Happy Sunday! :) Holly and i celebrating our 13th Anniversary :) Happy hearts smiles :)

Happy sunday! :) We're enjoying a wonderful day :) Holly and i are celebrating our 13th Anniversary :) it's a sweet day, with cards, gifts, nature walks,tending our garden, and watching TWD show :) We're very heart happy and excited about lots of great things going on :) The summer season is in full swing, with lots of great seasonal festivities, and traditions :)We're enjoying a very special time sharing in the season with everyone :) Holly and i are enjoying a great time, celebrating our 13th anniversary :) We gave eachother nice cards, gifts, and some of our favorite snacks, treats :) We love our gifts, and cards :) We have our nice cards, and gifts displayed here on our table :) We're enjoying some nice foods, snacks, drinks including iced coffee, and watching TWD show :) We also enjoyed some nice time in our yard, and garden :) our plants, fruit trees, and flowers are doing very well :) The sunflowers are growing taller each day, and lots of flowers blossoming :) our nature friends are very happy, visiting our yard, to enjoy some goodies, and they visit our garden often too :) Lots of spirit soaring summer time nature shining all around :) We've been hanging out today, enjoying our anniversary day :) i'm browsing some coins, collectibles on ebay, and so excited my new coins i ordered arrived :) i look forward to updating my collector's albums, adding in my new coins :) The spirit of the summer season is all around, with lots more great times to look forward too :) Thank you angel friends, for sharing in the season with us, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We love you all bunches and bunches! :) Enjoying a wonderful day, with family, friends, anniversary celebration, nature walks, and the wonderful spirit of the summer season :) We look forward to blossoming into the new week with everyone :)



Cheers!!! to sweet summer times! :) Hi angel friends! :) Sunny smiles, and greetings from our summer garden! :) my family, Holly, and i hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful day :) We think of you all often :) There's lots of great summer times being shared ,with the season in full swing :) We're very heart happy and excited about lots of great things going on :) Holly and i are celebrating our 13th Anniversary today :) Thank you angel friends, for your sweet happy anniversary wishes :) We're enjoying a great time celebrating :) Holly and i met here on DS in 2009, and became friends, and officially a long-distance couple in 2011, and she moved here with is in 2019 :) We're very heart happy, for our relationship, and all of the very special times we've shared over the years ,and so much more to look forward too :) We'll forever be very thankful, blessed, and appreciative of how DS brought us together :):) We gave eachother some nice anniversary cards, gifts, and some of our favorite goodies and treats :) We're enjoying a TWD party, and also enjoyed some nice time in our yard, and garden, tending our plants :) We're loving the day, and so excited to share in many more seasonal festivities, and traditions with everyone as the summer season continues to shine :) Thank you angel friends ,for making each day very special, and memorable :) We send our love ,wishing everyone continued joys of the season :)



We're enjoying sharing in the weekend, with some of our favorite simple joys :) Holly and i enjoyed some nice pasta salad for dinner :) it's delicious! :) We watched a new movie last night on amazon video :) a great popcorn movies day :) This morning, we had a great new day, rising and shining :) i was up early this morning, enjoying some nice time here on DS, writing to friends, and getting ready for my early morning nature walk :) We had some replenishing rainfall here yesterday, it cleared as the afternoon went on, and got sunny, and very humid. We hope everyone is keeping hydrated, and cool, through these very hot, and humid weather days. Wishing everyone safety, and hopefully very soon we'll have some much more comfortable weather :) i gathered a nice bowl of goodies ,and went outside for my nature walk :)



The Summer sunshine ,and our nature friends greeted me :) i heard some happy birds around, and the sunrise sunshine was shining into our yard, creating a golden glow upon the nature :) i love seeing the trees, branches, glowing from the sunshine ,a brand new day blossoming :) i put lots of goodies in our backyard, and in the bird sanctuary area for our nature friends :) They love the goodies, and are very happy as they visit our yard, and garden areas often :) We're going to make some nectar food for the hummingbirds ,to refill some feeders, we hope to see some hummingbirds soon :) there's lots of great nature, shining all around :) we're seeing lots of bees, and butterflies visiting too :) The ladybugs love our garden, we love seeing them visit, and it's amazing, how they walk/crawl alongst the vines and leaves of the plants :) it's a whole nature land out there, it's amazing, and peaceful :)



