I miss you Sam!!

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

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Shadow Shot Sunday!!

Come play with us and the shadows!!
Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher

Rose
(chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman

http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/

We do not inherit the earth from our fathers. We borrow it from our children
David Bower

Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.
Seymour Miller & Jill Jackson

Friday, February 1, 2013

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!

You can not shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi
The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.
Heda Bejar

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Sky Watch!!!

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/
Hooray!! All is well again!!  Sign in and join the fun!!
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Henry David Thoreau

Noble deeds are most estimable when hidden.
Blaise Pascal

The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere.
Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

A Quiet Moment

We must be the change we wish to see
Mahatma Gandhi

Sounds About Right to Me!!!

You may have heard that Hostess Bakery plants shut down due to a workers' strike. But you may not have heard how It was split up. The State Department hired all the Twinkies, the Secret Service hired all the HoHos, the generals are sleeping with the Cupcakes and the voters sent all the Ding Dongs to Congress.
Ah, and thank goodness for our loving grandchildren!!!



Dear God, please send clothes
for all those poor ladies on 
grandpa's computer .    Amen

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

A Quiet Moment

There is no way to peace. Peace is the way.
Mahatma Ghandi

I'm Perfectly Comfortable, Thanks for Asking!!






Oh! and don't mess with kids!!

A little girl was talking to her teacher about whales.
The teacher said it was physically impossible for a whale to swallow a human because even though it was a very large mammal its throat was very small.

The little girl stated that Jonah was swallowed by a whale.

Irritated, the teacher reiterated that a whale could not swallow a human; it was physically impossible.

The little girl said, 'When I get to heaven I will ask Jonah'.

The teacher asked, 'What if Jonah went to hell?'

The little girl replied, 'Then you ask him'.

 

Monday, January 28, 2013

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/ 

We've definitely been back to gray and wet lately, but the temps are still amazingly mild for late January! I'm still having some difficulty getting out to take pics, so I'm really grateful for my files!! Today there are some flowering trees, the beautiful harbor, etc.! Hope you enjoy!

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

If only we'd stop trying to be happy we could have a pretty good time.  Edith Wharton

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.
Jim Morrison

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
Nelson Mandela

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. Lucille Ball

Sunday, January 27, 2013

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!

Most of us don't need a psychiatric therapist as much as a friend to be silly with.  Robert Braul

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down.
Arnold H. Glasow

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle

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!!

I'm feeling better about being back in Seattle -- I think it's those treats you gave me!! Maybe you should give me some more to keep me from getting down again while we wait to move!! Don't you think that's a great idea???

Saturday, January 26, 2013

Shadow Shot Sunday!!

Come play with us and the shadows!!
Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher

Rose
(chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman

http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/

The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart.  Elisabeth Foley

A friend knows the song in my heart and sings it to me when my memory fails. Donna Roberts

A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world.  Leo Buscaglia


Friday, January 25, 2013

Weekend Reflections!!

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/


Friendship isn't a big thing - it's a million little things.  Author Unknown

Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.   Sicilian Proverb

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have, and one of the best things you can be.     Douglas Pagels

Thursday, January 24, 2013

Sky Watch!!!

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/

Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy.  Robert Anthony


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

If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem.
Richard Bach

Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty!!

Money is an article which may be used as a universal passport to everywhere except heaven, and as a universal provider for everything except happiness.
The Wall Street Journal

A good reputation is more valuable than money.
-Publilius Syrus

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.
Mark Twain

Time for Retirement?????




 And speaking of retirement --  some thoughts from Maxine!!
 


As I was lying in bed pondering the problems of the world, I rapidly realized that I don't really care.   It's the tortoise life for me!

1.. If walking is so good for your health, the postman would be immortal.

2.. A whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water, and is fat.

3.. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years.

4.. A tortoise doesn't run and does nothing, yet it lives for 150 years.

And you tell me to exercise?? I don't think so.

 

I'm retired. Go around me.

 

God grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked, the good  fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference.

 





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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