ABC Wednesday - I!

Got your dictionary out? You ready to play with the letters? It's that time again! ABC Wednesday is hosted by Mrs. Denise Nesbitt and the ABC team: Denise, Annelie, Nathalie, Joyce, Donna, Helen, Roger, Troy, Jay, Barb, Gattina and me! And I am here to remind you that today is the I Day! Isn't this an Ideal way to Identify the letter I? No time to be Idle and I certainly hope that none of you are Ill! Not that I would get Irritable with you for not Illustrating, Illuminating this wonderful letter for the day, because I can just Imagine the wonderful Illustrations you're going to fill your I post with!! And here are mine!

I is for Ice cream and for the Icing on a delicious cake! I is for Icicles, for an Icy table top! And for a cute and colorful Iguana.



The icy, cold Is are my photos, the yummy looking Icing, Ice Cream and the colorful green Iguana are courtesy of Google!

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. Click on the icon and share your world with others from all over Our World! 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? You can click on the photos to embiggen and get a better look!

As you may know, I was gone all weekend and with limited access to the internet so I'm still playing catch up! It's been pretty drab the past week, but subtle changes are happening as fall noses into the northwest. These are some shots from last
fall when the colors were so spectacular -- and they will be again a little later.
So, I hope you enjoy a glimpse of my autumn world and more Mark Twain. I do think the man was genius and a very insightful one at that.



I got some pretty good shots while I was visiting a friend this weekend.

If you pick up a starving dog and make him prosperous he will not bite you. This is the principal difference between a dog and man."
— Mark Twain





Mount Ranier at sunset.



Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company. — Mark Twain



I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know.
— Mark Twain



Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live. — Mark Twain



Name the greatest of all inventors. Accident. — Mark Twain



God created war so that Americans would learn geography. — Mark Twain

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 icon, sign up and show us how clever you are!

I had fun playing with the camera and some new colored glass as well as the usual. I will be away from home most of the weekend, but I will comment on your blogs as soon as possible! Have a wonderful weekend and a terrific Shadow Shot Sunday!!

Weekend Reflections

Weekend Reflections is hosted by James each week beginning Friday at 11 AM. It's another wonderful way of opening your eyes to new and different kinds of beauty. Click on the icon and join us! If the icon doesn't work here is the address and you can click on it instead: http://newtowndailyphoto.blogspot.com/
It's been a really busy week, with a lot of "stuff" going on! I'll be gone for the weekend, but I'll try to check in as often as possible to comment. Hope you all have a great weekend!

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, Fishing Guy and me. Join us and the many people from all over the world who share theirs with us each week! Click on the icon and sign up today!

Hasn't been the best of weeks, but the skies never fail to soothe with their ever changing beauty and colors! I will be away for most of the weekend, but will visit as many of you as possible before I leave. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy your world and your skies!!

Explaining humor is a lot like dissecting a frog, you learn a lot in the process, but in the end you kill it. — Mark Twain



When I was fifteen, I couldn't believe how stupid my father was. When I was twenty-one I couldn't believe how smart my father had gotten in such a short time.
— Mark Twain



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



Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper.
— Mark Twain



80 percent of life is showing up.
— Mark Twain



A historian who would convey the truth must lie. Often he must enlarge the truth by diameters, otherwise his reader would not be able to see it.
— Mark Twain



If man could be crossed with a cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat.
— Mark Twain

Thoughts for the Evening

Where holding a grudge chains you to unhappiness, giving the gift of forgiveness sets you free. ~ Lee Jampolsky



Being happy has nothing to do with how much you have, and everything to do with how grateful you are for what you do have. ~ Lee Jampolsky

Laughs for the Day!

These were sent to me by another good friend and they're too funny not to share!







Heaven is Where:
The Police are British,
The Chefs are Italian,
The Mechanics are German,
The Lovers are French and
It's all organized by the Swiss.

