That's My World!

As many of you know, Klaus died on Thursday. We are all in a bit of shock. He was a wonderful and very talented man and he will be missed. Thank you for your kind words and thoughts.

Klaus Peter, 1960-2011  

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?

It's been a busy week and I haven't gotten out much with the camera, but I have been cleaning out and moving  files. In doing so I ran across some lovely views of my world and I thought I'd share those with you today. I love all of our spring flowers, the mountains and my favorite Bird Sanctuary!! Hope you enjoy!

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.  Mark Twain

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?

It has been a wonderful week!! And as you can see if you scroll down, it's not just a birthday, but a "birth week"!! My four kids from here and everywhere else over the country  made it  a really wonderful week. So, here is a collage of celebration!! Now just who but a blooming idiot would have this much fun in celebrating turning 78!! What can I say?? I'm obviously a blooming idiot -- but a very happy one! Wishing each of you a wonderful week!

Into the house where joy lives, happiness will gladly come.
        Japanese Proverb

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?

Saturday was a beautiful day and we finally got to the Bellevue Art Festival. I'm not a "crowd" person and the first look at all the people sent me scurrying over to the park about a block away and it was as peaceful and beautiful as ever; the trees fuller and greener. There  was  a colorful, fun, hot air village for the kids to enjoy  -- and they were! I finally got myself together and went back to Festival and did some people watching as well as checking out a few of the exhibits. Mostly, I watched the people and there were some great subjects!! I got lots of giggles!! I'll share some more of those with you later!

A woman is like a tea bag - you never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.
 Eleanor Roosevelt

 Democracy is two wolves and a lamb deciding what to have for dinner.  Liberty is a well-armed lamb.  

Benjamin Franklin

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.
Oscar Wilde

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh....

  Kahlil Gibran

We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.
Stephen Vincent Benet 

And in light of our recent political debacle, I thought you should know about another change that does seem appropriate! My 89 year old friend sent this to me today! She does get some good ones!!

The government announced today that it's changing it's emblem to a CONDOM, because it more accurately reflects the government's political stance. A condom allows for inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of dicks, and gives you a sense of security while you're being screwed.

 

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?

I had hoped to have photos of the Bellevue Art Festival this week, but our trip was delayed a week, so I've gone back to look at a couple other trips that were such fun. I'll have some new photos next week! And while I was working diligently at my desk the other day I looked up to see this young man sitting outside the window in front of my desk! He looked as if he was quite curious as to just what I was doing hour after hour!!  I reached for my camera, certain he would fly away before I could get a shot! But he surprised me by posing instead!!

Feeling a bit dull
in my old age,
I flew over
Paris,
Milan,
Cologne,
and even London
searching
for that perfect makeup....

And
I finally found it
in Mumbai,
where
they have
fairness creams.

In a moment
of
narcissistic madness,
I peered into
the Sky Mirror
and
slathered it on,
only
to have it
washed off
in a
thundering
Mumbai monsoon cloudburst.

Looks like nothing black
is turning fair,
and
everything
is supposed to be fair
only
if you are flying high.

As for me,
my full throated shouts
about the creme,
have rendered
my neck
arteries and veins visible,
and the
only thing
that has changed , are my eyebrows.

Black to white ?
Gosh,
the weight of people's expectations !
I can't even raise my eyebrows !

Posted by Ugich Konitari to Sylvia From Over the Hill at July 25, 2011 9:09 PM 


The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat.
Lilly Tomlin

Hmmm! Our politicians today should be able to relate to this -- if they were honest! But by now  we all know better!!

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

Mark Twain

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

Will Rogers

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?

I didn't get out a lot this past week except for a trip to good old Trader Joe for the weekly groceries! Most of the trips were to the casinos and I don't gamble. But I did want to share a couple more pics from the wonderful nursery we went to last week, a big part of my world -- son, David, here for a brief visit and Sam!! And, of course, our beautiful skies/sunsets.  Hope you all have a great week with lots of love and laughter and beauty!!

