Today the world lost a beautiful spirit, a phenomenal woman I have long admired.
Rest in Peace, Maya Angelou.
This is the I made the first sales in my brand new Ten Thousand Tangles Zazzle shop and I’m SO EXCITED! edition of Tangled Tuesday… welcome! Hope you enjoy this week’s tangling fun!
What if, as an experiment, whenever you opened your mouth to speak, you stopped…
and thought…
Today our back yard is at the top of my gratitude list! Peter and I headed out there this weekend and started doing some cleanup – taking care of the lawn, pulling some weeds, and planning for flower boxes and baskets. We still have quite a bit more to do, but I’m glad that we made a start. [continue reading…]
Today’s thoughts:
What if you – what if every one of us – not only endeavored to tread lightly, taking care not to damage or destroy… but also made every effort to intentionally leave things better than they were [continue reading…]
I think this might just be my most favourite spot in all of Windsor. The fountain is stored over the winter months, so you can always tell that summer is coming when they set it up again each year! Spring and summer weekends just don’t feel complete without taking a walk in the park and [continue reading…]
I am continually astounded by the freedom some people seem to feel while hiding behind the safe anonymity of an internet screen name… the freedom to be rude, unkind, even downright cruel to their fellow human beings. I have a difficult time understanding what on earth possesses them [continue reading…]
Life.
Is it that everything happens for a reason… that all the pieces of the puzzle are designed to click nicely into place, with the end result a beautiful, complete picture?
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It’s Tangled Tuesday once again! While personally-speaking I have to say that it’s been a rather rough week (as you’ll know if you’ve been following Alphabet Salad regularly), some fairly momentous things have taken place, tangling-wise (at least I think they’re momentous!). Lots of exciting [continue reading…]
And then one day it arrived, bursting onto the scene with a flourish and startling their collective unconsciousness with its unexpected vibrancy. Suddenly even the simplest things seemed profound and delightful – greens were greener, the blue sky stretched for miles and the air [continue reading…]
It’s been a rough week full of frustrations, unexpected bad news, and expensive vet visits. And yet, even amidst the chaos and sadness, there is gratitude… and continually, quietly, thoughtfully drawing myself back to that focus has helped to pull me through and keep me going. Never underestimate [continue reading…]
Writing can be a scary prospect. To start with, many of us struggle with our own inner critic – that persistent voice whispering, “You have no imagination and no creativity,” and, “Nothing you do will ever be good enough or worth anyone’s time.” Then, when that voice is silenced [continue reading…]
When I was a kid, it felt as though time passed by excruciatingly slowly. I was forever looking forward with great anticipation to something or other… Christmas, birthdays, summer vacation, growing up… and to me, these events were an agonizing lifetime away.
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We’re now halfway through May, so I thought I’d share a mid-month installment of the photos I’ve posted for the May Photo A Day Challenge.
I’ve been sharing my photos on Instagram, Twitter, Flickr, and [continue reading…]
I am feeling a little lost for words today, as we just found out this morning that our dear Grisabella most likely has advanced kidney failure. We’re still waiting on the results of one test to confirm that it’s not an infection of some sort that’s skewing the bloodwork results, but things are not looking [continue reading…]
Welcome to the second edition of a newly-established Alphabet Salad tradition-to-be, Tangled Tuesday! There has been a LOT of tangling-related goodness in my world since my first post in this new series, and I’m anxious to share it all with you, so let’s get on with it!
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OK, I’ll confess: I’m a fairly sentimental person. It’s true! It never fails to thrill me whenever Peter leaves a little love note in his own handwriting for me (and I save every one of them!), or unexpectedly brings me flowers (though this happens far less now that we have three rambunctious cats [continue reading…]
