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Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone; all leave it alone.
-Thomas De Quincey, writer (15 Aug 1785-1859)

   
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes

They asked me how I knew
My true love was true, oh
I of course replied
Something here inside cannot be denied

They said someday you'll find
All who love are blind, oh
When your heart's on fire
You must realize smoke gets in your eyes

So I chaffed them and I gaily laughed
To think they could doubt my love
Yet today my love has flown away
I am without my love

Now laughing friends deride
Tears I cannot hide, oh
So I smile and say
When a lovely flame dies
Smoke gets in your eyes
Smoke gets in your eyes
Smoke gets in your eyes

   
We were made to enjoy music, to enjoy beautiful sunsets, to enjoy looking at the billows of the sea and to be thrilled with a rose that is bedecked with dew... Human beings are actually created for the transcendent, for the sublime, for the beautiful, for the truthful... and all of us are given the task of trying to make this world a little more hospitable to these beautiful things.

Henry Jackson van Dyke

   
Kind words-


Kind words they are always priceless,
from one who is sincere,
Kind to appreciates the feelings,
of friends they hold so dear.

Kind words they can be healing,
if one feels low or down,
Kind words can ease a troubled brow,
and smooth away that frown.

Kind words can ignite a spark of hope,
which from there it may inspire.
Kind words can raise, from ashes of doubt.
a small comforting glowing fire.

Kind words are something we all need.
as the path of life unfolds.
Kind words that sleep within our hearts,
are the goodness in our souls.

Richard
 

I saw our new month as I was making my final check before 

Hope everyone is sleeping/has slept well and is having/had pleasant dreams.

Good morning...

A new month already! Seems time is on a race and we need to keep up.
A day of rest here,I hope to play in the sewing room for a bit.
We will go into town for items I forgot for Janes cole slaw and more jars!

Bubble, thank you for the new start. One really knows the meaning of time flies when they are older. Seems we just got into Sept and now it is Oct.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning to Everyfriend who is here already and tose who come by later!

I'm having my breakfast and then I'll be getting ready for church.  Cathy will drop me off there and a friend will bring me home after!  I wish you all a good day.  I'm planning on one myself.  Cooper will not be here with me today but he might be by to take a bath in my tub sometime today!  We shall see!

Good morning everyone.

Good morning Rick, how is the flooding in your area? Hope it has receded.
My morning didn't go as planned but that is ok.The neighbour is cutting down a cherry tree and since he doesn't burn wood we are to get it.I heard a chainsaw going and sure enough he was reducing the chunks into smaller pieces. Grabbed the wheelbarrow and that was our morning hauling wood.

Forgot to say, there was a beautiful rainbow this morning!!

The rains have stopped and it is a nice sun shiny day. But from local chatter I understand some areas are still impassible. While being on the top of the hill may not be good in thunder storms, it sure was good when the sky opened.
This has not been a good week and am hoping the coming one will be better.

OK, it sounds like things are looking better for most of you!  They're better around here, too!

I'm on my way to burrow into the haystack for the night and then get on the move early to meet the Cooper-Snoop!  He'll be arriving around 6:45 a.m. tomorrow and he'll be looking for his breakfast!  I'm ready!!

Today was my Great Grandson Mikey's 3rd birthday!  I got a picture of him blowing out candles.  If I can figure out how to get it from my phone to the computer, I'll email it to BUBBLE to post for me.  He sure as heck doesn't spend much time in one place!  He's on the move all the time he's awake!

Now I wish you all a good night and a good tomorrow.  Make it your own in every way!

Jane, there should be an app on your phone either to place the photo in an online photo gallery or to email the image to yourself or perhaps Bubble.

My cell has an online photo gallery and links to online ones on computers. I'm also able to send it as an email attachment. These should be standard with an Android cell.

I'm unfamiliar with iPhones, so if that's your type, perhaps someone here could help.

Good Morning to any and all who poke heads in here today!

Thanks for trying PATRICIA!  My phone is an IPhone and it's a kind of oldish one.  My daughter showed me how to email myself once and I did it....once.  Then by the time I wanted to do it again, I forgot how.  I might just text Cindy and ask her to email that one to me!

I'm waiting for Cooper's arrival and then the day takes off.  I've had my breakfast and I'm almost finished with my morning coffee!  Have a good day Everyfriend!  Make it your own in every way!

Good morning...

Another busy day here. Not sure if my wants to do will win out today. Told neighbour I will help pile the brush on his trailer while he cut the limbs off and I want to do Janes cole slaw. Will just have to wait till the end of day to see what did get done.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good morning; at 8:58 and 33 degrees, we have rain but no snow. Now they're saying starting around in the next four hours. I've been up since seven and have only made coffee, always first thing, and general daily upkeep. Today will be as yesterday and like the day before. Tomorrow, I will be out to the stores for bill paying and back home again.

Last night, I made my favorite cold-weather comfort meal. I deboned two pork chops, cut them and one medium potato into chunks, added one chopped orange pepper, and half of a yellow onion, and sprayed some olive oil on the pieces in a hot wok. I ground lots of black pepper and sea salt and added a no-salt creole seasoning blend while stirring the pieces as they browned. It's the perfect comfort food and a great base to be creative with.

It's 5:52 p.m., and there's not a cloud in the blue skies. The trees are colorful with few dropped leaves, so I checked the weather to see where the snow either went or didn't go...to my surprise, I found this,

"Snowfall has ended around Fairbanks and while there could be some clearing skies to follow as the system moves east, expect another round of snow Tuesday morning from the west and spreading east throughout the day. Snow totals of around 1 to 2 inches is expected for many locations, but confidence in snow total accumulation Tuesday is low to moderate, especially as this next wave moves further east.

