Flash Fiction Friday- summertime fun

Every Friday write a short story, poem or prose
of 55 words no more, no less and report it to the G-man!!

"How many bubbles can little girls chase,
How many wishes can one yard grow?
Dandelions and crayons are special treasures
A child's happiness is beyond measure.
The innocent wonders of summertime play,
Childrens giggles last through the day
We love to laugh we play and ponder
we gaze at stars each night with youthful wonder."

Here ya go G-man!! just some fun with the girls while they are little
enjoying each moment before they go off to far off lands to start a new life!!

i spent the day with my girls playing and having a great time enjoying each other. we got bit up by mosquitoes and some of my squash is being eaten by boring bugs, so much for organic gardening, i don't want to lose all my vines because of squash bugs. so we got some 7 dust and i sprinkled it on the mounds today. so far this week i have harvested 12 cucumbers, 4 tomatoes, 6 zucchini the zucchini is what is getting eaten up though, and i am not sure if i need to pull the dead plants out or leave them there. also i don't know if i am only supposed to dust the roots or the entire plants, but like everything else i am willing to learn, just not willing to lose an entire garden to bugs that grow in the vines. so gratitude list 5 things
1. today i am grateful for working my steps.
2. today i am grateful for my clean, safe home.
3. today i am grateful i can afford to put gas in my car.
4. today i am grateful i have a clean bill of health.
5. today i am grateful for the treatment facility that led me to narcotics anonymous.
6. today i am grateful i have not relapsed and this is my first time trying to quit.
7. today i am grateful for those who came before me.
OK so there is so much for me to be grateful for and these lists really keep me into today so for todays thought, one to ponder; "Serenity isn't freedom from the Storm; it is peace within the Storm"- Unknown

Friday Flash 55- Gardening gratitude

Every Friday write a short story of 55 words
no more, no less, then report to the G-Man!!!!

To watch my garden grow gives me
insurmountable pleasure.
As each new flower blooms on
ripening vines too long to measure.
I check tomatoes for little critters
I pull weeds and plant seeds
Growing an insectary, and sacrificial plants
to keep it all organic
Pride for me is harvesting
Natures own with my little children.

Here ya go G-Man, would have pictures but something is wrong with my upload thingy on the computer, need to fix that and show you all how much it is growing, i have 8 tomatoes today and there are probably a dozen huge flowers on my squash plant. Just awesome to watch it come alive. Hope you all are well will try to get by and comment on your 55's. todays thought; "Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play and work every day some."- Dr. Robert Fulghum

Happy Easter Everybody!!

This is too awesome not to share with all my blogging friends, I hope you all had as much fun as we did for Easter. My kids were so sad to see it rain all day long, but that didn't stop the Egg Hunt!! We went out there anyway!! We had so much fun with Wes and his mother and his brother as well. Brunch included a fresh slaw made of cabbage, jicima, squash and carrots. I made an apple cider dressing with homey and olive oil. There was a fresh baby spinach salad with cranberries and an organic salad with fresh spring mix. My sister made a fruit salad and a noodle salad. My freind Jeri- Beth brought over some potato salad and a lemon meringue pie, I chose not to bake any desserts since there was so much candy. And our main course was a turkey with homemade dressing and gravy. We laughed all through dinner and I think you will agree with me that the egg hunt was the best part of the day.
I was not going to let a little rain deter me, after all we were up until 1 in the morning stuffing over 300 eggs and getting baskets filled there was no way we were going to try to do the hunt in a 900 square foot house and I was not going to cancel it either. This moment will never come again even though there will be more Easters and holidays, this one will be the only one and it is a great one. Turn up your volume so you can hear it!!
This has to be the fastest hunt in history because my sisters husband decided the kids needed help to get them out of the rain so he started picking up the eggs as soon as he pulled up and he filled all their baskets in about 2 minutes!! I hope this video loads up this is too cute not to share with you.
I have a meme to post from Shadow tomorrow, and then gratitude Wednesday and then on Friday I will take another stab at the Flash 55 and see what the G-man thinks, I really enjoy the wonderful comments that fill my mailbox, it is my favorite part of blogging. Today's thought; Life is like a mirror. If you frown at it, it frowns back. If you smile, it returns the greeting.I do not know the author of this thought, I just like it.