Peaceful

I'm wordless today.  I just wanted to share this picture.

It makes me think of the word Peace.

It's the little things

I love this mug.

My friend, Kelly, gave it to me for my birthday. It is just the right amount of girly.  It has flowers and butterflies (but no unicorns or glitter). I love the graceful shape of it.

I love the little pink flower on the inside.

I especially love sitting on the front porch with my dog on a cool summer morning~enjoying the bird songs and sipping coffee from a cup that makes me smile.

McGill Rose Garden

The first time I went to the McGill Rose Garden in Charlotte, as we parked I thought that surely we were in the wrong place. There was not a rose in sight.  But as I stepped out of the car, the scent of roses wafted over gravel, through chain link and across the railroad tracks to let us know that we had arrived.

The land sits on an old coal yard.  It has been lovingly transformed over decades.  You can read all about it here.

It's one of my favorite places in Charlotte.

Spot o' Sun

Morrow Mountain State Park--Uwharrie Mountains

I Almost Missed It

Last night, I stepped out back with my dog "one last time" for the evening.  I had the usual 50 things on my mind~thinking about all the things on my list that I didn't get done that day.  After telling Hope (sweetly) to "hurry", I turned around, looked up and saw this:

Beautiful. 
I started to wonder how many times I've missed such a sight while worrying about trivial things and hurrying to get one more thing done before the day ends.
And while I'm at it, I'm going to stop telling my dog to "Hurry" (even sweetly).  I think I can speak for the entire planet of human beings when I say that no one wants to be told to hurry when they are going to the bathroom.  I'm pretty sure dogs must feel the same way.

Storm Rolling In