Friday's Fave Five #845

Hello everyone.  Welcome to Friday's Fave Five.  We are pausing in the everyday to notice and be thankful for blessings that God has granted during the last week.  My list this week will have to quick.  My step mom passed away this week so time on the computer is scarce.  If I didn't make it to your posts from last week or this week to read and comment please forgive.  I hope to be back commenting next week.

~ Sunday road trip ~ Sunday we took a little road trip to the mountains for Hubby's work.  It was a gorgeous day out and we had a fun drive about 90 minutes one way.  We had a nice little lunch and then made a stop at a beautiful waterfall on the way home.  Not a bad way to start my week off work.  I'm thankful  we had this day.

~ meals out ~ in spite of the harder week, hubby has made sure that we had some meals out together in spite of not being able to be away.  He's been so thoughtful in wanting me to have a break from cooking on my week off.  We tried a new restaurant we've never been to before and had an excellent meal and also had takeout from a favorite chinese food place.  

~ walks ~ in spite of what was happening this week, I have been trying to make sure we got out to get some fresh air and exercise.  We took the bikes out for our first ride this year and we've gone on several walks.  Being out and moving our bodies helps to clear our minds and hearts from the heaviness of loss.  

~ my gorgeous clematis ~ this week the clematis bloomed out in all it's glory.  We put a trellis behind it this year instead of it going up the side of the house.  I like how full it looks this way.  This clematis was here when we moved in 32 years ago so it's an oldie and it's still going strong.  I added a pink one next to it a couple years back and it's still getting established so only shows a few blooms and they got swallowed up by the purple.  Next year I'll know to guide it to the outside.  

~ new towels ~ nothing like a fresh set of fluffy, soft towels.   I have tried everything to get my towels back to some semblance of softness like they were originally but I finally waved the flag of defeat and went and bought some new ones.  Such a difference.  If you got any ideas on keeping towels somewhat soft and fluffy please let me in on all our secrets.

Thanks for joining in.  Happy 4th of July to all my American friends.   Enjoy your celebrations and stay safe.