things my grandmother loved

• birds
• rabbits
• babies
• matryoshka dolls
• milk
• a can of coke
• fine china
• guns n' roses, ac/dc
• linnea calendars
• the homegoods/tj maxx/marshalls trifecta
• j. crew, especially on sale
• spy starring melissa mccarthy
• billy elliot
• my cousin vinny
• my family's dog, bilbo
• her backyard
• marimekko patterns
• a british crime show (but it can't be too violent)
• coffee with lots of creamer in the morning
• the occasional cup of tea
• renting a house on the cape for a week at the end of summer
• hydrangeas, dogwood trees
• cooking & baking (but not cleaning up)
• her children and her grandchildren, myself included