The first week of June turned out to be a quiet week, which is fine by me. Though this week seemed fairly uneventful, there are always blessings along the way if we look for them. I’m sharing a few with Susanne and friends at Living to Tell the Story.
1. Impromptu get-together. Sunday evening, Jason texted to ask if they could come over. I love that they live close enough to do that. Organized dinners and outings are fun, but so are the unexpected ones.
2. Flowers inside and out. Jim brought in the first wildflowers to bloom from the seeds he planted and placed them on my desk. These are tiny–the “vase” is the cover to a hair-spray bottle. 🙂 Cute and sweet.
Jason, Mittu, and Timothy brought these gorgeous peonies when they came over Sunday night.
Our hydrangea bush is thriving, as are the “bargain” plants in the planter.
The front planters are doing well, too. The yellowish-green stuff in front, which my Picture This app tells me is Creeping Jenny, came back from last year. The ones in the back were another of the bargain arrangements Jim found several weeks ago.
I love seeing plants blooming when I go outside.
3. Shelves cleaned and reorganized. I was able to work on a few closet shelves this week.
4. Ironing is not a favorite activity, but I am glad to have put a dent into the pile this week.
5. Sorting and organizing toys. For a long time I have wanted to sort through Timothy’s toys that we have here and pull out the ones he has outgrown. I specifically wanted to clean and set aide the “baby” ones for when we have people over who have infants. It was good to finally tackle that.
There was a song some years ago about simple pleasures being the best. The big ones are pretty nice, too, but I think most of life is made up of simple everyday pleasures.
What are some of your simple pleasures this week?
Stray Thoughts 
I love all the flowers blooming! The wild flowers in the ‘vase’ are so pretty.
Those unplanned visits are the best.
You are inspiring me to get at all the messy shelves and cupboards. Doesn’t it feel so satisfying to see organized and clean areas?
Have another joyful week! Willow
Most of my sorting/reorganizing is done in smaller bits these days–a couple of shelves or a corner rather than a whole closet or room. It’s not so exhausting that way.
My peonies are just now opening up this past week. I have 2 whilte bushes of them and one pink. they’re so pretty and how thoughtful for Jason’s family to bring them over.
Love reorganizing and sorting through things. glad you could that chore done this week as well as the ironing. I iron as needed and thankfully haven’t had to do so in awhile.
there’s nothing like impromptu visits!
that tiny bouquet is SO very sweet. I love it.
Happy weekend!
Hi Barbara I think you mean the first week of June not the first week of May. I thought you’d want to know- sorry I’m such a nerd.
My simple pleasure is picking blueberries!! I’ve already picked 48 oz worth this morning and I’m going back out to pick some more! I’m so thankful I can even do this as I’ve had a lot of health issues the last year and a half.
Love, Renee
Oops! (Blush!) I’ll go correct that right now. Thanks for pointing it out! I have never picked blueberries. How fun to have them right off the bush!
What a lovely week of blessings you have had, Barbara. Those peonies are beautiful. I love that shade of pink!
All of your flower pictures are beautiful. Somebody at your house has a green thumb. 🙂
I have ironing waiting for me to do when I finish here with the blog reading. I rather enjoy the rhythm of it.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend!
Your flowers and plants are so pretty! So far I’m keeping a pothos plant and mini rose bush alive. That’s quite an accomplishment for me!
I always feel so accomplished when I get chores done that I’ve been putting off. I love organizing things.
Have a great weekend. Looking forward to next Tuesday!
All your flowers are looking lovely but I do love peonies. Sometimes a quiet week when you can get a few chores done (including the ironing!) are just what you need. Have a good weekend.
Well, I’m never going to tire of flower pictures, so bring them on! Love the arrangements you’ve made with bargain and not-bargain plants. That brilliant lime green of the lysimachia (creeping jenny) is a perfect foil for the blues and red. Your hydrangeas clearly love where they’ve been planted.
Congrats on checking off some of these tasks that have lingered. I’m totally with you on the joy even one tidied shelf brings!
My simple pleasure is having my cup of coffee very morning around 10 PM while listening to classical music. It’s really soothing.
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beautiful flowers ! When I read all your household scores I am happy that I don’t have to do anything anymore !
I enjoy seeing your flower photos. The hydrangeas are beautiful. They don’t have that gorgeous blue color where we live.
I’ve been sorting a bit this week, too, and find much satisfaction in it. Today, the weather is sunny and cool and I have the windows and doors open. It makes me appreciate the amount that I decluttered this week.
I need to do a major toy resorting too, and only keep out a few baby toys. Maybe I’ll be inspired by you to get that done. It’s amazing how quickly this project needs to happen.
Your plants look so happy. So far mine have been doing really well too. As we get to the hotter weather, they probably won’t look this good. I agree it is nice living close by some of our kids. I try not to take those impromptu meals and outings for granted.