Gratefulness

[Starrlight]

What are you grateful for?

Healing ✨

Friends and family ❤️

Strength within, God, angels and all help received

Running water 💦

Things I usually take for granted

[Dolphin14]

Focus.... there was a time I was so anxious I couldn't focus. Meditation helped me with this.

Focus allows me to read which is something I love to do.

Your list is great. I don't think we look at stuff we take for granted often enough. It is good to reflect on that.

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[Hidden in reply to Dolphin14]

Meditation has so many wonderful benefits, focus is a wonderful one. This seems to be the time of year for reflection.

[Dolphin14 in reply to Hidden]

Agree, I have meditated for years. I have made such progress with it.

Reflection is good, nothing should be taken for granted. The rug can come out anytime.

❤️🐬

[Starrlight in reply to Dolphin14]

True nothing should be taken for granted. All that we have are gifts. Waking up to life is the first gift in our day.

[Dolphin14 in reply to Starrlight]

Agree

[Hidden in reply to Starrlight]

A valuable lesson I learned from covid is to never take anything for granted again.

[Starrlight in reply to Dolphin14]

Oh focus is so good to have. I struggle with this. I guess I’m still anxious but better than I’ve been in the past. I’m going to meditate here with my 13 year old in just a minute. I’m sooooo happy for you that you’ve made it so far my friend. I hope to do the same.

[Dolphin14 in reply to Starrlight]

You will get there. You are working hard. Don't let all the ups and downs get to you. It's a rollercoaster ride.

That's great, teach your son to meditate. It will be helpful when he's an adult to having that coping skill in his tool box

[Strongest123 in reply to Dolphin14]

I have tons to be grateful for…..My beautiful daughter that’s 10, my physical health for the most part it’s good, a few good friends, I have all my hair🤣, lol, gotta laugh it’s good for the soul. And I have everything I need, plus I’m aware of my mental condition and I’m very proactive in my recovery. I’ve been struggling lately, but I think with what’s going on in the world, most people with mental disease are feeling it to the 2nd power. Blessings to all….SAMSON

[Hidden]

This is such a timely post, Starrlight. Today is our Canadian Thanksgiving, and there really is so much to be grateful and thankful for.

As always, I am grateful for HealthUnlocked and the many new friends that I have made.

I am grateful for my health and the health of my family.

I am grateful for this gorgeous, sunny morning. It is as warm as a summer morning, even though Fall is in full swing. The changing of the leaves is breathtaking.

I am grateful for you and your thoughtful posts most of all.

[Starrlight in reply to Hidden]

Happy Thanksgiving Snowdaze!!!

I am grateful for you too! You are amazing my friend... enjoy your health, the season, your Thanksgiving Day. 🍁 🍃

[Hidden in reply to Starrlight]

Thank-you, Starrlight. 💗

[Starrlight in reply to Hidden]

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[Dolphin14 in reply to Hidden]

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃. I have a friend in Ontario. I said you are lucky to have your 🦃. The news is saying🦃. Shortage coming.

[Hidden in reply to Dolphin14]

Oh no, a turkey shortage, I had not heard this. Guess what I had for Thanksgiving Dinner? Eggplant Parmesan! ☺️ Ontario is awesome, I love it here. 👍

[Dolphin14 in reply to Hidden]

Oh ya now it's going to be 🦃 and 🧻. Prob sold on eBay haha

Oh that sounds great. Did you cook? I'm all for outside of the box doesn't matter to me what I eat as long as there is ☕️ On the menu. That's either going up in price or going to be short. I forget which one on that. My cabinets are loaded. I'm not taking a chance on that.

You are Ontario also? She lives in a very small town.

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[Hidden in reply to Dolphin14]

There are too many shortages of too many essentials, it seems. You are wise to stock up, I do this, too. My plan was to wait until Christmas to cook a turkey, I may have to get out and buy one much sooner and put it in the freezer. I bought the eggplant from the local Italian food store. Awesome!

I am in Ontario, yes. Small town Ontario is wonderful, your friend is fortunate. My town is small-ish and warm and inviting. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. 🌿

[Dolphin14 in reply to Hidden]

Yummy on the Italian good store. I bet it was wonderful. I suppose it's a good idea to buy ahead but do we worry about freezer burn? Just wrap it good I guess.

That's nice, my friend loves her town. We were chatting yesterday about the snow. The first year we met it snowed around Thanksgiving. Maybe it will continue to hole off

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Do you speak French as well as Canadian English then?

