I miss you Sam!!

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

Saturday, September 17, 2011

Shadow Shot Sunday!

Get out the magnifying glass, get into your best sleuthing clothes and start prowling your environment looking for those wonderful, but sometimes elusive shadows. This fun and challenging meme is hosted each week by Tracy over at Hey Harriet! Click on the link under the blog title and sign up to play!!

Ah, fall has arrived after our lengthy two week summer!! The skies are gray, but at least it isn't cold!! Just cool and actually quite pleasant. So, I went prowling through my files to enjoy a little sunshine and shadows!

 Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.
Rabindranath Tagore

Friday, September 16, 2011

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! 


Ah, fall and gray skies have arrived in Seattle, but the temps are pleasant!  I was reminiscing about my birthday this year -- it was such fun to be able to visit the harbor again and the Bird Sanctuary and get to see my duck and turtle friends as well as a lovely sunset. And then I happened to see some of the colored glass pieces that I had given my son and his bride-to-be! So, that is what you have for today!  Hope you all have a beautiful weekend with lots of love and laughter!!

 
There are always flowers for those who want to see them. Henri Matisse

 
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

 
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
Reinhold Niebuhr

Thursday, September 15, 2011

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, Wren and me. 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! Click on the address under the post title to be taken to the SWF website where you can sign up. 
The middle of September already???? Where did summer go???? Time does seem to fly whether you're having fun or not!!  Fortunately, I always have fun!  And the skies are always beautiful at sometime of the day! 

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend with lots of love and laughter! Enjoy!
 
 Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one.
John Lennon

Peace begins with a smile. Mother Teresa Peace begins with a smile. Mother Teresa
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

 
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

 
Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
Anthony J. D'Angelo
If your heart is a volcano, how shall you expect flowers to bloom?
Khalil Gibran
Sunsets are so beautiful that they almost seem as if we were looking through the gates of Heaven.
John Lubbock

Two Old Ladies Having Fun!! Yep, One of Them is Me!

So many of you have asked why my friend from India and I don't put all of the wonderful headers she has designed for me in a book of  some kind -- well, she has done better than that! We now have a blog of headers where you can see them all!! The blog is called Headers From Over the Hill!! And here is the web address! http://indouscooperations.blogspot.com/

Who said you stopped having fun when you got old??? Obviously, that doesn't apply to the two of us!!

I do hope you'll stop by and share the fun!!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

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

And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin

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

How About a Laugh to Start the Day?

A New Priest in Texas
 
 
A new priest, born and raised in Texas, comes to serve in a city parish and is nervous about hearing confessions, so he asks the older priest to sit in on his sessions.

The new priest hears a couple of confessions, then the old priest asks him to step out of the confessional for a few suggestions.

The old priest suggests, "Cross your arms over your chest, and rub your chin with one hand and try saying things like 'yes, I see,' and 'yes, go on,' and 'I understand.'

The new priest crosses his arms, rubs his chin with one hand and repeats all the suggested remarks to the old priest.

The old priest says, "Now, don't you think that's a little better than slapping your knee and saying, "No shit, what happened next?"

Monday, September 12, 2011

Our World Today!!

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/


Can't believe it's the beginning of another new week!! The older I get, the quicker the time flies -- not complaining mind you, flying time is better than the alternative of  "no more time"!  And after the anniversary of 9/ll yesterday, it was easy to find the wonders of my part of Our World!!  We have such beautiful beaches and mountains, wonderful parks where you can walk, run or just absorb the beauty! And we have some of the most interesting malls! This one doesn't look like a mall at all! I mean, how many of you come face to face with a large, cocky rooster like this guy on any of your shopping trips??? And, of course, there's Mt. Rainier, mysteriously wrapped in clouds! 
May your week be a wonderful one with lots of love and laughter and beauty!
Time moves in one direction, memory in another.
William Gibson
Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind. Lionel Hampton


If we don't change, we don't grow. If we don't grow, we aren't really living.
Gail Sheehy
If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.
Maya Angelou
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us. Albert Schweitzer

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty


The most valuable possession you can own is an open heart. The most powerful weapon you can be is an instrument of peace. Carlos Santana
If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other.
Mother Teresa
 

In Memory of 9/ll

  
 Hopefully a new day, a new year, a new world!


 
Peace cannot be achieved through violence, it can only be attained through understanding.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Saturday, September 10, 2011

Shadow Shot Sunday!

Get out the magnifying glass, get into your best sleuthing clothes and start prowling your environment looking for those wonderful, but sometimes elusive shadows. This fun and challenging meme is hosted each week by Tracy over at Hey Harriet! Click on the link under the blog title and sign up to play!!

It took summer a LONG time to get here, but it has been beautiful these past couple of weeks and I have enjoyed the sun, the flowers, beautiful skies etc. etc. etc.  Hope all of you are staying safe from the bad weather and that you and your families are safe and well as we look back at the horror of 9/11 -- so hard to believe it has already been ten years since that nightmare of a day! And that if for no other reason made me want to focus on the beauty!

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.
William Arthur Ward

 

Friday, September 9, 2011

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! 


We're still enjoying beautiful weather and I'm loving every minute! It looks as though we have another week before it begins to cool down a bit. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy!

 
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness. Stewart Udall

 
In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir

 
Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. Elbert Hubbard

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Sky Watch Friday!

