Sky Watch Friday!

Sky Watch is hosted each week by Klaus and the Sky Watch Team -- Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy and myself. Click on the icon and sign up to share the beauty of your skies with the hundreds of people all over the world who post theirs each week!

In spite of all the whining I do about winter and gray skies, we've actually had the mildest winter on record!! Go figure! And for what it's worth, they are predicting lovely weather for the next week. So, we're having some sun, some blue skies, but also some incredibly beautiful, colorful clouds so this week I'm focusing on them. Maybe if I'm nice to them, they'll let more sunshine slip through!

More varied than any landscape was the landscape in the sky, with islands of gold and silver, peninsulas of apricot and rose against a background of many shades of turquoise and azure.
~Cecil Beaton



The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson



Those grey skies are just a challenge for optimists
~Loesje



The sky is God's gift to you . . . what you do with it is your gift to him.
~Bill Purdin



The clouds,--the only birds that never sleep.
~Victor Hugo, The Vanished City



The hooded clouds, like friars, tell their beads in drops of rain.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.



A smile is an inexpensive way to change your looks. ~Charles Gordy



Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. ~Mark Twain



The robbed that smiles, steals something from the thief. ~William Shakespeare, Othello



The fifth : Teaching the yuppies....
The
white haired seniors
tagging behind
the cool yuppies
dark with intent,
a few blondes
to the side;

The seniors
need to push,
the yuppies,
dense with
condensed thoughts,
crowded in lethargy.

And as they wander
high above the earth
watching
the going ons below,
a senior spies
a few parched lands,
gives some yuppies
a push,
to say,
"Corporate Social Responsibilty
means,
becoming Rain
for those that
look up to you,
parched and arrid....."

They rumble,
and grumble,
but
then again,
there's a flash
of realization,
and they
pour down in torrents....

Posted by Ugich Konitari to Sylvia From Over The Hill at February 17, 2010 9:00 PM
Smile - it increases your face value. ~Author Unknown



Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it. ~William Feather

Whale or Mermaid ! ! !

Recently, in a large city in Australia ,
a poster featuring a young, thin and tan woman appeared in the window of a gym.
It said, "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"

A middle-aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.

To Whom It May Concern,
Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea lions, curious humans.)
They have an active sex life, get pregnant and have adorable baby whales.
They have a wonderful time with dolphins stuffing themselves with shrimp.
They play and swim in the seas, seeing wonderful places like Patagonia,
the Bering Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia .Whales are wonderful singers and have even recorded CDs. They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans. They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world.

Mermaids don't exist.
If they did exist,they would be lining up outside the offices of Argentinean psychoanalysts due to identity crisis. Fish or human? They don't have a sex life
because they kill men who get close to them, not to mention how could they have sex?
Just look at them ... where is IT? Therefore, they don't have kids either.
Not to mention, who wants to get close to a girl who smells like a fish store?

The choice is perfectly clear to me: I want to be a whale.
P..S. We are in an age when media puts into our heads the idea that only skinny people are beautiful, but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who makes me shiver, and a piece of chocolate with my friends.

With time, we gain weight because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that when there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies.. So we aren't heavy, we are enormously cultured, educated and happy.
Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror I will think, ¨Good grief, look how smart I am!¨

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself. ~Benjamin Franklin



Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length. ~Robert Frost



Some pursue happiness, others create it. ~Author Unknown



You cannot always have happiness, but you can always give happiness. ~Author Unknown



Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower. ~Author Unknown



Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.
~John Barrymore

ABC Wednesday - E!

Ready to play with the alphabet?? ABC Wednesday is a fun meme hosted by Mrs. Denise Nesbitt and the ABC team. Click on the icon and show us how well you know your alphabet!! And the letter of the day -- drum roll, please! The letter for today is E!

E is for Evening!



And E is for Eagle!



And E is for Edelweiss!

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Laughter is a tranquilizer with no side effects. ~Arnold Glasow



A laugh is a smile that bursts. ~Mary H. Waldrip



Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face. ~Victor Hugo



Laughter is an orgasm triggered by the intercourse of sense and nonsense.
~Author Unknown

That's My World - Seattle From Above

Time to show your world! That's My World is hosted each week by Klaus and the My World Team of Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy and myself. It's a fun way to travel the world without leaving your favorite chair. So click on the icon, sign up and join the fun!

