On tonight's walk, my inquisitive 4 year old neighbor was waiting for us. She had some follow up questions about Harley and wanted to show him her library book about huskies. Today I am thankful for smart future women. (And Harley is thankful for children who are willing to scratch his ears.)

Who can identify? #books #booksky #reading

It took an hour and a half for our walk tonight, because we stopped to chat with neighbors, answer a thousand questions from a different 4 year old neighbor, watch a fox crossing the road, and admiring yet another neigbor's dog. Today I am thankful for community.

Today I am thankful that this iris finally bloomed. It's from a plant my mother grew and divided. My garden is full of friends and family!

Today I am thankful that I know better than to say "happy memorial day" and also the correct spelling of "dumb". I even know that despite the common usage to mean "stupid", dumb is the inability to speak. Sadly, trump is only the stupid kind and not the silent kind.

I don't really mind rainy days, it's a good excuse to do nothing all day. Today I am thankful for a day spent reading, napping, and snacking.

I don't understand how everyone in my house thinks they have nothing to wear, I just did a thousand loads of laundry. Today I am thankful for hyperbole.

Today I am thankful that the heat wave finally broke. It shouldn't be over 90°F in NJ in May. It's also apparently National Rescue Dog Day, but I'm thankful for my rescue dog every day. (He is even more thankful for the end of the heat wave than I am.)

There is currently a beech tree blight in our area. Today I am thankful that my favorite tree is still healthy.

Today I am thankful for pumpkin flavored dogsters ice cream. It was 92°F and Harley is a wooly husky.

I have scrapes, sore muscles, sunburn, poison ivy, and bug bites. Today I am thankful that gardening season is in full swing!

Today I am thankful that the Eastern King Birds who built their nest outside my kitchen window have hatched their chicks. Both mom and dad have been flying back and forth feeding the babies all day.

I went to a wake for an old friend from school. He had been the recipient (years ago) of a donated heart and a kidney, and on his death he donated his organs and tissue to pay it forward. Today I am thankful for generous, good souls. (Rest in peace, Frank.)

I've been posting things I'm thankful for BECAUSE I'm all too aware of the crazy shit in the world. I've noticed that the maga people I encounter never seem happy. Today I am thankful for the ability to experience joy and retain my humanity.

It's my husband's birthday, aka an excuse to have cake. Today I am thankful for reasons to celebrate.

Somehow I managed to work a full day, buy a birthday gift for my husband on the way home, walk the dog (3 miles!), go grocery shopping, put everything away, and heat leftovers for dinner. Today I am thankful for pajamas, which I can't wait to go put on.

For mothers day, my husband bought pre made dinners from Uncle Giuseppes. Today I am thankful that he picked eggplant parm and the really, really good semolina bread. Those are my favorites!

Today was my town garden club's annual plant sale. Today I am thankful that I scored some very locally grown perennials while supporting my community. I'm looking forward to playing in the dirt tomorrow.

Harley had a stressful day. He had his hair and nails done, and now he's exhausted. Today I am thankful for our wonderful groomer who has a high tolerance for husky drama.

One of the ladies at Thursday Evening Knitting brought a big bag of yarn that she is de-stashing. Today I am thankful (and extremely surprised) that I was able to resist taking any more yarn home. I already have a stash that will outlive me and all my descendants.

Today I am thankful that the rain took a break long enough for a nice long walk. A tired dog is a good dog!

I took a break from the news today, and it's amazing how relaxed I feel. I figured that if the one news item I care to hear about were to happen, it would be impossible to miss. Today I am thankful for a peaceful day.

I don't know why I'm so amused that tomorrow will be Taco Tuesday on Cinco de Mayo. Today I am thankful that tequila was on sale at Bottle King and taco ingredients were on sale at Shop Rite so I can celebrate properly.

I was away from Thursday morning to Sunday night, which was apparently a crisis. Harley didn't even give me a chance to bring my things inside before he insisted on taking a lap around the neighborhood. We even saw a fox friend. Today I am thankful for an enthusiastic welcome!

