I miss you Sam!!

I miss you Sam!!
I miss you Sam!!

Thursday, December 3, 2015

Sky Watch Friday!!


Ah, time does fly, doesn’t it!!! I’m still enjoying the thrill and excitement and joy of having my first grandchild and at my age, believe me, that is awesome!!  Awesome and wonderful!!
I hope all of you are getting ready for a beautiful holiday and joyful Christmas!! I hope you enjoy the skies for today!! And have a great weekend!!

Blogger is playing with me today so please forgive the weird settings?????


“Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can.”
Nicholas Sparks, At First Sight


 “How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
Anne Frank

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.”
Virginia Woolf

“Where there is love there is life.”
Mahatma Gandhi

Wednesday, December 2, 2015

One Quiet Moment

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to play, and to look up at the stars. ~Henry Van Dyke




The Art of Balancing Rocks!!


Balancing Rocks.. by Michael Grab 
I don’t know if you have ever watched the guy down by
Stanley Park (Vancouver, B.C.) but it
really is amazing watching him stack
rocks, some pretty big, that just seems to defy gravity.
Zen and the art of rock stacking!  All I know is if I were
to try it, all I would get for my efforts are scraped shins
and busted toes.
I must say Michael is even better than the Stanley Park guy.
He’s also from B.C.  The vertical ones you can possibly write
off as a balancing  act but how he does the arches truly does
defy gravity!  Pretty cool!
This is so hard to believe; so impressive.  How does he do it?
Not even a drop of Crazy Glue!!
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Tuesday, December 1, 2015

One Quiet Moment

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

Forgive me for repeating this quote, but it does say it all and is a favorite of mine.
Have a  lovely evening!

Monday, November 30, 2015

The Colorful Beauty of the Season



Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus

I can't stay away!!

What Can I Say?

What Can I Say?
I'm interested in almost everything. Use to like to travel, but it's too expensive now. I take Tai Chi classes, swim, volunteer in a Jump-start program for pre-schoolers. I'm an avid reader and like nearly everyone these days I follow politics avidly. I'm a former teacher and Special Projects Coordinator for a Telecommunications company, Assistant to the President of a Japanese silicon wafer manufacturing company. Am now enjoying retirement -- most of the time. I have two daughters, one son-in-law and two sons scattered all over the country. No grandchildren.

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