ONE_ I am thankful for FLOWERS  to brighten our life in the month of August.  I wrote a haiku to celebrate some of the  flowers   Garden Songs #5 on my porch – Garden Song #4 

Pearly white florets – haiku – Garden Songs #4

TWO_ I  am thankful for our Dog. Miss Mitchell.  We  walked together for a mile, three  mornings this week, in-between the daily rain. 

Miss Mitchell enjoys walking and sniffing the flowers.

THREE_ . I am thankful for our  Granddaughter,  Angel, who  comes to clean our house every Wednesday.  We get to visit and share stories together, too.

FOUR_ I am thankful  for  Retail Stores.  What experience can  compare with shopping in a beautiful store that provides  personal assistance to customers? Nothing I can think of!

Back-to-School Shopping is going on right now.  Yes, now is the time for kids to be prepared for going back to school. How exciting that is for them.

FIVE_  I am thankful for the delicious and healthy frozen dinners – Amy’s frozen dinners.  Last night, I  enjoyed the “3 Cheese and Rice with Kale Bowl,” for dinner. I began eating Amy’s meals when I lived in California in 1991.   I love organic  rice vegetables & pasta – all gluten free.  Get Amy’s Recipes here

Mac and cheese bites, a recipe from Amy’s Blog.

SIX_  I am thankful for the 8 pm check-in calls  with  our  daughter, Salome’ each night.   It’s good to have that last call of  the  evening to  say,  “I am just checking in with you!”

SEVEN_  I am thankful for  Sidewalks.  We had a new sidewalk installed this summer. It replaced the original broken and crumbling sidewalk on one side of our house.  My goodness, does it ever feel good to walk on a nice solid and new sidewalk when I am outside doing my gardening.

EIGHT_  I am thankful for the fresh breeze coming into my office from the open window this morning.

NINE_ I am thankful  for my husband  who looked into my office to say, “Good Morning,” today.

TEN_ I am thankful for a  phone call from our son this week.  We have not seen him for about 2 years.

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