I heard that in Canada you speak French as well.

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Canada is a bilingual Country. Most of the french speaking people live in Quebec, where they also speak English. As for me, no, I do not speak french, although I can read some of it. ☺️

[gilded_masquerade]

Happy thanksgiving!

My experiences both good and bad for I wouldn’t be who I am today without them 💪🏻

Friends + family 🖤

Access to clean water and food 🍛💧

A roof over my head 🏠

The lessons I’ve learned 🧠

Healing ❤️‍🩹

I hope you all have a wonderful day and thanksgiving, from but another Canadian to another 😌

Take care 🖤

[Starrlight in reply to gilded_masquerade]

So true. We are beautifully us and all of our experiences have taught us, shaped us. Happy Thanksgiving!

[Sillysausage234]

Salmon and prawn cocktail granary torpedo roll …..and salad 🥗

[Starrlight in reply to Sillysausage234]

Sounds delicious 😋

[Dolphin14 in reply to Sillysausage234]

I would have taken a swim by for salmon

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[Sillysausage234 in reply to Dolphin14]

You should’ve said

[Dolphin14 in reply to Sillysausage234]

Let me know what you are serving next time. I will swim over

[Hidden in reply to Sillysausage234]

Baby our ginger tabby is envious of your seafood roll as she is spoilt!

[Sillysausage234 in reply to Hidden]

My dog had a huff on because she didn’t get a sniff 😊

[Hidden in reply to Sillysausage234]

I will join you for the salad. As for the seafood, no thank-you, I eat no fish or seafood. I just don't have the desire. I love olives and cucumbers, though. ☺️

[Sillysausage234 in reply to Hidden]

With fresh walnut bread 🥖😄

[Hidden in reply to Sillysausage234]

Yes, of course. ☺️

The walnut bread with a bit of butter, sliced cucumbers, a sprinkle of salt, fresh lettuce and sometimes a hint of mayo, is heavenly. The olives are on the side, as they should be. 😉

How are you SS?

[Sillysausage234 in reply to Hidden]

I think I’m ok thanks for asking grateful for the farmers market quiche I just got for dinner….how’s yourself?

[Hidden in reply to Sillysausage234]

I somehow missed this post, SS. Quiche is yummy, I especially like it with crispy bacon and fresh cherry tomatoes, on the side. I am good, smooth sailing with only a few waves now and then. As per Louise Hay, I have planted a tomato seed....

[Sillysausage234 in reply to Hidden]

Great minds 😉…..

[Sillysausage234 in reply to Hidden]

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[Hidden in reply to Sillysausage234]

That looks so delicious!

[Hidden]

One main lesson I have learned from covid is to never take anything for granted again.

Today I was extra grateful for being able to go for a Monday pub lunch with my friends which we hadn't done since just before everything shut down back in March 2020.

I'm thankful for running water.

I'm thankful for my friends and family including spoilt Baby the cat who is 17!

Thankful for good health

For having a choice in what to eat and drink

For having a bed to sleep in

[Starrlight in reply to Hidden]

Great news that you went out with friends. And that you still have your cat! There is just blessing after blessing to be happy about. 😌

[Hidden in reply to Starrlight]

Tomorrow we are off out to the national lido of Wales for their 2pm swim session just before they shut down for the season this Sunday coming.

We have enjoyed our sessions this summer at the national lido and hope to see them again when they reopen in 2022.

Saturday just gone I enjoyed a day out at Neath an old mining town near Swansea and had met my friends there that I had never stopped to visit before having a great walk to the abbey there and having a picnic lunch there as well I had made myself and had a great walk along the river neath and the Tennant canal which is what the Port Tennant area of Swansea is named after.

[Starrlight in reply to Hidden]

So nice Catgirl!

[Hidden in reply to Starrlight]

We are hopinv to return to the cinema sometime this week to see the new Bond film.

We haven't visited the cinema since just before everything shut down back in March 2020.

[Starrlight in reply to Hidden]

So cool 😎

[Starrlight]

How do you play?

[Starrlight]

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[Hidden]

Hey there! Another Canadian, how nice to meet you, Laurier1. 🍁

[DeeBee60]

Yes, definitely running water. I can't imagine how awful it would be without it. Even though just 110 years ago, my grandma had to share one outside Tap with 10 other Households. What hard lives they had then. So that brings me to being grateful for Warmth, good Beds, and enough Food.

