Basking, young reader and not that

- Smiling up at neighbors congregating on Marion's balcony and basking in their cheery hellos.

- At the end of book group discussion, the host's 6-year-old comes in from her t-ball game and runs to get her book about a fluffy bunny so she can be in on the discussion, too.

- From Mr C's sign:

EAT MORE
MEATLOAF
OR
WE WILL
TAKE BACK
THE SUN

Cherry blossoms, special lady and delightful read

Photo by Jesse Milton

- The cherry trees, so incredibly beautiful this year, now shedding their blossoms because of all the rain the last few days. Lawns and cars are covered in the blossoms, looking like snow.

- Sally's 80th birthday party was well-attended and a highlight was the crowd singing the Georgia Tech "Ramblin' Wreck" fight song in her honor. She is a retired history professor and die-hard Jackets fan.

- Book club tonight - remembering I was supposed to read a Newbery medal winning book (we have an children's educator among our group,) I hurriedly picked up "Sarah, Plain and Tall" by Patricia MacLachlan. It was a quick half hour read, but wonderfully descriptive of a family living on the prairie in need of a wife and mother to care for them. Sarah, answering an ad, comes from her beloved Maine. The children are fearful that she is so homesick she will leave to go back, but though she misses her home, she tells them, "the truth of it is I would miss you more."

Candygram! Becca's party, thank you for the music

- My hairdresser found this shark's head somewhere - he thinks it came from a parade float. (Always an adventure going over to his house.) It reminds me of the Land Shark from Saturday Night Live.

- Attending a bridal shower at which the only person I know is the bride-to-be, but finding common ground with all the other women. The young lady sitting next to me will be attending my first alma mater Georgia College and State University in the fall. I give her a tip on a part-time docent job and where the best bakery in Georgia can be found.

- Stopping by my volunteer organization in the late afternoon and finding Bettye in her office blasting Abba music. And more fun music in the form of Jannie's video of she and her friends playing her ukelele song. Thank you for the music!

Beads, roller girls and yum

- The kids at my church had a table set up a couple of weeks ago for making prayer beads or "worry" beads. I put together this little strand and brought it to work finding that they are great to fiddle with when I am on the phone.

- My friend's daughter-in-law is in the Atlanta Roller Girls. Yes - roller derby is alive and well in Atlanta. The sports guy on the news this morning interviewed one of them, "The Merchant of Menace," who just likes to be called Menace.

- Yummy veggie enchiladas at Los Hermanos with friend Leisa. Me gusto!

Octane, experience and good samaritan

- Meeting a potential client at this very cool place, Octane, on Marietta Street where we were the only ones without tattoos. Visible ones anyway.

- Receiving a (very nice) rejection letter from the Presbytery for a grant proposal I had submitted on behalf of my church, but turning it into a positive when I realize that now I have written proof of grant writing experience.

- A woman at the pharmacy frantically digging through her purse for her debit card when another woman walks in with it in her hand. She found it in the parking lot.

Attitude adjustment, delight and silence

- An invitation to a weekend "Attitude Adjustment Outing" made me smile, which was part of the invitation: "bring some pot-luck and a smiling face." Here’s what’s on the menu so far:

· Low Country Shrimp Boil
· Beer-butt Chicken
· Okra, Tomatoes & Rice
· PBR

- Watching the delightful film “Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day," an uncomplicated light comedy. You have to love a film with a character named Dylesia.

- Making time for silence each day.

Stage, treat and pot of gold

- This guy who works for a tax preparation service near my office. I purposefully go that way because I enjoy his energy as he dances while standing in a shopping cart and enthusiastically directs traffic into the shopping center. (The second photo is blurred because I was laughing.)

- A vendor comes to the office and drops off a box of Dunkin’ Doughnuts. When I walk by, a co-worker has the box open giving them a bemused look. I ask, “I need a doughnut, don’t you?” “Yes – I think I do,” she says. We both select a chocolate one before she whisks the box back to the guys in the plant.

- Looking forward to the happy drawing that I get on my Accounts Receivable Aging Report at work from our accounting clerk. When I have no accounts that are more than 45 days past due, I get a drawing. Today it is a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. The pot of gold has a $ coming out it.