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!

Without leaps of imagination, or dreaming, we lose the excitement of  possibilities. Dreaming, after all, is a form of planning.
Gloria Steinem

Knowing trees, I understand the meaning of patience. Knowing grass, I can appreciate persistence.
Hal Borland

You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.
Donella Meadows

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!

 As those of us in the US celebrate Thanksgiving, may we all celebrate the beauty of our world and our skies. Let us all look around our world wherever it is, recognize and preserve the beauty and say, Thank you!

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. 
John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!

Dreams are necessary to life.
Anais Nin

People need dreams, there's as much nourishment in 'em as food.
Dorothy Gilman

When you cease to dream you cease to live.
Malcolm Forbes

Drafting Guys Over 60!!

My wonderful 90 year old lady friend does find some of the best pieces and I always like to share her stuff with you!

This is funny & obviously written by a Former Soldier... New Direction for any war: Send Service Vets over 60!  I am over 60 and the Armed Forces thinks I'm too old to track down terrorists. You can't be older than 42 to join the military. They've got the whole thing ass-backwards.  Instead of sending 18-year olds off to fight, they ought to take us old guys. You shouldn't be able to join a military unit until you're at least 35.  For starters, researchers say 18-year-olds think about sex every 10 seconds. Old guys only think about sex a couple of times a month, leaving us more than 280,000 additional seconds per day to concentrate on the enemy. Young guys haven't lived long enough to be cranky, and a cranky soldier is a dangerous soldier. 'My back hurts! I can't sleep, I'm tired and hungry.' We are bad-tempered and impatient, and maybe letting us kill some asshole that desperately deserves it will make us feel better and shut us up for a while.  An 18-year-old doesn't even like to get up before 10am. Old guys always get up early to pee, so what the hell. Besides, like I said, I'm tired and can't sleep and since I'm already up, I may as well be up killing somefanatical son-of-a-bitch.  If captured we couldn't spill the beans because we'd forget where we put them. In fact, name, rank, and serial number would be a real brainteaser. Boot camp would be easier for old guys. We're used to getting screamed and yelled at and we're used to soft food. We've also developed an appreciation for guns. We've been using them for years as an excuse to get out of the house, away from the screaming and yelling.  They could lighten up on the obstacle course however... I've been in combat and never saw a single 20-foot wall with rope hanging over the side, nor did I ever do any pushups after completing basic training.  Actually, the running part is kind of a waste of energy, too... I've never seen anyone outrun a bullet.  An 18-year-old has the whole world ahead of him. He's still learning to shave, to start a conversation with a pretty girl. He still hasn't figured out that a baseball cap has a brim to shade his eyes, not the back of his head.  These are all great reasons to keep our kids at home to learn a little more about life before sending them off into harm's way.  Let us old guys track down those terrorists. The last thing an enemy would want to see is a couple million pissed off old farts with bad attitudes and automatic weapons, who know that their best years are already behind them.  Send this to all of your senior friends...it's in big type so they can read it.

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!

All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.
Walt Disney

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
Eleanor Roosevelt

A man is not old until regrets take the place of dreams.
John Barrymore

No NURSING HOME FOR them!!!

No nursing home for us. We'll be checking into a Holiday Inn! With the average cost for a nursing home care costing $188.00 per day, per person, there is a better way when we get old and too feeble. I've already checked on reservations at the Holiday Inn. For a combined long term stay discount and senior discount, it's $59.23 per night for two people. Breakfast is included, and some have happy hours in the afternoon. That leaves $128.77 a day for lunch and dinner in any restaurant we want, or room service,laundry,gratuities and special TV movies. Plus, they provide a spa, swimming pool, a workout room, a lounge and washer-dryer, etc. Most have free toothpaste and razors, and all have free shampoo and soap. $5 worth of tips a day you'll have the entire staff scrambling to help you. They treat you like a customer, not a patient. There's a city bus stop out front, and seniors ride free. The handicap bus will also pick you up (if you fake a decent limp). To meet other nice people, call a church bus on Sundays. For a change of scenery, take the airport shuttle bus and eat at one of the nice restaurants there. While you're at the airport, fly somewhere. Otherwise, the cash keeps building up. It takes months to get into decent nursing homes. Holiday Inn will take your reservation today. And you're not stuck in one place forever -- you can move from Inn to Inn, or even from city to city. Want to see Hawaii ? They have Holiday Inn there too. TV broken? Light bulbs need changing? Need a mattress replaced? No problem.. They fix everything, and apologize for the inconvenience. The Inn has a night security person and daily room service. The maid checks to see if you are ok. If not, they'll call an ambulance . . . or the undertaker. If you fall and break a hip, Medicare will pay for the hip, and Holiday Inn will upgrade you to a suite for the rest of your life. And no worries about visits from family. They will always be glad to find you, and probably check in for a few days mini-vacation. The grand kids can use the pool. What more could I ask for? So, when I reach that golden age, I'll face it with a grin. AIDS WARNING ! To all of you approaching 50 or have REACHED 50 and past, this email is especially for you...... SENIOR CITIZENS ARE THE NATION'S LEADING CARRIERS OF AIDS! HEARING AIDS BAND AIDS ROLL AIDS WALKING AIDS MEDICAL AIDS GOVERNMENT AIDS MOST OF ALL, MONETARY AID TO THEIR KIDS! Not forgetting HIV (Hair is Vanishing) I love to see you smile.

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/ 

 It seems there are gorgeous colors everywhere -- particularly in the fresh veggies at the public markets!!!

Hope all of you have a wonderful week and a very Happy Thanksgiving!!

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves.
Buddha

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Plutarch

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.
Jean de La Fontaine

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!

If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.
William Hazlitt

When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix

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!!

How much longer before we go to Portland??? I am going to have to have a hair cut before we go, aren't I??  They need to be able to see my eyes so they'll know how happy I am to be there -- right??

Shadow Shot Sunday!!

Come play with us and the shadows!!

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

Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.
Arnold H. Glasow

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

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!

 This is my son's dog, Mojo, who would rather play in the water than do anything else and she's such fun to watch!

The world is mud-luscious and puddle-wonderful.
e. e. cummings

Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!
Dr. Seuss

I suspect that this duck knows Dr. Suess!!

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!

Take time each day to recognize the beauty of your skies, your world and your life and to appreciate them all!

Don't be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.
John D. Rockefeller

There are no rules of architecture for a castle in the clouds.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

Know how to live the time that is given you.
Dario Fo

What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Time to Laugh Now That the Elections Are Over!!

* We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~Aesop * If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. ~Will Rogers * Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato * Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev * When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ~Clarence Darrow * Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. ~Author Unknown * If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. ~Jay Leno * Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~ John Quinton * Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~ Oscar Ameringer  * I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. ~ Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952 * A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. ~Texas Guinan * Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ~Gore Vidal * I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ~Charles de Gaulle * Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~Doug Larson * Don't vote, it only encourages them. ~Author Unknown * There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators. ~Will Rogers

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead

Don't find fault, find a remedy.
Henry Ford

Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein

Clean Jokes for Slightly Twisted Minds!!

  

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/ 
 

 Ah, colorful autumn!! And how glorious it is, in spite of elections and all the nightmares of politics! For just a few moments put all of that aside and enjoy the beauty that is there for each of us!!

Hope all of you have a wonderful week!!

To all my friends in India, Happy Divali! 

The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.
Abraham Lincoln

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right.
Nelson Mandela

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
Havelock Ellis

The less routine the more life.
Amos Bronson Alcott

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!!

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.
William Osler

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.
Roger Babson

Lost time is never found again.
Benjamin Franklin