Wonderful Weekend

Its been awhile since our family has gotten away for a weekend to relax and have fun. But, since August Laurie and I have had the first weekend of November planned as a family fun weekend in St. Louis.

If you know Laurie and I, you know we LOVE Chicago and it's usually our first choice for a get away. So why St. Louis? Well... Why not? We haven't really been there yet as a family, and there's always something interesting to discover in a city you haven't spent much time in before.

For Savannah and Laurie Saturday was well planned out... American Girl store at Chesterfield mall. For Andrew and I it was a little more unplanned... We decided on the City Museum and walking around some of the older downtown area. Here are a few quick images from our weekend...





























































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Thinking Time

The last few years I became accustomed to having Saturday mornings as "porch time" during the spring, summer and fall ... It could last for 30-minutes, 2-hours, or maybe 4-hours. But, a new job last December put a damper on my "porch time" and I try to fit it in elsewhere into my week whenever possible. Today is one of those days.

I'm sure I'll still find time for a Sunday afternoon nap, but today I desperately needed some porch time... My favorite Slacker Radio station playing (James Taylorish), enjoying my favorite drinks (coffee earlier, now ice water with a slice of lemon), reading materials, sunshine, and lots of thinking.

I try not to allow this time of thinking to be negative or self-destructing... But instead a time of reflecting, reviewing, revisiting, regenerating, reorganizing. Though, sometimes that can be difficult. Like many, I tend to see the bad, erring, confused, failure in myself much more clearly and quickly than anything positive. And today I'm fighting off some very negative demons.

I recently ran across these quotes... Each has touched my heart deeply as I've read them over and over:















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What's Blooming???

Here's a rundown of what's blooming in my gardens right now...






















































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