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.  We've had a little of everything weather wise this week -- that's the norm here in the northwest though as I'm sure you've guessed by now.

A part of the sanctuary that was empty of it's usual inhabitants, but I thought it was beautiful anyway!

And the harbor, of course, celebrating the end of the day!

I'm always amazed by the complex  reflections and shadows, patterns and colors that appear even in the most common places!

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!  It was like a day in mid summer yesterday, with incredible blue skies, but as I'm sure you've come to know from my Sky Watch posts, blue skies one day surely doesn't guarantee them for tomorrow. But one thing is always guaranteed and that is beauty! Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

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

Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it.  — Mark Twain

Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it.

— Mark Twain

Distance lends enchantment to the view.  — Mark Twain

The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.
— Mark Twain

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native American criminal class except Congress.  — Mark Twain

A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.  — Mark Twain

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Remind yourself often: All thoughts create. Then decide what it is that you want to make. 
Lee Jampolsky

Step back from what you are angry or hurt about and ask, "What do I want to fill my mind with?  Lee Jampolsky

Positive expressions and feelings are contagious.  Lee Jampolsky

Happy Mental Health Day for Us Old Guys/Gals!

Henry was in his back yard trying to fly a kite.... Henry threw the kite up in the air, the wind would catch it for a few seconds, then it would come crashing back down to earth. He tried this a few more times with no success. All the while, Valerie is watching from the kitchen window, Muttering to herself how men need to be told how to do everything. She opens the window and yelled to him... "You need a piece of tail." Henry turned with a confused look on his face and said, "Make up your mind. Last night, you told me to go fly a kite."

Just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to, doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.  Ralph and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital.  One day while they  were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Ralph suddenly  jumped into the deep end.

He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there.

Edna promptly jumped in to save him.  She swam to the bottom and pulled him out.  When the Head Nurse Director became aware of Edna's heroic act she immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as she now considered her to be mentally stable.

When she went to tell Edna the news she said, 'Edna, I have good news and bad news.  The good news is you're being discharged, since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of the person you love.  I have concluded that your act displays sound mindedness.

'The bad news is, Ralph hung himself in the bathroom with his bathrobe belt right after you saved him.  I am so sorry, but he's dead.'

Edna replied, 'He didn't hang himself. I put him there to dry....  How soon can I go home?'

Happy Mental Health Day!

ABC Wednesday - M!

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 hey! Guess what, Men! It's the M Day! Just like I promised! Although there is always room for a  Madame and/or  Mademoiselle to add their Marvelous M words as well! It's time for the Maestros and Magicians to show us their Magic! To delight us with their Musical and Majestic pictures and words so we can Meditate on their Meaning before we have to March down to the Market for supplies to Make a Meal to feed us all! So don't be Melancholy! It's a Magnificent day!!


And here are My M words for the day! M is for Musician, Moon, Mojo, Magnolia, Margarita and Magnificent sunset!!

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? The colors of autumn are always breathtaking here in the northwest -- even when the skies are gray and they have been gray much of the past week. Sometimes for various reasons, one has to look a bit harder for the beauty in their world, but I have discovered that it is always there if you take the time and truly want to see the beauty. The ugly stuff is always there, too, but just as you can open your eyes to the beauty, you can close them to the ugly. It's knowing that the choice is yours that is important!

Truth is stranger than fiction, but it is because Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities; Truth isn't. 

— Mark Twain

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

The easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also.  — Mark Twain

I've lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
— Mark Twain

Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime. — Mark Twain

When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
— Mark Twain

MicroFiction Monday

 

Happy Birthday to Microfiction!!! Thanks for the fun, Susan!!

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!

 She watched the train pulling into the station, picked up her bags.
One last look around. No one. Would he miss her, even know she was gone?

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 you human to click on The Man's pic and sign you up! We'll be waiting for you!!

Well, it's been one of those weekends!! Mojo's Dad -- as you know, has a new friend -- as in girl friend! And she has a dog named Stella -- who can't stand me!! But they are visiting us this weekend and hee hee! Stella has to put up with me whether she likes it or not. Mojo likes her okay, but it does mean that her Dad has less "special time" with her these days and she sometimes looks just a little ticked off and ignores Stella!
Personally, I love it!! Hooray for Stella! Even if she doesn't care for "little guys" like me!!

And here she is with Mojo, hoping for a tasty treat! I stayed downstairs!!
You'd think by the look on their faces that they hadn't eaten in a week!!!

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!