Our sunflowers, plants ,and fruit trees are doing very well, growing and flourishing :) we have some sunflower blossoms growing, and the sunflowers are growing taller each day :) It's very neat to see :) We look forward to the sunflowers blossoming ,and them greeting us with sunny smiles in the garden :) we have poppy flowers, marigolds, daisies, roses, forget-me-not flowers, aster flowers, and snowball bush flowers blossoming :) we love the bright happy blossoms, and seeing our garden flourish :) We picked 7 cucumbers yesterday, and have lots more growing :) the cucumbers are surprising us, as we'll be looking for the cucumbers, and all of a sudden, we find some under the plants leaves, it's like a cucumber treasure hunt! :) We love it!!! :) We have yellow squash, zuchinni, and snap peas growing :) we're so happy to be harvesting fresh garden vegetables :) Our pears, and apples are doing great too :) We look forward to picking fruit later on this season :) my dad's tomato plant continues to do very well also :)It's a very exciting time in the season :) Holly and i are having lots of fun gardening, and sharing our garden ,and adventures with everyone :) Thank you angel friends, so very much for your wonderfully heart warming comments :)We're very happy ,and excited that everyone is enjoying seeing our garden grow, and enjoying our adventures :) There's lots more spirit soaring adventures ,all throughout the summer season :) Happy sunny nature, and summer gardening season smiles :)



It was a sweet spirited early morning :) We enjoyed our anniversary breakfast, and having some hot chamomile tea, water ,and vanilla iced coffee :) Cheers!!! to spirit soaring summer times! :) Holly and i enjoyed a nice time opening our anniversary cards, and gifts we got for eachother :) We gave eachother nice happy anniversary cards :) We're very happy and excited! :) each year ,for our anniversary ,i give Holly a new ring :) This year ,the ring i got for her, features 2 hands coming together to form a heart, like Holly and i do when we're outside in nature ,and put our hands together to form a heart :) i also gave Holly ,some nice arts and crafts supplies ,hotwheels, she loves to collect hotwheels :) i also gave her ,a nice jar ,with seaglass i bought at the dollar tree :) i gave Holly ,a nice heart shaped jewelry box, 2 flameless tea light candles, and some of her favorite treats :) i also bought some matching garden supplies for us, including garden diggers for our gardening adventures ,and a cool sunflower solar light :) Holly gave me, a sunflower fleece blanket, sunflower kitchen towel, a decorative lighthouse craft she painted ,it lights up :) She colored one of the lighthouses in green and purple, our favorite colors :) Holly also gave me, a nice decorative Legend of Zelda, Ocarina of time painting she did, 2 cool shirts, a TWD shirt, and an amazing shirt that says, "Level 13 complete, level 14 loading":) symbolizing 13 years together ,and blossoming into our 14th year :) awww! :) Holly also gave me, some pens, markets, candy, crackers, reese's pieces,and a wonderful rock she painted, plus a nice decorative wooden plaque with a very special poem :) Holly also created 2, "lucky 13" cups :) this is awesome!!! :) Holly and i love our wonderful anniversary cards, and gifts :) We had so much fun opening the gifts :) We thanked eachother :) Tiger girl was hanging out with us while we opened our gifts :) Happy hearts smiles! :)



We're enjoying a wonderful day! :) Celebrating our anniversary, nature, and TWD party! :) my family, Holly, and i are doing well, healthy, and in good spirits :) Holly and i are enjoying a great time, celebrating our 13th anniversary, and lots of great memories being made :) We've been enjoying some foods, snacks, drinks, and also some of the pasta salad, it came out great :) We're enjoying sharing in the summer season with everyone, and lots of spirit soaring times with the season in full swing :) Holly and i love the nice anniversary cards, and gifts we gave eachother :) We're enjoying our TWD party, and enjoyed some nice time in our yard, and garden today :) We're loving these summer times, and there's lots more great things to look forward too, as the season continues to shine :) Holly and i are going to watch a cool, Super Mario Sunshine Video game play thru on youtube tonight :) we look forward to blossoming into the new week with everyone, enjoying nature walks, tending our plants, writing, we also have sweet treats tuesday, Kayla's and Lisa's birthday's, super wednesday mailing envelopes here from home, ghost hunters party, and lots more, leading us into another super fun, summer time themed baking friday adventure :) i look forward to sharing our days, weekly festivities, traditions ,and pictures with everyone in my daily journals :) Wishing everyone a great new week :)



