On a Treasure Hunt

This next group from my gratefulness list has a theme of exploration - on a treasure hunt. Looking for and finding adventure in the simple, everyday things.

• feeling effective, valuable at CMG meetings, able to encourage others
• appointments scheduled for vet and groomers (after procrastinating for months)
• photos from far away of a new granddaughter
• pumpkins from A's pumpkin patch placed on the island - center stage - a successful experiment
• amazed - a nutrition plan that results in weight loss - a sustainable way to eat. Oh, and healthy, too
• volunteer garden work at the zoo - listen to monkeys, geese, exotic cows, goats while pulling weeds
• blue skies again after weeks of smoky haze from summer fires
• Theresa writing 'gentle' on music - erasing exclamation point and drawing fluffy clouds instead - saying exclamation doesn't match 'gentle' (at flute lesson)
• eating out and bringing home half
• window open to cool morning air, welcoming fresh air inside
• twenty pounds down! weight = a good thing to lose
• Book Girl by Sarah Clarkson - a treasure key to open more treasures
• woman on the train softly singing a hymn (Come Thou Fount)
• H's help to organize, clean basement - amazing accomplishment in less time than we expected (and fun doing it together)
• fresh breezes, air movement even when it is hot
• travel safety - praying protection for RARJ amidst unrest and turmoil in the city
• relationship challenges
• Duolingo Spanish practice - fun and good for my brain
• new shelf in the bathroom, painted and installed - clutter off the counter
• pick dried beans - amazing, exciting to unwrap the pods and find spotted beans
• ORDINARY MIRACLES - the vision to see the wonder of ordinary miracles; family safe on a flight, babies growing and developing, a good book with time to read it, a smile, seeds becoming plants, a fresh breeze
• "Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder." -E.B. White