Awesome thing #5

Birds!!

The birds are back! Every day things get a little more normal here and Rodg has started feeding the birds again. It feels so good to see my little feathered friends again. I had no idea how lonely it felt not to have them around. (Thanks to Rodg for another awesome bird picture!)

Awesome thing #4

Cute neighborhood dogs!

Maybe the only good thing about the crazy storm last weekend is that in his wandering around Rodg got this fabulous shot of one of my favorite things on our street: the small dog pack. In the country people are funny about their dogs and sometimes you'll see packs of dogs around. This was more worrisome when we had pit bulls living next door. But one thing that never fails to bring a big smile to my face is this pack of small dogs, including a dachshund with attitude. I'm pretty sure that they don't all live in the same household. I love the idea that these three (missing one in the picture) little dogs are buddies that meet up and strut their stuff around the neighborhood! (You can click on the photo to make it bigger and really soak up the cuteness.)

Awesome thing #3

How all your troubles tend to fall away when you look at the sky.

Awesome thing #2

Tasty "exotic" food from the deli section of the grocery store. Where have they been hiding this Israeli Couscous my whole life??

Awesome thing #1

Mind you, these are in no particular order and they're not necessarily the things I think are the MOST awesome, just a few things that popped into my mind as being awesome. And so I'll kick it off with:


When everything is suddenly green in the spring.

After a long winter it always amazes me when that same landscape is suddenly all green. It sort of makes me feel like I've walked into a fairyland.