- Warm hoodies
- Cold nights
- Boots
- Bonfires
- Blazing colors
- Sharp air
- Brilliant sunlight
- Skies so blue they wrap you up
- Windy days
- Pumpkins and gourds in front of the grocery stores
- Kids laughing
- Space heaters at night
- Shadows
- Short days
Category Archives: Nature
Things I’ve Done So Far During Quarantine
- Dishes — a lot of dishes
- Put away all the laundry that was sitting in piles of “This is clean; I’ll put it away someday.”
- Cleaned out two boxes of stuff from my job
- Practiced piano
- Started a 1000 piece puzzle
- Caught up on current season of Schitt’s Creek (so sad it’s over!)
- Caught up on current season of Spring Baking Championship
- Caught up on current season of Sister Wives
- Watched last season of Flip or Flop
- Watched season three of Lie to Me
- Cleaned all main floor floors
- Cleaned kitchen more times than I should have to
- Actually cooked real food
- Walked outside daily
- Signed up for GeekNerdDating.com
- Forgot to cancel before my trial period was up
- Interviewed for a job
- Updated my resume
- Read
- Stacked up a bunch more books to read
- Debated rearranging all furniture in living and dining rooms but decided that was a terrible idea with nobody to help me
- Video chatted with Grandbaby/Son/Daughterinlaw
- Video chatted with my Tribe
- Talked to parents daily
- Spent too much on Amazon
- Cleaned off all my ceiling fans with the new extendable pole duster I got on Amazon
- Had groceries delivered twice
- Had pizza delivered once and then was reminded that pizza messes with my stomach something fierce
- Listened to birds singing
- Took lots of nature pictures
- Set up a private Facebook group for the condo association where I live
- Wrote social media posts for pages I admin (some scheduled out through August)
- Organized my Sharpies
- Set up a main floor work space
- Tried to wear something every day that makes me happy
Spring Is Coming
- Sunshine
- Buds on trees
- Green green green!
- Tree lined sidewalks
- Bird song
- Warm afternoons, cool evenings
- Rainy days for snuggling
- Farmers preparing
- Light
- Fresh air
- Damp earth
- Sprouts
- Daffodils
- Easter Sunday
- Sandals
- Light sweaters
- Bright skys
Things I Am Thankful For
- My family
- My friends who are like family
- Adorable grandbabies
- My new condo
- Sunsets
- Ocean waves
- Vacations
- Ice cream
- Sparkly swimming pools
- Whitening toothpaste
- Fall colors
- Holidays
- Clean diagnoses
- Safe transportation
- Clean water
- Opportunities
- Mentors
- The smell of new books
- The smell of old books
- Bonfires
- The susurrus of wind through trees
- The Boundary Waters
- Beaches
- Laundry in my home
- YouTube tutorials
October
- My dad’s birthday
- Cold nights
- Bon fires
- Brilliant foilage
- Hoodies
- Tall boots
- Crunchy leaves
- Costumes
- Kids laughing
Hot Hot Hot
- Hot tamales
- Hot to trot
- Hot hands
- Hot mess
- Hottentot
- Dr. McHotty
- Hot Lips Houlihan
- Hot Topic
- Hot to the touch
- Hot water
- Hot stuff
- Hot dog
- Flaming Hot Cheetos
- Hot n Spicy chicken sandwich
- Hot car
- Hot summer nights
Reasons This Winter Needs to Be Over
- The Midwest has set multiple records for snow
- My ice scraper has been used more than it should be
- I have trash I haven’t taken out because it’s been too cold
- Polar Vortex
- Free days should be spent outside
- Mountains of snow in parking lots
- Parking spaces hidden under snow
- Municipalities running out of road salt
- Warm days are better
Things I Would Rather Be Doing (Assuming the Weather Was Nice Enough for Weather Dependent Activities)
- Reading a good book
- Visiting family
- Watching Survivor
- Sitting around a campfire
- Making s’mores
- Eating s’mores
- Walking in the sunshine along the river
- Wilderness camping
- Writing & editing a novel
- Binge-watching home shows like Flip or Flop, Love It or List It, Desert Flippers
- Getting a pedicure
- Getting a massage
- Decorating a Christmas tree
- Planning parties
- Eating stuffed crust pizza
Things I Love About Late Summer
- Cooler nights
- Fresh sweet corn
- Sleeping with windows open
- The first red leaves
- Late night thunderstorms
- The drone of cicadas in the late afternoon
- Still wearing flip flops
- Boots and sweaters at the stores
- Back to school supplies
- Clearance sales on cute tops
- Grapes
- Planning for fall & winter holidays
- Bonfires
- Going to sleep with bonfire smoke in my hair
- Fields polka-dotted with hay
- Thick green ravines dripping with heavy air
Possible Activities for While My Family is Visiting From Out of Town
- Vanderveer Park
- Swim at the Y
- Bettendorf Family Museum
- Putnam/IMAX
- Channel Cat water taxi
- Red White & Boom
- ComedySportz
- LeClaire (American Pickers, Happy Joes, shops)
- Steel Plow shakes
- Blackhawk State Park
- Game Night
