Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[leebee]

Green things...

Lime green Mickey heads and ribbons! Many moons ago, lime green was the color of the DISboards. People who were at WDW would wear a lime green ribbon on their backpacks or whatever, so others would know they were DISboarders! It was a little bit of fun, and I still have my lime green ribbon on my park bag! The Mickey heads were paint chips from Home Depot? Lowe's? They had a Disney line of paint and instead of using plain old color chips, the color was in the shape of a Mickey head. I have a bunch of lime green ones, as well as other colors, that I take to Disney with me to decorate my resort-room window (usually at AllStars).

Nature! Right now, the view out my back window is of a lush, verdant display of dark mixed greens, nature's bounty in mid-summer. I really like how the shades of green change with the seasons: The light, yellow-y green of spring, the rich, true green of summer, and then the darkening green of fall, before the leaves burst into bright colors to celebrate yet another successful growth season and in preparation for next year!

Money. OK, a little crass, but as it's the last day of the month it means DH and I both get paid for July. We had a salary increase starting July 1st (5%, WAHOO... but we have a pretty good union and a supportive administration) and I'm in the midst of bill-paying, so the color of money is on my mind right now!

 

[TiggerTrigger]

GREENbelts - Every place that has them seems to call them something different, but our town calls our network of trails Greenbelts. It may be humid, but it's so nice to have a place to walk/run that immersed in greenery vs. the cement jungles along the main streets.

Work - Our physical office building is in a part of the city with Green in the name. There's very little green actually in the area, but it's nice to have a work place to call "home."

School Colors - The girls' high school's primary color is green.

 

[clappyclaps]

Afternoon everyone!

1. Key Lime Pie - my mum has always been obsessed with key lime pie and I never understood why when I was younger. But when I grew up and stopped being fussy about food, I learned to love this pie too and in fact anything else too that is key lime or key lime pie based or flavoured.

2. Salad & Veg - cucumber, lettuce, green beans, broccoli, asparagus, green peppers... while I'd much rather be eating some less healthy and sweet, I have grown to appreciate and enjoy eating salad and veg a lot more in recent years than I ever have before.

3. Plants & greenery in general - I'm not very good at keeping plants and flowers alive, but I'd hate not to have green areas in and outside of my house as well as in the local area. Its so nice to go out for a walk in a green area.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I remember the lime green Mickey heads, @leebee!

I also second Green Belts - Boston's is called the Emerald Necklace. --

And am adding to my list a favorite green sweater my aunt made me.

 

[citruscurtis]

JOY
Imganie a child with no green grass in their culture. That was me 1966.. Pacific Humboldt Coast fort Bragg California...my Uncle had a massive lawn... and well..huh... our mother was furious that we messed up our Aunt bathroom .. but the aunt gave us grace.."they live in the desert and I have never seen kids enjoy green so much

This green lawn is a platform for vacation Bible school and youth activities night ... imagine the joy of green

 

[leebee]

JOY
Imganie a child with no green grass in their culture. That was me 1966.. Pacific Humboldt Coast fort Bragg California...my Uncle had a massive lawn... and well..huh... our mother was furious that we messed up our Aunt bathroom .. but the aunt gave us grace.."they live in the desert and I have never seen kids enjoy green so much

This green lawn is a platform for vacation Bible school and youth activities night ... imagine the joy of green

DH did his post-doc in San Francisco. Unless you went to the park on the weekends, there was no grass to be had anywhere. Once DD was born, we decided to move back east. One of the deciding factors was we didn't want her to grow up where the front yard is sidewalk, the back yard a concrete parking pad, and we'd have to go to the park if we wanted her to see grass.

 

[citruscurtis]

DH did his post-doc in San Francisco. Unless you went to the park on the weekends, there was no grass to be had anywhere. Once DD was born, we decided to move back east. One of the deciding factors was we didn't want her to grow up where the front yard is sidewalk, the back yard a concrete parking pad, and we'd have to go to the park if we wanted her to see grass.

Still early in the day but this is the post of the day... capturing the spirit of this thread how the most simple things bring us great gratitude

Sorry...no cash rewards

 

[bluecastle]

Green

All parks, city, state, national. Ballparks, too! (Natural grass, of course) I remember the first time I went to Yankee Stadium, coming out of the tunnel and seeing all the bright green grass.

Green veggies, especially spinach and broccoli

Christmas trees and all evergreens