A Celebration!!!

As many of you know, my youngest daughter, Kerith, was diagnosed with breast cancer a year ago in January. She had successful surgery and is doing really well -- no thanks to a wild driver on a California  freeway yesterday causing her car to tumble three times!! She spent the afternoon in the Emergency Room, but was home last evening and feeling good all things considered!! But the wonderful thing I wanted to share with you today is a video made by the cancer center where she went for her surgery and starring none other than my lovely daughter!! I hope you can find a few minutes to watch it. It is an inspiration for all! 

Shadow Shot Sunday!!

Come play with us and the shadows!!

Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman
http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/

Attitudes are contagious.  Are yours worth catching?  Dennis and Wendy
Mannering

Happiness is not in our circumstance but in ourselves. It is not something we see, like a rainbow, or feel, like the heat of a fire. Happiness is something we are. John B. Sheerin

Some of nature's most exquisite handiwork is on a miniature
     scale, as anyone knows who has applied a magnifying glass
     to  a snowflake.  Rachel Carson

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!

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.  Thich Nhat Hanh

Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.    Henri Nouwen

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.   Abraham Lincoln

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 led of Yogi, Sandy and Sylvia. 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/

 We had a sunny day this week -- ONE!! But it has been a mild, if gray, winter so far so I really can't complain other than I miss our colorful skies and glorious sunrises and sunsets -- all the more reason to take lots of photos when they are there!!! Here's some from earlier!!

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

To get up each morning with the resolve to be happy is to set our own conditions to the events of each day. To do this is to condition circumstances instead of being conditioned by them.  Ralph Waldo Emerson

One Quiet Moment!

Where there is love there is life. Indira Gandhi

Why Children Need a Pet!

To have someone to watch their favorite cartoon with.

To have someone to watch their favorite cartoon with.

To clean their face off so Mom doesn’t have to!

To use as a warm pillow!

To hold their binky for them while they sleep!

One Quiet Moment

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha

Five Rules To Remember In Life

1. Money cannot buy happiness, but it's more comfortable to cry in a Corvette than on a bicycle. 

2. Forgive your enemy, but remember the ass-hole's name. 

3. If you help someone when they're in trouble, they will remember you when they're in trouble again. 

4. Many people are alive only because it's illegal to shoot them. 

5. Alcohol does not solve any problems, but then neither does milk. 



THERE YOU HAVE IT...and remember, life is good.

Oh, yes, one more thing!

Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning, the devil says, "Oh, crap, she's up!!!

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/ 

So many of you have expressed an enjoyment of the pics from the Chihuly Center here in Seattle at the Space Needle, that I decided to share some more. It is an awesome exhibit and he does have some amazing, different displays! Hope you enjoy these!

Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.
 Margaret B. Runbeck

Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.
 Leon J. Suenes

It was a high counsel that I once heard given to a young person, "Always do what you are afraid to do.
 Ralph Waldo Emerson

Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
George Bernard Shaw

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.   Arthur Rubinstein

One Queit Moment

Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances.
Benjamin Franklin

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!!

 http://petsalways.blogspot.com/

NO!! I don't need another bath and haircut!!! Not yet!!  It's still winter and we're not going anywhere, are we!!!  I need some sleep!! Maybe just before we move,  in a couple of months!

Shadow Shot Sunday!!!

Come play with us and the shadows!!

Your hosts are:
Magical Mystical Teacher
Rose (chubskulit)
Gemma Wiseman
http://shadowshotsunday2.blogspot.com/

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

There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.  Robert Brault

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.   Lord Byron

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!

If you have nothing to be grateful for check your pulse.  Author Unknown     

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort  Herm Albright

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/

Happy Valentine's Day!! Big Hugs to you all!

To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves.
Mahatma Gandhi

Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.
Rachel Carson

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.  W. H. Auden

One Quiet Moment

The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Now That I'm Older Here's What I've Discoverd!

1. I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it.

2. My wild oats have turned into prunes and all-bran.

3. I finally got my head together, and now my body is falling apart.

4. Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded.

5. If all is not lost, where is it?

6. It is easier to get older than it is to get wiser.

7. Some days, you're the dog; some days you're the hydrant.

8. I wish the buck stopped here; I sure could use a few.

9. Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded.

10. Kids in the back seat cause accidents.

11. Accidents in the back seat cause kids.

12. It's hard to make a comeback when you haven't been anywhere.

13. The only time the world beats a path to your door is when you're in the bathroom.

14. If God wanted me to touch my toes, he'd have put them on my knees.

15. When I'm finally holding all the cards, why does everyone want to play chess?

16. Its not hard to meet expenses .. they're everywhere.

17. The only difference between a rut and a grave is the depth.

18. These days, I spend a lot of time thinking about the hereafter. I go somewhere to get something, and then wonder what I'm hereafter.

19. Funny, I don't remember being absent-minded.

20. DID I SHARE THESE WITH YOU BEFORE????

And Then the New Family Member!!

My Baby and His!!!  Well, actually neither of them are babies, but they are lovable -- just ask Sam Schnauzer!

And then there is Stella!!!  One big happy family!

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/ 
One of the things I have loved most about my world here in Seattle was being near the water. When I first moved here I lived with my son in Ballard, a small suburb of Seattle, and I was only minutes away from Puget Sound. Once I got into photography I spent many hours there taking pictures and drinking in the beauty. That part of Seattle I'm going to miss!! So, today I will share some of that beauty with you! Enjoy!

All my life through, the new sights of Nature made me rejoice like a child.
Marie Curie

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

Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
Kahlil Gibran

The poetry of the earth is never dead.
John Keats

Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
Lao Tzu

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
This is not done by jostling in the street.
William Blake

One Quiet Moment

Peace between countries must rest on the solid foundation of love between individuals
Mahatma Gandhi

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!!

 http://petsalways.blogspot.com/

This is the photo I want to send to Mojo!!!  I bet she'll push her Dad into coming to get us sooner than APRIL!!!!  Don't you???