Refresh Thy Spirit

I was lucky to have two outings in one weekend. On Saturday my husband and I went on a day trip.  I find day trips to have the best of everything.  I explore, I eat and car knit but best of all I sleep in my own bed.  That is a perfect day.  Anyways, we planned a day trip to Bethlehem, Pa.  Why might you ask?  Well since I teach knitting, conversations swirl about yarn.  A new friend suggested we go to Bethlehem and check out their yarn shop, historical town and good food.  After I researched, I discovered that there was a used music store that would delight that husband of mine.  He is always on the look out for more music.

As you can see there's not one photo of yarn or the store.  I was too engrossed in shopping to remember to take a photo. However, walking around the town, I was in photographer mode.  I was constantly stopping and snapping.  The weather was perfect-cold in the shade, hot in the sun.  Nearly every restaurant had outdoor seating on the side walks.

We window shopped, we explored, we took in the delightful sights and sounds of a vibrant town.  We had a great time being together.

My favorite photo is the one below which is an excerpt from a Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem.  Beautiful, isn't it?

Even though I neglected to take yarn shop photos, I did snap a photo of the music store window shop.  You see, I was bored to tears in that store.  I know it and my husband knows it and if I was to confess I  I've whined a bit in the past.  It was hot in the store (no ac) and a hot flash was brewing but I was patient because I'm sure he was crying deep down inside sitting on a fluffy sofa in a store full of women while I browsed through heaven (I mean yarn).

That my friends is what marriage is all about.  

Weekends

Gosh this weekend was a busy one.  I've got lots to share in upcoming posts.  We were in the car a lot seeing a new to us town.  We celebrated Father's day with family.  My weekend was:

-relaxing, fun and filled with laughter

-reading fiction and non-fiction

-watching two bluebirds in the back yard while eating THAT salad

-sharing good food with family 

-rain then sun then rain then sun-wonderful!

-picking up a very wiggly dog who was happy to come home from the kennel

-just being in the moment-the bestest place to be!!

How was your weekend?

Joining Amanda

Moments and Thankfulness

It's been a quiet week full of rainy dreary days.  Early mornings (5 a.m.) I'm serenaded by the birds mostly robins, sometimes a woodpecker, rain and thunder.  I pause and listen enjoying that moment before my day begins.

The days have been quiet now that we are two.  I'm focusing on knitting my various projects, planning some fall knitting classes and joyfully glancing at the cleared off coffee table.  That will never get old.  Menu planning became easy this week-we ate through the leftovers.  Gone is the l-o-n-g list of snacks and foods to buy.  We keep it simple when it's just two.  Salads for lunch every day.  In a few weeks we will be harvesting our own lettuce and spinach.

I am thankful for:

-avocados-can't stop eating them.
-family-how days, weeks can pass by, yet you pick up where you left off when you last saw them
-phone calls from kids-it's nice to know they are happy and they want to call us :)
-being two of us-we are once again enjoying being together planning outings
-vertical blinds-we close them so Frodo cannot see the rabbits.
-ripping out knitting-found a mistake and joyfully ripped because that is better than finding the mistake after the project is blocked
-puzzles-jigsaw, crossword, cryptoquip, sudoku you name them I'm addicted
-dvrs-we are catching up on all the saved episodes of various shows
-everyone's comments on my post on Wednesday about the unloved semicolon.
-quiet mornings, coffee with sugar no cream, snippets of songs in my mind on repeat, chocolate anything.

What are you thankful for?

have a lovely weekend!