SATURDAY: So Much to Be Thankful For

There is so much to be thankful for in this ol' world.

Just today, my  heart filled with gratitude for so many small things that meant a lot.

First and foremost, my beloved kitty has been ill. For two days, no food passed her lips. She hunkered down underneath a living room couch---a place she never went before.

I was worried sick. Just when I was about to call the vet to get an appointment, Honey Cat nibbled a few bites of food.  Throughout this no food period, she did continue to drink water.

Finally, tonight, she ate and began to strut around the house like her old self, looking for a scratch behind the ears and under her chinny, chin, chin.  I think she's going to be okay.

This  Grandmother cat (15 years old), is part of my children's childhood. They are all grown up and moved away now but the cat is still with us. If something happened to her, part of me would die, too.

Next on today's gratitude list is a lovely bouquet of daisies, given to me by a friend:

And another bouquet of flowers, given by a second friend who takes a Japanese flower arranging class, then brings the bouquet to our house!

My husband has been making his fabulous salads lately and that makes me very happy. He adds chopped beets, green onions, mint, parsley, radishes, Romaine lettuce,  chopped tomatoes, lime juice and olive oil. I cannot tell you how much I LOVE his salads. No matter how I try to make them, his always taste better.  (Thanks, Honey.) Yum yum yum

In today's mail amid the bills and junk,  came the latest catalog from Victorian Trading Company. Now I love this catalog. It's a good half hour read for me. I usually circle the items I'd buy if money were no object.

Last, but certainly not least, one of my sisters gave me not one, not two, but three containers of freshly picked raspberries from her own bushes. Mmmmm. There's nothing like fresh raspberries on a July afternoon.

NAME SOME THINGS YOU ARE GRATEFUL FOR TODAY!