I have a little list of the things that I am intending to put on here and one of them is a blog that I read everyday called Pam's Perambulations.  I'm one of those people who do actually say prayers and read the Bible every morning, and I do it (shock horror) before I turn the computer on!  Then when I have done all the stuff I do on there, before I go away and get on with my real life, I read what Pam has blogged for the day.  The reason I am mentioning it today is that when I looked yesterday morning it was just obviously the next post for here. HERE is the link and if you click on it you will see what I mean.  But don't just go there today, visit regularly if you can.

Some of the things that are in my garden at the moment. This may well become a recurring theme!

Good colour vision has always felt like a blessing to me.  I knew someone years ago who saw everything in greyscale and he could never grasp the joy of art or nature, even the trivial things like clothes and wool shops.

I went to my weekly Bible Study yesterday.  Such a lovely group of people, we can talk about anything (and we do) and share things completely openly and honestly and I find it a great blessing to be able to do that

One man's (or woman's) blessing may be another's curse.  I love the sound of the sea, watching the waves roll, the spray and the foam.  Watching and listening to it brings me some of those calm and centred moments that I have spoken of before. But the moment I am very aware that so many people are suffering because the sea has invaded their homes, places of work and communities.

Having the courage not to conform.  Within reason of course.  I think, as I get older, I worry less about what people think of me and do sometimes speak up about things when I feel strongly about them, even if I am not going along with the general attitude, view or belief.  I hope that is a blessing but maybe I am on my own there!  The picture is one I doodled a few years ago for a thing called Illustration Friday. I must look at that again.

The pale green oval is me, enjoying a few moments of solitude and calm after a rather stressful day yesterday. Every other week my mum comes to stay from Thursday to Sunday.  Sometimes it gets a bit wearing as she needs a lot of attention, not her fault bless her.  So this quiet time after I've got her to bed is very welcome.