Weekly Bird in the hand

Here is this week's things that I am grateful for:

Harold, my pet parrot.

• Fin, my brother in law who celebrated his 60th birthday this week.
• My friend Marion from Germany who is celebrating her birthday in her new home.
• My Vitamix.  I bought a Vitamix a few months ago and I absolutely love it.  I use it at least twice a day.  I'm loving my homemade hummus and just now, I made my own cashew nut butter!  And that is in between all the green smoothies I'm making with it!  Yes, it was an expensive machine - but it brings me a lot of joy!
• The fun of mixing paint colors!  (see yesterday's post)
• Meeting new friends and catching up with old friends.
• Getting excited about my sister and her family coming to visit in 2 weeks.
• Finding some unusual greens at a farm stand - including amaranth, sorrel, purslane....and then finding micro greens at the farmers market - including purple amaranth, sunflower, kale, beets, broccoli.  They were all so colorful with so many shades of green and purples.  A delight to the eyes as well as the taste buds.  It's made me want to try growing some of my own micro greens....

I hope you've had a colorful week too.