This moment, inspired by Soulemama, is an ongoing Friday tradition for many. The object is to post a moment from the past week and to leave it wordless. Pictures speak a thousand words on their own and inspire one's own imagination and speculation.
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This week, I am grateful for:
~ Having the most understanding partner in the entire world ~
~ Being home with the boys ~
~ The ability to choose in life even when there is no money ~
~ Our family's health ~
~ The fortunate patch of openness in our yard (the rest is saturated with tall pines and a few tall competing oaks)... it makes a garden possible ~
~ Great books and wonderful online resources ~
~ Personal friends that own chickens, bees, sheep, rabbits, goats, and extensive gardens.....they are wonderful resources of information or even babies (chicks, kids, lambs..) if needed in the future ~
~ The relationships in my life ~
~ Summer ~
~ Domesticity ~
How about you? Do you have a moment you would like to share. What are you grateful for these days? Add your link to the comments below if you like. Hope you all had a great week and have a wonderful weekend, as well.
Oh my, so blonde... Looks like a sweet golden boy!
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Have a nice week end!
waitin'for an egg for having breakfast?? Cute pic!
ReplyDeleteBuon fine settimana! :)
Girl, it just makes me so happy that others are grateful for domesticity as well. It's a wonderful thing. At the moment, I'm feeling grateful for our home full of people and pets, thrift stores to be thrifted, and this hot cup of coffee sitting in front of me.
ReplyDeleteTotally cute photo. :)
Have a fun weekend!
Beautiful photo and post.
ReplyDeleteThis morning I am grateful for being able to nurture my sick kiddos with herbal teas, syrups and TLC. Oh, and my coffee too...it was a long night...
Ah - lovely! Did he get to collect eggs too?
ReplyDeleteThanks for visiting my blog :o)
Chicken love! I, too, am grateful for staying home with my girls and homeschooling. Sure, we could have 2 incomes and lots more "stuff" and more financial security but I am grateful for the choice our family has made.
ReplyDeleteGlad you stopped by my blog so I could find yours!
My moment: http://myyearinhaiku.blogspot.com/2010/06/mermaid-and-mer-man-floating-on-lazy.html
I love your chickens. And your sweet boy is too cute. I'm very thankful that I get to spend summer with my family crafting, swimming, reading, and getting ready to travel. Be well and happy weekend.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment of my Friday moment - and thanks for directing me to your blog! And for reminding me of all the things I have to be grateful for!
ReplyDeleteCheers!
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Oh! my little guy would be terrorizing those chickens! I'm sure!~! So sweet!
ReplyDeleteLove it! My girl and I want hens so badly, but we live 9 months of the year in the city limits...no fowl. Oh well, we'll enjoy through your adventures!
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful moment! We have one chicken that my kids treat like a pet. She roosts in the tree over the coop and free ranges during the day. She also thinks she is a rooster and crows every morning at the rising sun!
ReplyDeleteMy girls and I absolutely love collecting fresh eggs straight from the hen house at our local farm - so exciting!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great site! Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeletethank you for sharing this photo...love the truck too ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is actually my friend's house and her chickens (I wish it were mine as of now....I so want chickens). But yes, Jared (almost 5) got to gather fresh eggs.....not Dylan (2), though. I am afraid he might think they are fun to throw or something. :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a lucky kid. I loved having chickens growing up.
ReplyDeleteI see some sweet baby curls, too cute! Check'n out the chickens from a safe distance! :)
ReplyDeleteYEA! A harem of barred rock girlies!!! :)
Aren't they great? (well all chickens are great in my book) Mine is laying super huge eggs lately! Sadly she is the lone chica, the other 2 were "mean girls!" Now she hangs with the rabbits! :)
Thanks for visiting! xoxoL~
What a sweet moment!
ReplyDeleteLove you moment and thanks for visiting us (that's actually his aunt with my boy).
ReplyDeleteI'm grateful for being healing, for having my boy, for having my family, and for be giving us the opportunity of have slow days.
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what a wonderfull little boy you have :)
ReplyDeletei love the photo and really loved reading the things you are grateful for. i need to take more time to be thankful and mindful. i am grateful that 7 years in, my heart still flutters when my husband walks in the door. i'm also grateful for fresh food in my life and people who take the time to grow it for me.
