Calm

I woke up in a bad mood this morning. It started out because of some annoying dream I was having. I don't remember what it was about now, but I was irritated when I woke up. Then Jake crawled in bed next to me at about 6:45. And when I say crawled, I actually mean jumped and landed like a clumsy elephant on the bed and continued to flop around and throw elbows into my head. Whatever. If the morning had not progressed into whining and complaining about everything it would have been fine...

So we went outside to play and I just sat and drank a cup of coffee. Sitting in my yard always has a way of calming me. Here are a few of the pretty things that helped today....