Weekend Reflections

One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
William Shakespeare

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 a new kind of beauty! Enjoy!

Trees are the earth's endless effort to speak to the listening heaven. Rabindranath Tagore

Sky Watch!!

Those gray skies are just a challenge for optimists. Loesje

We gonna touch the sky!  Kanye West

There is the sky which is all men's together.  Euripides

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

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 led of Yogi, Sandy and Sylvia. 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/  

One Quiet Moment

When the bold branches
Bid farewell to rainbow leaves -
Welcome wool sweaters.
-   B. Cybrill  

 

EVE'S SIDE OF THE STORY

I

After three weeks in the Garden of Eden, God came to visit Eve. 'So, how is everything going?' inquired God.
 
 'It is all so beautiful, God,' she replied. 'The sunrises and sunsets are breathtaking, the smells, the sights, everything is wonderful, but I have just one problem...
 
 It's these breasts you have given me. The middle one pushes the other two out and I am constantly knocking them with my arms, catching them on branches and snagging them on bushes. They're a real pain.'
 
 And Eve went on to tell God that since many other parts of her body came in pairs, such as her limbs, eyes, ears, etc She felt that having only two breasts might leave her body more 'symmetrically balanced'.
 'That's a fair point,' replied God, 'but it was my first shot at this, you know. I gave the animals six breasts, so I figured that you needed only half of those, but I see that you are right. I will fix it up right away.'
 
 And God reached down, removed the middle breast and tossed it into the bushes
 
 Three weeks passed and God once again visited Eve in the Garden of Eden.
 
 Well, Eve, how is my favorite creation?'
 
 'Just fantastic,' she replied, 'But for one oversight. You see, all the animals are paired off. The ewe has a ram and the cow has her bull. All the animals have a mate except me. I feel so alone.'
 
 God thought for a moment and said, 'You know, Eve, you are right. How could I have overlooked this? You do need a mate and I will immediately create a man from a part of you. Let's see....where did I put that useless boob?'
 
 Now doesn't THAT make more sense than the rib story?  

One Quiet Moment

Ordinary riches can be stolen, real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you.
-- Oscar Wilde

A Picture of Perfect ??? Concentration!!!

The neighbors said a divorce followed -- hmmmm!!!  He said he didn't think she'd want the house anyway!!

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/

Every year in late August, one of Portland’s most spectacular natural events begins: Thousands of Vaux’s Swifts gather in the city as they prepare to migrate to Central America and Venezuela. Migrating swifts often use chimneys as roosts (places to sleep), and they are likely to return to the same roost year after year. One population has been returning to Chapman since the 1980s, and it is one of the largest known roosting sites of migrating Swifts!!

A couple of my neighbors and I went this year and it was  fun!! People bring food, drinks, kids and pets and watch the big yearly event!

One Quiet Moment

Delicious autumn!  My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird I would fly about the earth
seeking the successive autumns.
-   George Eliot

Happy Sunday!

Delight in the beauty that surrounds you.