25 Days Of Gratitude Photo Challenge: Week Two

It's time for week two of my current photo challenge. This one is being hosted by Leslie at Once Upon A Time and Happily Ever After. It's been a good practice to look for the things I'm thankful for every day.

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Weather

We had unexpectedly gorgeous weather this day so I hung out a huge load of laundry and did all the yard work to get the yard ready for winter. I think I was outside for eight hours total this day and it was glorious.

Favourite smell

I don't know that I would normally say this is my favourite smell ever, but fresh banana muffins were my favourite smell this day for sure!

Keepsake or memento

For this prompt, I am sharing a few photos. This is my desk in the corner of our office. I have hung some favourite things to make my little space cheery.

 

We participated in a magnet exchange on our Disney cruise this past January. I bought a metal board to hang them all. I wanted a fun way to display them and this board makes me happy every time I look at it. Some of the magnets are from our first Disney cruise a few years ago.

 

I have a picture of us with Dave's favourite baseball player ever in one corner and a little cross stitch windmill I made in high school in another corner. I think I got the windmill cross stitch materials at our city's Folk Festival when I visited the Dutch Pavilion with my best friend at the time. This windmill is also special to me because I ended up living in The Netherlands for a year after university so it represents that time in my life too.

Pet

 

Anyone who knows us well knows that we are not an animal family. We will never get a dog or a cat. About the most we are willing to commit to are fish. Meet Bluey. Bluey was Rachel's sixth birthday present. We will have had Bluey for three years as of tomorrow. Rachel picked a good fish and we like Bluey a lot. Also, I know it's weird to think that fish have a personality but Bluey is totally an extrovert and always swims to the top of his bowl to see what's going on. He LOVES action!

Best Friend

 

One thing I have HATED about Covid is that we rarely get to see friends in person anymore. I took advantage of our unusually nice weather last Monday to see if my bestie, Janice, was able to go for an afternoon walk. She said, "Yes!" and it was so good to see her again. We're trying to figure out a way to have a weekly walking time. Janice and I have been friends for nineteen years next month which still seems unbelievable to me.

Routine or habit

 

One of my favourite daily routines is waking up with a cup of coffee-hot chocolate and blogging. And often on weekday afternoons, I unwind a bit with a Coke and blogging. Caffeine and blogs just go together in my mind :)

Coziness

We put our flannel sheets and flannel duvet cover on our bed this past weekend and now it is the ultimate in coziness. I LOVE crawling into bed with my comfort bag (heat bag/magic bag?) on my feet.