Evening Words, Wisdom and Beauty

Your friend is your needs answered.
Kahlil Gibran

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
Kahlil Gibran

Not hammer strokes, but dance of the water sings the pebbles into perfection.
Rabindranath Tagore

How About a Little Humor!

I always wondered where they came from! I now feel enlightened!

Shadow Shot Sunday!

Hey! time to join us for Shadow Shot Sunday hosted by Hey Harriet check out her blog, sign in, join us for the fun!

As I was hurrying through the kitchen yesterday morning on my way to get my car and go grocery shopping, I found this waiting for me in our dish rack and I loved the color!



This crow came to visit the other morning, but wouldn't let me get any closer, although I followed him around the yard for about ten minutes.

Bare trees -- still leave shadows on our neighbors house.

Evening Thoughts About the Season

The fasts are done; the Aves said; The moon has filled her horn And in the solemn night I watch Before the Easter morn. So pure, so still the starry heaven, So hushed the brooding air, I could hear the sweep of an angel's wings If one should earthward fare.
Edna Dean Procter

Passover has a message for the conscience and the heart of all mankind. For what does it commemorate? It commemorates the deliverance of a people from degrading slavery, from most foul and cruel tyranny. And so, it is Israel's - nay, God's protest against unrighteousness, whether individual or national.
Morris Joseph

An Honor!

On Wednesday I was so very deeply moved and honored when I was given this blogging award by "U" of the blog Any Way I Have To.

I made the decision some time ago to stop participating in the awarding of blogs because while I am so honored and appreciative of having received this one and the others, I found myself spending more time responding and passing them on than I was writing my own blog. I have posted several of these on my side bar because I do want to recognize them and I'm adding this one as well. Another reason I stopped accepting awards is because I write primarily for my own pleasure, but with the hope that I may, perhaps, have something to offer those wonderful people who visit my blogsite. The following are the prerequisites for having been chosen for this award and I hope that I do fulfill at least some of these.

1. The Blogger manifests exemplary attitude, respecting the nuances that pervades amongst different cultures and beliefs.

2. The Blog contents inspire; strives to encourage and offers solutions.

3. There is a clear purpose at the Blog; one that fosters a better understanding on Social, Political, Economic, the Arts, Culture and Sciences and Beliefs.

4. The Blog is refreshing and creative.

5. The Blogger promotes friendship and positive thinking.

So, again, let me thank "U" from the bottom of my heart, you're a marvelous, caring person and friend. You and your friendship is the greatest award of all!

May you all have a beautiful, joyous Easter and know that I send my love to each and everyone of you, every day.

Evening Words, Wisdom and Beauty

The touch of an infinite mystery passes over the trivial and the familiar, making it break out into ineffable music... The trees, the stars, and the blue hills ache with a meaning which can never be uttered in words.”
Rabindranath Tagore

Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.
Kahlil Gibran

Sky Watch Friday

Welcome again to Sky Watch Friday, hosted by Klaus, Sandy, Ivar, Wren, Fishing Guy and Louise! Click here to join us and share your beautiful skies! And Happy Passover to all our Jewish friends!

Occasionally we have what I call marshmallow cloud days and here are a few of them!

Evening Words, Wisdom and Beauty

Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.

Kahlil Gibran

Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.

Rabindranath Tagore

The touch of an infinite mystery passes over the trivial and the familiar, making it break out into ineffable music... The trees, the stars, and the blue hills ache with a meaning which can never be uttered in words.

Rabindranath Tagore

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

I’ve had several people ask me lately if I’ve sworn off politics and I have to admit that I simply don’t have the stomach for writing about them much these days. I’m still very happy to have Obama in the White House, I’m very happy to see fewer Republicans in the Congress, but I’m tired of the constant media attention dissecting every single word, action, non-action. I’m tired of the Republican's constant whine, wail and bitch about everything and a large number of the Democrats are just as bad. There is so much anger and sorrow and suffering, so much hunger and sickness in the world today, but I see very few of those who actually have the power to make changes doing anything more than squabbling over their own territory.