I'm visiting my parents, and today's agenda included a little gardening with my mom, followed by an afternoon of wine and true crime shows. Today I am thankful for simple pleasures.

Ollie is an antique cat. He showed up at my parents' house as an injured feral tom about 10 years ago. Today I am thankful that he's adapted very well to the spoiled housecat lifestyle.

Today I am thankful that I arrived safely at my parents' house after what seemed like 600 straight miles of highway construction.

Today I am thankful that I managed to put the clean clothes in the dryer at precisely the right time to have clean, warm pajamas at bedtime. Good night, Bluesky!

Today I am thankful that I had the foresight to change into my pajamas before eating pizza. Now the inevitable stain is not on my nice top.

Today I am thankful that I have made it to bedtime. When I wake up, it will no longer be Monday. (This wasn't my worst Monday on record, but it was a long, exhausting one.)

We were expecting a cold rainy day, so today I am thankful that the forecast was completely wrong. Doofus McFloofus and I got to take 2 long walks and I was able to pull a few weeds.

I heard from an old friend that she is celebrating 2 full years of sobriety today. Today I am thankful that she seems to be very happy and healthy. It wasn't an easy road, but she's a strong woman.

🌱 "The greatest form of activism is to be a living example of the type of people you'd like to see walking this earth." —Ebonee Davis

Today I am thankful that I managed to run all my weekend errands already. I could use the reclaimed time to catch up on housework, or I could sleep in and then read or crochet all weekend. (Books & yarn it is, then!)

I've been slowly but surely plodding through my "must do" list. Today I am thankful that I have all the documents ready for my passport appointment next week. Even though the Save Act didn't get pushed through this time, I don't trust those fuckers.

Today I am thankful that my neighbor wanted the extra iris plants I had to dig up. I love them, but the patch was overtaking the whole perennial bed, and I hate throwing good plants in the compost pile.

I attended a business meeting at an office I used to work at, and I was greeted with hugs and "we miss yous". Today I am thankful for work friends.

It's probably just that I've forgotten something I need to do, but today I'm thankful that I have "extra" time so I can work on a sweater I'm crocheting.

As a mother of a 21 year old son (who also enjoys music festivals), this hit hard. Today I am thankful that Rachel has such amazing strength, and for the reminder to hug my kid more often. May Hersh's memory be a blessing to her.

It was the first of the gardening season where I was able to garden for the whole day. Today I am thankful for Tylenol.

Today I am thankful for fresh asparagus. I am also confused that after 25 years in the same bed, there are now some rogue stalks in the strawberry bed. I guess now it's an asparagus-strawberry bed.

Today I am thankful for new knitters and hookers. (Most of us are bi-stitchual, and anyway we don't discriminate.) We're up to 9 for Thursday Evening Knitting, and a woman in the library found us by accident and asked if she could come next week. We'll need a bigger room soon!

One of my neighbors has a yellow magnolia tree, similar to the one at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. It's blooming and gorgeous! Today I am thankful for beautiful trees.

We had an unusually warm day for April, and now it's raining. There's really nothing like the smell of fresh rain! Today I am thankful for petrichor.

Today I am thankful for Old Man Puppies. My neighbor's dog Leo (front and center) is 11 today, so we celebrated his birthday with some Dogsters ice cream after our walk. I've known Leo since he was about 6 weeks old.

Since we're expecting warm weather this week, I switched from flannel sheets to Egyptian cotton. Today I am thankful for high thread counts.

Today I am thankful that the violets in my lawn have started blooming.

Today I am thankful for the safe return of the Artemis crew!

One of my knitting group friends was cleaning out her mother in law's pattern stash and found this gem. Today I am thankful for generous friends and unexpected treasures!

Today I am thankful that there are still enough leftovers from Easter dinner that I don't have to cook tonight. It's too much to have to think about what's for dinner with so much else going on.