How About This Sunset!!!

I'm moved in! I'm exhausted! But what a view from my new "office" this evening! Had to share it with you! Thanks for all the good wishes and good thoughts! They are so appreciated! Still a lot of work, unpacking etc, etc, etc! But I'm getting settled in! And this sight was just what the doctor ordered. I'm on the 5th floor, and the big, double windows in my cozy little office face west! I had hoped it would give me a great view, but I had no idea how good!  My next ones will be from the roof -- no window frames! Hope your weekend has gone well. I am SO glad to have the move over with. Still stuff to be done over the next few days, but I'm pleased and comfortable with my new home! And so is Sam Schnauzer!!

It's first
a thought,
close in the mind;
then,
a sharing,
with folks,
earlier close,
but now
a bit at a distance;
And finally
a striking out,
wide and open ,
to enjoy
your very own sunsets
on a golden evening
ensconced
amidst the boxes and bags;

So like
the blinds
on the picture window
gradually
opening up
and then some;
so you can smile
at the Sun
reveling amidst
his cloudy baggage,
before settling in for the night...


Welcome home !



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Shadow Shot Sunday!

Get out the magnifying glass, get into your best sleuthing clothes and start prowling your environment looking for those wonderful, but sometimes elusive shadows. This fun and challenging meme is hosted each week by Tracy over at Hey Harriet! Click on the link under the blog title and sign up to play!!

Hooray!! The long awaited moving day is here!! I'll have new shadows next week! But here are some for today as I look back over the past few years!  My computer will probably not get hooked up immediately so I'll  be missing for most of the weekend, but I'll make up for it with lots of visits next weekend!

Weekend Reflections

Weekend Reflections is hosted by James each week beginning Friday at 11 AM Eastern Standard Time. It's another wonderful way of opening your eyes to new and different kinds of beauty. Click on the web address under the blog title and sign up to play with us! I move into my new place tomorrow, so you may not see me around a lot over the weekend, but I send you wishes for beautiful reflections!

Enjoy your weekend!

You change your life by changing your heart.
Max Lucado

Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.
Nido Qubein

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell

Sky Watch Friday!

Time to share your skies, the beauty over your world, the clouds, the colors! Sky Watch is hosted each week by Klaus and the Sky Watch team of Klaus, Sandy, Wren and me. Join us and the many people from all over the world who share theirs with us each week! Click on the address under the post title to be taken to the SWF website where you can sign up.  This was our sunset night before last at the end of a gray, rainy day!  Needless to say, I loved the change of skies! I will visit as many of your blogs as I can today, but I'm up to my eyeballs in packing boxes -- well, you get the picture!!!

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
Doug Larson

The doors of wisdom are never shut.
Benjamin Franklin

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
Mark Twain

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Positive expressions and feelings are contagious. 

Lee Jampolsky

Patience is the companion of wisdom.
Saint Augustine

The IRS

This is an oldie but goodie that a friend sent me and I thought I'd share it with you. Definitely good for a rueful giggle! Unfortunately, all too true!!

At the end of the tax year, the IRS office sent an inspector to audit the books of a local hospital.  While the IRS agent was checking the books, he turned to the CFO of the hospital and said. "I notice you buy a lot of bandages.  What do you do with the end of the roll when there's too little left to be of any use?"
"Good question," noted the CFO.  "We save them up and send them back to the bandage company and every once in a while, they send us a free roll."?

"Oh," replied the auditor, somewhat disappointed that his unusual question had a practical answer.  But on he went, in his obnoxious way. "What about all these plaster purchases?  What do you do with what's left over after setting a cast on a patient?"
"Ah, yes," replied the CFO, realizing that the inspector was trying to trap him with an unanswerable question.  "We save it and send it back to the manufacturer and every so often they will send us a free bag of plaster.

"I see," replied the auditor, thinking hard about how he could fluster the know-it-all CFO.  "Well," he went on, "What do you do with all the remains from the circumcision surgeries?"
"Here, too, we do not waste," answered the CFO.  "What we do is save all the little foreskins and send them to the IRS office, and about once a year they send us a complete prick."

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Anything you're good at contributes to happiness.
Bertrand Russell

Happiness depends upon ourselves.
Aristotle

 Happiness is having a scratch for every itch.
Ogden Nash

 

Every gift from a friend is a wish for your happiness.
Richard Bach

The Big Move Has Begun!

The last preparations for the big move on Saturday begin tomorrow and there's much packing etc. to be done and not much time for blogging!  I'm sure all of your will be grateful when this move is finally over and I can finally talk/write/whine about something else!  I will probably not be posting much until I'm settled in, but whenever I have a free moment or two I'll be checking in with your blogs on ABC, Sky Watch, Weekend Reflections, Shadow Shot Sunday and Pet Pride!  These are a couple of photos (not mine) of the complex that I'm moving into. You'll get to see lots of better ones once I get unpacked!  I hope you all have a great week and I do look forward to things getting back to normal -- whatever that is in my life these days!!!

That's My World!

That's My World is hosted each week by Klaus and the My World team, Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy and me. Join us and share your world with others from all over Our World! Just click on the post title, read the rules, sign up and play with us! So! How is your world this week? Have you taken time to see the beauty there? What is it about your world that makes you smile or laugh or feel grateful for?  So, next Saturday is the big day! And now that I can stop fretting over the waiting, I can enjoy some more lovely memories of my world where I've lived the past four years! Hope you enjoy them! Wishing you all a beautiful week!

 An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
Don Marquis

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.
Pete Seeger

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
William James

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.
Mark Twain

I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world. This makes it hard to plan the day.
E. B. White

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

 A faith is a necessity to a man. Woe to him who believes in nothing.
Victor Hugo

Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.
Khalil Gibran

Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation.
D. Elton Trueblood

Pet Pride!

Hey guys, get up off your tush and lets go see Bozo over at his pad in Mumbai! It's always a fun time when we all get together and talk about what's been happin', Bro! You know? Get your human to click on the Post Title, that'll take them to the website where you can sign up! We'll be waiting for you!!

Happy Easter Everyone!!

I'm really celebrating today because I have a lot to be thankful for!! We're moving next weekend!!!  I am SO excited! But I did want to wish all of your a very Happy Easter! I guess the haircut was worth it after all because this was the news waiting for me when I came home!!!