a list of fifty, written in July

within 20 minutes, with no edits - just a random list of 50.  Because this is the summer of 50.  (Inspired by Elaine's list of 40!)

  

1. books
2. lilies
3. rhubarb
4. biking along the meewasin
5. easter sunrise
6. july thunderstorms
7. first harvest of raspberries
8. a three year old's prayer
9. a seventy seven year old's baptism
10. watching my daughter tend to her growing sons
11. tasting my daughter's new world
12. listening to music with my son
13. watching my son play basketball
14. early spring walk abouts in my yard
15. camping at rick and rene's in Grand Forks
16. tubing at rick and Rene's in Grand Forks
17. driving with my family
18. eating the food that Randy makes
19. tending my garden
20. weeding prayers
21. my freshly mown back lawn
22. the smell of my morden sunrise
23. playing volleyball
24. church with Norah
25. Del and Lois's back yard
26. first snow
27. skyping with Ray and Lisa
28. hearing Tyler coming up the front steps
29. long friendships
30. an evening of laughter
31. telling stories to children
32. listening to children tell stories
33. my new vacuum cleaner
34. the wicker chair on the front porch
35. the smell of the lilac
36. the sight of Hobbs draped over the kitchen railing
37. dirt biking along the river
38. tide pooling
39. the sound of the ocean all night long
40. sleeping under the stars
41. an unexpected note from a friend
42. a canoe on a glassy lake
43. everyone all together, remembering and laughing
44. a quiet place all to myself, for writing
45. a fresh artistic perspective 
46. pottery
47. garden tomatoes
48. singing with my sister
49. anything that makes my sons grin
50. my Escape