A change of scenery

Recently, I got a laptop as a graduation gift. Awesome! I have had a wonderful time moving around to work instead of being chained down to my desk for hours and hours a day. I have experimented with working in the backyard while the kids play, in the kitchen, watching them through the window with their neighbor-friends. But, here is my favorite spot to work now:

It is such a happy spot with a sunny window and a view of my roses. Unfortunately, the roses have been infested with beetles recently and I lost many flowers, but that seems to be resolving itself now with no intervention on my part. Beetles are bad, but did you know cardinals eat beetles? I have been delighted on several days to see cardinals sitting on the branches of the rose bush, eating the unwanted bugs. Hummingbirds like the red flowers as well. I actually see a new batch of roses forming as I type this, so hopefully my feathered friends will come back to enjoy the new flowers the same as me.

I am so thankful for this gift - something I have wanted but not needed for quite a while. Hopefully, it will also prove useful for school things this semester. I will be in class for 8 hours each day day Tuesday and Wednesday, so perhaps I will be able to use the laptop on occasion on campus as well. Happy days!