Adventures

How Sounds of Mother Nature’s Silence Flew Back Into Our Lives With A Heart-Warming Week That Was

The silence of our odd and snowy-less-than normal winter was broken this past week. We woke up the day after Valentine's Day to a snow-covered magical, almost sacred-like yard. The mid-week storm lead us into the cold blast ending the week with a heart-warming moment you're going to smile at too. I watched out the… Continue reading How Sounds of Mother Nature’s Silence Flew Back Into Our Lives With A Heart-Warming Week That Was

Going Gray

How My Mom’s Journey With Dementia Helped Me Help My Dad With His Journey With Mild Cognitive Impairment

Every February, I get a bug to do good things for the heart and brain. If you've been following me for a long time, you know that my mom died of complications from Diabetes and Vascular Dementia in 2012. Here's the two of us a few years before her diagnosis. Little did I know at… Continue reading How My Mom’s Journey With Dementia Helped Me Help My Dad With His Journey With Mild Cognitive Impairment

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How I Happily Stumbled Upon My Word for 2024 Only One Month Late

Every morning, I start my day with an icy glass of water with 2 lemon slices and electrolytes. I sip it while I sit next to my Happy Light. It's almost as delightful as when I admired the last sunset of January 2024. With a pencil in my hand, I stream thoughts down into my… Continue reading How I Happily Stumbled Upon My Word for 2024 Only One Month Late

Cheers

The Weekend I Almost Let My Vintage Santa Stick Around Long Enough to Meet Punxsutawney Phil

When it comes to putting the house back to normal after the holidays someone has to make the call on when to git 'er done. That someone is me, prompted by the calendar catapulting us into the new year. We delayed our ritual as we had our final celebration on Jan 21st. Our daughter and… Continue reading The Weekend I Almost Let My Vintage Santa Stick Around Long Enough to Meet Punxsutawney Phil

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How Mrs. Cardinal Gifted Us Doses of Hope This Week

Many a soul believes that the sight of a Cardinal nearby is their loved one looking in on them after death. With hope. What if we are the ones looking in on the Cardinals with the hope that they survive? That's what's happened to me (and Mr.) this past week. On Thursday, one of the… Continue reading How Mrs. Cardinal Gifted Us Doses of Hope This Week

Adventures

From Scoundrels To A Raptor and All The Little Birds In-Between

It's no surprise living in Wisconsin, in January, at temps of -2 below, I'd be in the house looking out the window for photo opportunities. We've had warmer weather longer into January. This morning, however, it is -5 below. And the birds outside are hungrier than ever! Mr. has been training our visiting birds to… Continue reading From Scoundrels To A Raptor and All The Little Birds In-Between