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| Come play with us and the shadows!! |
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| Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. Henry Ward Beecher |
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| Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams. Hosea Ballou |
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| The best way out is always through. Robert Frost |
Sylvia's world in thoughts and pictures
I miss you Sam!!
I miss you Sam!!
Saturday, May 19, 2012
Shadow Shot Sunday!
Friday, May 18, 2012
Weekend Reflections!
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| What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? Robert H. Schuller |
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| 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! Hope all of you are ready for a great weekend and hopefully, some lovely weather as well!!  Audrey Hepburn |
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Sky Watch!
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| Time to share your skies, the beauty over your world, the clouds, the colors! Sky Watch is hosted each week by the Sky Watch team of Sandy and I. And this week as every week, we remember Klaus and know that he joins us in spirit! Join us and the many people from all over the world who share theirs with us each week! |
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| A mistake is simply another way of doing things. Katharine Graham |
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| Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. Ralph Waldo Emerson |
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| Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. Tom Wilson |
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| Mankind is made great or little by its own will. Friedrich Schiller |
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Evening Wisdom and Beauty
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| There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. Edith Wharton |
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| Your present circumstances don't determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. Nido Qubein |
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| For a gallant spirit there can never be defeat. Wallis Simpson |
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| Life is short! Forgive quickly! Love truly, Laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that made you smile! |
Out of the Mouths of Babes!
While I sat in the
reception area of my doctor's office, a woman rolled an elderly man in a
wheelchair into the room. As she went to the receptionist's desk, the man sat
there, alone and silent. Just as I was thinking I should make small talk with
him, a little boy slipped off his mother's lap and walked over to the
wheelchair. Placing his hand on the man's, he said, I know how you feel. My Mom
makes me ride in the stroller too..'
*****
As I was nursing my baby, my cousin's six-year-old daughter, Krissy, came into the room. Never having seen anyone breast feed before, she was intrigued and full of all kinds of questions about what I was doing.
After mulling over my answers, she remarked, 'My mom has some of those, but I don't think she knows how to use them..'
*****
Out bicycling one day with my eight-year-old Granddaughter, Carolyn, I got a little wistful. 'In ten years,' I said, 'you'll want to be with your friends and you won't go walking, biking, and swimming with me like you do now.
Carolyn shrugged. 'In ten years you'll be too old to do all those things anyway.'
******
Working as a pediatric nurse, I had the difficult assignment of giving immunization shots to children..
One day, I entered the examining room to give four-year-old Lizzie her needle. 'No, no, no!' she screamed. 'Lizzie,' scolded her mother, 'that's not polite behavior.' With that, the girl yelled even louder, 'No, thank you! No, thank you!
******
On the way back from a Cub Scout meeting, my grandson innocently said to my son, 'Dad, I know babies come from mommies' tummies, but how do they get there in the first place?' After my son hemmed and hawed awhile, my grandson finally spoke up in disgust, 'You don't have to make up something, Dad It's okay if you don't know the answer.'
*****
Just before I was deployed to Iraq , I sat my eight-year-old son down and broke the news to him. 'I'm going to be away for a long time,' I told him. 'I'm going to Iraq ..' 'Why?' he asked. 'Don't you know there's a war going on over there?'
*****
Paul Newman founded the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for children stricken with cancer, AIDS, and blood
Diseases. One afternoon, he and is wife, Joanne Woodward, stopped by to have lunch with the kids. A counselor at a nearby table, suspecting the young patients wouldn't know Newman was a famous movie star, explained, that's the man who made this camp possible. Maybe you've seen his picture on his salad dressing bottle?' Blank stares. 'Well, you've probably seen his face on his lemonade carton.' An eight-year-old girl perked up. 'How long was he missing?'
*****
... And my personal favorite ..God's Problem Now:
His wife's graveside service was just barely finished, when there was a massive clap of thunder, followed by a tremendous bolt of lightning, accompanied by even more thunder rumbling in the distance. The little, old man looked at the pastor and calmly said, "Well, she's there."
*****
As I was nursing my baby, my cousin's six-year-old daughter, Krissy, came into the room. Never having seen anyone breast feed before, she was intrigued and full of all kinds of questions about what I was doing.
After mulling over my answers, she remarked, 'My mom has some of those, but I don't think she knows how to use them..'
