There it is. The vines had greened out considerably by the time I took this picture last Friday. For the first week or so, they were just grey and ropey, with these incredible purple flowers hanging upside down. This is along the one-lane road you have to take to my daughters' schools. Not a bad view this time of year when you're sitting behind school buses and a hundred other cars. Every year, after the blooms are gone, you forget it is wisteria, until the miracle happens again.

Today's beauties. Hmm ... I'm really getting lazy again.

1) The book section at Target. Big enough to make me whine about all the wonderful books out there and the limited amount of time and money I have to buy and read them, yet small enough to give me hope.

2) The taste of our favorite "fruit salad" for dinner. Lite canned peaches with only half the juice poured off, mandarin oranges, sliced bananas, and the finishing touch, mini marshmallows! Maybe not as healthy as it could be, but I'm willing to bet we all get two or three servings of our fruits and veggies for the day when we crack open those cans, peel that banana, and drop in a handful of those minis.

3) Just the thought of three-year-old Ian wearing a tie to the mall on a Tuesday because he felt like it.

4) The silky, cool feel of the newer "tissue weight" shirts and tees. (I really had to struggle to find a "touch" beauty. I need to be watching for these more. Sounds, too. It was a quiet day.)

And that is all. I can't do five. I'm on notice for tomorrow. Must get out of the house before 5:30 p.m.!!

And here's the reflecting pool at the Modern.