Thank you, even then...

151) being lullabied to sleep by a crescendoing thunderstorm

152) tissue paper flowers

153) being waved at by the taller-than-me fields of corn; how polite they are!

154) a delightful kids room with all manner of crafts and books and a piano

155) sunday papers, where i enjoy reading the life section, especially the poetry section, and the strange word definition section

156) having my mom 'model' for me for some pictures

157) watching the raindrops crash off the roofs of our cars

158) "rain, Lord, we thirst for water"

159) a dinner at a couple's house from my mom's church, including meatloaf, au gratin potatoes, homemade white bread, string beans from her garden

160) a kitten named 'Strawberry'; so named, I was told, because she was born when the strawberries were first starting to ripen

161) raindrops on flowers, leaves, bushes of pine-like needles

162) anxiously anticipating the birth of a new litter of kittens!

163) finding out I'm helping to photograph my sister's wedding, not from her, but from my mom!

164) 'singin' and dancin' in the rain'

165) white chalk-like skies, void of color

166) coffee and conversation after dinner

167) the blue tinge all of my color pictures take, for the time being

168) authenticity in writing, in faith, always hoping, always trusting, always persevering

169) our black cat lying in a cardboard box

170) dots of water adorning our puggle's back

171) a broken sleeping plaster cat, designed to fit on shelves and hang off things

172) the way the ground and air smells before, during, and not long after a rain

173) afternoon drives along the highway full of farms full of corn (and wheat and soy and tobacco) with a layer of gold on top

174) Mom mentioning she wanted to plant lavendar next year

175) stacks of books, old ones, new ones, dog-eared, covers falling off, not a crease, the smell of both