Gratitude Challenge -- Day 5

1.  Wearing my granny gown.  When I was a child, I asked my grandmother over and over to make me a flannel granny gown.  Whatever her reason, it didn't happen.  So naturally my daughters--throughout childhood--had many frilly, flannel gowns--vicariously I fed that inner need.  I recently found one in my adult size.  Now as cooler nights visit I put on my cozy gown and snuggle into the covers finally fulfilling that childhood dream.

2.  Trees.  When I bought my home, the backyard was a mass of weeds.  Now, seven years later, maples, dogwood, sugar gum and arborvitae are spread over the very small landscape.  I have shade, fragrance, the rustling of leaves, and everywhere I look is color and texture.   I walk among them and our energies intertwine. 

We can only be said to be alive in those moments 

when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

                                  — Thornton Wilder