5-18-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Our new Buff Orpington egg layers, sweet little caramel clouds of fluff, all tucked into their coop
The return of the orioles, dressed in their finest orange and black tuxedos
Productive puttering in the garden
Chia seeds, blueberries and pecans in the oats today
Approaching the day as an unfolding of experiences rather than a list of things to do
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-17-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting the coop ready for ten new egg layers
A mango citrus blueberry smoothie with Cake seasoning from Penzey’s (thanks, honey)
Early morning kitten mania that turns the living room and upstairs hallway into their own little pinball game
Falling asleep to a sweet spring thunderstorm
Time with my sister, Janie, getting a haircut, getting caught up on each other’s news
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-16-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The simple satisfaction of hand-hemming a pair of pants that I’ll wear to work today
Plans to paint with Patrick in the woods
Leaving an apple on one of the deer trails
Warmer and brighter days
A most delightful mango citrus sauce for last night’s steamed carrots
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-15-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Realizing that I don’t dance nearly as much as I could, and, starting today, doing something about it
Grilled flatiron steak with twice-baked potatoes and chopped salad with feta
Howard Jones music videos from the ‘80s on the way to work
Watching a great blue heron glide across the gray sky, effortlessly
White feather earrings made of clay
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-14-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Having an unobstructed view of last night’s storm, majestic clouds, double rainbows and all
Noticing unkindness and doing my best to counter it
Dusting off my deep breathing practice
Salmon with homemade wild garlic mustard pesto and pan roasted potatoes
Fresh eyeglass nose pads
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-13-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How the rain makes leaves’ and tree bark’s colors richer
The five deer that let me walk by and didn’t snort or run away
The arrival of my butterfly pea seeds
When Patrick surprises me with new clothes
Aloe vera gel straight from the fridge
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-12-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Little Nora’s first visit to Naked Acres
Another tree planted in the memory garden
Carrot cake overnight oats
A full day on the mower beneath a great big sky
Cutting a new walking path in the eastern field
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-11-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The forest floor alive with squirrels, and spotting a little black one
All the day’s work being outside today
Anytime I can wrangle brambles off of a tree sapling
My niece, Maile, celebrating her first Mother’s Day
Discovering blueberry goat cheese
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-10-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How the land holds our memories, and we trust each other
Getting to be part of Forrest and Dawn’s wedding ceremony
Walking boots slick with a new day’s dew
Looking forward to time on the mower later today
Being there for the arrival of the day’s first egg
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🥚
5-9-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Watching three deer leap over a tree blocking the walking path, stunning because the tree was at least four feet off the ground
On track with our direct sow seeds and indoor starts
Eating so much better this week than last week, and that I even have food choices
BBQ chicken pizza and the Stanley cup playoffs, watching the Edmonton Oilers win in overtime
Taking overnight oats to a new level
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-8-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The sun rising over a day of challenges and triumphs and love
Walking the east field with Patrick, reimagining its shape and the new life already growing there
More southern breezes
Sweet memories of time at Tybee Island with Peg and Rob And Patrick
The strength to believe in different outcomes
What are you grateful for today?🙃🇺🇦☮️🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-7-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A little U2 on the way into work (Where the Streets Have No Name)
The difference a little prep the night before makes in the morning
A deepening respect for what long-term care advocates do every day
A variety of options
Having a clean and comfortable bed
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-6-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A friend’s progress following surgery
Radishes and potatoes up and reaching for the sun
Time for tea and breakfast before a busy work day
Walking through walls of lush green saplings dripping with yesterday’s raindrops
Pan roasted shrimp and asparagus with sesame ramen noodles
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-5-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Hearing wild turkeys on the morning walk
The return of the hammock spinners in the fields
Everything greening up everywhere
Time with two dear friends, helping them with their wedding ceremony
Raspberry oat pancakes for dinner
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-4-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Black cherry creamed honey on an English muffin
Mastering the English paper pieced hexagon quilt technique in one afternoon
Life after granola
Supporting the farmers market up the road
Tackling a few small land projects before breakfast
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-3-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A day of retreat with my deeply wonderful work team
How good it feels to be home on a rainy Saturday morning in May, remembering what it was like to be setting up for the farmers market in years past
Crafting with a new friend later this afternoon at the local library
Patrick’s integrity and commitment to his own self-awareness
Scrambled eggs, toast and stewed heirloom tomatoes for breakfast
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-2-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Taking a virtual meeting in my car while the rain poured down and the thunder rumbled
Steamed ginger ahi tuna with caramelized kimchi, salty cucumbers, baked sweet potato and millet ramen noodles
Patrick’s hard work in the garden, solarizing the grass
New-to-me denim capris that fit like a dream
Cutting back and rooting out invasive plants around the chicken coops
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
5-1-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Watching the storm cross the sky while I wait for the bus
The peace that comes from loving and living simply
Leaving a clean kitchen and a fresh batch of overnight oats for Patrick to find when he wakes up
When the morning commute is more open fields and no billboards
What a kind word can do
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-30-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to pray for dear friends who are struggling
The three catbirds who were checking me out on the walking path this morning
A little bit of gardening at first light
Planting an entire raised bed with five different kinds of radishes
Whatever “glue” is holding us together right now
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
4-29-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A refreshing shower after the morning walk
Trying a new recipe for overnight oats with bananas, cocoa and chia seeds
Cookout season
Also trying a new recipe for cucumber kimchi
The people who come along with me in my thoughts throughout the day
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