Sky Watch Friday!

Time to share your skies, the beauty over your world, the clouds, the colors! Sky Watch is hosted each week by Klaus and the Sky Watch team of Klaus, Sandy, Wren and me. 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.  I continue to be amazed with the view from my desk almost every evening in one way or another -- if there's anything worth seeing in the skies, particularly in the evening, then it will be visible from my desk! This was a sunset several nights ago over a period of about twenty-five minutes, maybe less, but it was amazing!  Also amazing is the insight and wisdom of some people!!

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
George Washington

Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
Benjamin Disraeli

A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip.
Caskie Stinnett

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.
Thomas Jefferson

 

Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes.
Robert Kennedy

 

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.

Confucius

 

 

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
Horace
 

Creativity is the power to connect the seemingly unconnected.
William Plomer

Yep! I'm a Senior Citizen!

Senior citizens are constantly being criticized for every conceivable deficiency of the modern world, real or imaginary. We know we take responsibility for all we have done and do not blame others.

HOWEVER, upon reflection, we would like to point out that it was NOT the senior citizens who took:The melody out of music, The pride out of appearance, The courtesy out of driving, The romance out of love, The commitment out of marriage, The responsibility out of parenthood, The togetherness out of the family, The learning out of education, The service out of patriotism, The Golden Rule from rulers, The nativity scene out of cities, The civility out of behavior, The refinement out of language, The dedication out of employment, The prudence out of spending, The ambition out of achievement. And we certainly are NOT the ones who eliminated patience and tolerance from personal relationships and interactions with others!!YES, I'M A SENIOR CITIZEN! I'm the life of the party.even if it lasts until 8 p.m. I'm very good at opening childproof caps.... with a hammer. I'm awake many hours before my body allows me to get up. I'm smiling all the time because I can't hear a thing you're saying. I'm sure everything I can't find is in a safe secure place, somewhere. I'm wrinkled, saggy, lumpy, and that's just my left leg. I'm beginning to realize that aging is not for wimps. Yes, I'm a SENIOR CITIZEN and I think I am having the time of my life!Spread the laughter Share the cheer Let's be happy While we're here. Go Green  -  Recycle CONGRESS!!

ABC Wednesday - S!

Got your dictionary out? You ready to play with the letters? It's that time again! ABC Wednesday is hosted by Mrs. Denise Nesbitt and the ABC team: Denise, Annelie, Leslie, Nathalie, Joyce, Donna, Helen, Roger, Troy, Jay, Barb, Gattina and me! And guess what? It's that day again!  It's ABC Wednesday!!  I've already exhausted most of my S words for the day, but I do have some pictures to Share with you. So, are you ready?  S is for Sam Schnauzer, Shrimp Soup, Seafood Salad, Sylvia and Sons, Skies and Sunset!

That's My World!

That's My World is hosted each week by Klaus and the My World team, Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy and me. Join us and share your world with others from all over Our World! Just click on the post title, read the rules, sign up and play with us! So! How is your world this week? Have you taken time to see the beauty there? What is it about your world that makes you smile or laugh or feel grateful for?

On Wednesday I'll be making a trip to the Seattle Waterfront and hope to get some good pics of another part of my world, but the weekend has been gray and rainy so I'm going to share a few more pics from my trip last week to Bellevue. As I mentioned before, I was amazed not only at the beauty of the park where we were, but the numerous skyscrapers! Before moving here I lived in a part of Seattle known as Ballard and while it's close to the water and lovely, the area itself looks like a neighborhood out of the 50s! So, Bellevue was quite a surprise!

Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.
Lily Tomlin

If 'pro' is the opposite of 'con' what is the opposite of 'progress'?
Paul Harvey

 

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.
P. J. O'Rourke

Bureaucracy gives birth to itself and then expects maternity benefits.
Dale Dauten

 

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
Abraham Lincoln

 

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

My Window on the World!

Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 

Beauty is eternity gazing at itself in a mirror.
Khalil Gibran

 

Beauty is whatever gives joy.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Confucius

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
Anne Frank

We are learning, too, that the love of beauty is one of Nature's greatest healers.
Ellsworth Huntington

Pet Pride!

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!!

Well, Mom has got her corner of the living room almost finished, but I still haven't decided what to do with my side! I'm not accustomed to having so much room even though Mom says its not really THAT big!!! After sharing a house with Mojo any space of my own seems THAT BIG!!!

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!!
We began to see some sun this week after a long rainy weekend! It didn't hang around very long and today is rainy once more, but I did catch a few lovely rays of sun and shadows! Hope you all have a beautiful weekend!

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.
Eric Sevareid

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! 
Another week of having a little of everything from serious rainstorms to brilliantly sunny days! Haven't been able to get too far from home, however, so thank goodness for the files!! So, reflect on the fun and the beautiful things in your life and enjoy a lovely weekend!!

 Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.
Louis L'Amour

All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
Victor Hugo

Never forget that the most powerful force on earth is love.
Nelson Rockefeller

 

Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?
Will Rogers

Sky Watch Friday!

Time to share your skies, the beauty over your world, the clouds, the colors! Sky Watch is hosted each week by Klaus and the Sky Watch team of Klaus, Sandy, Wren and me. 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. 
Over the past week we've had a little of everything from pouring rain to sun and cloudless blue skies and some beautiful clouds as well. The photos on each side were sunsets in between rain storms this week and taken from my office window. The top and bottom shots in the center were taken of the lovely skies in Bellevue last Friday and the one in the center -- if you look really hard, you will see Mt. Rainier slowly awakening to the world this morning, still wrapped in her blanket of clouds and sharing a lovely moment with me as I stood on the roof deck, thinking how blessed I am to be surrounded by so much beauty.  
May you all have a beautiful, joyful weekend!

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.
Ayn Rand

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

No matter what has happened, you too have the power to enjoy yourself.
Allen Klein

No one is in control of your happiness but you; therefore, you have the power to change anything about yourself or your life that you want to change.
Barbara de Angelis

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.
Roger Babson

An Old Farmer's Advice

* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.

*Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.

*Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.

* Words that soak into your ears are whispered ... not yelled.

* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.

* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.

* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.

* It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.

* You cannot unsay a cruel word.

* Every path has a few puddles.

* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.

* The best sermons are lived, not preached.

* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.

* Don't judge folks by their relatives.

* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't bothering you none.

 * If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.

* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.

* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever
have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'.

* Always drink upstream from the herd.

* Good judgment comes from experience, and a
lotta that comes from bad judgment.

* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot
easier than puttin' it back in.

* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some
influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around

ABC Wednesday - R!

Got your dictionary out? You ready to play with the letters? It's that time again! ABC Wednesday is hosted by Mrs. Denise Nesbitt and the ABC team: Denise, Annelie, Leslie, Nathalie, Joyce, Donna, Helen, Roger, Troy, Jay, Barb, Gattina and me! And guess what? It's that day again!

Check the Radar! Read the directions! Run up the Ramp and  Race to the computer! I just Realized that it's the R Day! Raise your hand if you're Ready to play! Bring the Rabbits, the Raccoons, a Raven or two and even bring a Rat if you're in the mood! They can all help us with R words today. And Remember, no Regrets -- putting down lots of R words is not being Redundant. Wave the Red flag, Relish the moment, no Remorse! We gain Respect for our Report on the alphabet each week! Now, I shall Retreat and leave you with my R words for the day! And they are, Red skies, deck Railing, Roaring water, Rose, Resting, Rocks, Red vase!

 

That's My World!

That's My World is hosted each week by Klaus and the My World team, Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy and me. Join us and share your world with others from all over Our World! Just click on the post title, read the rules, sign up and play with us! So! How is your world this week? Have you taken time to see the beauty there? What is it about your world that makes you smile or laugh or feel grateful for? 


On Friday I went on one of the four or five trips a week arranged by the complex where I live now and I got to see a part of my world that I had never seen! And that's what I'm sharing with you today! Bellevue, WA is about a half hour drive from here and I was amazed at all the sky scrapers, parks and beautiful neighborhoods as we drove through town. Everyone on the bus except me headed for the huge Mall -- and me??? I headed across the street to one of the loveliest parks I've seen anywhere and particularly lovely on this amazingly beautiful, sunny spring day!

Hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed taking them!! 

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.
Golda Meir

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have time to do it over?
John Wooden

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.
Roger Babson

Men talk of killing time, while time quietly kills them.
Dion Boucicault

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.
Charles Caleb Colton

Time moves in one direction, memory in another.
William Gibson

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives means the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand.
Henri Nouwen

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
Marcel Proust

Pet Pride!

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!!

Not more photos!!!! I'm trying to get a nap!! 

I know it's your bed, Mom, but this move has worn me out and I needed  a really comfy place to snooze! Besides there's plenty of room for both of us!!

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!!
Today's pictures are a little different from my usual shadow shots, but we had a day of sun!! And several times a week here at my new home, there is a van that takes groups of us to various places around Seattle. Sometimes it's just to a favorite store to do some shopping, sometimes to something scenic, but always something different. Yesterday we went to Bellevue, WA which is about a thirty minute drive from the complex. It was warm, it was sunny and while most of the group headed for the shopping center, I headed across the street to a lovely park and here are some of the shadow shots I found there in this very lovely place! Hope you enjoy them!

We do not see nature with our eyes, but with our understandings and our hearts.
William Hazlitt

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.
Anthony J. D'Angelo

For man, as for flower and beast and bird, the supreme triumph is to be most vividly, most perfectly alive.
David Herbert Lawrence

The sun, with all those planets revolving around it and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.
Galileo Galilei