiving, Bill!
     

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  15. Barbara Shallue Avatar

    It was full and overflowing, just like I'll be on Thursday! lol Happy Thanksgiving, Bill!
     

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  16. Wolf Pascoe Avatar

    Nora wanted to put up Xmas tree lights last week (she’s Unitarian on her father’s side), but I told her she had to wait until after Thanksgiving!

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  17. Wolf Pascoe Avatar

    (It wasn’t tree lights–it was the window kind.)

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  18. Barbara Shallue Avatar

    Good for you! Suldog will be happy to hear that! I confess I ordered my Christmas cards, but only so I can get them out before New Year's!
     
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