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Gratitude Sunday * March 18, 2012

~ I’m once again joining Taryn over at Wooly Moss Roots in her Gratitude Sunday tradition. ~

Gratitude Sunday is a time to slow down and remember those thankful moments that graced our week. One reason I love keeping a daily gratitude journal is because it helps keep things in perspective for me. Each Sunday, I open my journal and share some of those moments with you here. If you’d like to join in, just leave a comment!

Gratitude is powerful energy. I love hearing others’ gratitudes!

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– Wonderful warm weather all this week.

– A hot shower and cozy pajamas after a hard and satisfying day’s work in the garden.

– Being outside a lot this week. That really fed my spirit.

Tabbouleh! I’ve been eating tons of it. Seems like each week I have a new obsession with some type of food that I can’t get enough of! Luckily it’s always something light and nourishing that my stomach and body both really like. 🙂

– Toasted homemade sourdough bread, pasture butter, and homemade concord grape jam — seasoned with hunger. That is heaven!

– Remembering, again and again, to make adjustments so that I’m enjoying my life from day to day. Remembering to “take my pleasure seriously” as Charles & Ray Eames said (thanks to Aja for that quote!). Otherwise my too-sensitive psyche gets overwhelmed and I find life becoming too much — and if I don’t wanna be here, that’s no fun.

– Solar cookin’ again! Made oil-free “french fries” and quinoa this week.

– Seeing Venus and Jupiter travelling together through the sky.

– Giving my honey, F., a body rub; we had both had a really difficult day and it felt just as good to give a body rub as it hopefully felt to receive it.

– My immune system successfully fighting off a cold that I was sure I was coming down with. That was awesome!

– Hanging out one-on-one with my dad.

– Harvesting the first tender chives of the season.

– F. getting tomatoes and parsley to feed my tabbouleh fetish.

– The wonderful, wonderful loved ones around me!

– My tomato seedlings growing heartily in our kitchen window, right next to me as I sit at my computer…

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What gratitudes have graced your week?

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3 Comments

  1. Taryn Kae Wilson

    Hi Lindsey,
    Wonderful list!
    The feeling of getting clean and then putting on cozy jamis after a day of satisfying accomplishment (especially being outside working in the garden) is… mmmmm mmmm! 🙂

    Love your picture of venus and jupiter.

    I love giving Jeff body rubs before bed, it is very energizing for me when I give him massages. When I rub his feet and back he usually gets so relaxed he falls asleep.

    All the pictures along your blog are so vibrant, colorful and beautiful. It’s a joy to see.

    Big hugs!
    Love, Taryn

  2. Kate

    Dear Lindsey, Thank you Thank you for identifying Venus and Jupiter in the western sky. I have noticed them every night (almost) since mid-Feb and thought they had to be planets for their brilliance and steady light. They are exquisitely beautiful like diamond specs in the sky.

  3. Trish

    What a wonderful week Lindsey, your gratitudes are so special…love your photographs very much.
    Love to you

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