Sunny Nature hope! :) We got sprouts! :) Plus, a beautiful sunshine delivery! :)

SUNNY NATURE HOPE, on this sunshine thursday! :) Post office adventure! :) Nature Joys and Surprises, and looking forward to continuing to re-gain a really good balance :)
SUNSHINE SMILES, ACROSS THE MILES, SENT WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF LOVE, FROM OHIO! :) awww! :) This is very sweet, sunny, and beautifully heart warming! :)i want to begin my journal, by sharing with everyone, about a wonderfully heart warming gift, and treasure i recieved in the mail this afternoon, from our dear, and lovely friends Cj (ddeadred), and her family :) Sunny greetings, and gardening hope, brought to us, with lots of love :) this touches my heart, in many wonderful ways, and makes me smile :) i really needed this smile, and heart warming joy, of opening this beautiful card :) this is so cool too, because later on in my journal, i share about a special garden surprise i discovered today :) Spring time hope! :) This wonderful surprise in the mail, is so nice! :)
Our dear friends Cj, and her family sent my family and i, a beautiful friendship nature card, featuring a lovely thinking of you note, and beautiful hibiscus flowers on the front of the card :) aww! :) this reminds me, of spring and summer time nature gardening joys, that we have to look forward too :) Cj and i share a great love for gardening ,and sharing our gardens, and adventures with eachother each year :) the flowers make me smile, and think of spring :) inside the card, Cj wrote me a very encouraging, and uplifting friendship note :) awww! : )Cj, definitely! :) thinking of you too, and our wonderful gardens we'll get to share throughout this new year :) i'm going to put this beautiful card, in my writing area :) my family and i love it, and will always cherish ,and treasure it :) We look forward to a beautiful new spring beginning next month, and celebrating the arrival of a new gardening season, with everyone :) This very special joy, warmed my heart, on this sunny winter day, and makes me think of spring, summer, and all of the plants that will greet us, with their sunny smiles :) This beautiful card from Cj and her family, greeted us with a sunny friendship smile today :) Cj, family, You all are wonderful friends :) my family and i thank you all so very much! :) We deeply appreciate your kindness, and generousity :) Sending our love, and sunny sunshine hugs, and nature smiles, from our home to your beautiful farm :)
Hi angel friends! :) my family and i hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying a nice thursday :) the weekend is fastly approaching :) it's another day of getting back on track, getting into the writing zone, and also enjoying some nature :) peaceful joys, that are helping me to regain a good balance with my days, and finally allowing myself to emotionally breathe, really is helping me, to settle my thoughts, which is healthy for me :) i want to everyone, for your wonderful and comforting support, and uplifting encouragement :) it means the world to me :) it's very special, and the greatest blessing of all, to have family and friends who always remind me, to slow down, and to remember to take good care of my health :) i'm feeling the love, care, and support, and i appreciate it, very much :)
It's a good day today :) i think yesterday, and today, i've definitely slowed down a bit, even though i wanted to keep at a fast pace, i knew that in recent days, both my body and mind, have been trying to remind me to take it a bit more easier :) i slept until about 6am this morning, which is a bit later for me, i think it was a sign that i needed the extra sleep :) i definitely feel positive about things, and dedicated to getting back into a good balanced routine, with my days :) my mind, and thoughts can spin at times, but since tuesday, i've definitely realized i've had to slow down a bit, and that it's healthy for me to go a bit slower :) yesterday, i took time to get back into some writings, which really helped me, and also continued joys, of enjoying nature :) it's so nice, being able to help eachother, here on ds, and also having simple joys in our days, that helps us too :) my family and i will always be here, for you and your family's :)
i love to spirit writing, and it can be hard for me to write, when i feel unbalanced, overwhelmed, and anxious. it's awful when this happens, and feeling unfocused. i'm pretty good at keeping focused, but from time to time, these waves of a rough stretch approach, but my family and friends, always help me make it through :) This morning, felt a bit more balanced, going out to the post office, and having done some writing yesterday, i got a chance to mail some cards, and notes, that i hadn't thought i would have time to write this week, so that is definitely a really good positive :) i also had a nice goodies/treasures package to mail, to our dear friend Holly :) This morning's post office adventure, went really well, we first drove Taylynn to school, we then drove my niece Alyssa home, and took a nice back routes route to the post office, and got a chance to see a different view of the peaceful pond, which is almost all frozen, with the deep freeze days of winter time. the post office experience, and adventure went really well, with social interaction, and public speaking, that always helps build up my foundation of confidence :) We'll be going to the post office next week, i want to have a really nice writing week, because i have some letters, and cards i want to write, and gonna get a good head start, to a nice new week of writing :)
