Things That Made Me Smile This Month

By Diana McCollum 

Number One for this week is B.A. Binns blog post https://romancingthegenres.blogspot.com/2025/03/my-choice-for-greatest-romance-series.html

Her blog was on her choice of the best historical series. A series I loved and read many years ago. It made me smile to find another fan of "Angelique" by Anne Golon. I was so excited I must have read her blog post three times, the review of the books brought back memories of how much I enjoyed them.

B.A. Binns said that you can still find the books on Amazon. I'm going to search for the books, as I'd like to read them again.

Facetime with my sister makes me smile! 

This morning I woke to 3" of snow and it made me happy. It's supposed to stop mid morning and turn to rain. 

Last week after watercolor class on Saturday, Joy, Valerie, Kathleen and I went out for coffee. We all smiled and laughed. Having good friends makes me smile.

(watercolor by Me!)

Seeing the new great grand baby and the 18 month old great grand baby for the weekend, I was smiling the whole time!

Tonight fixing dinner and a flock of turkeys came into our front yard. Two of the males spread their tale feathers, and oh what a sight! I smiled as they all jostled around each other. So I guess the animals, and birds always make me smile. Love it!!

Hope you have a smiling day today!!

What is your favorite genre to read?

Thankful for All God's Creatures

 We've moved to a new home in northern CA.

Leaving Bend, OR, I was afraid I'd not have wild animals in my yard like we did in Bend. Silly me! We have been visited by lots of animals and birds.

Our little pond with the waterfall is a favorite spot for all kinds of birds. We eat dinner and watch the birds come in and take baths or for a drink. We've seen Tangers, blue birds, hummingbirds, wood peckers, black birds, crows, finches etc. It is very entertaining.

Each day a doe and her fawn spend the afternoon under our fig tree in the back yard. They eat all the apples that fall from the  apple tree.

In the evening a buck, and two more does wander through the yard.

We've also seen foxes, squirrels, and lizzards.

The fawn is fun to watch as it explores and jumps around. It noticed a butterfly on a rock the other day. When the butterfly moved it's wings the fawn jumped straight up and ran to it's mother.

I wanted to share this picture of some funny characters to watch. They've been through the yard 4 times so far. Usually in a group of twenty.

We've been enjoying and thankful for all the animals who've graced us with their presence.

Do you have any wild animals in your yard?