It's been a frantic week, company this weekend and I'm so short of time, but here's my shadows for the week! Hope you enjoy them! I'll get to all of your blogs, but I may be a little late!
Hope you're all enjoying a great weekend!

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.

 

It is gray, grim, windy, rainy here in Seattle! So, I had to prowl through the photos for an entry for today.

Good friends of mine in Portland took this at the Wooden Ship Festival and I love it!

Sun on the water, always a favorite!

Always love the colored patterns!

I love green, too! I found these in our basement!

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!

There's a bit of a chill in the air even today without a cloud in our very blue skies and the variety of autumn skies gets a little bigger every day along with ever changing colors!
It is a breathtaking time of year!

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.  — Mark Twain

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

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

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir...mighty scarce.  — Mark Twain

Why not go out on a limb? That's where the fruit is.  — Mark Twain

I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want.  — Mark Twain

Paraprosdokian!! Curious? Check This Out!

To save you the trouble of looking it up:

A paraprosdokian  (from Greek "παρα-", meaning "beyond" and "προσδοκία", meaning "expectation") is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe the first part.  It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax. For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists.

 Ø   I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness.

Ø   Do not argue with an idiot.  He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience.

Ø   The last thing I want to do is hurt you.  But it's still on the list.

Ø   Light travels faster than sound.  This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

Ø   If I agreed with you we'd both be wrong.

Ø   We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

Ø   War does not determine who is right - only who is left.

Ø   Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

Ø   The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

Ø   Evening news is where they begin with 'Good evening', and then proceed to tell you why it isn't.

Ø   To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism.  To steal from many is research.

Ø   A bus station is where a bus stops.  A train station is where a train stops.  On my desk, I have a work station.

Ø   How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?

Ø  I thought I wanted a career, turns out I just wanted pay checks.

Ø   A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don't need it.

Ø   Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says "If an emergency, notify:" I put "DOCTOR".

Ø   I didn't say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you.

Ø   Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet?

Ø   Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy.

Ø   Why do Americans choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America ?

Ø   Behind every successful man is his woman.  Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman.

Ø   A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory.

Ø   You do not need a parachute to skydive.  You only need a parachute to skydive twice.

Ø   The voices in my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!

Ø   Always borrow money from a pessimist.  He won't expect it back.

Ø   A diplomat is someone who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you will look forward to the trip.

Ø   Hospitality:  making your guests feel like they're at home, even if you wish they were.

Ø   Money can't buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with.

Ø   Some cause happiness wherever they go.  Others whenever they go.

Ø   There's a fine line between cuddling, and holding someone down so they can't get away.

Ø   I used to be indecisive.  Now I'm not sure.

Ø   When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.

Ø   You're never too old to learn something stupid.

Ø   To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target.

Ø   Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.

Ø   Some people hear voices.  Some see invisible people.  Others have no imagination what so ever.

Ø   A bus is a vehicle that runs twice as fast when you are after it as when you are in it.

Ø   If you are supposed to learn from your mistakes, why do some people have more than one child?

Ø   Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

ABC Wednesday - L!

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!

Listen up, Ladies and men (you'll get to be capitalized next week!)! This is the day to have the time of your Life, use any Language you want, join with Like minded people even some from the Left Bank! Time for Laughter and not the time to be Lethargic or Lament about the Lack of sunshine or whatever! So forget about raking the Leaves off the Lawn, throw a Log on the fire, get yourself a big plate of Lasagna. Pretend Like you're tucked away in a Lovely Lighthouse with your Lap dog and a friendly Llama. It's getting Late! No time to Lose! It's the L Day!  And here are my Ls for the day!

L is for Lake, Lace, Llama, Lavender, Lily and Lap dog!

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?

It's hard to believe that it is already October! Time does fly whether you're having fun or not! But I have had fun lately even though I haven't been able to take as many pictures as I would like, but I did get some of my lovely world to share with you along with some of my favorite quotes to add some wisdom and humor to all of our day.

Love that is shared cannot be affected by time.  - Lee Jampolsky

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Drag your thoughts away
from your troubles...
by the ears, by the heels,
or any other way you can manage it. 

- Mark Twain

Do the right thing. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest. - Mark Twain

 

Everything has its limit - iron ore cannot be educated into gold.  — Mark 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!

Wind in her hair, awesome city below, handsome dude's arms around her! If she'd

known dreams were this good she'd have gone to bed earlier!

And now I have to add what my good friend in India has written -- it's priceless!

Horse to Control tower " "Mayday Mayday, jettisoning these two . They forgot the sugar..and his sword is poking me in the backside..