Testing to see if I can actually share a short video treat from yesterday…sitting at a long traffic light.
Not sure if it will have the sound (from car radio), which is kind of the point.
I swear, this Bald Eagle could hear what I was hearing!
Month: January 2019
Huge THANK YOU!
I never really look at the tiny number over on the left side of my blog page but this morning, I did.
I was so shocked. I had no idea that 399 people followed me.
I have to confess that my very serious intention has always been to be that blogger who gratefully welcomes every single new person with a note. I mean, how cool is it to have someone take the time to look at your blog, and maybe even read it? (I can definitely be wordy sometimes!) I wanted to thank every person.
I really did have the best intentions.
My adopted Dad used to tell me “If you think time goes by quickly in your 50’s and 60’s, just wait until you get to 90. You will finally understand the concept of “Warp Speed”!
Time just gets away from me sometimes.
Healing from a badly sprained ankle/foot, I finally had a minute to send out all my individualized Welcome comments and I glanced at that number…399…wait, it just changed to 398, and then shifted to 400…
FOUR HUNDRED WELCOME NOTES!!!
Uh-oh!
Needless to say, I am hoping today’s post will serve as an expression of my delight that you are reading this!
And as my Thank You (even though it was dramatically better in person than I could capture with my phone) here is last night’s breath-taking sunset, just for you.
I truly appreciate each of you. Please accept this post as my sincere Thank You!
Please keep reading, and let me know you are there by commenting! Any kind you want!
I’ll answer!!
😍
WordlessWednesday 1/30/19
My Zorro story posted on Katzenworld this morning-1/27/19
https://katzenworld.co.uk/2019/01/27/my-dog-zorro-part-1/
Katzenworld posted my story this morning.
If you happen to like cats, this is an epic* story about my Heart-Cat, Zorro. I have blogged about him before but this is the long version, in two parts, about his life. The first part this week and the rest on February 10th. (They even included a connection to the other story I wrote for them about Lucy, our Woodpile Kitten.)
I do hope you will visit their site. They have wonderful cat-related articles, stories, poems, art work, and even product reviews.
My Zorro has been gone since September but I still see him around every corner.
I can’t imagine I will ever not miss him.
*Epic, according to Bing means:
a long poem, typically one derived from ancient oral tradition, narrating the deeds and adventures of heroic or legendary figures
Photo a Week Challenge–Contrasting Colors 1/24/19
OOOH, what a FUN challenge. I LOVE all the colors I’ve seen already in the new posts for Nancy Merrill’s weekly challenge.
Nancy has even posted the color wheel as a guide, which is undoubtedly familiar to artists of all types, but I’d never actually seen it before!
Here are some photos of mine I thought of right away, but there may be more to come!!
Interesting just how many I found that are so similar in their contrast….mostly the reds and greens.
But I also found something else.
There are colors that are simply not on that wheel.
Like the color of the water in Fiji against the sand. Or some of my Cobalt glass collection, nestled in their piles of polished white stones. Definitely nothing quite like some of the Coleus plants I have known.
And then there is the color of my grandson’s eyes!
Help, I’m on one of those ROLLS again. Someone stop me!!!!!
OK, OK I’ll Quit!
(Well, just one more to sum it all up.)
Chosen Perspective; a hard won example!
Well, if you absolutely have to go to a hospital, I wish a similar experience for you.
This is NOT a rant about today’s healthcare, although I have had some extremely poor, tacky, even dangerous treatment in the last few years.
This is about the completely unexpected bonus of perusing the equivalent of a lovely art gallery, in a building with a stunning view! All right there at the hospital.
Here’s my story in pictures, most of which don’t even scratch the surface of the visual treat!!!
(The very top photo is Lucy taking care of me before the doctor’s visit.)
Started with a tiny ankle fracture but a whopper of a SPRAIN!
Artwork at the entrance of the Physical Therapy department
My view as they tortured me in PT! (I’m kidding! I hardly noticed what they were doing!)
The hallways are covered with stunning and moving photography!
Even the counter top of the check-out desk has this beautiful Fused Glass!
Oh, and the medical staff was truly exceptional!
It took a some effort to shift my perspective but all in all, not a bad urgent medical visit!!! Not bad at all.
A big Thank You to University of Washington/Harborview!
WordlessWednesday 1/23/19
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
I’ve written about him many times before….my greatest teacher…
This year, I find myself singing instead.
It reminds me to NOT give up…..
https://www.learnoutloud.com/Free-Audio-Video/History/-/I-Have-a-Dream/7283
SongLyricsSunday 1/20/19 theme “Cry”
https://jimadamsauthordotcom.wordpress.com/2019/01/19/here-we-go-again/
SongLyricSunday is changing but I still love the challenge of finding a song each week to share. This week the first one that came to mind had just been chosen by another responder to the challenge but I listened to both and found them different enough that both are worth the time!
I am a little biased however…..I do love Ms. Baez so…
Cry me a River by Joan Baez
Lyrics
Now you say you’re lonely
You cried the long night through
Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river
I cried a river over you
You cried the long night through
Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river
I cried a river over you
Now you say you’re sorry
For being so untrue
Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river
I cried, cried, cried a river over you
For being so untrue
Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river
I cried, cried, cried a river over you
You drove me, nearly drove me, out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember, I remember, all that you said
You told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me and
While you never shed a tear
Remember, I remember, all that you said
You told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me and
Now you say, you say you love me
Well, just to prove that you do
Come on and cry me a river, cry me a river
‘Cause I cried a river over you
Well, just to prove that you do
Come on and cry me a river, cry me a river
‘Cause I cried a river over you
You drove me, nearly drove me, out of my head
While you never shed a tear
Remember, remember, all that you said
Told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me and
While you never shed a tear
Remember, remember, all that you said
Told me love was too plebeian
Told me you were through with me and
Now, now you say you love me
Well, just to prove you do
Come on and cry, cry, cry me a river, cry me a river
‘Cause I cried a river over you
Well, just to prove you do
Come on and cry, cry, cry me a river, cry me a river
‘Cause I cried a river over you
If my pillow talk, imagine what it would have said
Could it be a river of tears I cried in bed?
So you can cry me a river
Daddy, go ahead and cry that river
‘Cause I cried, how I cried a river over you
How I cried a river over you
Could it be a river of tears I cried in bed?
So you can cry me a river
Daddy, go ahead and cry that river
‘Cause I cried, how I cried a river over you
How I cried a river over you
Songwriters: Arthur Hamilton
Cry Me A River lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc
OneWordSunday Challenge 1-20-19 Blue
Spotted this new challenge but to be honest, it was really just the word. I can barely keep up with all the challenges these days.
But BLUE just popped right out at me.
Hmmm, let’s see. I wonder if I can find any photos in my library of something BLUE…
If math was of more interest to me, I’d spend a day figuring out the actual percentage of pictures I take because of BLUE!!