Hell is Where:
The Police are German,
The Chefs are British,
The Mechanics are French,
The Lovers are Swiss and
It's all organized by the Italians.

ABC Wednesday - H!

Got your dictionary out? You ready to play with the letters? It's that time again! ABC Wednesday is hosted by Mrs. Denise Nesbitt and the ABC team: Denise, Annelie, Nathalie, Joyce, Donna, Helen Roger, Troy, Jay, Barb, Gattina and me! Hey, the Holiday is over and Hard as it is we Have to get back to work -- no Haggling or Half-cocked excuses! It's the H day! So climb out of the Hammock! If I were there I'd give you a Hand up. But I'm not, so no Hesitation, give us a Happy smile, comb your Hair, run down the Hall, grab your Harmonica and be my Hero for the day and just maybe we can go on a Hayride later to that Haunted House on the Hill.

And Here are my H words for the day! H is for .... Hot Air Balloon, Happy Dog, Hippo, Harbor, Hydrangeas and Heavenly clouds and skies!

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. Click on the icon and share your world with others from all over Our World! 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? You can click on the photos to embiggen and get a better look!

We've had good, bad and indifferent weather this week, which is as I'm sure you've noticed pretty much the norm for the northwest! That's not a complaint though, just a fact. And this is my world for this week! Fun as always, beautiful as always and I'm so fortunate -- as always!

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



This fellow was flying over our house a couple of times and I had to get a shot or two of it!



If everyone was satisfied with himself, there would be no heroes. — Mark Twain


One more beautiful day at the beach!

Necessity is the mother of taking chances. — Mark Twain


A fun trip to Pike's Market!

Nature knows no indecencies; man invents them. — Mark Twain


I love to buy my veggies there! Beautiful and delicious!

Of course, no man is entirely in his right mind at any time. — Mark Twain


And another gorgeous sunset to wind down a perfect day!

Don't dream your life, but live your dream. — Mark Twain

And I do try to do just that, Mr. Twain!

MicroFiction Monday

Susan at Stony River Farm hosts Microfiction Monday. She posts a picture and you compose a story in 140 characters. You can click on the icon to get further instructions. To help you along she has posted a wonderful link that counts your characters for you! How great is that! You can get the counter at Design 215.

This meme is easy and it's fun! Thanks, Susan for hosting.

And here's the picture for the day!



What did she tell me? Ride the waves? I think she got it backwards!
These waves are going to ride me. And where's the life preserver? Uh oh!

140 letters

Pet Pride!

Hey guys, get up off your tush and lets go see Bozo over at his pad in Mubai! It's always a fun time when we all get together and talk about what's been happin', Bro! You know? Get you human to click on The Man's pic and sign you up! We'll be waiting for you!!

Food?? Did you say something about FOOD?!



Hmmpp! I didn't think you were interested in food when your Dad is gone!



Different this time -- he's visiting his sister and I don't have to worry about her moving to Seattle!! Now, where's the food?

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 icon, sign up and show us how clever you are!

The sun has come and gone, returned and left again, but I found a few shadows! There was a really tall, long-legged broad hanging around for whatever reason. With Fall approaching there is a shifting of the places in the house where the sun shines, I found colored shadows on the floor and on the walls, some watery looking ones and a real watery one from the Sanctuary. I do have fun playing with the collage! And you can see the pics better by clicking on them to embiggen them!



Have a terrific weekend everybody!

Weekend Reflections

Weekend Reflections is hosted by James each week beginning Friday at 11 AM. It's another wonderful way of opening your eyes to new and different kinds of beauty. Click on the icon and join us! If the icon doesn't work here is the address and you can click on it instead: http://newtowndailyphoto.blogspot.com/
Fall is definitely tiptoeing around the edges here in the Seattle area, you can feel it in the air, see it in the skies, different colors beginning to put in an appearance. But whatever, it's still lovely!

"Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting
and autumn a mosaic of them all."
- Stanley Horowitz