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 post title to be taken to the SWF website where you can sign up. Can you believe that Christmas will be here in nine days!!!!  Ah, well, time flies whether you're having fun or not!! We've had a few HOURS of sunshine and blue skies this past week and I'm not exaggerating! Ah, but what we had when we had them they were wonderful!! So, I went looking for them as I gnashed my teeth over the current politics! Hard to believe that Will Rogers and Mark Twain are not here today!  Their quotes are amazingly current or perhaps politics have always been the same game????  

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
Will Rogers

Anything important is never left to the vote of the people. We only get to vote on some man; we never get to vote on what he is to do.
Will Rogers

Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.
Will Rogers

Last year we said, 'Things can't go on like this', and they didn't, they got worse.
Will Rogers

What the country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.
Will Rogers

There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators.
Will Rogers

Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth.
Will Rogers

Another New Illness to Watch Out For!!

 Anal Glaucoma

A woman calls her boss one morning and tells him that she is staying home because she is not feeling well. 
"What's the matter?" he asks. 
"I have a case of anal glaucoma," she says in a weak voice. 
"What the hell is anal glaucoma?" 
"I can't see my ass coming into work today."

Can You Say "I love you" Any Better?

What  Love means to a 4-8 year old . . Slow down for three minutes to read this.  It is so worth it.  Touching words  from the mouth of babes.  A  group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8  year-olds, 'What does love mean?' The answers they got  were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined.  See what you  think: 'Love  is what makes you smile when you're tired.'  Terri - age  4 'Love  is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she takes a sip before  giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.'  Danny - age  7 'Love  is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you  still want to be together and you talk more.  My Mommy and Daddy  are like that. They look gross when they kiss'  Emily - age  8 'Love  is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents  and listen.'  Bobby - age 7  (Wow!) 'If  you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you  hate,'  Nikka - age 6  (we need a few million more  Nikka's on this planet)   'Love  is when you tell a guy you like his shirt, then he wears it  everyday.'  Noelle - age 7   'Love  is like a little old woman and a little old man who are still friends even  after they know each other so well.'  Tommy - age  6   'During  my piano recital, I was on a stage and I was scared. I looked at all the  people watching me and saw my daddy waving and smiling.  He  was the only one doing that. I wasn't scared anymore.' Cindy  - age 8   'My  mommy loves me more than anybody  You don't see anyone else  kissing me to sleep at night.'  Clare - age  6   'Love  is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of  chicken.'  Elaine-age 5   'Love  is when Mommy sees Daddy smelly and sweaty and still says he is handsomer  than Robert Redford.'  Chris - age  7   'Love  is when your puppy licks your face even after you left him alone all  day.'  Mary Ann - age 4   'I  know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and  has to go out and buy new ones.'  Lauren - age  4   'When  you love somebody, your eyelashes go up and down and little stars come out  of you.' (what an image)  Karen - age  7   'Love  is when Mommy sees Daddy on the toilet and she doesn't think it's  gross.'  Mark - age 6   'You  really shouldn't say 'I love you' unless you mean it. But if you mean it,  you should say it a lot. People forget.'  Jessica - age  8   And  the final one -- Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a  contest he was asked to judge.  The  purpose of the contest was to find the most caring  child.  The  winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly  gentleman who had recently lost his  wife.  Upon  seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard,  climbed onto his lap, and just sat  there.  When  his Mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy  said,  'Nothing, I just helped him  cry'

ABC Wednesday - V

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, Leslie, Nathalie, Joyce, Donna, Helen, Roger, Troy, Jay, Barb, Gattina and me!

Viva the V Day! Are you ready to Vacate the TV and Videos, stop Vacillating and staring into space with that Vacuous look in your eyes? You don't live in a Vacuum you know! You're not a Valet or  a Vagabond hunting in Vain for something of Value to Validate your life! You are Valuable! So, start adding to your Vocabulary, use your Voice for a new Venue! A trip to Vienna, some rich, purple Violets, some Vintage Vino and Vermouth .... and maybe even some Vodka! Those should help you let your Voice be heard -- they certainly do mine!! And here are my Valued V words for the V as in Victory Day!!  V is for Veggies! Lots of them for you Vegans! And V is for Valley, Vase, Volunteers, a Viable View, and Violets

Oh, and all the photos except for the Volunteer sign and the Valley are mine! Enjoy your week!

