Tuesday's Beauty

~Morning routine morphing with the seasons, now including watering the garden...coffee in hand and furbabies at my flip-flop ensconced feet. No more slippers.

~Doing the kind of giving work that comes from the heart and helps, bit by bit.

~Running (NEVER thought I'd EVER say that). Marking my time and anticipating the day when that number changes.

Monday's Beauty

~This damn cat that I didn't bank on...didn't plan on...wasn't sure I had physical or heart space for...the same cat who HUGS MY HEAD WITH IT'S WHOLE BODY while I sleep. Oh, the cuteness is just killing me. I woke up all warm and fuzzy. BEST way to start a Monday!

~Working with my fitness partner, lunching with my best girl and my momma bringing me a lifesaving care package at work.

~THE CARROTS SPROUTED! This gardening business is full of daily surprises and fun Fun FUN!!!

Sunday's Beauty

~Waking slowly. Taking time then taking THE WHOLE DAY just to be still and quiet and to refuel.

~House, MD. Addicted.

~Finding that the radishes have sprouted! And the kale! C'mon carrots!!!

Saturday's Beauty

~Coffee. Strong. Hazelnut. Mmmmmm...

~Taking the day as it came, in a magical place where magical things happen if you let them.

~7.5 miles on my bike, some uphill...some I had to walk...but all a joy. Across the Golden Gate Bridge and then a ferry ride back on choppy seas so close to Alcatraz.

One more just for the hell of it...

~Coming home to clean sheets ready to be put on the bed, a whole body gratifying soreness and the long forgotten excitement of having to drop film off to have it developed...the delayed gratification and feeling of prolonging a great weekend...more magic.

Friday's Beauty

~A lovely workday. Busy, productive, helpful.

~A misunderstanding that worked out just fine.

~A road trip to the most magical city I know. Car, feet, trolley, taxi...hills and architecture...people and laughter...sushi and saki that lasted til midnight...calling it a day in the cutest hotel room ever.

Thursday's Beauty

~Boundaries. Sometimes you have to admit the monster under the bed has questionable intentions and spray that Monster-be-gone. Heavily and with purpose!

~Taking time for me....and my absence being noted. Remembering later that the gym IS a place to take time for me and vowing to go Go GO there even if I'm afraid the physical exertion might be that thing that releases the emotional pressure valve. I can cry and release WHILE running and squatting and burpee-ing!

~Titanic. Love that movie. Emotions, released.

Wednesday and Beauty~full Connections

Three beauty~full things about my day today...a day off of work and obligation. A day of freedom.

~Rising before the sun, cooking for my babygirl before she headed off to her JOB...her great big JOB. Doing the mom thing that feels so nourishing to me as well as to her. Handing her a vitamin too...feeling important, knowledgeable and needed.

~Hiking with my babyboy's love. A mountain top, flowers, cows, jokes, sweat, conversation, waterfalls and open sky. A shaded picnic of beef jerky, watermelon and dark chocolate covered goji berries. I missed her as soon as she left. I bragged about it for aeons to my babyboy later and reveled in his happiness that we did this thing together.

~Wine, complaining and great conversation with my favorite witch. Safe space. Acceptance. Appreciation. Lovely.