Time and Attention

This image came across my social media feed....and it made me smile.  

I was drawn to the cheery spring colors and the funky lettering...but mostly I was drawn to the message.  I am TOO BLESSED TO BE STRESSED....so that's what I'm going with.

I have several things in the works that are...and will require my time and attention over the next few weeks....and whatever else I have time for will be just be an added blessing.  

But I also believe that you have time for what you make time for.

Patty is heading off on a fabulous family vacation at the end of this week.  She wanted to take along her favorite long black wool flannel coat...lightweight...yet warm enough for layering this time of year.  But it had a few issues....a worn and tattered hem and little holes here and there from years of love and hungry moths. This morning she asked for my input....hoping I might have an idea how to make some improvements.

A few hours later......the coat had a new hem...and I taught Patty how to needle felt so she could fill in the holes with black wool roving.  I did have an idea....and I had the supplies to breath new life into her precious coat.  It just needed a little time and attention.

Paul and I are blessed to have friends and family around us....and sometimes they need our help. And I'm grateful we have resources and energy for the things that need our time and attention. We are way too blessed to be stressed about any of it!

I made 2 or 3 trips to Patty's at the end of the street this morning during the coat project...

...so got to enjoy the long row of crocus she planted in the garden she created for her dear neighbor Pat. Pat is gone....and new neighbors have moved in....but Patty still tends Pat's garden.

We have the time for what we make the time for.

I love seeing the sedum coming up in the same garden....they look like little green roses. I've alway had it sedum my gardens....but not here at the condo. Maybe...just maybe....I can get a little split from Pat's garden for my own garden.

The quote at the top of the page came from Natural Life....the online resource where I get all my colorful headbands. These bands have become a staple in my wardrobe....keeping my whispy and sometimes lifeless hair out of my eyes. As I've gotten older...the less time and attention I give to my hair...the better.  

Just before I pushed "publish"....this was the view out the window!  I am blessed!