Ten Things of Thankful

For the last half of February I was missing in action as far as participating in blog hops was concerned, but writing in my journal (pen and paper type) was one of my means of coping and documenting what it was like for me personally and for us as a couple as we found ourselves having to deal with what Mother Nature dealt us. Today, I am ready to write another post for the blog hop, Ten Things of Thankful, hosted by Dyanne of Backsies Is What There Is Not. 

Thankful for low shrubbery covered with
ice beside our home instead of tall trees

1. Still feeling grateful that we didn’t have any damage to our home and vehicles in the recent storm, though many trees did not fare so well

Just some of damage to oak trees

2. Electricity and all the benefits  of having it

3. All the people who came to this part of the country to aid in helping all the folks who were and still are impacted by the results of the ice storm as well as those who in the midst of their own distress came to the aid of others

4. Receiving our first Moderna COVID-19 vaccines

5. Getting the tax preparation packet of 2020 info submitted to the accountant

6. Taking advantage of one of the downsides of having a very large chest freezer filled with quite a lot of food that should have been discarded a few years back and that we couldn’t keep frozen during the recent  power outage, to really clean out freezer with no plans to restock it

Chest freezer filled with thawed food and juice that
seeped out from the berries (Does anyone else have
food over 20 years old in their freezer?)

7. Seeing some little crocuses in bloom, totally ignoring the limbs that have fallen on the ground around them

On a bed of dead leaves and broken
twigs and branches is a purple
crocus fringed in white with
a bright orange center
calling for attention

8. Labels that identify food contents make it so much easier to join Vic in a real concerted effort to be more conscious of the salt/sodium content in the foods we purchase and the meals we prepare 

9. Spotting a tree that seems to be a roosting spot for herons wanting an upper view the large river below (no photo because I was driving)

10. The herd of 14 deer that showed up in our yard, maybe just to give us a heads up that they made it through the storm okay in spite of what must have felt like the shaking of their world as trees and branches descended to the ground below

More than just ten this week. . .

Waiting in line at a drive thru the day
after our power was restored and 
seeing a rainbow

I learned how to use animate a photo on My Heritage this week. I believe this to be a photo of Sylvine, one of my mom's half sisters. She was born in 1895. It was among photos mom had of her siblings. Unfortunately no one had written a name on back of the photo. The original was in black and white, but on My Heritage another option is to colorize a photo.

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