Julie Ryals....
some of my favorite things....
The first thing that comes to mind when creating this
page are the lyrics, "raindrops on roses and whiskers on
kittens", which brings back fond memories of my childhood
and watching the Sound of Music (multiple times) while singing
out loud and dancing all over the kitchen while my Mom
cooked. I had a lot of
favorites while growing up which have changed as my taste and style have
matured, I often have those "deja-vu" moments. Just the other day I was walking
in the park with my littlest one and we found a field of
dandelions. Without thought, I told him the story that
my Mom always told me about being a lucky person to find them - full
ones. She always told me that if I could blow off all the fuzzies with one blow, I could make a wish
(deja-vu moment). As I told
the story to my son, I had to laugh a little inside knowing
that my Mom was probably doing the same thing as she told me
this "wish" story.
As an adult, I've learn the real truth behind dandelions and actually dread having them crop up in our yard. Blowing off those cute little "fuzzies" is ostensibly spreading that awful weed and germinate it further! So, even though, I am still the first to grab these tempting "fuzzies" and make my wish, I make sure that I do it outside of my own lawn. I guess you could say I now make all my wishes far away from any property that I own or else I'm deeper into paying my bug guy.
Our entire family (plus a few) went on a big vacation to the
Smokey Mountains last summer where we found an entire field of these beautiful yellow flowers.
Yes, probably just weeds since I'm so good at seeing the beauty
in weeds (it's a zen-thing).
One of my sons picked these for me while we were exploring,
which is another favorite thing of mine to hear "look mom,
for you!".
The Great Smokey
Mountains can be seen through the trees in the
background. We can't wait to go back.
This is my shadow, all day, every day. She didn't squash the
fuzzie, or eat it!