You can always tell a real friend: when you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.
Laurence J. Peter  
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar.
Robert Brault 
Waste your money and you're only out of money, but waste your time and you've lost a part of your life.
Michael LeBoeuf
Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.
William James

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

What's for Dinner???


        Presentation is the key



INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR ASSEMBLY
Chicken Wings, Hush Puppies With A Dash Of Ketchup and       Asparagus
served On A Bed Of  Lettuce.

Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can't change. 
Life's too short to be anything but happy.

Remember to Cancel Your Credit Card!!!!




Cancel your credit card before you die.......(hilarious – in a rather sick, sad way!) 
Now some people are really stupid!!!!
Be sure and cancel your credit cards before you die.

This is so priceless, and so, so easy to see happening, customer service being what it is today..

A lady died this past January, and Citibank billed her for February and March for their annual service charges on her credit card, and added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance had been $0.00 when she died, but now somewhere around $60.00. A family member placed a call to Citibank. 


Here is the exchange
 :

Family Member:
  'I am calling to tell you she died back in January.'

Citibank
:  'The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply.' 

Family Member
: 'Maybe, you should turn it over to collections. '

Citibank
: 'Since it is two months past due, it already has been.' 

Family Member
: So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?' 

Citibank
: 'Either report her account to frauds division or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both!' 

Family Member
: 'Do you think God will be mad at her?' 

Citibank:
 'Excuse me?'

Family Member
: 'Did you just get what I was telling you - the part about her being dead?'

Citibank
: 'Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor' 


Supervisor gets on the phone
:

Family Member
: 'I'm calling to tell you, she died back in January with a $0 balance.' 

Citibank
: 'The account was never closed and late fees and charges still apply.'

Family Member: 'You mean you want to collect from her estate?' 


Citibank
: (Stammer) 'Are you her lawyer?'

Family Member
: 'No, I'm her great nephew.' (Lawyer info was given)  

Citibank:
  'Could you fax us a certificate of death?'

Family Member
: 'Sure.' (Fax number was given )  


After they get the fax
 :

Citibank
: 'Our system just isn't setup for death.. I don't know what more I can do to help.' 

Family Member
: 'Well, if you figure it out, great! If not, you could just keep billing her. She won't care.'

Citibank:
  'Well, the late fees and charges will still apply

(What is wrong with these people?!?)


Family Member
: 'Would you like her new billing address?'

Citibank
: 'That might help....'

Family Member
:  ' Odessa    Memorial   Cemetery , Highway 129, Plot Number 69.'

Citibank
: 'Sir, that's a cemetery!' 

Family Member
: 'And what do you do with dead people on your planet???' 
(Priceless!! ) 

                                
You wonder why Citibank was going broke and needed the feds to bail them out

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

 A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same.
Elbert Hubbard

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle 
Time does not change us. It just unfolds us. Max Frisch

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

How About a Laugh to Start the Day?


This is an oldie, but it still makes me laugh out loud! If you didn't see this on the Tonight show, I hope you're sitting down when you read it. This is probably the funniest date story ever, first date or not!!! We have all had bad dates, but this takes the cake.

Jay Leno went into the audience to find the most embarrassing first date that a woman ever had. The winner described her worst first date experience.
There was absolutely no question as to why her tale took the prize!
She said it was midwinter...Snowing and quite cold... and the guy had taken her skiing in the mountains outside Salt Lake City , Utah .
It was a  day trip (no overnight). They were strangers, after all, and had never met before. The outing was fun but relatively uneventful until they were headed home late that afternoon.
They were driving back down the mountain, when she gradually began to realize that she should not have had that extra latte. ! ! They were about an hour away from anywhere with a rest room and in the middle of nowhere! Her companion suggested she try to hold it, which she did for a while.
Unfortunately, because of the heavy snow and slow going, there came a point here she told him that he had better stop and let her go beside the road, or it would be the front seat of his car.
They stopped and she quickly crawled out beside the car, yanked her pants down and started. In the deep snow she didn't have good footing, so she let her butt rest against the rear fender to steady herself. Her companion stood on the side of the car watching for traffic and indeed was a real gentleman and refrained from peeking. All she could think about was the relief she felt despite the rather embarrassing nature of the situation.
 Upon finishing however, she soon became aware of another sensation.  As  she bent to pull up her pants, the young lady discovered her buttocks were firmly glued against the car's fender. Thoughts of tongues frozen to poles immediately came to mind as she attempted to disengage her flesh from the icy metal. It was quickly apparent that she had a brand new problem, due to the extreme cold.

 Horrified by her plight and yet aware of the humor of the moment, she answered her date's concerns about' what is taking so long' with a reply that indeed, she was 'freezing her butt off' and in need of some assistance!  He came around the car as she tried to cover herself with her sweater and then, as she looked imploringly into his eyes, he burst out laughing. She too, got the giggles and when they finally managed to compose themselves, they assessed her dilemma. Obviously, as hysterical as the situation was, they also were faced with a real problem.
Both agreed it would take something hot to free her chilly cheeks from the grip of the icy metal! Thinking about what had gotten her into the predicament in the first place, both quickly realized that there was only one way to get her free. So, as she looked the other way, her first time date proceeded to unzip his pants and pee her butt off the fender.
.
 As the audience screamed in laughter, she took the Tonight Show prize hands down. Or perhaps that should be 'pants  down'. And you thought your first date was embarrassing. Jay Leno's comment... 'This  gives a whole new meaning to being pissed  off.'
Oh and how did the first date turn out? He became her husband and was sitting next to her on the Leno show.

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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