Sky Watch Friday!!

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!

 We're still having unbelievably beautiful, sunny, mild days as we slip further into September! Definitely a beautiful autumn! Sometimes the skies are more clear and the sunsets less dramatic, but every now and then ......

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover .  Mark Twain

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.   Arthur
Rubinstein

Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive and go do it.  Because what the world needs is more people who have come alive.  Howard Thurman

All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.    Ralph Waldo Emerson

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.  George Bernard Shaw.

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant.  Robert Louis Stevenson.

We don't see things the way they are. We see them the way WE are.   Talmud

Straight from the Olympics!! The Irish Wrestler

A Russian and an Irish wrestler were set to square off for the Olympic gold medal. Before the final match, the Irish wrestler's trainer came to him and said, 'Now, don't forget all the research we've done on this Russian. He's never lost a match because of this 'pretzel' hold he has. Whatever you do, do not let him get you in that hold! If he does, you're finished.'
The Irishman nodded in acknowledgment.

As the match started, the Irishman and the Russian circled each other several times, looking for an opening. All of a sudden, the Russian lunged forward, grabbing the Irishman and wrapping him up in the dreaded pretzel hold. A sigh of disappointment arose from the crowd and the trainer buried his face in his hands, for he knew all was lost. He couldn't watch the inevitable happen.

Suddenly, there was a long, high-pitched scream, then a cheer from the crowd and the trainer raised his eyes just in time to watch the Russian go flying up in the air. His back hit the mat with a thud and the Irishman collapsed on top of him, making the pin and winning the match.

The trainer was astounded. When he finally got his wrestler alone, he asked, 'How did you ever get out of that hold? No one has ever done it before!'

The wrestler answered, 'Well, I was ready to give up when he got me in that hold but at the last moment, I opened my eyes and saw this pair of testicles right in front of my face. I had nothing to lose so with my last ounce of strength, I stretched out my neck and bit those babies just as hard as I could.'

The trainer exclaimed, 'That's what finished him off?'

'Not really. You'd be amazed how strong you get when you bite your own nuts.'

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!

Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
       Emily Dickenson

My life is my message.
        Mahatma Ghandi

The authentic self is the soul made visible.
Sarah Ban Breathnach

Remembering .....

For once we forget we are asking for it to happen again. Remember to give an extra hug to your loved ones today, to tell them how much they are loved and appreciated!

Our World!!

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/ 
We have continued to have beautiful, dry weather and no rain -- yet!!  At this time of year I begin looking for the brilliant colors, they're not here yet, but I do have my memories and I will share some more of my autumn-colored ones  with you today!

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

How beautifully leaves grow old.  How full of light and color are their last days.  John Burroughs

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!

The world needs dreamers and the world needs doers. But above all, the world needs dreamers who do.
Sarah Ban Breathnach

Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
        Spanish Proverb

Hope is like a bird that senses the dawn and carefully starts to sing while it is still dark.
      Anonymous

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!!

Hey, guys, look at the photo the Mom and I got of Mojo and Stella!! All cuddly aren't they!!  But before you start oooohing and ahhhing let me show you how Mojo protests her Dad having to travel so much!!!

How about the look on her face!!! Naughty girl!!

Shadow Shot Sunday!!

Come play with us and the shadows!!

Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman

We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
Jean Cocturan

Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working with one.
Bill Gates

The quickest way to double your money is to fold it in half and put it back in your pocket.
Unknown

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!

Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed.
       Storm Jameson

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

Sky Watch Friday!!

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!

Happiness is not a destination. It is a method of life.
        Burton Hills

The purpose of life is not to be happy - but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you have lived at all.
        Leo Rosten, American teacher and humorist

Happiness itself does not stay -- only moments of happiness do.
        Spanish Proverb

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!

And in the end it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in
your years.
        Abraham Lincoln

The secret to happiness is not in doing what one likes to do, but in liking what one has to do.
        Anonymous

You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others.
        Chinese Proverb