Celebrating A Few Nice Things

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         Celebrating with Ruth Ayres and others at Discover Play Build.  




            I haven't posted for several weeks, busy times, even though I know teachers are even busier at this time of year. If you teach, I hope you all have wonderful school year endings!
            I've done some traveling and had fun with friends, enjoyed the granddaughters' weekly visits, and loved spring flowers blooming so fast that each time I look, some new ones have appeared. I've been writing, poetry and prose and am excited about a new idea for a picture book that I'm working on. 
            I only saw them for a quick breakfast at a local favorite restaurant, but Nathan, Barb & Carter flew in Thursday morning to travel to the mountains for a friend's daughter's high school graduation. Yes, amazingly, it was snowing, but I loved our short visit, and after some delays, they made it to their destination!

They sent this pic from the mountains,
all bundled up!

        And recently, a most important celebration is that at my dermatologist annual visit, she found a small, but cancerous spot. It is the best kind, if I might use that word, "best", but the doctor used it, too. It does not spread but does need to be removed, as happened yesterday. Now I have a large bandage sitting on my right temple and will have the stitches removed next week. As for useless afternoons, I will take it easy this weekend as ordered, and that's always a good thing because I don't have anything that I must do, but read and enjoy the books I am reading. I will have some bookstore work to do soon along with work in the garden, and later, more family visits but this weekend, I'm celebrating "useless" with a smile. Thanks for the challenge, Ruth! And I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Flax in my nearby Sunset Park

Garden blooms, other buds will soon open, too!

       Added and am thankful for Lisa K.'s "last minute celebrations" post. I forgot to include that I had one too, dinner with a former colleague whom I miss very much. We haven't seen each other very much this year, and it was wonderful to catch up.