It's a beautifully sunny day, but is icy outside, wow! it was a very large amount of ice/sleet we got here yesterday. some of our trees in our backyard, the fruit trees, and our silver maple tree, have a thin coating of ice/sleet on them, that really sparkles and glows from the sunshine :) i went outside a few times today, feeding our nature animal friends, i also wanted to just walk around our yard, in the sunlight, getting some nice sunshine :) i've noticed in recent days, when it's sunny, we've got more sunlight upon our yard now, which is really nice to see, and it makes that snowfall even more beautufiul, with the glow of the sun :) i've been going out more, during winter this season, even though it's been cold at times, i've been wanting to go out more, so that i can keep close to nature :) during winter time, cabin fever can set in, at times, where you feel like you're trapped indoors, and SAD (season affective disorder) can set in. i definitely think, the weather can affect our moods at times, during winter time. we see a sunny blue sky day, but the coldness, and snow and ice all around, it can be hard to dwelve into some nature, and we want more warmer weather, so yes, definitely, the weather can make us feel a bit down, and we can grow tired of the constant snow, and ice. i've had a few friends here on DS, write to me, about how they sometimes also get tired of the snow and ice, and long for the days, of spring time glory, and sunny warm weather :) i've got some spring hope, to share with everyone :)
SPROUTS!!! :) This morning, when i first went outside, for my nature walk, i noticed something really neat :) in my favorite gardening area, very close to our house, by our grapevines, and raspberry bushes, we have sprouts! : )Tulips, and Daffodils! :) this is a wonderfully sunny sign of spring, and gives lots of hope, that spring isn't too far away :) the sprouts have just sprouted up, but this is really nice! :) last year, we had an odd-warmer winter, and the tulips and daffodils sprouted early (last year, in January), and then it got very cold, and it affected the plants, but this year, it's been more of a normal winter, and this is so nice to see the sprouts :) i stepped into the garden area, for the 1st time since last summer, and it felt nice, taking a few pictures of the sprouts :) our tulips, and daffodils will blossom in March and April :) i wanted to share this nice spring time hope with everyone :)
Continued joys, of getting back into a good balance with my days :) Today, i did some organizing in my computer room, i put some universe dvds on, i also did some more writing, i wrote a card, and i also have began a very nice new letter, for our dear friend Julie, my lovely ds mum (Bloss) :) i'm on page 2 of the letter :) it feels great writing, like i love too :) i've felt like i've had so much writing building up within me, and have been putting it off for days and days, and to get that flowing writing spirit going again, it's a great joy :) Today for lunch, i enjoyed some nice tomato vegetable soup loaded with carrots, i also had some baked potatoes :) lunch was delicious! :) my family and i are doing well :) We're gonna be baking some goodies tomorrow, for baking friday :) i think it'll be a perfect day to bake, as the week winds down, and having a fun baking friday, is gonna be great :) we love sharing our adventures :) it's helped me a lot yesterday, and today, to write about how i've been doing, i know i normally write some nice journals about spirited adventures, and being in good spirits doing the writing, but it's also good for us to be able to write like this, when we aren't feeling 100% ourselves, and need to write it out :) it's a good feeling, and helps with healing :) our journals are theraputic, and i'm happy we all have a journal, here on ds :) tonight, i'm going to call our dear friend Holly, we're gonna watch an episode of "most haunted" on youtube :) i'm also gonna have a dvd night :) my family and i thank you, our dear wonderful guardian angel friends, for all that you do for us :) Sending a SUNNY SUNSHINE HUG, with friendship smiles, across the miles, from our home to yours :) There's many more great things to look forward too :)
-never lose hope :)
To Wildthing, Peaceful Gentle Moments of the day :) Wildthing, i enjoyed a few nature walks today, opened a beautiful card :) getting back into a nice balance with my days :) Thinking of you, our dear friend :)
my mom says hello :) She says, "i hope everyone is having a good day, and has a good evening" :) awww! :) We love you all very much, our sweet dear wonderful guardian angel friends :) We hope everyone is doing well, keeping warm, and enjoying a beautiful day :)
Happy sunshine smiles, sent with lots and lots of love, from Ohio! :) awww! :) this is so nice, and sweet :) my family and i love our beautiful card, and lovely note, from our dear, and lovely friends Cj (ddeadred) and her family :) This wonderful surprise, brightened my day :) We're so blessed, and thankful to have you all in our lives :) This is a picture of our beautiful card, from Cj and her family :) i took a picture of our card this afternoon, with the golden glow of the sun shining upon the card :) i'm going to put our nice card here in my writing area :) Cj, family, my family and i thank you all so very much, for this very special, and beautifully heart warming treasure :) We deeply appreciate everything, with all of our hearts :)
Spring Nature hope! :) our daffodils and tulips bulbs have sprouted, in my favorite gardening area :) the bulbs are planted close to our home :) this is so nice, and a sweet nature joy to see :) spring is right around the corner, we have lots to look forward too :) i look forward to sharing the incredible journey's of these flowers plants, as they grow, throughout this month, and into the months of march and april :) the Daffodils will blossom first, and then the tulips :) This is super mega sweet nature awesome! :)

