More Mostly Cheerful Thoughts

 So, I've had one of my orchids blooming for several weeks.  I love it.  I knew another plant had bloom-stems on it.  Walked in the other day to find not only blooms, but hope for more flowers.  This particular orchid has a core branch (the one that's blooming) plus 3 other smaller side-branches with buds on them.  Even if they don't bloom, the buds are hope.  I've not ever had an orchid with that many bud-branches at once.  Happy.

Pretty.

Read an article this morning about a 75 year old woman in Italy discovered sitting at her table - deceased.  For more than two years.  She had no family and no friends.  No one had checked on her since like fall 2019.  The spokesperson said something like: it wasn't only that she died so completely alone, that it was so sad that she lived completely alone.  I can't figure how that happens - that no one notices mail piling up, place not taken care of.  The neighbors said they thought she'd moved, but really, how does that happen without someone seeing? Makes my heart hurt. 

Went for a Husband-walk this morning (that means we drive somewhere beyond our neighborhood to walk).  Beautiful morning for a walk. Stopped at Waffle Love (yay for gift cards!) for breakfast on the way home.  I just love their waffles.  More happy.

January was interesting:  fridge repair, furnace replaced, Charger serviced, furniture delivered.  So far February has been calmer.  Sometimes calmer is good, especially when it's less expensive. We've taken some trips to Deseret Industries to donate our extras from cleaning out.  We've both had car washes and taken care of a few little issues.  Still have things to clean out and donate (or toss) and stuff to handle. We'll get there.

We've a few things to look forward to:  Hale tonight, a movie next week, piano tuning and a couple more food gift cards.  We need something to look forward to. I think it's time for the beach.