In the midst of all that is happening in our country and around the world, I grab onto things that lift my spirits – that give me hope for the future – even if they are only small things.
One very happy thing is the calendar I bought for 2020 put out by the firefighters in Australia. They came up with a wonderful fundraising idea – to take pics of firefighters with dogs. Of course the firefighters are GORGEOUS, and the dogs are really great, too. Out of the immense goodness of my heart, I bought a calendar. :0) Each month I am thankful. (I may be older than dirt, but I ain’t dead yet!)
Here we welcome JUNE 2020 –
Lincoln and Chippy – June 2020
Happy June!
Filed under Challenges, hope
While most of our world remains in concern, fear, and lockdowns to various degrees, I look for things that give me hope that all will be better eventually. I find hope seeing our perennial flowers blooming, in spite of severe weather a couple of nights ago, oblivious to what else is happening in the world. They bloom their lovely hearts out, aware of only warmer temperatures sunshine, and water.
I hope that you, too, can find things that fill your heart with hope for the future.
Filed under Favorite Things, hope, Mother Nature
If you’re like me, the pandemic is causing a roller coaster of feelings, a bit of fear, lots of care and caution, and a sincere hope that this new virus strain won’t take many more lives before the experts get a handle on it and we can put this awful scare behind us. I am finding that escaping to my art room, getting paint all over me, helps me cope. I’m trying to get up there for a few minutes each day. I’ve painted an old, stained tee shirt to give it new life. I’ve painted some wooden earrings I look forward to wearing. I have an idea for a painting rattling around now that I hope to start this afternoon.
Another thing that helps is taking walks around my yard, seeing new buds ready to burst into glorious life. The buds are a reliable promise that things will get back to normal in time, and there is hope for the future for people and our countries.
I’m noticing that several of the yard critters my husband and I have made are needing to be spruced up. This sweet shovel bird will get my attention soon. Then I hope to move around the yard, giving our metal yard critters some love – and paint!
One of my favorite roses is Rio Samba. I love it because the buds you see here will soon start to open up. They start as bright yellow, then develop a coral edge on the petals, then finally turn almost all coral before needing to be pruned. At one time we’ll have all three stages of blossoms on the plant. This is one of three rose bushes we have.
How can you feel down when you see the promise of a blooming wisteria?
My veggie garden plants are smiling, too, with the promise of a continuing nice harvest. I have harvested twice so far in this young season, giving us lots of head lettuce and spinach leaves for our salads. The plants are loving the cooler gray days with lots of rain. The sun is actually shining this morning for the first time in a couple of weeks, so I’ll get out there, take some pics, and share them with you later today.
I hope that you can look around and find the promise of better times to come, too. If not, I’m delighted to share the promise I found with you.
Stay safe.
Hope via Cindy Bassnett Thurman
I, aka “The Serial Seed Killer”, have had some successes with seeds lately!
Here you can see the little fragile seedlings of the hummingbird flowers, plus two more celery ends I just put in water yesterday.
It’s a good thing we didn’t have to depend on my luck in getting spinach seeds to grow. The ‘serial seed killer’ still is alive and well in that area…
Filed under Challenges, Childlike Fun, Gardening
PositiveHitsper via Chrissie Anderson Peters
When I feel down, I plant something.
When I’m anxious about the future, I plant something.
When I’m frustrated at the world around me, I plant something.
When I’m angry and hurt, I plant something.
When I’m eager to make a difference, I plant something.
Today I planted two bulbs that my husband wanted when he saw the picture. We looked at the picture, then looked at each other and smiled. Here is what I planted –
Who could feel bad when there is hope that this will bloom?
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