For Inspiration. 
When it comes and even when it doesn’t . . . we give thanks.
For pictures. For technology in this time that transmits them for miles and miles in SECONDS.
For love. For laughter and the folks that bring it.
For Scripture that speaks loud and clear and also softly and comfortingly.
For pens to write notes in the margins of the books you are reading.
For prayer journals holding answers and requests yet to be received.
I think you get the idea – the daily stuff.
Roots in a glass.
Yep. That’s one of the things for which I am giving thanks today.
I harvested the last of my basil last week or possibly the week before, brought it into the kitchen, and deposited the few stems in a glass jar. Many years ago in a Friend’s kitchen, I admired her basil growing beautifully green and healthy in a glass.
Later I tried it too — but failed.
But this time I have ROOTS!
Roots in a glass. More than roots, I have leaves! Albeit, I do not have as many leaves, or are they as beautiful as Carolyn’s but perhaps with time, sunshine, and water more will grow.
For now, I have these 
and I am grateful.
3 They are like trees planted along the riverbank,
bearing fruit each season.
Their leaves never wither,
and they prosper in all they do. Psalm 1 (source)
I’ll take that!
Psalm 1 is speaking of something more than my roots in a glass so may I encourage you to read it in context.
I am giving thanks today for more than I am going to innumerate here. I am a delighted woman.
Potatoes.
Yes. I am grateful for potatoes for soup.
I had leftover chicken and all the other fixings for chicken pot pie soup – no crust. :)
I was chopping and throwing veggies in the pot and thought I need a potato. I have no potatoes. Who wants to go to the store for 2 potatoes? But JT said he would and as he was leaving the drive – Misfits arrived. 
Potatoes! Along with other veggies!
Soup’s on!
And later there will be roasted brussel sprouts.
Oh my, are they good with a little olive oil, onions, and carrots, a little spice, and roasted just right!
We have so many reasons to give thanks.
Psalm 37: (CJB) 25 I have been young; now I am old; yet not once have I seen the righteous abandoned
or his descendants begging for bread.
26 All day long he is generous and lends, and his descendants are blessed.
27 If you turn from evil and do good, you will live safely forever.
28 For Adonai loves justice and will not abandon his faithful; they are preserved forever. But the descendants of the wicked will be cut off. source
And all GOD’s People said Amen.
