for the past twelve days

hello friends. remember me?  the okie blogger who talks too much about her cat’s litter box?

yes, so i’m back. my girl got home yesterday for the thanksgiving holiday.  and i was so happy to see her.  and along with my computer she also brought back my eye pencil sharpener and the mate to my favorite gold hoop earrings. 

see??  twelve days later and this is about as exciting as it gets.

anyway, because i know you’ve been on pins and needles waiting for me, i thought i’d share with you what you’ve been missing for the past twelve days.  so for instance, i’ve taken approximately 1,427 pictures of the burning bush in my front yard.

i would like to go on record and state that this is quite possibly the most appropriately named shrub in the history of common names for plants.

for the past twelve days i have also been continuing my quest to get the perfect photo of the fall leaves in my neighborhood.

for the past twelve days we have been trying to keep up with the falling leaves.

and by ‘we’ i mean ‘tripp’.

for the past twelve days i have been reflecting on fall and all the wonder and beauty it has to offer besides just amazing foliage colors.

for the past twelve days i have been enjoying the cold weather with lots of hot tea.

for the past twelve days i have made a complete mess of my kitchen table and worked on my december daily album.

so i have a bit of a confession…you know, if i had really wanted to, i could have asked tripp every night to use his computer (he would have let me).  i could have downloaded my pictures and used picasa or some other free photo software to create blog posts.  but i didn’t.

and guess what…like my friend dotti says, the world didn’t stop spinning because i didn’t tell you about the route 66 marathon that went right down my street.

flickr and facebook and the rest of the blog world went right on with out me sharing about taking the long way home a couple of weeks ago. 

and truth be told…. for the past twelve days i have been enjoying this little blog break.

so to wrap this up, i feel the need to tell you that for the past twelve days i have been practicing easy gratitude for the good things in my life.  for happy days like when the sun came out yesterday for the first time in days.

but i have also been practicing hard gratitude. gratefulness for a good and loving God…even in the midst of difficult circumstances.  finding peace in humility and acceptance. 

and so finally, tomorrow as we celebrate the day set aside for thanksgiving, i wish you every blessing and joy and peace.

with all my love and gratitude, kelly