Rose Colored Glasses

Better Than Dirty Glasses

I don't know about you, but I'm generally a 'half full' kind of girl. I try to see the good side of things. It's not always easy, but usually there is some good even with the worst of the worst. I believe if you focus on the negative, then that's where you're energy goes. When that's where your energy goes, that's what comes back to you. Kind of like a cosmic karma boomerang. That's not to say that I look at things unrealistically.  I don't. I am an optimist securely grounded in reality.  I may look at the world through rose colored glasses, but that's because you can see better through rose colored glass than dirty ones. 

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Are you an optimist? Or do you usually look at things half empty? How do you think your outlook affects your life?

Elle Moss 21 Day Photo Challenge

It's day 8 of Elle's photo challenge and today' theme is 'dress'.

I love this toe to to shot of my great nephew Cayden and my great niece Sophia.  Pumas to MaryJane's. Ripped dungarees (as Great Grammy would say) to hot pink tutu.  The polar opposites of boys and girls. Sugar and spice and everything nice vs. snakes and snails and puppy dog tails.

I hope you enjoy your Monday. It's gray here today, but the rain hasn't set in yet, so that's something.

Gar was absolutely thrilled with all of your comments about Lia Artisan Concrete Designs. You really made his day.  He's out stocking up on supplies while I work away at my desk with the hound snoring behind me.

You gotta love it.

ciao for now,

Suddenly Sunday

Day of Rest?

I don't know if our Sunday can ever be considered a day of rest. We may take it a little easier, but usually we're still checking things off the to-do list. Today, we're off to my parent's house to pick up a big hydrangea my mother didn't want anymore. Then we'll have to come home and plant it. After that, we may plant our kale and spinach seeds. We don't usually plant seedlings until Memorial Day weekend (because around these parts there is always chance for frost), but I think planting the spinach and kale seeds should probably be ok. I did have kale that overwintered last year, so if it can handle snow, I would think it could handle some chilly nights. Fingers crossed.

How does Sunday get here so fast? I love Sunday but I wish there was one more day in between Saturday and Sunday.

Luckily, we did fit in a good bit yesterday including our trail walk.  Lucan was a pretty happy hound.

Last night, we had our farmers market dinner.....grilled lamb burgers on top of fresh greens with roasted garlic ramps and red potatoes on the side. Delicious.

Wish I'd remember to top it off with the pickled red onions when I had better lighting for the picture.

They really gave it that extra yummy factor.

Sunset Meadows

We also got to enjoy the sunset in our adirondack chairs last night. It was a lovely sunset as usual and even lucan sat there watching the sun go down last night.

However, Thursday night's was quite spectacular. It had such a pretty glow.

This may be one of my favorites.

Any big plans for the day?  In addition to what I mentioned above, we'll also be trying to get a trail walk in towards the end of the day.  Everytime we hit the trail, both of us say, 'I love these trails'. We are so happy to have finally found them.

Have a great Sunday,