Driving through the countryside in gentle rain and seeing everything so lush and verdant and then noticing a green field with an unbelievable amount of poppies in.....the right red against the green was stunning.

DC

Seeing Genesis on the reunion list!!!

It's been a very adventurous, fun day!!

My daughter, her BF and my granddaughter came for a bar-b-que today. We had a Tri-tip on the grill plus other delicious food.

My GF and I live in a city that allows "safe and sane" fireworks and all of us in the cul-de-sac in which we live set out our chairs and we had our own fireworks show.

We had a wonderful day and it reminded me of the old-fashioned 4th of July's when my girls were small.

It was a joyful day!

Happy July 4th!

My partner and I just got done with an almost 2 hour debate. It ended in laughter and kisses.

Earlier today I went to my parents house (she went to hers). We ate lots of good barbecue, watched a bit of tour de france, and then settled on the 2007 Crossroads Guitar Fest. At one point my mom asked if that was Robert Johnson playing (it was Hubert Sumlin). No, Momma, he died before you were born. Lol.

Lots of love today. :)

Seeing a sybling I have not seen since she was 10 years old. She came back from across the pond just to spend time with me. Makes me heart happy she is staying for a while.

My every other Monday client, owner of my recently passed proxy dog, gifted me his collar to remember him by....

It made me happy and teary all at the same time.....

I just miss my big Gus.... <3

Picking up my newly sandblasted and powder coated rims for my jeep. Super happy. Now it's time to tire shop.

A funny conversation with the lady.

It was more than joy....I went to the doc today and total weight loss thus far is 66 lbs and my blood pressure was perfect!! He was also happy with the numbers. With more weight loss maybe we can do back flips when we are so happy. LOL! Yeah right...who am I kiddin'? Haahaa!!

Congratulations! Weight loss is not an easy task. Keep up the good work. :thumbsup:

Talking to my daughter on the telephone today. :) Very happy mom.

After making the spaghetti sauce , I gave a little to my cocker spaniel and she loved it her tail was wagging 90 miles an hour!

That I am able to sit on my back porch looking at the beautiful night view of LA lights admiring one of my favorite places here in LA. Deep breaths and Peace

Being in my own home. Because I don't spend every day here, I really appreciate my time here.

My whole day!! :cheesy: :cheesy: even when I needed a heavy dose of tranquilizers to deal with morning city traffic

Kayaking all day. Now off to a party.

Seeing my nephew happy and the fact he is going forward in life, he is headed to india to work.

Spending my morning on the porch just a few feet from busy hummingbirds...

Seeing Wayne and Diesel at the doggie park. Wayne is a big-ass Alsation and Diesel is Rottweiler mix. I'm usually scared of big dogs, but I've known these two for years and they're adorable. It was good seeing them and their trainers.

Having breakfast with one of my BFF that I haven't seen in two weeks always good to catch up and have several laughs

A text conversation with my lil sis in Florida

A jazz brunch with my love, picking veggies with my dad in his garden, and running into an old friend at the grocery store.

Spending a quiet Sunday with my beloved ONLY. We went to a local farmers market, caught a nap together and watched a marathon of Ridiculousness. :-)

Getting 3 Sifers Valomilk's from Cracker Barrel today!

Opening packages!!

One had my new bikini top! It looks so beautiful on me...

The other had skirts in it from someone special. I love them!

My whole day...

I was looking out the window, and spotted this lovely monarch butterfly on one of my purple gerber daisies....standing upon it's centre and gracefully moving it's wings back and forth.
It was just so beautiful, and one of those moments in life, when you are reminded that ALL of nature is truly connected into this beautifully poetic, and intricate tapestry.

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Picking up two freshly laundered doggies from the vet!

Seeing the scale at the drs go down. Also the sweet smile ad giggle of a little babygirl at the lab. She was such a little ham

This is going to sound odd but....

Going to the house of my late, great proxy dog Gus...

While I was in the kitchen I DISTINCTLY heard the sound he would make when he laid down in his mom's bedroom....

and

I found his fur in her room when I vacuumed. It's nice to know little pieces of him will be found for years to come though....

Stepping outside and not being immediately consumed with the smarmy heat and humidity. It feels nice!

Also, there has been this adorable but skittish little cat hanging out at our office complex. I've been trying to get it to come to me to no avail. This morning was a success. I'm sure I looked like a fool squatting and baby talking in the parking lot, but I was finally able score a quick pet. :D

I feel great now I finished clipping both my fur babies, I swear it looks like I was sheering sheep with Rowdy's poodle fur and Bitsey's wire long haired Jack russel hair ( they come in both long and short hair).Now they will be cooler with this awful hot weather.