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?  Wish I could say that we've had lots of sun and warm temps, but I'd be lying if I did! So, as with some of the other memes I participate in, I'm having to look backwards for the beauty of My World!! And, of course, a little wisdom from Will Rogers!! He and Mark Twain did manage to see Our World with great clarity and humor! We could all use that!    

So live that you wouldn't be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip.
Will Rogers

The difference between a Republican and a Democrat is the Democrat is a cannibal they have to live off each other, while the Republicans, why, they live off the Democrats.
Will Rogers

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.
Will Rogers

 

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 link under the title 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!

I'm dolled up, doing laundry in the yard for this guy to take pics for
for a special edition -- of what? Little Woman's Day on the Prairie?

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And from my wonderful friend in Mumbai, how about this take on the pic of the day!!

"Don't be fooled by my smile.. as soon the fellow clicks, whoever threw this grater into the soap water is going to get a shower of soap suds."

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!!

Hey, remember last week when I was wishing Mojo was back home? Well, she's back, but this weekend Stella and her Mom came to visit us! What's with this back and forth stuff??? I said I missed Mojo -- not everybody else!! Ah, well, Mojo's Dad is happy -- I'm not so sure about how  happy Mojo is though!!!  Hee hee! She has to share her Dad and the house!!!See the look on her face? Know what she's saying?  "Why me? Wasn't Sam and his Mom enough???" Ha Ha Ha!! Guess not, huh!!!!

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!! Hey, guess what? It rained nearly all week AGAIN! So, back to summer silliness with Mojo and a visit to the zoo!!

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 post title and sign up to play with us! Yep, same old, same old GRAY! So, back to the files for some reflective fun for the day!

If there is magic on the planet, it is contained in the water.
-   Loren Eisley

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath.
Michael Caine

Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.
Evan Esar

Some,
sitting with their mothers,
held safe
all wrapped up and fed
on the counter
of the
aquarium display,
unaware of their
luck....

And some,
separated at birth,
to live
alone,
in a small
watery enclosure
with fake trees,
artificial lights,
and
piped air...

A moment of
realization
as a vision
of mother
appears
fluid,
in his memory,
a gift
from the little one
watching from outside....



Posted by Ugich Konitari to Sylvia From Over the Hill at December 10, 2010 9:20 PM

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 post title to be taken to the SWF website where you can sign up. Another week almost gone! Amazing! But then I say that nearly every week, don't I???? And time does fly these days and the older I get, the quicker it flies! Some wonderful skies this week in spite of the gray, grim and WET! And some new wisdom to share from another Ameican!

 A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.
Will Rogers

A remark generally hurts in proportion to its truth.
Will Rogers

About all I can say for the United States Senate is that it opens with a prayer and closes with an investigation.
Will Rogers

Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for.
Will Rogers

Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
Will Rogers

Golden rays
glistening clouds
pewter waves
on resting waters.

But to some ,
it is an uneven sky
beset with clouds
and birds scurrying home
before
the descent of the dark.

Just like a
woman
with hair pulled back,
face in the wind,
celebrating
a great evening,
while
another,
on the same evening,
wildly
shakes her head,
her hair falling forward,
and is frightened
by what she sees
through the
tangled
dark
strands of fate.

Posted by Ugich Konitari to Sylvia From Over the Hill at December 9, 2010 9:54 AM  

 

Alexander Hamilton started the U.S. Treasury with nothing, and that was the closest our country has ever been to being even.
Will Rogers

All I know is just what I read in the papers, and that's an alibi for my ignorance.
Will Rogers

 

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

The branches of a tree that are supple and able to bend with the wind are able to survive, while those that are rigid snap, though often they initially appear the strongest. 
Lee Jampolsky

You Have to Love This Lawyer ........

