2026 Happy Blog Challenge

 June 18th My short list of happy things from today: The official work week is over.  I'm contemplating picking up a couple hours tomorrow.  At this time, I'm looking forward to the weekend. A short storm came through a little bit ago.  The sky darkened, the wind blew strong, and then rain started to fall.  It was quite lovely while it lasted.  Then the sun came out again.  It was much like what my Aunt Marjorie would have called a ‘clearing shower.’  Technically it wasn't one though because we are still expecting a more severe storm. Just before the short storm I was walking out to the chickens to talk with Bel.  The leaves were blowing and curled up on some of the trees anticipating the rain.  Anyhow, I noticed that many more flowers were blooming on the Catalpa tree. The Catalpa is the one on left over Bel and the chickens.  I think the one to the right of it is also a Catalpa tree but not quite on the same bloom cycle.  I'l...

 Happy things from today: Next week will be a full five day work week.  I'm really glad that this work week is two-thirds over.  I'm already thinking about the weekend and making lists of things to do. The plant life I saw today that made me smile are the daisies.  They are just a happy flower to me. The plant life I saw that I am pleasantly surprised about are the orange hawkweed/devil's paintbrush.  They are in the same picture as the daisies. The plant life that I saw and had to ask Google Lens 'what is this' are the Catalpa trees.  I looked across the field at the large trees and noticed the flowers.  Then went to investigate.  If I am correct, it looks as though there will be many more flowers soon on the trees.  I read enough about the trees to find that the best use seems to be providing shade.  In this case, the shade is for the chickens.  ☮ Continued listening to: Paladin's Hope , by T. Kingfisher.  Continued to read: ...