Icy nature! wow! it's icy outside, we recieved lots of snow, sleet/ice yesterday, from the winterstorm. There's a coating of ice on the trees in our backyard. the sun is shining, and made the ice glow. :) nature truly is amazing, and also wild at times. i took these pictures earlier today, around mid-day. :)

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CoolGal
CoolGal

Hi Chris Glad you and your family had a nice day and you enjoyed your post office adventure.Happy to hear you had a chance to slow down and to write. The ice on the trees always looks kind of cool.So great see the tulips sprouts outside. It has been a long cold winter for sure.Thanks for all my nice hugs today.Have a good evening. hugs to all there-Stephanie
ddeadred
ddeadred

Dear Chris.... SO NICE TO SEE THOSE TULIPS SPROUTS!!!
ddeadred
ddeadred

Looks like SPRING is just around the corner!!! I\'ll have to check mine IF the snow in front of my house melts some... I\'ve been DREAMING about the weather WARMING UP a little and those sprouts just FEEL LIKE SUNSHINE!!!

I\'m glad you love that card!!! I thought of you and SUMMER
ddeadred
ddeadred

and better weather ON IT\'S WAY!!! Sooner is BETTER so maybe that\'s a sign that the overstuffed rodent was WRONG!!!

Long day for me as usual, but I made a lovely Beef & Broccoli Stir-fry for dinner that was EXCELLENT!!! Had a couple of small sirloins I got on sale and once they marinated all day, they were GREAT!!! Must have spent 30 minutes chopping veggies... Oh so GOOD and we\'ll each have lunch tomorrow TOO!!!

