It Pulls Me

This painting pulls at me.

It gives me some peace and calm.

This time of year, these are things I think we all need.

Unscatter Me

I feel my life is so scattered right now. 

Like it’s all these small pieces of paper and someone’s turned on the fan. 

But talking to you makes me feel like the fan’s been turned off for a little bit. 

Like things could actually make sense. 

You completely unscatter me, 

and I appreciate that so much.

~David Levithan~

Simple Pleasures

 

Simple pleasures

 are the last refuge 

of the complex.

~Oscar Wilde~  

 

 

First or Last

Look at everything as though 

you were seeing it for the first time or last time. 

 Then your time on earth 

will be filled with glory.
~  Betty Smith~

Science Pig, Shannon, and me!

Nothing makes my science nerd hippie heart happier than a kid learning science....well, a kid and three pigs!

Shannon made a model of the ocean floor and did a fantastic job.  As you can see, pig is wearing goggles so that nothing happens to her.

Science on!

Not Perfect People

Congratulations!

  You're not perfect! 

 It's ridiculous to want to be perfect anyway. 

 But then, everybody's ridiculous sometimes, except perfect people.  

You know what perfect is?  

Perfect is not eating or drinking or talking or moving a muscle or making even the teensiest mistake.  

Perfect is never doing anything wrong - which means never doing anything at all.  

Perfect is boring! 

 So you're not perfect!  Wonderful!  Have fun! 

 Eat things that give you bad breath!  Trip over your own shoelaces!  Laugh!  

Let somebody else laugh at you!  

Perfect people never do any of those things.  

All they do is sit around and sip weak tea and think about how perfect they are.  

But they're really not one-hundred-percent perfect anyway. 

 You should see them when they get the hiccups!  

Phooey!  Who needs 'em?  

You can drink pickle juice and imitate gorillas and do silly dances and sing stupid songs and wear funny hats and be as imperfect as you please and still be a good person.

  Good people are hard to find nowadays.  

And they're a lot more fun than perfect people any day of the week.  

~Stephen Manes~

Behold

Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, 

and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.  

~Norman Vincent Peale~

Comic Opera

Eating, loving, singing and digesting are, in truth,

 the four acts of the comic opera known as life, 

and they pass like bubbles of a bottle of champagne.  

Whoever lets them break 

without having enjoyed them

 is a complete fool.  

~Gioacchino Rossini~

Thankful

For all of my friends and family..

I love you.

Staying There

You don't drown by falling in the water,
you drown by staying there.
~ Edwin Cole~

Scattering Abroad

For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.  

For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.  

~Edwin Way Teale~

Apple

Even if I knew that tomorrow 

the world would go to pieces, 

I would still plant my apple tree. 

~Martin Luther~

His Face

Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; 

he is only trying on one face after another 

to find a face of his own.  

~Logan Pearsall Smith~

My Heart Soars

The beauty of the trees,
the softness of the air,
the fragrance of the grass,
speaks to me.
The summit of the mountain,
the thunder of the sky,
speaks to me.
The faintness of the stars,
the trail of the sun,
the strength of fire,
and the life that never goes away,
they speak to me.
And my heart soars.
~ Chief Dan George ~

Deneka Love

I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; 

they give unconditional love.  

For me they are the role model for being alive. 

 ~Gilda Radner~

Rest In Peace Sweet Deneka.

You will be missed.

We love you Danielle!

Care More

In a world full of people who couldn't care less, 

be someone who couldn't care more. 

 ~Author Unknown~

Sure Of You

Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.  

"Pooh!" he whispered.  "Yes, Piglet?"  

"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw.  

"I just wanted to be sure of you."  

~A.A. Milne~

Perception

You can't stop the waves, 

but you can learn how to surf.  

~Jon Kabat-Zinn~

Thanks for Sharing Kimmie

HAPPINESS IS ONLY REAL 

WHEN SHARED

~ Jon Krakauer~

~ Into the Wild~

Depth

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature.  

It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder 

measures the depth of his own nature.  

~Henry David Thoreau~

Happy Birthday Kim

Miss Kimmie,

You are growing up so fast.

Having you in our lives has blessed

us in so very many ways.

Thank You for being a 

wonderful, unique, funny, goofy, beautiful

ray of sunshine.

We Love You.

How far you go in life depends 

on your being tender with the young,

 compassionate with the aged, 

sympathetic with the striving

 and tolerant of the weak and strong.

 Because someday in your life 

you will have been all of these.

~George Washington Carver~

Twisted

The world is a twisted place.

Luckily, we are twisted people.

The World's Problems

The difference between

 what we do  

and what we are capable of doing  

would suffice to solve  

most of the world's problems. 

~ Mahatma Gandhi~

Rights Inherent

You are a human being.  

You have rights inherent in that reality.  

You have dignity and worth that exists prior to law.  

~Lyn Beth Neylon~

Stick It

PLEDGE TO GO FAST FOOD FREE FOR
NOVEMBER. 

I WILL BE STRONG 

AND I WILL PREVAIL. 

I DESERVE BETTER.

Human Endeavor

The most important human endeavor is the striving for morality in our actions. 

Our inner balance and even our very existence depend on it. 

Only morality in our actions can give beauty and dignity to life.

~Albert Einstein~

Fade, Wilt, Fall

Flowers whisper 

"Beauty!" 

to the world,

 even as they

 fade, wilt, fall.  

~Dr. SunWolf~

A Great Language

An animal's eyes have the power to speak a great language.  

~Martin Buber~

Whimsical and Nonsensical

There are so many elements flying 

in so many different directions 

that you really have to go with what feels like instinctively.

 The nature of the universe is fairly 

whimsical and nonsensical.

 In the most somber, 

beatific peacefulness

 there's complete chaos and maniacal laughter. 

I think music that doesn't reflect that

 is boring. 

~Beck~

Halloween Revisited

Costumes ranged from cute to gross and funny to scary.

A tree was yarn bombed.

The kids had a blast.

I love Halloween!