Ruff Park Magnolias - 2

 Morning meditation reminder:

Look for the Small Wonders

Amen

Ruff Park Magnolias - 1

 

Sunday Secret

I still read PostSecret every week. I haven't re-posted one of Frank's postcards here on my blog in a long time ... but this secret from today speaks to me. (Those faces though!)

Part of being happy is choosing to be happy.

Another part is protecting my boundaries.

Friends and Flowers - 1

I started my next counted cross-stitch project last week. It's a kit from 1997 from the Suzy's Zoo collection. It seems like a pleasant Spring project. The finished size is 5" x 7". 

Instead of using the bright green picture frame that came in the kit, I plan to make the completed stitching into another pillow cover.

Bonus: there are even hearts on the watering can! 

Junction City Pond

Beautiful day on the pond.

Photo straight out of camera, unedited.

Red-on-Red

The rhododendrons are coming into season.

This single bloom, rescued from the pavement on my morning walk, came home with me.

Abby's Cache I

Jodie and I have begun to place a series of geocaches called Abby's Cache. We got the idea from a man in Post Falls who placed hundreds of caches in the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene area in the name of his granddaughter, Caitlyn. We've placed three caches for Abby so far, but two of them already were "muggled." They disappeared.

So a couple weeks ago Jodie and Abby and I returned to Eastgate Woodlands to replace Abby's Cache I.

The cache is hiding in a tree (not this stump) in the woodlands that border the Willamette River.

It was a cloudy day, and the river was running swift and high. It felt good to walk in a park between rain showers.

Nearby, the wildflowers were just starting to bloom, as well as some daffodils.

This flower grew alone from a single bulb at the base of a huge pine. Unusual!

Now that Abby's Cache I has a new home that's more secure than the original placement, we hope many geocachers will seek it out and exchange treasure.