When my birthday rolled around -- AGAIN -- two years ago, my niece from Maryland flew to Seattle and my son, Adam, surprised me with a flight in a seaplane over Seattle and the surrounding area. I had been fascinated by the seaplanes as soon as I had moved to Seattle and that morning as we were on our way to pick up my niece, I saw one landing on the water in the harbor. Little did I know that my deadpan son was having hard time hiding his grin. An hour later as we pulled into the parking lot and I saw the sign and his big smile, I was nearly jumping up and down with excitement. And because it was my birthday, I got to sit in the co-pilot's seat! What a view that was. Adam took all the shots that day and I posted some of them on my first blog, which I ended up losing, so I thought I would share them here today.
Click on any of the pics to embiggen and see more details. It was the best birthday ever! Well, of course, I say that every year!





Safeco Field -- the sports lover's dream field!



The Space Needle!



The skyline!



As you can see, we are surrounded by a great deal of water! That's why I love it!

MicroFiction Monday

Susan at Stony River Farm hosts Microfiction Monday. She posts a picture and you compose a story in 140 characters. You can click on the icon to get further instructions. To help you along she has posted a wonderful link that counts your characters for you! How great is that! You can get the counter at Design 215.

This meme is easy and it's fun! Thanks, Susan for hosting.

And here's the picture for this Microfiction Monday!



"He asked me to marry him, but I told him I was in love with Johnny Depp,
so he bought this, showed up dressed like a pirate! Far out, huh?"

Dear Abby -- Help!

DEAR ABBY ADMITTED SHE WAS AT A LOSS
TO ANSWER THE FOLLOWING:

Dear Abby,
A couple of women moved in across the hall from me.
One is a middle-aged gym teacher and the other is a
social worker in her mid twenties. These two women
go everywhere together and I've never seen a man
go into or leave their apartment. Do you think they
could be Lebanese?


Dear Abby,
What can I do about all the Sex,
Nudity, Fowl Language and Violence
on my VCR?


Dear Abby,
I have a man I can't trust. He cheats so much,
I'm not even sure the baby I'm carrying is his.


Dear Abby,
I am a twenty-three year old liberated woman
who has been on the pill for two years. It's
getting expensive and I think my boyfriend
should share half the cost, but I don't know
him well enough to discuss money with him.

Dear Abby,
I've suspected that my husband
has been fooling around, and
when confronted with the
evidence, he denied everything
and said it would never
happen again.


Dear Abby,
Our son writes that he is taking Judo. Why would a
boy who was raised in a good Christian home turn
against his own?

Dear Abby,
I joined the Navy to see the world. I've seen it.
Now how do I get out?


Dear Abby,
My forty-year old son has been paying a psychiatrist
$50.00 an hour every week for two and a half years.
He must be crazy..

Dear Abby,
I was married to Bill for three months and I didn't
know he drank until one night he came home sober.

Dear Abby,
My mother is mean and short tempered.
I think she is going through mental pause.

Dear Abby,
You told some woman whose husband had lost all
interest in sex to send him to a doctor. Well, my
husband lost all interest in sex and he is a doctor.
Now what do I do?


Remember these people can vote!!

Happy Valentine's Day on Pet Pride!!

I don't understand why Cupid was chosen to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon. ~Author Unknown



So where are our Valentines if this is such big day????



Here it is guys, just for you!!



Well, that's a little better, but I still don't see what all the hoohah is about! We'd still rather go play with Bozo, so if you guys out there feel the same way, get your human to click on The Man's picture and we'll all celebrate this sissy day in our own way!!

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun. ~Armistead Maupin, Maybe the Moon



Love is a canvas furnished by Nature and embroidered by imagination. ~Voltaire



What the world really needs is more love and less paper work. ~Pearl Bailey



True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ~Erich Segal



Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired. ~Robert Frost



Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place. ~Zora Neale Hurston

Shadow Shot Sunday!

It's shadow time again!! Shadow Shot is hosted each week by Tracy at Hey, Harriet and it's tons of fun! Click on the icon, sign up and start looking for the shadows in your world!!

Is that really sunshine out there!!!



And flowers!



No, I'm dreaming! Back to the kitchen!



Ah! Someday!!