"We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures."
-- Thornton Wilder
-- Thornton Wilder
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| The path in November |
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| The path in June |
Waking up to the kids telling us to look outside it was snowing on Thanksgiving morning was definitely a reminder of all I have to be thankful for. A healthy family, great friends, a warm house, food to eat and the surprises nature gives us. Winter is still a month away and yet we are on our fifth day of snow. Luckily the weather is warming a bit and the roads should be safe for traveling. We will be going to my sister's home for dinner where we'll see an uncle and cousins and their families that we don't get to see that often.
I'm also thankful for all the friends I've made through blogging. I'm thankful for all I've learned both on your blogs or comments or emails that have been left for me. So many days I've read a blog that had a quote or poem or picture on it that changed my perspective on how I was feeling that day. Whether you celebrate Thanksgiving today or not I hope you have a great day and find something extra to be thankful for.
Thank you!
I love seeing your garden in June and today! Have a safe trip to see family and enjoy your Thanksgiving day! If you watch the Seahawks on Sunday, I will be there with my hat, boots, gloves coat & scarf celebrating my birthday! Hugs.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving Catherine to you and your family.
ReplyDeleteLove your path in both seasons. What a difference a few months makes and a nice frosting of snow.
I'm so glad you are still blogging. I always enjoy seeing and reading about what is going on in your gardens and with your family.
Love and hugs ~ FlowerLady
Have a safe journey and a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family.
ReplyDeleteHi Catherine - my turn to pop on over and visit you! I cannot get over the difference between the summer and winter pictures of your garden - both so very beautiful, yet so very, very different. And it amazes me how resilient your gardens are to those extreme conditions, when, come springtime, everything bursts into bloom once again and all evidence of the winter is gone in a blink (or, so it seems from here!)
ReplyDeleteI trust you and your immediate family enjoyed your dinner with your sister and greater family. I loved what you have to say about all the things you are grateful for. We do not celebrate Thanksgiving in SA (I assume it is very much an American thing?), but it seems to me to be a great idea! More countries should adopt the practice.
Beautiful garden and photos!!!
ReplyDeleteKisses and nice weekend.
Have a great Thanksgiving, Catherine! They promised rain for today. Hmmm, it doesn't look like rain. Have a safe trip!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great quote you opened with! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and hope you have a safe trip. Drive carefully!
ReplyDeleteI love comparing the two photos Catherine. The snow on the birdhouse is so pretty but I'm glad the roads will be safe enough to travel on. Hope you and your family have a wonderful celebration.
ReplyDeleteYour archway entry says 'welcome' no matter which season. Happy Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving, Catherine! I bet your little gardeners are happy about the snow.
ReplyDeleteWhen we got snow last winter, it was so fun watching the expressions of the kids coming out of school and some seeing it for the first time.
Enjoy the holiday!
Snow is quite magical when seen through a child's eyes
ReplyDeleteCatherine, Happy Thanksgiving to uou and your family. Hope you will have a great time with your family. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteHi Catherine, What a comparison (and contrast!!) with your photos. Both beautiful. Isn't it wonderful to be able to appreciate ALL the seasons as they make their way through the bit of earth we tend? Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. May your travels be safe.
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving!!! We have experienced snowy Thanksgivings in the past. Just cold this year.
ReplyDeleteThat was lovely. We are so lucky to live in this beautiful part of the world. The snow is a bit of a shock, but it won't last long and we'll be back in the rain before we know it!
ReplyDeleteI love my garden when it snows. None here yet, though there has been quite a lot further north.
ReplyDeleteThere is much to be thankful for and I agree with your comment about blogs sometimes changing our perspective :)
Those are lovely comparisons of your path Catherine. I hope you had a lovely Thanksgiving with your family. I am thankful for the connection to your world and have often found your words or images . . . gardens, hummingbirds! . . . so inspiring and a special gift to my days.
ReplyDeleteI know your girls are very happy about the snow. Blogging as been a positive experience for me too.
ReplyDeleteApart from the colour, the perfume, the form, the surprises; what I love most about the garden is that it changes: it changes throughout the day with the different lights, throughout the seasons - the different flowers, colours, insects present; it changes from its inception through the years as every plant grows and demands it own space. Seasonality is what I would like to call my nursery, should I ever have one. Christina ps continue enjoying your thanksgiving weekend
ReplyDeleteWe woke up to this too! It is such a sight. The two pictures of yours are so cool for showing the different views of the path.
ReplyDeleteI'm jealous of your snow! It's -3 here at the moment and we've had a few snow flurries, so I'm ever hopeful!
ReplyDeleteI love the snow photos and the ones of the hummingbirds in your previous post - I SO wish we had hummingbirds, I love them!
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving with your family and a safe journey there and back :)
Happy Thanksgiving! Here in the US we have so much to be grateful for! I am so grateful for my health and for loving friends and family. I am also thankful that it is 70 degrees here in Phoenix and your Hummingbirds are hovering over my patio:)
ReplyDeleteHope you had a great time! I love how snow covers up all the to do's in the garden. Lovely forgetful snow!
ReplyDeleteHappy Thanksgiving, Catherine. There's beauty in the fact that the seasons are so different (not better, but different)
ReplyDeleteHope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Your garden is lovely, so pretty with all that snow. It snowed where we live too, it's very cold these days. I love your garden photos comparison, thanks for sharing!:)
ReplyDeleteThose are great before and after photos. It's nice to see snow on Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeletei love your walkway - so pretty!
ReplyDeleteCatherine, I so enjoy following your blog, and am thankful you share your beautiful corner of the world with us. I hope you and your family had a fabulous Thanksgiving!
ReplyDeleteI love the comparison photos....so glad you had a wonderful holiday...and back atcha regarding being thankful for you as one of my blogging friends, I so love meeting all the wonderful people we do in this blogging world.
ReplyDeleteFive days of snow? No wonder you have nothing blooming, girl. We only had two nights below freezing and several near misses--dodged the bullet you could say.
ReplyDeleteDespite the chill your garden looks as beautiful as ever. I love the side-by-side photos. I know, I know I need to live in the moment but oh how I long for June again!
Great pics!! Hope you had a wonderful weekend.
ReplyDeleteYou have such a great attitude about the seasons and everything else! I'm thankful for that :-)
ReplyDeleteand of course all the inspiration I get from your blog!
Oh, Catherine this is one of the best Thanksgiving posts I've had a chance to read. The June Path/December Path, those are a couple of special photos.
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What a nice post! It's fun to see your Arbor in two totally different seasons too.
ReplyDeleteHope you had a great Thanksgiving. I am happy that we did NOT have snow here (for a change!)
Catherine, I can't remember if I thanked you for taking the time to leave a comment on the Coo Coo Kid's blog a while back. That was sweet of you....I know how busy you are with your own family.
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