Peggy's Pretty Peonies

Something so wonderfully sweet just happened. Peggy brought some of her pretty peonies from Windy Hill Farm in to me at the office.

And in perfect Peggy form, they were nestled in a chipped Chicken Broth Can that she had painted a lovely shade of Robin's Egg Blue. She must have painted it long ago because as it sits now, there are lovely worn spots of the silver can peaking through in a random pattern that only a well worn vase can show. She uses these cans to display the pretty blooms in her roadside stand.


The funny thing is that she apologized for the worn can, and was surprised when I asked her if it would be okay for me to keep the peonies in the can as a vase...she had been intending to freshly paint it!...oh silly Peggy, the charm is extended in the vase BECAUSE of the worn spots :)

So the flowers are now gracing my counter ledge and I am celebrating my sweet friend who would bring over flowers for no reason...and my soul is refreshed, just by gazing at them.

Important moments

"Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved.

The real milestones are less prepossessing.

They come to the door of memory unannounced...and simply never never leave.

Our lives are measured by these."
--Susan B.Anthony.

Every day we get 1,440 of them, we set our clocks by them, catch the bus by them, and count down the day by them...they are minutes, and the longer we live, the more precious they are.

But it really isn't the minutes that I celebrate. What I love about the day are the moments, and every day there are countless of them:

...When the lilacs set their first bud...when the snow begins to melt...when you find a penny on the ground (see a penny pick it up, all day long you'll have good luck!)...when the first star appears...and on...and on...and on it goes, from the moment we wake until the last little sleepy eye closes.

It's good to be reminded that though we prepare for the big things, fill our calendars with them and mark our years by the passing of them...what really makes up the sum of our life are the moments of celebration that fill our day, and catch us by surprise.

Go out of your way to invest in making a new friend, and you will find they have become a treasured old one.

Take the time to pick up a magazine~even if only to look at the pictures ~ and soon you will have a new pasttime to fill those minutes spent waiting in any number of places that the day takes you...from appointments, to plane trips, and sometimes even waiting to have your named called for jury duty :)

Listen for the birds first song of the day, watch for the first blossoms on the apple tree, wait for mailman to bring you the day's greetings...there are countless moments of celebration just ahead of you...wait for them...watch for them...

...they are the moments worth celebrating!

Treasure the moments that find you, your journey is your treasure in the making!