My 85 year friend who comes up with some good ones sent this to me and I hadn't seen it before, but even if you have, it's still funny and this is definitely the kind of lawyer I would want! Part of rebuilding New Orleans (after Katrina) often caused residents  to be challenged with the task of tracing titles to their homes... back potentially hundreds of years. With a community rich with history stretching back over two centuries, houses have been passed along through generations of family, sometimes making it quite difficult to establish ownership. Here's a great letter an attorney wrote to the FHA  on behalf of a client:  A New Orleans lawyer sought an FHA loan for a client.. He was told the loan would be granted if he could prove “satisfactory title” to a parcel of property being offered as collateral. It took the lawyer three months to track down the full title to the property which dated back to 1803. After sending the information to the FHA, he received the following reply.  (Actual reply from FHA):  "Upon review of your letter adjoining your client's loan application, we note that the request is supported by an Abstract of Title. While we compliment the able manner in which you have prepared and presented the application, we must point out that you have only cleared title to the proposed collateral property back to 1803. Before final approval can be accorded, it will be necessary to clear the title back to its origin."  Annoyed, the lawyer responded as follows: "Your letter regarding title in Case No.189156 has been received. I note that you wish to have title extended further than the 206 years covered by the present application. I was unaware that any educated person in this country, particularly those working in the property area, would not know that Louisiana was purchased by the United States from France, in 1803 the year of origin identified in our application.  For the edification of uninformed FHA bureaucrats, the title to the land prior to U.S. ownership was obtained from France , which had acquired it by Right of Conquest from  Spain . The land came into the possession of Spain by Right of Discovery made in the year 1492 by a sea captain named Christopher Columbus, who had been granted the privilege of seeking a new route to India by the Spanish monarch, Queen Isabella. The good Queen Isabella, being a pious woman and almost as careful about titles as the FHA, took the precaution of securing the blessing of the Pope before she sold her jewels to finance Columbus 's expedition...Now the Pope, as I'm sure you may know, is the emissary of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, and God, it is commonly accepted, created this world. Therefore, I believe it is safe to presume that God also made that part of the world called Louisiana . God, therefore, would be the owner of origin and His origins date back to before the beginning of time, the world as we know it, and the FHA. I hope you find God's original claim to be satisfactory.  Now, may we have our damn loan?"  The loan was immediately approved.

ABC Wednesday - U!

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, Leslie, Nathalie, Joyce, Donna, Helen, Roger, Troy, Jay, Barb, Gattina and me!

Uh-huh! It's the U Day!! Doesn't matter if you're an Ugly American on a Unicycle or an Ugly Duckling with an Ulterior motive! It may be an Unappealing letter, but we owe it the Ultimate opportunity! We may be Uncertain of the outcome, but we don't need an Umpire to tell us what we need! We're not flying around in a UFO or stumbling around in the Underbrush! No time to go Undercover or Underwater for that matter. Grab your dictionary, go to the U page and get busy! The Ultimate day will be here before you know it! Ah, it's here!! And here are my Us for the day! U is for Underbrush, Umpire, Unique Ugly-cute Duckling ( and, yes, I actually think he's adorable, too) and Umbrella!

Except for the Underbrush, the rest of the photos are courtesy of the magnificent 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. 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 usual for autumn in Seattle, we have run the gamut from gay and gorgeous to gray and grumpy -- I'm into the G words today! But here's a few samples of what I mean!

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Mark Twain

Loyalty to the country always. Loyalty to the government when it deserves it.
Mark Twain

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
Arnold H. Glasow

Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.
Mark Twain

Man was made at the end of the week's work when God was tired.
Mark Twain
 

Necessity is the mother of taking chances.
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 link under the title 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!

As he walked through the old forgotten graveyard he felt his throat tighten.
The family he'd longed for but never knew, here. Who was he?

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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!!

Well, I bet you never thought you'd hear me say this, but this old house sure gets big and empty feeling with Mojo and her Dad gone so much of the time.  I do get a little lonely without her pestering me!

I keep watching for them to come home!

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!! Hey, guess what? It rained nearly all week AGAIN! So, back to the photo files! Hope you are all enjoying a great weekend! And just think how much fun it will be when the sun does return!!

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 post title and sign up to play with us! Same old, same old -- GRAY! So, here are some fun reflections from better days!

It's practically impossible to look at a penguin and feel angry.
Joe Moore

Zoo animals are ambassadors for their cousins in the wild.
Jack Hanna

Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.
Evan Esar

The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire. 

Pamela Hansford Johnson