Category Archives: Thankful Thursday

Thankful Thursday (8)

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Earth produces no viler creature than an ingrate. ~Publius Syrus, Latin writer of maxims (first century BCE)

Time to find something to be grateful for again! Did you know expressing gratitude can improve sleep and immunity? Did you know it can decrease anxiety, chronic pain, and disease? Aren’t these good enough reasons to start looking for things to appreciate?

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Red, orange, yellow

Farewell to glorious Fall

Trees are now just sticks

Note: Happy Thanksgiving to all my blogging buddies! I’m taking a bit of time off to feast and rest, and thus I’m closing comments on this one. Enjoy the last of our Fall color (seven slides in all).

Thankful Thursday (7)

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Wouldn’t it be an exhilarating tonic for the soul to take a moment to appreciate the simple, good things in life which are so bountiful…? ~Author unknown, c.1949

Cranberries are here!

Delicious and good for you.

Savor autumn’s joy.

Note: This is yet another post celebrating things we ought to be grateful for. Did you know cranberries are loaded with antioxidants and show benefits for heart, digestion, oral health, urinary tract, skin, and other parts of the human body?

Thankful Thursday (6)

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The reason it hurts so much to separate is because our souls are connected. ~Nicholas Sparks, American best-selling novelist, screenwriter, and film producer

The nest is empty

My baby bunnies are gone

Successfully hatched!

 

Note: Another in the Thankful Thursday series, in which we focus on things we’re grateful for.

Thankful Thursday (5)

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Gratitude is the memory of the heart. ~Jean Massieu, pioneering deaf educator from France

Finally an end

To heat and humidity.

A welcome cold front

Note: This is another in the Thankful Thursday series, in which we express gratitude for something in our world. While I might not post every week on this topic, I do try to focus on the positive things in life. We’ve had a string of beastly hot and muggy days, but when these clouds rolled overhead, I knew we were in for some relief (and I wasn’t wrong!)

Thankful Thursday (4)

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Pink is not just a color. It’s an attitude. ~Miley Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress

At last I’m seeing

A bloom from my Cosmos plant.

Wasn’t it worth the wait?

 

Note: This is my contribution to the Thankful Thursday series, wherein we focus on things we’re grateful for. This Cosmos plant (also known as the Mexican aster) came in a seed packet somebody sent my mom just after she passed. I didn’t think it would grow, but just look at it — it’s nearly waist high! I guess I shouldn’t have doubted — Cosmos is one of the October birth month flowers, and Mom’s birthday was in October.

Thankful Thursday (3)

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And it is no little thing to hear a fellow-creature say “Thank you, friend.” ~Barbra Ring, Norwegian novelist

Reach for the ceiling

Bend your arm at the elbow

And pat your own back

Note: On this Thankful Thursday, I want to give a shout out to all my friends — you’re the BEST!! Some of us would write whether anyone read and commented or not, but how much more interesting, special, and meaningful it is to have interaction on our blogs.

Thankful Thursday (2)

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A smile is as good as a prayer… ~Abigail May Alcott, American artist and youngest sister of author Louisa May Alcott

People’s laps are chairs

For puppies to sit upon

Comforting for both

Note: This is another installment of the Thankful Thursday series, designed to focus on gratitude. Poetry form is Haiku.

Thankful Thursday

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The three most important words in the English language are: “I appreciate you.” ~Author unknown, c.1960s

Yearly they appear

Asking nothing much of me

But to notice them

Note: Poetry form is Haiku. My friend Laurie introduced me to Thankful Thursday, in which we write about some of the things we’re grateful for. These Brown-eyed Susans greet me every summer by July. I didn’t plant them, and they don’t seem to demand anything from me. How cool is that?!