It's not what I did but what I saw. The hummingbirds are back! All is good!

My mothers last Holiday was Easter. 2008. Today I washed and put her special pink depression glass butter dish she used on Easter back in its special place, safe, until next year.

Sent flowers to some ill friends for Easter ...fixed supper for a lady who has stage 4 lung cancer tonight... and for me, God finally sent some sunshine ! :-)

I envy you your sunshine.

Cooking good, healthy, nutritious food makes me happy these days. Giving $ to others in need makes me REALLY happy....especially when they don't expect it! :)

I so get it! I went on an adventure in Florida that cost me my house/garden... and last spring I just could not make myself do anything in the new to me back yard. But last month I planted strawberries, garlic and potatoes! and last fall I planted a fig tree. Garden here I come. :)

Moni

Hugged my kids and grandkids.

My heart always feels happy when I'm running through the trails of our local mountains with my running buddies. We always stop part way through and just revel in the fact that these mountains are walking distance from our homes.

I too, came back to gardening after a hiatus. Just Monday of this week, the weather broke and I got out and cleaned up the perennial bed in front of the house. Everything is just barely breaking so it was the perfect time. After 2 summers of chemo/SCT etc it was so good to be back with my flowers. My DH, loves the look of the beds, but hates maintenance of them. He did the mininum these past two summers, so as my strength allows I'll get them back into shape. This made my heart sing!

Olychick, i love it that two mothers can come together like that. Very heartwarming!

Olychick, what a blessing! Idstarr, I'm glad you are on the road to good health again, and able to start working with your flowers again.

Like moonie, the return of the hummingbirds makes my heart happy.

Reading nice threads like this one.

My mother's last holiday was Easter of 2017. She always baked pies for all our family celebrations, as she did last Easter. It's too soon for me to find peace with her sudden, unexpected death in May, but I had the family here for Easter dinner last Sunday, and I baked the pies. Knowing that my siblings will continue to gather together, and that my grandchildren will know their great-uncles, aunts, and cousins makes me happy.

Packing and making plans to move. Handling my old dishes and some I forgot all about....could it be I have too many? Noooo. I don't think so. Making plans to plant waterlilies and going to start a bunch of antique rose cuttings....bought the stuff to make the cutting mix I like. I haven't worked in my yard in a long time but I am looking forward to doing that and cooking more when I move. Oh, and another thing that makes my heart happy....Emery, my old rescue horse. The pics are on my phone. I will post them later.

I have loved reading all of these...hoping for more. There is no better feeling than the feeling of peace!

I worked at the church with my lady friends, then lunch and finished the day off with our monthly ladies meeting. Great working with a group of great ladies.

I spent Easter at home with my daughter and her hubby and 2 grand-chlrn. Little girl, almost 3, and 2 month old baby boy. My daughter and I worked togeter on dinner, the grand-girl had a great day playing with her toys and eating candy from the Easter Bunny. She woke up around 10 am, stood at the top of the stairs, saw the Easter baskets and shouted "Oh, a Big Surprise". Like she hadn't been exoecting a visit form EB. I am so glad not to be alone. My own hubby passed last June. He would have enjoyed the holiday.

The little ones are always so much fun! I'm glad you weren't alone. Hugs

On Tuesday our regular meeting once or twice a month where eight or ten of us discuss various topics dealt with in our denominational magazine, "The United Church Observer" considered various issues that we face, internationally and in terms of how we relate to our own community, including other congregations of our own and other denominations.

Today I'm to take son and his friend shopping ... in his borrowed van.

Bye, all.

olr joyful

I just got a call from my youngest son. He and his wife are at the hospital and he is going to be a daddy to a baby girl. His first. I could hear the excitement and nervousness in his voice. He is going to be such a wonderful father. My heart is full of joy.

Congratulations!! And best wishes to all of you!

mrskjun, coincidentally we were going thru family photos today and came across one of my husband and our child. She's maybe an hour old, all swaddled in a hospital blanket and he's holding her, gazing at her little face so intently, like he never wants to look away.

Thanks for sharing your joy, and best wishes!

What made me happy and relieved today? I finished filing my taxes and was not broke afterward. My tax report was more complicated than the year before.

Every one of the postings here made me smile and lightened my heart. Thanks so much!

Mrskjun, congratulations!

Jemdandy, I'm glad you aren't broke after filing taxes!

I had bought several bags of mulch from a fundraiser over a year ago, They came in at an inopportune time so they sat there. I was afraid they would be ant infested so I bought a wheelbarrow to dump them in first. My oldest son helped me and we put those out. I made a few trips to Lowes and bought 34 more bags. Those are all done except the last bag. I need to go get more flowers, but my yard looks like I accomplished something. I also figured out how to clean the grout without it being the hassle I thought it would be. That's on the to do list, but I'm not avoiding it.