The Gift

After working the last two days at the hospital, I needed to relax... get out of man-made structures and into God's great outdoors... I needed to refresh my spirit!

Rick & I drove up to Daffodil Hill. We hadn't been there in several years and if you've never been I can tell you that it's well worth the time. The drive on Hwy 16 was great because the hills were so green and beautiful. It's in the little town of Volcano, about an hour's drive for us. (there is actually an old crater there, although we've never been to it. But there are signs to lead the way.) It's free to see the daffodils... even the well organized parking is free. Just as you start to drive past Jackson there is a Daffodil Hill sign pointing to the left...
We resisted the temptation to stop in the quaint towns .... Dry Town, Sutter Creek, & Jackson... (we planned to stop on the way back) and drove on to see the glorious daffodils. This is their time of peak beauty.
Did some walking, took lots of pics, and talked to a few nice people. What a beautiful day!
On the way home, we drove through Fiddletown, (yes, that's a real town) We stopped in Plymouth at a favorite little hole in the wall, Marlene Glenn's Diner. Mercy! Do they have some good eating!

Our spirits revived!

Back in Rocklin, we pulled into our drive-way and... to our horror... saw that our front door was wide open! Our first thought was "REMAX!" (he's our precious cat for any who didn't already know) We jumped out of the car & hurried up the walk. We ran from room to room calling out his name. We looked at each other ... unspoken fears in our eyes. Just as we turned to go look out side, he appeared! He was just there. Looking relaxed, as if he had been awaken from a nap. (how dare we disturb him!) We just stared at him, and we burst out laughing. He was safe.

We had NOT been concerned about theft... only about HIM.

Today we gave the gift of time to each other...we haven't done that in a long while... too long a while. It's important to spend relaxing time with the one you love... It was a very good day! Give yourself & someone you love the gift of time.