 We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.
Charlie Brown

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Epictetus

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain.
Author Unknown

Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep.
Carl Sandburg

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?

Our trip last week was to, Molbak's, one of the most incredible nurseries I've ever had the privilege of visiting! I went totally nuts with the camera and I do want to share some of the beauty with you today! What a gorgeous part of My World it is! 

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
Anthony J. D'Angelo 
 

 There are always flowers for those who want to see them.
Henri Matisse

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself. 

George Bernard Shaw

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling. 

Margaret B. Runbeck

Patience is the greatest gift you can give.

Dr. Lee Jampolsky

In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
Mohandas Gandhi

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?

A very Happy July 4th to all of you here in the states and a very happy weekend to all of you everywhere! Last week we took a trip to an extremely interesting place with an interesting history and I'm including a link for you to read more about it if you like. http://www.countryvillagebothell.com/historicalinformation/ I had great fun as always taking pictures of this very different shopping mall. I also had the most fantastic lunch I've had in ages at a delightful English Tea Room!  
Hope you enjoy!

The dog is a gentleman; I hope to go to his heaven, not man's.

Mark Twain

We have the best government that money can buy.

Mark Twain

What is human life? The first third a good time; the rest remembering about it.

Mark Twain

Either you run the day or the day runs you.
Jim Rohn

 Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.
Louis L'Amour

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?

What a gorgeous weekend we have had! Sunday there wasn't a cloud in the sky for most of the day and I headed for the roof!! The individual roof gardens are really in full bloom with lots of beautiful plants and flowers. I also had a good friend bring me a lovely bouquet from her garden! And then there was Mount Rainier!! Hope you enjoy My World today, I know I am!! 

Gratitude is a twofold love / love coming to visit us, and love running out to greet a welcome guest.

Henry Dyke

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes.

Mark Twain

A conspiracy is nothing but a secret agreement of a number of men for the pursuance of policies which they dare not admit in public.

Mark Twain

The political and commercial morals of the United States are not merely food for laughter, they are an entire banquet.

Mark Twain

To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.

   Mark Twain

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?

As some of you know, I'm not a shopper, but I always hope that the trips each week will provide some photo ops -- even at malls and here in Seattle I haven't been disappointed. This past week we went to an outlet mall that shares an area with one of the many casinos here. I spent about fifteen minutes in the outlet mall -- which was the biggest I've even seen!!! Then I headed outside to take a look at the surrounding area and I wasn't disappointed! Can you believe that even a McDonalds had a lovely outside eating area with a fountain!!! Ah, Seattle!! And the last couple of shots today were taken at home as I get more settled in.

Hope you all have a wonderful week filled with love and laughter -- and, yes, I do know that it is getting harder to find a great deal to laugh about, but it's always worth the effort!


Even if you fall on your face, you're still moving forward.
Victor Kiam

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

I am as frustrated with society as a pyromaniac in a petrified forest.
A. Whitney Brown

Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.
Mignon McLaughlin

 

 Be thine own palace, or the world's thy jail.

John Donne

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.
Kurt Vonnegut

 

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?

I seriously dislike shopping and avoid malls like the plague, however, one of our trips last week was to Redmond and I had never been there and hoped perhaps I would discover another lovely park like I did in Bellevue earlier.  Well, there was no park, but I have to admit the Redmond Town Center was a delightful place even if you don't like to shop!!  So, today I'm taking you on a tour of the Town Center! I did have a delicious, reasonably priced lunch and bought a book -- I do like Borders. The remainder of the time there was taking pictures. Hope you enjoy them!

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.
Mark Twain 

A man is but the product of his thoughts what he thinks, he becomes. Mohandas Gandhi

This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer. Will Rogers

We can't plan life. All we can do is be available for it.
Lauryn Hill

You can't help getting older, but you don't have to get old.
George Burns

Every government is a parliament of whores. The trouble is, in a democracy, the whores are us.
P. J. O'Rourke