{a happy day}

Hello & how are you on this fine as wine Monday evening!?!?

I have to tell you that I think the universe was trying to speak to me today.

I have been quite sick with a summer cold:( No voice for 3 days now {yes....my husband is very happy}

and I had quite a few orders to work on for Simple Daisy....

but guess what....

A storm rolled in this morning and left us without power for most of the day....

which in turn forced me to relax {not something easy for me to do} and hopefully start moving towards feeling better!!!!

I wanted to be grouchy....because I don't like to be forced to do nothing....it also rained for a good part of the morning/afternoon.

But then the skies cleared and the sun began to shine and thought it would be nice to take a little walk around my house!

Maybe check out the damage....

nothing too major...a broken umbrella, sticks and leaves down everywhere....but pretty much unscathed!

I did, however, run into this sweet little guy!!!

And it really made me stop in my tracks to just appreciate the moment!

How often do you get to see a baby chickadee!?!?

It was so darn cute! it let me get right up close to it! Even Ruby and LC had a good look at it!

Everyone was happy:)

It did get me to thinking that it really is so important to just live in the moment sometimes and truly appreciate all that you have.

I love to take little daycations!! This one was a recent  one to Saugatuck, MI~

If you live anywhere nearby it's a must see! Such a happy place:)

Even is you can't get away for a whole week or even a weekend for that matter....I always think a little daycation is nice!

I, of course, wore all my Simple Daisy bling!

I love to really stack my bracelets up....the more the better:)

Are you a bracelet stacker!?!?!

And how could I not appreciate my girls!

They bring my heart so much happiness.....ok...i'd be lying if I didn't tell you that

they bring me heartache every once in awhile too.....let's just say...if you come to my home for dinner....I can guarantee you will get licked and there will be hair in somewhere on your dinner plate!

Either way...I still love them!

I love to see all the pretty flowers blooming in my yard!

It's not a fancy yard...in fact, by most people's accounts it's a pretty messy yard..

I like to call it cottage...

It's definitely not 3 bushes and mulch....like you see in most of the neighborhoods around here!

Perfection just makes me nervous:)

I do like nice grass though....and so our grass is usually pretty up to par.....kind of balances the messy beds and borders!

Just started on this wine bottle border!

Hope to finish it in the next year or two....no pressure to drink more wine and send me your empty bottles:)

I love them...i've seen them in magazines, on the Internet and at a friend's house!

Pretty darn cute and definitely cottage!

My husband's idea of a wine bottle border:)

I think he'd get his border finished long before mine...but it wouldn't be as cute!!!

I am just so happy with all the beauty in my own backyard....

it's not the beach...

it's not fancy...

but it's all mine and most all of it is completely my own designs:)

Sometimes you just have to be appreciative of what you already have!

Ok...well...I am going to appreciate finishing my nice glass of vino....

in between coughs and slapping at mosquitoes!

It's just too nice to go inside:)

Have a wonderful evening with whatever you're up to:)

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.  John Burroughs