You're walking! Do you need help?

This morning I took my car in to be worked on, something about a "rack and pinion" - OY! The garage is only 1/2 mile from my office and I had on my running shoes since I had just left the gym, perfect time to walk. I was carrying a bag and a smoothie so it was clearly evident I wasn't out exercising. But I did think it odd that I received calls and texts asking me if I was ok and did I need a ride?

I'm very thankful friends were so concerned, but isn't it odd that walking a short distance could cause so much concern? Somehow this makes me think about if you park at the far end of the parking lot at the grocery, people are sure you must really like your car. I do love the fitness buffs who come to the gym to work out, yet they try to get the parking space closest to the door. Anyway, if I were in NYC no one would think me weird. But, in Nashville in the middle of Green Hills I'm weird and it was so much easier to walk, rather than to fight the traffic in my car. And I didn't need to search for a parking space to get that cup of coffee!

Enjoy your day, think good thoughts and enjoy that next cup of Joe. S

Breakfast for Bunnies

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, even for our little wild animals. All the huge beautiful hosta lillies in my garden are now nubs sticking out of the earth. With temps over 100 degrees I guess the bunnies found water in the stems and leaves of my plants - now there is a pond within 2' of the last hosta to be chopped down... I did leave a shallow pan of water but that wasn't as much fun. And forget the ground red pepper, I think it only added extra flavor to each meal. The Forth is over, I over ate a bit, but the bunnies are really fat!
Enjoy that first cup of coffee, maybe iced coffee today!

Audrey was thinking right!

This week I'm closing on this home that is 113 years old. My Sellers are about to begin a new & fantastic phase of their lives. It's so obvious to me that they loved this old home during the two years they lived here. I suspect the new owners will also love this home as they raise babies and fill this old house with new sounds and many "firsts"!
All this makes me think about what these old walls have seen and heard in 113 years. Memories of joy and sadness quietly remain from Turn of the Century excitement, to the War to End All Wars, to where we are now. Families once gathered listening to the radio for world and national news. Music and literature have evolved from Gershwin & Hemingway to American Idol & J. K. Rowling.
Books were read, dances danced, meals prepared and holidays celebrated. Babies were born, loved ones passed away. Jobs lost, jobs gained, jobs lost, jobs gained!
But the best part of this aging old home are the dreams once set in motion. Those dreams still continue in different forms, influenced by hope and love, only the Dreamer changes. Each Dreamer moves on to the next dream.
May all your homes be filled with laughter and a bright future for another 113 years.
Homes, where dreams are built and hearts remain.
Amanda and Evan, go in peace and may all your dreams come true.
S

Happy Moments

Breakfast at Stephanie's

Happy moments can be missed. It's so fun when the moment is captured in photo and delight comes in the sharing. The magic is not that our hair looks  great or we look skinny, but the magic is the moment of fun, love, delight or some other sweet emotion.  

My daughter Erin takes care of Lilly and this is her puppy Oliver in his sweet ride! Lilly had to run inside for a second but Oliver wasn't going to give up the best seat.

Capture a sweet moment today and share it here and on Facebook.

Enjoy that first cup of coffee today and think good thoughts.