Thankful Thursday

In honor of the other blogs I have seen who post on Thursdays in this vein, I will toast today and be thankful. I am thankful for having the privilege to be a free woman, who may go where she wants (within the confines of my pocketbook, presently empty, sigh) and take photos of all the piques her interest. Which happens to be quite a lot.

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I am thankful for the lovely blue skies that have come back around and the flurries of petalful color to be found on every street and yard and bush these Springminded days. Here be Azaleas.

I am thankful for green ( my major preference in nature's color scheme as of late) and the vintage vehicles of said hue that catch my amused little eye. I have dreams of owning one and driving out to beaches yet unvisited to dip my toes and heave heavy sighs.

I am thankful to friends and family upon whom I may indulge my baking whims. Today, Rhubarb Muffins in the sun, coffee in hand, friends gathered round with moist, still warm from the oven bites in filled with appreciative yummy noises mouths.

Recipe is right here - try it.

Today

Today I babysat my niece and there went the day - all of it. Up at 6 am (which is really a crime against my personal nature, if you must know) and back by a half an hour shy of 6 pm. More lovely memories were made with the incredible little one - she is a marvel.

These photos are what I snapped this evening, as I wandered home and the sky was still full of sun that felt remarkably like summer tonight. Tulips, my favorite flower, in their absolute fullness- about to bid goodbye for an entire year. Giving their last remarkable effort of embracing a fullness of petal and a glimpse at their inner realms.

I am feeling the calling, the pull of my next "season" in life - it seems to be metamorphosing a little more slowly than I thought. I feel my mortality - my need for the last and best of my efforts before my body truly begins to wind down. I feel like these flowers as they give one last push towards the sun. I have something more, something bigger to give. I am ready for my last, best season to give me a good run.

Come ....