Grateful days

I have been needing to take some time lately and look for the good things

life sometimes is hard 

I sometimes get very caught up in the obvious things that are going wrong

so I started a new 30 day photo challenge

each day I am given an assignment of what to look for 

these types of thing usually take place the month of November but I decided I couldn't wait that long

its been awesome to spend some time each day thinking 

what small thing am I grateful for

here were my first 5 days

they are not necessarily award winning photography 

but that really is not the point is it

day #1 food

so mine isn't exactly food

although sometime it counts as a meal

Eric made fun of me for advertising Starbucks

No I haven't started drinking coffee

but I do love their Salted Carmel Hot Chocolate

Oh its so good

and it is only available a limited time

so I treated myself to one and had a cozy rest on my front porch

very grateful for that slow down moment!

day 2
Smiles :)
this little girl and I share a lot of smiles during the day

I took this one a little later

a rare smile from Alex

it's a good thing

Day #3
Leaves
this was an easy one 
but hard to choose a favorite

so I had jared choose
he narrowed it down to these
#1

#2

day #4 was hard
Grateful for Happiness
what makes me happy?
everything I could think of was something on the list already
but then Joan hit it on the head
What makes me happy?
Music
I love music 
I always have it on
and I like so many different types of music it is hard to pick
I'm not exactly musical, I mean I don't play an instrument fabulous well or anything
but I love it
one of the things I loved most about dancing 
was interrupting the music!
music has a way of lifting your spirits and changing your mood
but how do you take a picture of something you hear?
i thought of an instrument but that wasn't exactly what I wanted

when I showed Eric the picture
he did not get it 
"CD's make you happy?"
yeah no... MUSIC does
"oh yeah....I get it"
so I guess its not my best representation 
Oh well

day #5
morning light
I headed down to the beach bright and early to watch the sunrise
no one accepted my offer of accompany me 
it was beautiful and quiet and peaceful
I saw eagles, herrons, seals and a beautiful sunrise over the harbor!

So on to the next 5 days of my challenge

Have a fabulous day!