Joy List Monday
♥ a weekly ritual ♥
a reminder to stop and pay attention to the little beauties and graces that make life magical and to set aside time for gratitude each day
♥ cuddles with Benny
♥ still blooming ... in late October in Wisconsin !!!!
♥ attended a retreat ... came home pleased with how much I enjoyed it
♥ playing with dried flowers and leaves from the garden
Wishing you a beautiful week full of little things that make you smile.
♥
Carla
Hello Friends,
It is Wednesday and that means it is time for the Hodgepodge.
Joyce asks the questions.
We answer the questions.
1. This week's Hodgepodge lands on 'Back To The Future Day'. October 21, 2015 was the date the movie characters (Marty McFly, Doc, and Jennifer Parker) traveled to in the future in the 1989 film Back To The Future Part 2.
Did you see the movie? Tell us a something about what was happening in your life in the fall of 2015.
I did not see the movie.
In the autumn of 2015 our oldest son was just learning how to drive. Hang on Mom!
2. Which -ber month is your favorite? (September, October, November, December). Explain why.
Oh Golly, this is hard. My birthday is in December. But oh I do love October days.
3. Red, yellow, orange, bronze...your favorite fall color to wear? To eat? To see in nature?
I do like to wear shades of red.
I enjoy squash to eat, yellow and orange.
I love red, yellow, orange and bronze in nature.
I was with out some of the pain in the butts that I have now... a few examples...
Having to wear progressive glasses or bifocals.. No fun!
Having to watch what I eat or I pay for it later, if you know what I mean.
5. We're roughly three quarters of the way through the year. What's one goal, habit, or mindset you want to purposely carry into the final weeks of the year? Elaborate.
Choose JOY each day.
Current events can easily steal your JOY if I dedicate too much time on them.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
Autumn in Wisconsin...
This summer we celebrated the life of my friend Nancy. She passed in January. We celebrated her life in high summer, on the lake she loved in mid July.
I met Nancy while delivering Meals on Wheels. I delivered to Nancy. We became fast friends. She was curious about everything. She loved to garden and would ask me for gardening advice. She loved to bake. She ran out of sourdough starter, so I gave her some of mine. She loved loons. She was on loon watch on her beloved lake. We loved to talk about loons. I also love loons. When we kayak we have had such amazing encounters with loons.
The family had a private service at the St. Croix cemetery.
I wanted to go visit Nancy. Her niece Beth gave me the directions, " you will find Nancy on Thompson Hill."
My husband and I headed out two weeks ago to go find Nancy. It was a beautiful October day, the autumn color was in full force and the temperatures where beautiful.
We arrived to the St. Croix cemetery. We noticed four hills. We decided to hike all four hills until we found Nancy.
We hiked the first hill. There was a Thompson stone, but no Nancy.
I did appreciate this stone...
"Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened."
We continued on our climb up hill number two. Another Thompson stone, but not Nancy.
Horace...
"HE DID IT HIS WAY"
Hill number three, we found another Thompson stone, but not Nancy.
"Farewell"
Thompson hill number four, we found her. Her father was a doctor during the polio outbreak. Nancy was a wonderful story teller, and I enjoyed sitting listening to her talk about her dad, he was a rural traveling doctor.
♥ Rest In Peace, my dear Nancy ♥
♥
Carla
