What I'm Thankful For Day 4 and Outdoor Wednesday

Short and sweet this morning, I have a lot on my to do list and most of it is algebra, but some of it is fun stuff like putting the Halloween Goodies away, folding some laundry, doing dishes, ordering firewood, and shoring up the Thanksgiving Dinner plans. Fun?!  Dishes, laundry?  Yes lovelies(Momma is rolling on the floor laughing)!! This morning, as I was sipping my coffee in my big chair, meditating on the day, I was suddenly overwhelmed with a feeling of Contentment. I am Content.  In all the simple everyday chores, there is love and there is life. Oh sure, not the passionate love of a movie kiss or the exciting day of strolling the streets of Paris, but real love-the kind that endures and aches and real life- the kind where if I am not careful, I will forget, I have but one life and this moment right here is everything.  I am alive and aware of the gift that I have been given..this day.  I am so thankful to be here another day to see Bubba's smile, have a chat with Baby Girl,  Laugh with Momma on the phone and cuddle with PC at the end of a very perfect day.  What are you thankful for today?  Hop on over to The Bz House that Love Built and link up or share it on Facebook!

It's Outdoor Wednesday over at A Southern Daydreamer, so I thought I'd share a shot of the Sunrise I caught a few days ago, after all that was a bit of my inspiration this morning.  I have to go put up the ghosties and cobwebs!  Ta Ta for now!

Outdoor Wednesday - Sunrise in the Desert

I've mentioned before (or I meant to anywayy) that the sunrises here can be just as breathtaking as the sunsets...full of color, warmth and the promise of a great day. PC was home a few weeks ago for vaca and made it a point every morning to watch the sunrise, I've aways taken for granted the fact that I see the sunrise every morning...he is usually stuck in a hanger or trying to catch up on sleep during the weekend. We enjoyed a beautiful week of sunrises together and I will never take another for granted.  One morning he told me to grab the camera and so I did...enjoy.

Be sure to check out all the other beautiful Outdoor Wednesday photos over at A Southern Daydreamer...I lust love her pumpkin shots, definitely frame worthy.  Well, I'm off to do some homework...this week is midterms!  Ta Ta for now!

Just Another Day in Paradise

Took CuzzyA to see the Pacific Ocean for her first time via Laguna Beach.

Showed her where PC proposed to me 22 1/2 years ago.

Still just as beautiful and as magical of a place as it was then.

Too much eye candy....

Hope you enjoyed the pics!

Off to get the sand out of my hair!  

Tata for now!


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Bloomin' Tuesday & Outdoor Wednesday

Happy Mother's - The Desert in Bloom

I'm linking up with Outdoor Wednesday even though I posted this on Sunday.

Today is Sunday...Mother's Day...I am missing my Momma. We talked on the phone this morning and I mentioned that the Desert is in bloom and she sighed...so I thought I would take her on a Sunday Drive...I thought about her the whole time I was winding up the road, remembering a road trip we took about 5 years ago. Come along for the ride.

When we first moved to the Desert 22 years ago,none of us (me, her, my little brother) were taken by the nature-scape. Everyone told us that we should give it a chance...it'll grow on you, they would say. I thought "nothing grows here!"

I was wrong, the Desert has its own beauty...not like the lush green hills of Kentucky that I was so used to when we moved out here, but rugged mountain flowers determined to bloom no matter where they are planted.

Don't even get me started on the great big sky...I never saw so much sky all at once until I looked up in the Desert.

Happy Mother's Day Momma, I miss you.

Spring is here and the doggies are happy!

Spring is here and PC and I have decided to take a daily walk "around the block" with the girls. Abby is such a great leash dog, she loves to walk beside us, she sits when we stop , she is a natural.

Bella is a good on the leash, but if she sees a rabbit she will tear an arm off.

Then there is CoCo...the coyote dog. We can't get a collar on her, let alone a leash. We thought we were being "good parents" this evening when we grounded her and told her she had to stay behind for the walk (she snuck out last night and was waiting by the front door this morning) but she wasn't having any of it...

That's how she walks with us, she zigs and zags around us, scouts ahead, and generally teases Abby & Bella. Poor babies.

The desert is especially beautiful this time of day during the spring...not to cold, not too hot and the sunsets are magnificent.

The city lights start to twinkle as though they are trying to copy the stars.

And the coyotes prance around calling to each other from afar..oh wait...

That's no coyote - that's my Coyote Dog. Isn't she a princess? TaTa for Now!