8-11-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
When the birds in the woods are louder than the traffic a mile away
Time with Russell and Jen, with great food and much love between us
Looking forward to time on the mower and using my mini chainsaw on a fallen tree
Wrapping up a set of gifts for dear coworkers
Getting the most of my Canva pro subscription
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-10-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Tidying up a friend’s resting place, making it look even more peaceful
Dopamine moments
Prepping all the garlic for storage
Fresh juice for the hummingbird feeder
Good neighbors who helped with a long-standing garden project
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-9-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
How blue jays seem to have an opinion on everything
Patrick’s joy, being on the mower
Those I carry with me on the morning walks
Babies on the spider plant in the bathroom
Land as sanctuary
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-8-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
An early and peaceful landing at home after a numbers-filled day at work
Conversing with all the living things
Watching the kittens jump up to catch the falling black walnut leaves
Getting back on the chocolate chia seed pudding train
Being aware—of self, surroundings, mystery, others
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-7-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The healing properties of space and time
Planets and stars above me, all around us, really
Reconnecting, and then staying connected
New neck stretches before bed that work quite nicely
Thursday = downtown farmers market day
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-6-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Hearing Mary’s stories and spending time with Marjie
Feeling comfortable in my traveling skin
How the buses look shinier and cleaner today, for some reason
Using the flatbread I made earlier this week for a quick mini pizza
Knowing that the load will be lighter at day’s end
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-5-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A huge bouquet of flowers from neighbor Sherry’s garden, filled with zinnias, phlox and miniature blackeyed Susans
A road trip to Cincinnati today for work
Sweet words from Patrick
The humorous variations in cat personalities
Pan-seared sesame ginger ahi tuna with baked potatoes and marinated cherry tomatoes
What are grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-4-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Ripe avocados and quiche for breakfast
Getting to meet a dear late friend’s neighbors at her celebration of life gathering
Another day of running reports and analyzing data (seriously, love this part of my job)
Cleaning out the flowerbed in front of the living room windows, trimming back the irises
Listening to my feelings
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-3-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
An unplanned and surprisingly productive morning walk
Time with Jackie, hugs from Jason and Jesse, knowing looks all around
Chocolate peanut butter mochi pancakes
Two batches of buckeye granola cooling on trays in the kitchen
Brisket and pork belly burgers hot off the grill, and goat cheese in the salad
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-2-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Two nights without a fan or the window A/C
Soothing eye drops
Celebrating the life of a dear friend
Perfect granola-making weather—cool, breezy, sunny
Blueberries turning the morning yogurt purple
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
8-1-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The deep rich purple of the first ironweed blooms
A lovely quiche made with leftover stir fried veggies and rice and ham
The kittens, fascinated with their view from the windowsill
A cool morning after so much relentless heat, perfect for a steaming bowl of oats
Feeling better
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-31-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Dropping and doing fifty ab crunches on the walking path near the woods, startling a young deer
A clean kitchen to start the day
Finally, tomatoes and cucumbers!
Learning hockey slang and jargon
Watching the wind play with clusters of leaves on the mulberries and black walnuts
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-30-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting up earlier than I expected, and enjoying the peace
Acupuncture points that relieve stress and anxiety (thanks, Nicole)
Honoring our losses and grief with tears
Teaching myself how to alter a couple of dresses
Making time to intentionally create, make art, enjoy the process
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈🏒
7-29-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to celebrate my brother’s birthday for all these years
Feeling understood and appreciated
Tuna salad on a toasted English muffin
Chaga tea and mulberries
A nice foot soak to start the day
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-28-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Fog in my eyelashes and on my face
How the morning walk calms down everything. Everything.
Making support animals for friends at work
A magnificent spiderweb on the front porch
Black beans and rice with smoked chicken
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-27-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
That rush of cool air when a storm is coming and the temperatures drop
Chocolate mochi pancakes with maple syrup
An early anniversary gift—tickets to the Oilers/Blue Jackets game in November
A rare morning rainbow in the west
The tiny Mexican gherkin cucumbers coming on nicely, along with carrots, chard, and five kinds of lettuce
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-26-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Maple Dijon glazed salmon with corn and potato soup and broccoli tahini salad on the side
Mango Greek yogurt with cinnamon granola
Spectacular afternoon storms
Watching reruns of the Stanley Cup playoffs and the Oilers’ trip to the finals
Pulling out some paused sewing projects
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-25-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
Getting to co-facilitate with Katie about healthy boundaries
The siren call of the walking paths before sunrise
Not needing to go anywhere today
Baked potatoes with goat cheese and a sprinkle of salt
How much the heart can hold
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-24-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
A situation that turned out to be more pleasant than I thought it would be
Getting past a hectic run of projects and appointments at work
Broccoli chicken rice casserole
Big blue skies and random clouds
A new breakfast favorite—mochi pancakes
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈
7-23-2025
Good morning dear friends—today, I’m grateful for…
The power of actively listening to someone
A picnic lunch with caring, selfless and smart people
Not panicking during a minor bit of car trouble on the road yesterday
Traveling through parts of the state I’ve never been to, enjoying the sunny hills and fields
Coming home to chickens, soft grass and leftover pad Thai
What are you grateful for today?🇺🇦☮️🌻🏕📚🌈🤟🐈⬛🏳️🌈