Evening, Wisdom and Beauty and a Request

Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them,
but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow
where they lead.
 Louisa May Alcott

I learned tonight that my youngest daughter has been diagnosed with breast cancer. I would so appreciate your prayers and good thoughts for her and my family. It's been a difficult new year for us.

If you have made mistakes...there is always another chance for you...you may
have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure"
is not the falling down, but the staying down.
 Mary Pickford

How About Some British Humor for the Day?

These are classified ads, which were actually placed in U.K. Newspapers: FREE YORKSHIRE TERRIER. 8 years old, Hateful little bastard. Bites! ___________________________________________ FREE PUPPIES 1/2 Cocker Spaniel, 1/2 sneaky neighbor's dog. ________________________________________________ FREE PUPPIES. Mother is a Kennel Club registered German Shepherd. Father is a Super Dog, able to leap tall fences in a single bound. ________________________________________________________ JOINING NUDIST COLONY! Must sell washer and dryer $100. _____________________________________________________________ WEDDING DRESS FOR SALE. Worn once by mistake. Call Stephanie. ___________________________________________________________ And the WINNER is... FOR SALE BY OWNER. Complete set of Encyclopaedia Britannica, 45 volumes. Excellent condition, $200 or best offer. No longer needed, got married, wife knows everything. (Statement of the Century) ___________________________________________________________ Thought from the Greatest Living Scottish Thinker--Billy Connolly. "If women are so bloody perfect at multitasking, How come they can't have a headache and sex at the same time?" ____________________________________________________________ Children Are Quick TEACHER: Why are you late? STUDENT: Class started before I got here. ____________________________________ TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor? JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables. __________________________________________ TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?' GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L' TEACHER: No, that's wrong GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it. (I Love this child) ____________________________________________ TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water? DONALD: H I J K L M N O. TEACHER: What are you talking about? DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O. __________________________________ TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago. WINNIE: Me! __________________________________________ TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty? GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are. _______________________________________ TEACHER: Millie, give me a sentence starting with ' I. ' MILLIE: I is.. TEACHER: No, Millie..... Always say, 'I am.' MILLIE: All right... 'I am the ninth letter of the alphabet.' ________________________________ TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it. Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him? LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his hand..... ______________________________________ TEACHER: Now, Simon , tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating? SIMON: No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook. ______________________________ TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's.. Did you copy his? CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog. (I want to adopt this kid!!!) ___________________________________ TEACHER: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested? HAROLD: A teacher __________________________________ Due to current economic conditions the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off.

And the pics of the day are .......

 What kind of cheese did you say this is?? And how much does it cost??

 

 

Hey! This is pretty cool! Can I have it?

Our World Tuesday!!

Time for "Our World" again! This is a wonderful way to find the beauty, the fun, the good and even the bad things about Our World and to share them! Hope you will join us! Click on the link  to go to the Our World site and sign up!!
http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/
Because I'm unwilling to let go of spring and summer, today's post will be a continuation including a surprise snow shower we had a few days ago! Those big white splashes are NOT a camera problem, they are the HUGE snowflakes we had! I was happy to see them go once I had gotten a shot of them!
Have a wonderful, beautiful week!

Blogger is having one of it's junky days and I can't leave a comment on most blogs -- instead I get a message urging me to join Blogspot???? I'll keep trying.

Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad
judgment.
Will Rogers

Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we
think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Abraham Lincoln

The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow.
In that lies hope.
Frank Lloyd Wright

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the
small ones.
 Phillips Brooks

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

The healthiest response to life is joy.
Deepak Chopra

Nature has given man one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear twice as
much as we speak.
Epictetus

Do you see those tiny black specks around the mountain? They're one of the nightly group of blackbirds that fly around everywhere here! Makes me think of the movie "The Birds"!

Sam Misses Bozo!!

I surely wish that Bozo would come home so we could get together on Sunday mornings again! I miss him!!  I guess I'll just go back to bed! Darn! Oooops don't tell Mom I said that!!!

Shadow Shot Sunday!

Shadow Shot Sunday #2 - Magical Mystical Teacher + Chubskulit + Gemma Wiseman

I've been waiting to get a new battery for my camera and waiting for some sunshine, so it's been back to the files. I had to laugh when I found the second shot -- it's about the busiest shadow shot I've ever seen and I don't know how got so many in only one shot! Not the best quality, but fun!  Hope all of you have a wonderful weekend!! Enjoy!

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song.
Lou Holtz

If you have knowledge, let others light their candles in it.
Margaret Fuller

If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it.
 Jonathan Winters

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 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!!

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't
want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head.
 Garrison Keillor

By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work
twelve hours a day.
 Robert Frost

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.
 Mark Twain

Sky Watch!!

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!  When we do have beautiful skies, they are truly awesome and sometimes I'm just lucky enough to capture them! I hope you enjoy these! Have a wonderful weekend filled with lots of love, laughter and lots of beautiful skies!!

Always and never are two words you should always remember never to use.
 Wendell Johnson

A hug is like a boomerang. You get it back right away.    Bil Keane

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
 Oscar Wilde

How About Some Smiles for a Gray, Cold Evening?

Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else.
 Margaret Mead

Consider the postage stamp, my son. It secures success through its ability
to stick to one thing till it gets there.
 Josh Billings

He who laughs last probably didn't get the joke.
 Author Unknown

By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have
to remember it.
 George Burns

He who laughs, lasts.
Mary Pettibone Poole

DE-STRESSERS -- EVERYONE NEEDS A SMILE!

Have a beautiful day! And SMILE!

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

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

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.  Wallace Stevens

Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.  Sam Keen

Inner Peace:

This is so true If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, If you can eat the same food every  day and be grateful for it, If you can understand when your loved ones are too busy to give you any time, If you can take criticism and blame without resentment, If you can conquer tension without medical help, If you can relax without alcohol,  If you can sleep without the aid of drugs,   ...Then You Are Probably                 The Family Dog!            And you thought I was going to get all spiritual....

 

Our World Tuesday!!

Time for "Our World" again! This is a wonderful way to find the beauty, the fun, the good and even the bad things about Our World and to share them! Hope you will join us! Click on the link  to go to the Our World site and sign up!!
http://ourworldtuesdaymeme.blogspot.com/
Last week I showed you some shots of spring in Seattle and this week I'll take you into summer in Seattle!  I can't wait for it to return!!

The summer night is like a perfection of thought.  Wallace Stevens

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful
than the risk it took to blossom.
Anais Nin

In summer, the song sings itself.  William Carlos Williams

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.  Russel Baker

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.
 Emily Dickinson

Where there is love there is life.
 Mahatma Gandhi

Every spring is the only spring - a perpetual astonishment.
Ellis Peterson

Pets Forever!

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! I'll be waiting for you!

Remember my friend, Mojo? Well, she and her Dad and her new Mom are getting a new house!! We're hoping to go for a visit once they get moved in and I'm SO excited!!!