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/ 

 One of the wonderful places to visit in my world come spring is the Lavender Festival and I'm sharing one of my visits with you today. The colors are exquisite and the fragrance that fills the air is delightful and everyone including a pair of llamas had a great day!!  I've included some history from Wikapedia of the town where the festival is held every year. It's pretty interesting.

Adopt the pace of nature:  her secret is patience.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.  ~Kahlil Gibran

The poetry of the earth is never dead.  ~John Keats

The human spirit needs places where nature has not been rearranged by the hand of man.  ~Author Unknown

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.  ~Galileo

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.  ~Albert Einstein

Sequim ⁱ/ˈskwɪm/ is a city in Clallam County, Washington, United States. As of the 2010 census counted a population of 6,606. Sequim is located along the Dungeness River near the base of the Olympic Mountains. The city has been increasing in population dramatically in recent years due to the influx of retirees from the Puget Sound region and California.
Sequim lies within the rainshadow of the Olympic Mountains and receives on average less than 15 inches (380 mm) of rain per year—about the same as Los Angeles, California. Yet the city is fairly close to some of the wettest temperate rainforests of the contiguous United States. This climate anomaly is sometimes called the blue hole of Sequim.^[6] Fogs and cool breezes from the Juan de Fuca Strait make Sequim's environment more humid than would be expected from the low average annual precipitation. Some places have surprisingly luxuriant forests dominated by Douglas-fir and western red cedar. Black cottonwood, red alder, bigleaf maple, Pacific madrone, lodgepole pine and Garry oak can also be large. 
The city and the surrounding area are particularly known for the commercial cultivation of lavender, supported by the unique climate: it makes Sequim the "Lavender Capital of North America", rivaled only in France. The area is also known for its Dungeness crab.
Sequim is pronounced as one syllable, with the e elided: "skwim". The word comes from the Klallam language. 

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!

I wonder if the snow loves the trees and fields, that it kisses them so gently? And then it covers them up snug, you know, with a white quilt; and perhaps it says "Go to sleep, darlings, till the summer comes again.
Lewis Carroll

My old grandmother always used to say, Summer friends will melt
away like summer snows, but winter friends are friends forever.
 George R.R. Martin

Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do - or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so.  Stanley Crawford

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!!

 http://petsalways.blogspot.com/

Of course I look sad!! I am, I miss my buddies!!  Now, when are we going to move????

Shadow Shot Sunday!!

Come play with us and the shadows!!

Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman
http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/

Your wealth is where your friends are.  Author Unknown

Money brings you food, but not appetite; medicine, but not health;
acquaintances, but not friends.
Henrik Ibsen

Great is the human who has not lost his childlike heart. Mencius

Weekend Reflections!!

The only way to have a friend is to be one.  Ralph Waldo Emerson

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!

Diligence is a good thing, but taking things easy is much more restful.
Mark Twain

What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.  John Steinbeck

Sky Watch!!

Those who can laugh without cause have either found the true meaning of happiness or have gone stark raving mad.  Norm Papernick

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!  http://skyley.blogspot.com/

Happiness is never stopping to think if you are.  Palmer Sondreal

Welcome, winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless.   Terri Guillemets

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!

Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.  Jacques Prévert

If you want to be happy, be.  Leo Tolstoy

Happiness is never stopping to think if you are.  Palmer Sondreal

New Breed!!!

A new breed

of young human beings!

They are referred to as

homoslackass-erectus

created by natural genetic evolution

through constant spineless posturing,

and spasmatic upper limb gestures,

which new research has shown

to cause shorter legs

and inability to ambulate

other than in an awkward

shuffling gait.

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!

In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.  William Blake

Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.
Edith Sitwell

One kind word can warm three winter months.   Japanese Proverb

New Church Signs!!

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/ 

Well, the new year is underway and time for another look at Our World!! Hope all of you had a great weekend! It's always fun to look around our world and see what looks particularly appealing for today's post!!

Do right for your own sake, and be happy in knowing that your neighbor will certainly share in the benefits resulting.
Mark Twain

We live in the present, we dream in the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.
Madame Chiang Kai-Shek

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
Albert Camus

My son, David, liked the camera he gave me for Christmas so much that he got himself the same one!! And here's a photo he took last night of the moon in Dallas!!  Don't expect my shots to be this good for some time!! He's much more talented than I am!  But I had to share this with you! Isn't it awesome!!!  

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!

A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.  Elbert Hubbard

We live in the present, we dream in the future and we learn eternal truths from the past.   Madame Chiang Kai-Shek

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.
Albert Camus

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!!

It sure is dull without Mojo and all her friends to play with!! I'm just going to hide out here until it's time for us to move! Hope you guys are having more fun than me right now!!!