*****
Out bicycling one day with my eight-year-old Granddaughter, Carolyn, I got a little wistful. 'In ten years,' I said, 'you'll want to be with your friends and you won't go walking, biking, and swimming with me like you do now.
Carolyn shrugged. 'In ten years you'll be too old to do all those things anyway.'
******
Working as a pediatric nurse, I had the difficult assignment of giving immunization shots to children..
One day, I entered the examining room to give four-year-old Lizzie her needle. 'No, no, no!' she screamed. 'Lizzie,' scolded her mother, 'that's not polite behavior.' With that, the girl yelled even louder, 'No, thank you! No, thank you!
******
On the way back from a Cub Scout meeting, my grandson innocently said to my son, 'Dad, I know babies come from mommies' tummies, but how do they get there in the first place?' After my son hemmed and hawed awhile, my grandson finally spoke up in disgust, 'You don't have to make up something, Dad It's okay if you don't know the answer.'
*****
Just before I was deployed to Iraq , I sat my eight-year-old son down and broke the news to him. 'I'm going to be away for a long time,' I told him. 'I'm going to Iraq ..' 'Why?' he asked. 'Don't you know there's a war going on over there?'
*****
Paul Newman founded the Hole in the Wall Gang Camp for children stricken with cancer, AIDS, and blood
Diseases. One afternoon, he and is wife, Joanne Woodward, stopped by to have lunch with the kids. A counselor at a nearby table, suspecting the young patients wouldn't know Newman was a famous movie star, explained, that's the man who made this camp possible. Maybe you've seen his picture on his salad dressing bottle?' Blank stares. 'Well, you've probably seen his face on his lemonade carton.' An eight-year-old girl perked up. 'How long was he missing?'
*****
... And my personal favorite ..God's Problem Now:
His wife's graveside service was just barely finished, when there was a massive clap of thunder, followed by a tremendous bolt of lightning, accompanied by even more thunder rumbling in the distance. The little, old man looked at the pastor and calmly said, "Well, she's there."
A smile - is a sign of joy.
A hug - is a sign of love.
A laugh - is a sign of happiness.
And a friend like me?-Well that's just a sign of good taste!
A hug - is a sign of love.
A laugh - is a sign of happiness.
And a friend like me?-Well that's just a sign of good taste!
We'll be friends until I am senile.
Then we'll be NEW friends!
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Evening Wisdom and Beauty
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| If it were not for hopes, the heart would break. Thomas Fuller |
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| In a gentle way, you can shake the world. Mahatma Gandhi |
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| The power of imagination makes us infinite. John Muir |
The Candy With the Little Hole
You
have to love little kids!
The children began to identify the flavors by their color:
Red.....................Cherry
Yellow.................Lemon
Green.................Lime
Orange ..............Orange
Finally the teacher gave them all HONEY lifesavers.
None of the children could identify the taste.
The teacher said, "I will give you all a clue." "It's what your Mother may sometimes call your Father."
One little girl looked up in horror, spit out her lifesaver and yelled, "Oh my God, they're ass-holes!"
The teacher had to leave the room.
The children began to identify the flavors by their color:
Red.....................Cherry
Yellow.................Lemon
Green.................Lime
Orange ..............Orange
Finally the teacher gave them all HONEY lifesavers.
None of the children could identify the taste.
The teacher said, "I will give you all a clue." "It's what your Mother may sometimes call your Father."
One little girl looked up in horror, spit out her lifesaver and yelled, "Oh my God, they're ass-holes!"
The teacher had to leave the room.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Our World!
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| You change your life by changing your heart. Max Lucado |
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| There is nothing stronger in the world than gentleness. Han Suyin |
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| Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself. Plato |
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| Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. Jim Rohn |
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Evening Wisdom and Beauty
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| Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher a storm,but to add color to my sunset sky. Rabindranath Tagore |
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| Believe you can and you're halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt |
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| A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams. John Barrymore |
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I'm interested in almost everything. Use to like to travel, but it's too expensive now. I take Tai Chi classes, swim, volunteer in a Jump-start program for pre-schoolers. I'm an avid reader and like nearly everyone these days I follow politics avidly. I'm a former teacher and Special Projects Coordinator for a Telecommunications company, Assistant to the President of a Japanese silicon wafer manufacturing company. Am now enjoying retirement -- most of the time. I have two daughters, one son-in-law and two sons scattered all over the country. No grandchildren.