Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts
Showing posts with label flowers. Show all posts

underwear and cheekwood.

if i had instagram right now, or an iphone for that matter (don't get me started...), or even, perhaps, a camera, i would have taken a picture of this moment that just happened.  here, let me paint a picture for you.

i was folding laundry and lil bit asked if she could help.  sure, i said, as i started haphazardly throwing her all of her brothers underwear i came across.  then gently i told her do this as i gave them the pop in the air to get al the wrinkles and folds out, then fold them like this as i folded them in half.  truth:  i don't fold underwear but it was better than asking a two year old to fold...the shirts.  she preceeded to "fold" the underwear and then harsly put them on the table as to which they would unfold. she repeated this until i had the rest of the load folded and ready to go to it's designated drawers.  then, one by one, she started hugging each pair of underwear saying oh, i love you until each little size 6 boys boxer briefs felt some love.

it would have been a great instagram picture.  or nikon picture.  i would have gotten tons of likes and i would have felt real cool.

whatever.

i do have pictures of cheekwood though. i'll show you.  cheekwood botanical garden here in nashville is beautiful year round.
read botanical + garden = pretty.  
for the past few months, they have had a tree house exhibit and lil bit and i grabbed our sweet friend pam, pulled her arm, talked her into it, and we became a trio and spent the afternoon in the midst of beauty.
lil bit and her sweet face.
pam and her sweet heart.
me and my, ugh, camera.
here, i'll let the pictures do the talking.
want to know more about these tree houses, here ya go.
what a fun, peaceful afternoon, spent in lovely company.
don't you just love days like that? 
days that you wake up with no plans and then the day turns into something wonderful?

life goes on...

the sun did not shine it was too wet to play... -dr seuss
 thats how i felt this weekend, life handed me a little more than i was ready for.
but i learned something.
i am strong.
and brad is stronger.  he is a rock when i need a rock.
he touches me just when i need to feel his love.
(he even throws the frisbee right into my hands, even though i never can quite get it to him)
he is patient and kind.
i am really blessed that in this life, it is my hand he is holding.
 life goes on...
it does.
especially when you lace up your tennis shoes and walk out the door.
and hear the birds chirping,
the wind blowing,
and life everywhere.
 and especially when you see this read circle headed your way.
go big or go home.
 life.
i grabbed it by the horns, or the dirt...
and gave this lady a home.
her name is pricilla.
 and her bff, betty. are adorning our deck now.
they hang and chat and do what bff's do.
ya know, sit and sit and sit...and just be.
(these bad boys were .97 cents at walmart!)
hello birds.
please direct your attention to your shiny and new bird feeders 
and not the two black cars parked in the driveway.
because what you leave behind ALL OVER THE CAR is less than desirable.

life goes on.  the sun comes out.  and new days are always better than the last.
i'm happy.  and i am thankful.

happy tuesday, friends.
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