Thankful for the cute little pansies that randomly grew out of my patio. They're pretty. There's a purple one and black one.

I dug them out today and put them in a planter. Hoping they survive.

Yaay! Free plants! That's awesome. Thankful for early spring clearance million bells that seems to continue blooming. I am going to give it some earthworm castings, slow release and rain water as a reward for it thriving despite my neglect.

Oh, thankful for mum's tree surviving so far too.

Mum has a roughly 10ft curly leaf Japanese maple that dad wanted to cut down cause it's "in his way". She was pretty upset about it, so I told him I'd help attempt to move it. It was a HECK of a project digging that tree, dragging it to a new spot and planting. But it's been three weeks and it looks healthy and happy still. I'm hoping that means it was a success?

She was going to be so upset if she lost it. It's a gorgeous tree. It was originally a grafted tree we bought when I was a teenager. The graft died and the original tree took over. But that was actually good luck because the stock tree was a beautiful curly leaf variety. I like it better without the graft.

Thankful for one full day of energy!

The abundance of beautiful painted lady butterflies.

Bargain plants from Lowe's clearance rack!

Thankful for my social assistance helping to cover medical expenses. While I feel bad using their benefits, it's helping immensely right now.

My medications are around $500 a month. They're covering all but one of them.
I just had an assessment done on my knee and they wrote me a prescription for custom orthotics that are going to be $595. Benefits cover $500 of that assuming they'll provide a written estimate before I commit.
I got fitted for a new brace as well because my old one isn't working for me. It came to $123 which I had to pay myself. But the fact SA is covering the orthotics and meds made it possible for me.
And lastly, I have dental work estimated at $600 that SA said they'll cover as well.

So needless to say, I immensely appreciate them because none of this would be possible without them. Once I get working again, I likely won't have benefits (it's rare for jobs to have benefits here), so I won't be able to afford any of it. I also have a $400 injection I need for my knee, but that's also got to be out of my own pocket. So I'm trying to get it all done asap while I have SA.

Thankful that the early morning rain stopped and that I was able to put out the granular fertilizer on all my pepper, eggplant and tomato plants. And I have a lot of tomato plants.

A good breeze on a humid day, and my sister arrived safely from Florida.

I am thankful that my grass cutting crew did get here today and cut the grass. We have had a lot of rain lately so my grass had grown like crazy and was way too tall.

I love the way it looks so nice and tidy after the cutting.

Thankful for a home celebration of someone's special day with a yummy ice cream cake and great company!

So very thankful today that I had, although not long enough a wonderful mother. She taught me kindness, humility, and how to count my blessings. For that, I am forever grateful

Happy Mother's Day!

I am thankful indeed to my Mom for who I am today and for the Mom I am today! So glad I was able to keep my promise with her a she is enjoying a good retirement life. May God grant her a long life!

Thankful for a cup of freshly ground honey and apple coffee.

Also thankful for my mum. For raising me and always being there when I needed her. She's always been my best friend, but a mum when I needed one.

Thankful the weather cleared up today for my road test.

I waited way too long to complete my final license level (I had an extention on it so I didn't rush it). Finally had to do it today. I was panicked this morning because it was an absolute downpour outside and I don't feel comfortable driving on the 110km highways in the rain. It heavily poured for hours. Thankfully coming up to test time, the rain stopped and the sun came out. The roads even had time to dry. Phew!

Something wonderful happened, right out of the blue.
We give away surplus books in the summer. Two days ago, a mother and 12-year-old girl stopped in and took some books. The OG was chatting with them and happened to mention that we had kittens.
(I've been worried sick, because three of our colony of 6-8 feral cats gave birth a few weeks ago, and none of the rescue agencies are able to help: they're overwhelmed. We're looking at a serious rise in already rising food bills.)
Anyhow, they came to the back porch, looked at the kittens and picked out the two prettiest to adopt.
Great!
But the most wonderful part was yet to come. They have been canvassing their subdivision and found homes for all of the kittens!
I don't know what kind of homes they'll have, but they're getting a better chance than they out here.
Jen and Kinsey returned today to collect all 8. And gave us the name of a cut-price clinic for rescued cats within driving distance.
If we can trap them, we can get them vaccinated and neutered for $150 each. A lot more doable the $500 our regular vet charges.
The bereft mother cats don't feel grateful right now, but me stealing their offspring is a whole lot better than a ferret or something killing them, as happened to a litter last spring.

I am thankful that the sun is out today, it seems like it has been a week of grey , overcast and rainy days. Maybe I'll get out in the yard today.

robinbunch5 said: I am thankful that the sun is out today, it seems like it has been a week of grey , overcast and rainy days. Maybe I'll get out in the yard today.

... except, I am working

I am thankful that my car is back from the repair shop with 4 new tires that I really needed. Now I can go do my errands whenever I need to get it done.

I'm thankful that my headache 🤕 is not as bad anymore. The soda helped!