There are wonderful people who try so patiently to ease the suffering, the hunger in the world and I’m uplifted when I read blogs like Maithri’s The Soaring Impulse. And there are others out there that do all they can to make a difference, but there will never be enough. In the meantime my own country is stumbling along on the edge of another Depression and the people who could make a difference are too immersed in their own agenda to see or care about what is happening to so many people right here in the “good old US of A”!

So, at least for now I’m trying to focus on the beauty of nature, on love and caring and generosity, on the words of men like Gilbran and Tagore; as I work to lift myself out of the gutter of despair that I see/hear every day. I don’t want to sink into that space, there is more to life than that. You may have to work harder to find it, but it’s there.

So, at least for now or until I can find a constructive way to make a difference, I’ll focus on the beautiful things, the humor, the love that are always available – even if you do have to look a little harder for them.

Evening Words, Wisdom and Beauty

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

Kahlil Gibran

There are those who give with joy, and that joy is their reward.

Kahlil Gibran

The lilacs are almost ready to burst into bloom!

ABC Wednesday

It's ABC Wednesday again! Join us and play along! Click here to sign up!

Today L has a look around at the many lovely things in the world. L is for Lovebirds.
And Lady Slippers

Or how about wandering around in a Labyrinth at dusk? And, of course, for Love, and Laughter, those things so important in the lives of all of us!

Evening Words, Wisdom and Beauty

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

Kahlil Gibran

You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

Kahlil Gibran

That's My World -- The Space Needle

It's time for That's My World and a chance for you to share your world with people all over the world. This a great meme generously hosted by Klaus, Sandy, Ivar, Wren, Fishing Guy and Louise. Click here to sign up and join in the fun!

Today I'd like to share one of the really outstanding sites in Seattle -- the Space Needle!

The Space Needle is a tower in Seattle, Washington, and is a major landmark of the Pacific Northwest region of the United States and a symbol of Seattle. Located at the Seattle Center, it was built for the 1962 World's Fair, during which time nearly 20,000 people a day used the elevators, with over 2.3 million visitors in all for the World Fair. The Space Needle is 605 feet (184 m) high and 138 feet (42 m) wide at its widest point and weighs 9,550 tons. When it was completed it was the tallest structure west of the Mississippi River. It is built to withstand winds of up to 200 mph (320 km/h) and earthquakes up to 9.5 magnitude which would protect the structure against an earthquake as powerful as the 1700 Cascadia earthquake). The tower has 25 lightning rods on its roof to prevent lightning damage.

The Space Needle features an observation deck at 520 feet (160 m), and a gift shop with the rotating SkyCity restaurant at 500 feet (152 m). From the top of the Needle, one can see not only the Downtown Seattle skyline, but also the Olympic and Cascade Mountains, Mount Rainier, Mount Baker, Elliott Bay and surrounding islands. Photographs of the Seattle skyline often show the Space Needle in a prominent position, even appearing to tower above the rest of the city's skyscrapers, as well as Mount Rainier in the background. This occurs because the tower, which is equivalent in height to a 60-story building, stands roughly four-fifths of a mile
(1.3 km) northwest of most downtown skyscrapers, and on a hill.

Visitors can reach the top of the Space Needle via elevators that travel at 10 mph
(16 km/h). The trip takes 43 seconds, and some tourists wait in hour-long lines in order to ascend to the top of the tower. On windy days, the elevators are slowed down to a speed of 5 mph. The Space Needle was designated a historic landmark on April 19, 1999 by the City's Landmarks Preservation Board.

Evening Words, Wisdom and Beauty

Your friend is your needs answered.
Kahlil Gibran

Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life; not so much by what happens to you as by the way your mind looks at what happens.
Kahlil Gibran

In My Next Life

And How Bad is the Economy???

Cats are so dramatic!