Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Anna very sweetly asked me to join her virtual bookclub last month. This week, I survived both reading the first book and the first meeting with Anna, her sister, and half a dozen strangers.
2. Our landlord stopped by with more quarters for the washer and dryer, not having heard that the app interface had been fixed. When we let him know it’s working, he handed the rolls to us. (Rudi provided social media assistance in getting the machine leasing company to come out to service them.)
3. The weather has been cool enough to wear leggings this week. That’s one of the really nice parts of seasonal changes — getting reacquainted with your wardrobe.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. My Saturday volleyball team, which had already won back-to-back league championships before I joined them, won its third.

2. I picked up some peaches and nectarines (likely some of the last of the season) at the farmers market today. (The Mid-Atlantic was the luckiest place on the Eastern Seaboard to live if you like stone fruit this year with late frosts harming those south and north of us.)

3. Anna and I had brunch on Sunday, which was a delightful, if early for us both, thing for her to propose. I splurged and got both French toast and a side of cheesy grits.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

Sigh. At some point, I’m going to once again have a firm grasp of what day of the week we’re working on. Or I’ll just start posting on all of the days in order not to miss Thursdays.

Nonetheless, this week, we’re celebrating three beautiful things Friday:

1. Seven of us (five team members and two guests) got together for practice and drinks on a night when the team usually plays.

2. There is a Venezuelan baker who comes to a farmers market I sometimes frequent. Yesterday, it looked like he was selling cinnamon rolls, but it turns out they are golfeados, which are related, but whose filling also includes anise and cheese. (I did not save any to share with Rudi when he got home.)

3. I had a return to make, so Rudi and I took a trip to TJ Maxx, where I came away with new sneakers and a fancy dress.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

Three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Corey is SOOO happy to have me home.

2. The clouds at sunset when viewed from our pickup game at Alethia Tanner Park (and the subsequent bike ride home) are all glorious pinks and oranges.

3. The washing machine, which has been out of commission for the past week, is back up and running. (A related beautiful thing is that Rudi handwashes his bike stuff and he added my workout clothes to the mix so I had things to wear for volleyball this week.)

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?

Another week of not knowing what day it is. Sigh.

Anyway, here are three beautiful things from my past week:

1. Karen and I get a chance to spend a lovely afternoon together.

2. Rebs and I spend a couple hours catching up on the phone and she follows up with photos of the bull moose she saw on vacation this summer (which she shared in the comments a few weeks back).

3. Rudi returned home from Finland Monday night, much to the great job of Corey. (Apparently our pet sitter’s catnip is not as appealing as having someone to curl up with at night.)

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world this week?

Keeping track of what day it is seems a little challenging right now. So we’re getting three beautiful things on Friday instead of Thursday this week:

1. My parents’ yard is a hummingbird haven, and the curious birds like to hover outside the window and peer in at you.

2. I spy a pair of monarch butterfly caterpillars munching their way down stalks of my mother’s parsley. The next day, they’ve moved on.

3. Listening to rain fall on the roof makes for delightful sleeping.

How about you? What’s been beautiful in your world lately?