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely picture. We always had chickens when I was growing up and seeing them brings back so many warm memories of farm life. I live in the city now, but still find room to do some gardening. Maybe someday we'll live where we have room to grow more and raise some animals. Right now, I am thankful for my sweet family, good health, a wonderful marriage and my sweet baby boy. Everything else is just a lucky bonus. Thanks for stopping by my blog. I do so enjoy meeting new folks this way!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photo (looks like barred rock hens - we've got one of those in our hen house).
ReplyDeleteAnd what a wonderful gratitude list. I think gratitude is the balm that can heal a troubled mind.
Hi Jayme,
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for visiting my blog and sharing your moment. I love it! Right now I'm grateful for the warm sun, the sunflowers and spinach that are shooting up, and the pairs of animals -- deer and butterflies -- that have blessed our home in recent days.
Here's my moment: http://suzlipman.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/this-moment/
Have a great weekend!
Toddlers and birds are so much fun! We have 3 ducks at our house, and it has been a great experience to see my 2 year old interact and learn from them. Happy weekend!
ReplyDeleteis that a head count? hope you are not missing anyone!
ReplyDeleteLovely blog. Thanks for stopping by today.
ReplyDeleteI am grateful for our simple life as we live it. . .with animals (22 baby chicks,two 10 week old kittens, a dwarf rabbit and a bulldog IN the house and horses, ducks, angora rabbits, and hens OUTSIDE, a home business I LOVE, and living life without school!
happy day!
Jayme, great moment! I love the red colors.
ReplyDeleteI've been thinking about possibly, maybe getting some chickens.
The thought sure pops into my mind a lot. The wheels are turnin'.
I wonder what will happen?
Thanks for visiting my blog today.
~Victoria
beautiful moment. and so heartwarming to read your list of gratitude. just reading what someone else is appreciating right now opens up a whole well of gratitude within me... thank you.
ReplyDeleteLove this picture. I wonder what your boy's expression is as he looks at the picture. So nice to have friends with farm animals!
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by my blog. I like your Grateful list. Perfect complement to the "This Moment" meme.
This is a very lovely picture!
ReplyDeleteAnd thanks for stopping by my blog!
What a lovely moment :). Our chooks are in the bad books at the moment, for digging up my freshly planted vegies. but you cant stay mad for long when they provide you with fresh googy eggs every day!
ReplyDeleteyou have a very beautiful space here, great moment! thanks for looking at mine. i am grateful for this online "village" where i get to sort of meet like minded folks who parent and love and live and appreciate on a similar plane as i do, i love how the universe connects us all, so i so enjoy my blog world of friends.
ReplyDeleteI love your blog space, and what a sweet moment. Have a wonderful weekend!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photo - and I love your blog! Very inspiring gratitude list.
ReplyDeleteWhat a great moment. Even though you don;t have your own chickens yet your son still gets the oppertunity to see where his food come from. that is so great! I am thankful for the oppertunity to be home with my children and schooling them here too. I am also thankful for all the skills I have learned out of the need of frugalness. One income is more of a blessing than anything. Thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful gratitude list. Such simple, but profound things to be thankful for. Thank you for such good thoughts to carry into this weekend!
ReplyDeleteSweet photo and I love your gratitude list! What a list of comments to be adding to! :)
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What a beautiful moment you are sharing! I am grateful that the sun is shining this morning and that I have the opportunity to get some plants in the garden before the 'scattered' thunderstorms that dumped 2" of rain on us last weekend begin again. Thanks for visiting our blog and sharing your moment with us!
ReplyDeleteAdorable!
ReplyDeleteJust this morning I was feeling especially grateful for hot water and french pressed coffee. Simple pleasures. :-)
Great picture! And thank you for reminding us to be grateful for the little things.
ReplyDeleteLove your post...thanks for visiting mine...I am now following your blog...love all the inspiration.
ReplyDeleteThank you everyone for your wonderful comments and additions to what I was grateful for this last week. I love to hear others' appreciation for things in their life.
ReplyDeletelove those barred rocks and that sweet blonde hair!
ReplyDeletelove the photo. and i love my chickens too. aren't they the best?
ReplyDeleteahh chickens!, so sweet.
ReplyDeleteand such wonderful things to be thankful for!