Love to you and Mom and Dad and everybody in CT!!! have a WONDERFUL EVENING and STAY WARM!!! xoxoxo Cj
ddeadred
ddeadred

(gee, did DS let me do the whole thing finally??? LOL)
annieheart
annieheart

Its important to listen to our bodies when they say slow down. Yes, spring will be here before we know it. Wishing you and your family a relaxing evening.
Love4you
Love4you

Dear Chris, I am happy you had a good day! :-) Sometimes, we all need
to slow down a bit (myself included) This harsh winter really can influence
how we feel.We all need Sunshine! :-) I can\'t wait till Spring is here, so
I can see all the beautiful Flowers growing in your garden dear Chris..:-))
I so love all your beautiful nature pictures,especially the first sprouts
in your garden..it makes me smile :-) Sending best wishes, positive
energy, heartfelt prayers and lots of Sunshine your way..:-) Enjoy a
peaceful evening, my dear friend :-) Love ,hugs and Blessings, Maria
DCUK
DCUK

HI BUDDY BOY,

TODAY I SLEPT RIGHT THROUGH WITH THIS COLD OFF MINE HAVE BEEN OFF MY FOOD TODAY FEELING SICKLY\' WHEN I DID AWAKE I DECIDED TO CONTINUE TO MAKE MY EASTER CARDS!!! [[[ THAT WAS A WRONG MISTAKE]]] BECAUSE I HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH MY CRAFT TOOL AND NOW I HAVE A BLACK-EYE!!! I ACCIDENTLY LENT INTO MY RULER[[[ OUCH ]]] YEAH IT WAS PAINFUL...

IM OK IM PLZ TO SEE YOUVE BEEN RESTING WELL TO ;D SO HAPPY FOR YOU THAT YOUVE HAD A GOOD DAY KEEPING BUSY [[[FOR AS YOU NO BUSY IS REALLY GOOD FOR US ]]] ITS GREAT MENTALLY ANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNND FOR OUR HEARTS N SOULDS...##

ITS GREAT NOING THAT IN OUR GARDENS YARDS THAT NEW LIFE IS BEGINING TO SROUT UP [[[THIS BRINGS IN HOPE]]] I FOR ONE LOVE DAFFS AND TULIPS THERE SO BEAUTIFUL THEY ARE [[[GODS KISSES TO US ALL]]] SENDING YOU MY HUGGLES N CUDDLES WAVEING MY HELLOS TO YOU ALL KEEP WARM AND STAY FOCUSED MY WONDERFUL FRIEND!!! KEEPING YOU ALL IN MY THOUGHTS IN PRAYERS GOD BLESS N HAVE A AWESOME DAY TODAY TAKE CARE MY [[[FF]]]! XO DC
JOYHOLY
JOYHOLY

Hello darling, so happy that you fell better and had time out, the photos are so nice, and the ice still not melting, good for you to have time in the sunshine, yes the light helps, you are eating healthy, and the flower are coming up in the garden, its really nice to see, keep strong,and smiling, sadness is banned**Give mom and family my love and best wishes, here we are okay, been raining all day, so we have been indoor, too wet..
Had some bagels and cake, it was delicious, eggs poached in my own tomato sauce with peace and green beans, it was superlicious..
you have a wonderful day, be looking at what you are baking, surely something delicious***
lots of love and hugs, sunshine smiles, look after our nature friends, here are fine, going to bed, happy day, Lucy***
KneeDeep
KneeDeep

Hello Chris.....Good to hear that you slept in,I agree your body probably needed it. Really nice to see the tulip and daffodils sprouting...a beautiful sign of better weather ahead soon. Glad you got to the PO and I will when things settle down for me send you a card or two...Enjoy your evening and stay warm. Love/Blessings/Greenies for you and your family
mindy027
mindy027

im glad you were felling better yesterday. some times you just need to slow down even if that is not what you want to do. your body knows best!!! im glad all went well at the post office and that you were able to do some organizing at home. enjoy your new treasures and those new sprouts!!!! have fun baking today and have a great weekend :-)
Michelletj
Michelletj

Yay for signs of Spring! Hopefully all those silly groundhogs were WRONG. We are covered in snow and ice around here, so if we have sprouts, we wouldn\'t know it. Hope you are having a joyful baking Friday! *HUGS*