Well, it's been "one of those days"!!!  I was busy all day but I have no idea what I did all day!  All I can pin down is that Cooper and I took 2 walks and Cathy and I want to WalMart.

PATRICIA, is the news saying that you got an invisible snow storm in your city?  That's what it sounded like to me!

I'm heading off to the haystack and I'm going to burrow in so far that I won't be out until dawn tomorrow.  I have to be up and attem by 6:45 because Cooper will be arriving!

I wish you all a peaceful night's sleep and a good day tomorrow!  Nighty night!

Jane, that's what it sounded like to me! I went and took another couple of photos just to be sure!  Evidently, the National Weather Service got their latitude and longitude confused.      

Good morning..

Today will not be as busy as yesterday. Helped the neighbour load 3 loads of branches to go to the dump, pickled the last of the beets and chopped up all but that cabbage and carrots for Janes cole slaw which is my chore for today.

better get started on the day.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

Good Morning Everyone who stops by!  I'm off and running this morning.  I got up and hurried around getting ready to meet Cooper at 6:45.  It's so foggy out there (still) that you can hardly see past 2 houses to the corner.  Frankie said she had to really drive slowly on the way here!

Cooper had his breakfast and then took me for a nice long walk.  We met his favorite buddy on this morning's walk.  They rub noses and wag tails and say their "good mornings" and then they both go on their way!

This morning I have some more ripe tomatoes to deal with and some laundry.  So far, that's it but I'm sure other things will poke their heads up and demand attention!

Make this day a good one for you.  AMY, enjoy the cole slaw.  I just had some yesterday!  It's so easy to make when you have the jars ready! And it's really tasty.  I usually have something else to add and it's never the same thing twice.

PATRICIA, did you ever find out where your snow went?

Have a Great Day today!

Good morning, everyone. It's 25 degrees, and we had 0.01" of snow overnight, so the forecasters were overeager yesterday. It looks more like a heavy frost than real snow at 8:48 a.m. I understand Utah had measurable snow yesterday.

Now they're saying it will be heavy snow between ten and two. Today is the worst time, not only because I'll be out in it during those hours, but today is the day everyone else has a payday. From pensions and social security to the military to assistance folks, everyone will be out there with their new cash in hand.

I will not need any rocking tonight!  All the cole slaw is done ,I just have to label and put away 19 jars of it. Jane ,there was a wee bit left over and that will be for supper:)

Patricia, we are in another heat wave and I would dearly love to wave it goodbye!!

HeyEveryfriend!  I've had another one of those busy days and I'm tired at the end of it.  Frankie had a Dr. appt after work so Cooper was here for supper and another walk before she got here to pick him up.  She's off tomorrow so the day is mine. 

I got a lot done today but I'm not sure what all it was.  I didn't get any laundry done so that's on the list for tomorrow.  And a friend is picking me up for the Wednesday evening church service.  She'll be here at 6:15 to get us there by 6:30.  I've been wanting to go but I won't ask Cathy or son Phil to leave home at supper time.  We got to talking about it Sunday and two people offered to pick me up and neither one is very far from me. 

I better move along before my eyes close and I can't see to finish up the chores before heading for the haystack!  I hope you all have a good night and a good tomorrow!  Sleep tight!

Well, I'm back at 5 p.m. that "real heavy" snow was more like rain and covered parts of grass here and there. I doubt we even received the earlier 0.01 from overnight.

It reminded me of a rainy day, except it felt warmer, and the rain was white. It was not the 2 inches prophesied.

I had everything on my list except the new pair of sheets I'd planned on. I may order them from Amazon; at least they're make it home!

Good morning..

Going to be another warm one , no rain that is badly needed until Fri.
We are off to the city this morning, neighbour is looking after the dogs for us.
Better get my city duds on and get our "stuff" together for the trip.

Enjoy your day and stay safe.

I'm up and not quite attem yet.  I'm having my coffee and one of "Jim's Egg Thingys" for breakfast but I won't have Cooper today!  Frankie has the day off!  I'm sitting here in my jammies and when I'm finished, I'll get dressed and have my first walk of the day...in heavy fog!

On the menu today, cook some fresh green beans and I'm going to try something different.  I'll let you know later if it works.  I have a bit of cleaning to tend to and that and the walk and the laundry and the cooking should get me to the point of getting ready to be picked up for church.

I hope you all have a great day! Make it your own in every way!

This is what Papa Spuds brought to me  yesterday.  I have some work to do today.  Applesauce and some zucchini caprese, I think.
And,  some cream cheese  on one  of those BIG bagels , for sure!

(Sorry about the apron hanging on the pot rack.)

Take care, All.

Morning all!

This looks like it will be the last over 80 day for a while. Thank goodness because I removed the air conditioners a week and a half ago. Fortunately, it didn't get as hot as I thought it might upstairs, so I got some good sleep in. It might have something to do with overnights have been just under 60.

This morning, the guys are here busy cutting the huge pine in the backyard with the termites or carpenter ants making it a home. The tree service guy said termites, but I am sure I saw huge carpenter ants going in on the other side of the tree. They were not present when he was there. The thing is ants and termites don't get along, so it is one or the other, not both. Anyway, the climber is near the top of the tree now. Going to go watch, if I haven't missed the grand topping finality. After that I am not sure how they intend to get the main trunk down.