ann marie's "the things i love today"

have you met ann marie, have you been swept by the poetic way of her pen and photographs well i have. here is her loves

1. when my pen hits the paper and it cannot be stopped for hours and hours

2. how a slice of warm homemade bread with delicious raspberry jam can calm the heart

3. watching the sky change throughout the day: this morning was a wonderful gray, this afternoon a cheery blue

4. listening to friends sing and make instruments sing

5. my first garden soaking up the sun on our little patio

6. reading poetry line by line, then word by word

7. wearing my great-grandmother's apron while making more bread because i already ate the first loaf

8. day-dreaming about how good it feels to be alive, to be a sentient being

9. antique books with yellowed pages from the touch of another human being

10. feeling a storm move through me, cleansing my heart and soul

ann marie
"i am an age old tree. i am stars in white snow."

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the things i love today

lately there is sunshine and not just the kind that is up in the sky but little things that make me happy. i thought i would list them and if you care to join that would be great just send me in an email and i would like to dedicate a post a week!

the things i love today

the colorful seed packets and the growing seedlings in the window
the smell of my blooming gardenia all over the house
the morning bowl after my chores of yogurt apricots and almonds
the fact that my amaryllis took so long to bloom, but happily it begins to bloom in our new home
the yellow little table found in a book store with the hint of red makes it that much sweeter
the sound of the river and the sound of all the birds around here a true symphony
the fresh eggs the hens give me
the fresh bread brought over by a friend
the fact that we all love our new home, specially tolstoy, sophie and grace

*my neighbor brought us over another surprise or two or nine? i will tell you soon!