[Starrlight in reply to DeeBee60]

❤️ yes! Good beds! I just sat down on mine after a long day and noticed how good it is!

[DeeBee60 in reply to Starrlight]

It's Bliss isn't it?!

[Starrlight in reply to DeeBee60]

Bliss yes I love that word!

[Kkimm in reply to DeeBee60]

I am also very grateful for more comfortable houses these days. This is a collage of photos of the ancient beautiful walled town of Conwy in North Wales where it is claimed that the smallest house in Great Britain is situated by the harbour. It is an ancient house which has had many different families living in it over the centuries. It is so tiny you can barely fit two people in it. It feels quite crowded with one. Downstairs there is a tiny grate you can see here where all the cooking for the whole family was done. The coal was kept in this wooden settle with lifting lid. That is the only sitting space downstairs. Upstairs is one double bed that the whole of the family would have slept in. Chamber pot underneath it ofcourse. The last resident is said to have been a fisherman and his wife. He is said to have been nearly 7 feet tall!!!

Collage of photos of ancient castle and interior shots of tiny old house.

[Starrlight in reply to Kkimm]

Thanks for sharing Kkimm so interesting

[Kkimm in reply to Starrlight]

Thanks

[DeeBee60 in reply to Kkimm]

Kkimm... unbelievable as it seems, I have been to Conwy many times and once actually went in this little house! It's lovely! And Conwy Castle is too. In fact Wales is a Lovely place to visit. ☺️ 🏰 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Starrlight in reply to DeeBee60]

Wooaah what a small world !!!!!

[DeeBee60 in reply to Starrlight]

I know!! Amazing!

[Kkimm in reply to DeeBee60]

Wow amazing, so glad you liked the house too.

[DeeBee60 in reply to Kkimm]

👍☺️

[DeeBee60]

Also, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you "over the Pond". We don't have it in UK. But Churches have ,"Harvest Festival" Service, I always so loved the Hymns. All about being grateful for a good Harvest.

[Kkimm in reply to DeeBee60]

I remember a hymn for harvest where we sang "We plough the fields and scatter the good seed on the land, and it is fed and watered by God's almighty hand"Do you remember that one?

I have been bringing in my harvest of pumpkins from my garden and have had a good yield this year. I decorate my home with them before we eat them.

I thought they were so pretty this year that I also visited a Pumpkin Patch and bought some particularly colourful ones that you can see in the basket. The beautiful round striped ones are a variety called Turban for obvious reasons. They are delicious to eat as well as being so pretty.

I grew 16 this year, some very big "blue" ones which are really greenish grey, some orange and yellow green ones and one lovely Turban for the first time this year. I have tried to grow Turbans before but this is the first year I was successful. They take up alot of room as the plants wander all over and even climb hedges!!

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Kim

A collage of very colourful pumpkins

[DeeBee60 in reply to Kkimm]

I do! Kim. It's a favorite of mine. What a lovely lot of Pumpkins and so unusual. You must've looked after them very well. I've never seen any like the Peachy striped one! And it's good that you eat them and don't waste. I can't do so much gardening now, do to disability, used to practically live in my Garden. But, I made Crochet Pumpkins in different Colours. They look quite nice. I hope you enjoy the Celebration. ☺️

[Kkimm in reply to DeeBee60]

Hi DeeBee60.Thanks for your lovely comments. I would like to see your Crochet pumpkins if you have a photo of them, how clever to be able to make them! Not to worry if you haven't however. Do you still have your garden?

At this moment I am sitting up in bed in my Welsh holiday cottage on a beautiful river while I write this. It is just a little stone cottage with loads of work needed but it is right on the water as it were so I can see the misty mountains and forests as well as the wonderful river. We also have a lovely mountain lake right on our doorstep on the other side.

I have sent you a collage of photos I took yesterday when Pete and I drove into Conwy to visit the harbour and do the walk of the castle walls before going into Llandudno to buy DIY things for working on the cottage. These swans with almost full grown signets were swimming in the castle moat.

Kim

Collage of photos showing Conwy town, castle, castle walls, and sunset from the bridge.

[DeeBee60 in reply to Kkimm]

How Lovely it sounds Kim! N your Photos are just Beautiful. It's a long time since I've been to Wales but maybe I shall go again one of these days. Yes, I still have a Garden but, am trying to move to a small place with maybe a Patio or just a little outdoor Space. Something just, for a Chair and some Plant Pots.

Crochet Pumpkins