A New Plant!

As I write this, the weather app on my phone says that it is 83 degrees outside.  I'm too tired to enjoy it much.  Each time I walk between the house and the apartment, I pause for a moment to appreciate it.  Here are some happy things from today:

  • After not getting much sleep last night I made it through the entire ten hour shift without falling asleep.  The company made it hard, too.  There was a meeting about seven hours into the shift that I had to sit down for longer than I would normally.  Falling asleep in front of the person that runs the building I work in would have been bad.  😅
  • A week or so ago I noticed something growing in the triangle where the tulips and crocuses are.  I didn't look closely but I thought it was staghorn sumac and almost pulled it.  I'm glad I didn't, I think it is the peony I planted sometime last year.  Yay new plants!
Peony?


  • There are some other new things in the yard.  I assume that the flower and gnome (pictured below) are things Keziah was gifted for Mother's Day.   They are bright and cheerful and I like them. 

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Currently listening to: The Body Keeps the Score, by Bessel Van Der Kolk. 

Thank you for being part of my happy things. Stay safe.


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