There's so much more to look forward too, as the summer season blossoms :) July is a sweet month, with Gardening season, Flowers growing, and blossoming, and that classic seasonal spirit :) The season is filled with lots of awesome seasonal festivities, traditions, and birthday celebrations to share in :) We love the special times, and celebrations from month to month as the year goes on :)We're so happy to celebrate all of the excitement of the season with everyone :) Celebrating the 2024 NBA Champions, Boston Celtics!!! :) We cherish and treasure, the many special memories being made :) We're very happy, thankful, and blessed, to have you all in our lives, and to be able to share in these very special times of the season with you all :) Thank you angel friends, so very much, for all that you do for us, for comforting us, uplifting our spirits, brightening our days, and for the very special joy you all bring our hearts :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of the love of our hearts :) Big group happy sunny warm caring sunflower friendship hug :) We wish everyone a nice peaceful evening and night :)



-never lose hope :)



To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, we're enjoying a wonderful day :) Holly and i are enjoying celebrating our 13th anniversary :)We gave eachother some nice cards, gifts, and watching our show :) We also enjoyed some nice nature walks, and tending our plants :) it's a very exiting time in the summer season, and lots of great memories being made :) We're looking forward to the upcoming week, enjoying our shows, weekly traditions, and continued joys of summer time nature shining all around : )Thinking of you ,our dear friend :)



my mom, Holly, and family says hi :) We hope everyone is doing well, healthy, and enjoying a wonderful day :) awww! :) We love you all bunches and bunches, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We're enjoying a very special time ,sharing in and celebrating the summer season with everyone ,and all of the great memories being made :) There's lots of spirit soaring excitement, as the season continues to shine :)



Celebrating a very happy 13th Anniversary! :) Thank you angel friends, for your sweet happy anniversary wishes for Holly and i :) We're enjoying a great time celebrating : )We had a nice time, opening our anniversary cards, and gifts we gave eachother, and also enjoying some nice foods, snacks, and drinks :) We love our cards, gifts, and treats, goodies we gave eachother, and so excited for all of the great memories being made :) i'm very happy and excited to share some pictures of the cards, and gifts we gave eachother :) Happy hearts anniversary smiles :)


Anniversary cards Holly and  i gave eachother :) 


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Gifts i gave Holly :)
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Gifts Holly gave me :)
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Holly bought us matching shirts! :) Level 13 complete, level 14 loading! :) super cool! :) 


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i gave Holly some seaglass in a jar :) 


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We had some sunshine in our window this morning, shining into our home :) Holly and i made a heart shape with our hands :):)


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13th Anniversary breakfast :) Holly made these nice 13th anniversary cups :) Lucky 13! :) 


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Sunny Summer greetings, from our garden! :) Hi angel friends! :) Holly and i enjoyed a nice nature walk, and tending our plants today :) We trimmed/pulled some weeds, and watered our plants :) some great nature/garden time on our anniversary :) We're very happy and excited, our plants, fruit trees, and flowers are doing well, growing and flourishing :) it's a very exciting time in the season :) we look forward to lots more spirit soaring gardening adventures :) Happy sunny nature, and gardening season smiles :)
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Sunflower blossom growing :) 


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we moved our marigolds planters in a more sunny area of our yard :) 


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Blossoming daisy :) 


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Sunny days in our summer garden :) 


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Replies

CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you Holly and your family are doing well enjoying a nice anniversary Sunday. Its great you and Holly are enjoying the day together, Giving each other some nice cards and gifts and tending the garden too Happy to hear all your plants flowers and fruit trees are doing amazing. They look wonderful in your photos. Glad you're looking forward to a wonderful week ahead. Thanks for all my nice hugs today. Have a good evening, Hugs to everyone-Stephanie
Lilysawyer
Lilysawyer

Happy Anniversary, Chris and Holly! wow lucky 13, I hope you have many more happy years together! :D I love the heart you did with your hands. Nice gifts you gave each other. I love the garden shots, too! Big friendship hugs.
JeanCarlin
JeanCarlin

Glad that you and Holly enjoyed celebrating your anniversary and were happy with all the gifts you gave one another, you both got some really great things.
Glad you watered and trimmed weeds early and got to take some beautiful shots of your garden . Can’t wait to see the sunflowers in bloom :-)
Take care and be very careful in this heat today and tomorrow, supposed to be brutal!
Stay safe and stay hydrated, hugs Jeannie