Simple Things - Thankful Things

I'm thankful for.....

• My Grandmother’s cookbook on my kitchen counter 
• Good food
• My garden in the morning
• Evening shadows on the ornamental grass in the front yard
• My stink-bomb-jones dog, who is starting to get old, and doesn’t want to go on as many walks
• My niece’s who hang a lot at their Auntie’s house
• My nephew who called me for a ride today and we talked about everything and nothing while driving to his job
• A nice period piece on PBS on Sunday nights - Downton Abbey
• Fresh flowers in the house
• A stranger today who helped me move a snapping turtle off a busy road into a pond
• A side table with flowers and a favorite book
• My funny Aunt Jill who sent me a letter today
• My dad and his sister Jill's smart-ass sense of humor
• A really good book: Just finished The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman; currently reading The Tiger’s Wife by Tea Obreht and A Radiant Life by Nuala O’Faolain
• My sister-in-law for sending me a book by Nuala O’Faolain My Dream of You - How did I not know of this writer?
• Looking forward to reading a book - Running the Rift by Naomi Benaron 
• And for Lisa who talked me into taking that blog class