One Quiet Moment

The sky is that beautiful old parchment in which the sun and the moon keep their diary. ~Alfred Kreymborg

 

Wit and Wisdom for the Weekend!

Brains of elderly slow because they know so much!! The brains of older people only appear to slow down because they have so much information to compute, much like a full hard drive, scientists believe.

Older people do not decline mentally with age, it just takes them longer to recall facts because they have more information in their brains, scientists believe.

Much like a computer struggles as the hard drive gets full, so too do older humans take longer to access information.

Researchers say this slowing down is not the same as cognitive decline.

"The human brain works slower in old age," said Dr. Michael Ramscar, "but only because we have stored more information over time."

"The brains of older people do not get weak. On the contrary, they simply know more."

 

GROWING OLDER IS MANDATORY, GROWING UP IS OPTIONAL -- Yep, this is my Philosophy and I'm sticking to it!!!

 

And remember ---

And that is my sermon for the weekend!  May all of you have a beautiful one filled with love and laughter and beauty!!

One Quiet Moment

I cannot walk through the suburbs in the solitude of the night without thinking that the night pleases us because it suppresses idle details, just as our memory does. ~Jorge Luis Borges

Wisdom and Beauty for the Day!!

 

We either make ourselves happy or miserable. The amount of work is the same.--Carlos Castaneda

 

The pleasantest things in the world are pleasant thoughts: and the great art of life is to have as many of them as possible. --Montaigne

Sky Watch Friday!

 Keep your sense of proportion by regularly, preferably daily, by visiting the natural world.
                                                                            - Catlin Matthews

Each season has its own wonder, it's own special place, and
     purpose in the pattern of creation. 

 
Join us  for the day and celebrate the beauty of your skies!! Enjoy!!

One Quiet Moment

All the uglinesses of the world can best be forgotten in the beauty of nature! ~Mehmet Murat ildan

More Employees at the Dog Company!!

Secretary

Some Humor, a Giggle and a Belly Laugh for the Day!

America is the only country where a significant proportion of the population believes that professional wrestling is real but the moon landing was faked.

  ~ David Letterman

 If life were fair, Elvis would still be alive today and all the impersonators would be dead.
  ~ Johnny Carson
 

 I don't believe in astrology. I am a Sagittarius and we're very skeptical.
 ~ Warren Tantum ~
 

 Hollywood must be the only place on earth where you can be fired by a man wearing a Hawaiian shirt and a baseball cap.
  ~ Steve Martin  

 

Home cooking. Where many a man thinks his wife is.

  ~ Jimmy Durante

   A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing.

 ~ Emo Philips

 
 You know you're a redneck if your home has wheels and your car doesn't.
  Jeff Foxworthy 

  When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

   ~ Prince Philip
  

    Wood burns faster when you have to cut and chop it yourself. 

 ~ Harrison Ford

 When the white missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
 ~ Desmond Tutu

One Quiet Moment

Clouds are the sky's imagination. ~Terri Guillemets

If Dogs Worked in Offices!!

Our World Tuesday!!

Time to share your world and the beauty!! Join us and enjoy!!

 Everything "plant-wise" around the apartment complex where I live is bursting into bloom and everyday there are more!! More variety, more colors and more delightful ways to start a day!! Hope you enjoy!! 

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

I can enjoy society in a room; but out of doors, nature is company enough for me. ~William Hazlitt (1778–1830)

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert Einstein

If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere. ~Vincent Van Gogh

I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order. ~John Burroughs

One Quiet Moment

Those playful fancies of the mighty sky. ~Albert Smith 

Sunday Giggles!!

Ah, don't you love our four-legged friends!!!

They can and do make our day!!

Have a fun Sunday!!!  Enjoy!!! 

One Quiet Moment

Sunshine has no budget, the sea no red tape. ~Terri Guillemets

A Little Fun and a Lot of Wisdom for the Weekend!!

Now you should be ready for a wonderful and beautiful weekend!!  Live, Laugh, Love Everyday!

One Quiet Moment

Tears of joy are like the summer rain drops pierced by sunbeams.
 ~Hosea Ballou

The Darwin’s Are Out!!!!

Yes, it's that magical time of year again when the Darwin Awards are bestowed, honoring the least evolved among us!.

Here is the glorious winner:

1. When his 38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach , California would-be robber James Elliot did something that can only inspire wonder. He peered down the barrel and tried the trigger again. This time it worked.

And now, the honorable mentions:

2. The chef at a hotel in Switzerland lost a finger in a meat cutting machine and after a little shopping around, submitted a claim to his insurance company. The company expecting negligence sent out one of its men to have a look for himself. He tried the machine and he also lost a finger. The chef's claim was approved.

3. A man who shoveled snow for an hour to clear a space for his car during a blizzard in Chicago returned with his vehicle to find a woman had taken the space. Understandably, he shot her.

4. After stopping for drinks at an illegal bar, a Zimbabwean bus driver found that the 20 mental patients he was supposed to be transporting from Harare to Bulawayo had escaped. Not wanting to admit his incompetence, the driver went to a nearby bus stop and offered everyone waiting there a free ride. He then delivered the passengers to the mental hospital, telling the staff that the patients were very excitable and prone to bizarre fantasies.. The deception wasn't discovered for 3 days.

5. An American teenager was in the hospital recovering from serious head wounds received from an oncoming train. When asked how he received the injuries, the lad told police that he was simply trying to see how close he could get his head to a moving train before he was hit.

6. A man walked into a Louisiana Circle-K, put a $20 bill on the counter, and asked for change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulled a gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerk promptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled, leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer... $15. [If someone points a gun at you and gives you money, is a crime committed?]

7. Seems an Arkansas guy wanted some beer pretty badly.. He decided that he'd just throw a cinder block through a liquor store window, grab some booze, and run. So he lifted the cinder block and heaved it over his head at the window. The cinder block bounced back and hit the would-be thief on the head, knocking him unconscious. The liquor store window was made of Plexiglas. The whole event was caught on videotape.

8. As a female shopper exited a New York convenience store, a man grabbed her purse and ran. The clerk called 911 immediately, and the woman was able to give them a detailed description of the snatcher. Within minutes, the police apprehended the snatcher. They put him in the car and drove back to the store. The thief was then taken out of the car and told to stand there for a positive ID. To which he replied, "Yes, officer, that's her. That's the lady I stole the purse from."

9. The Ann Arbor News crime column reported that a man walked into a Burger King in Ypsilanti , Michigan at 5 A.M., flashed a gun, and demanded cash. The clerk turned him down because he said he couldn't open the cash register without a food order. When the man ordered onion rings, the clerk said they weren't available for breakfast. The man, frustrated, walked away. [A 5-STAR STUPIDITY AWARD WINNER]

10. When a man attempted to siphon gasoline from a motor home parked on a Seattle street, he got much more than he bargained for. Police arrived at the scene to find a very sick man curled up next to a motor home near spilled sewage. A police spokesman said that the man admitted to trying to steal gasoline, but he plugged his siphon hose into the motor home's sewage tank by mistake. The owner of the vehicle declined to press charges saying that it was the best laugh he'd ever had.

In the interest of bettering mankind, please share these with friends and family....unless of course one of these individuals by chance is a distant relative or long lost friend. In that case, be glad they are distant and hope they remain lost.

*** Remember.... They walk among us and vote !!!***

Sky Watch Friday!!!

It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream. Bern Williams 

May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down!   Sara June Parker

Softly the evening came with the sunset. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Join us today and share the beauty of your skies!! See the beauty from around the world!!!