the gang's all here...Mr. Cardinal and his friends, the American Goldfinches all gather to stuff themselves before the snow hits!
and the snow arrives...
seems the Pine Siskins find it a bit slippery!
Looking out over my kingdom...
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009
HAIL, HAIL....
the gang's all here...Mr. Cardinal and his friends, the American Goldfinches all gather to stuff themselves before the snow hits!
and the snow arrives...
seems the Pine Siskins find it a bit slippery!
Looking out over my kingdom...
Monday, January 19, 2009
SNOW IN THE APPALACHIANS
It's snowing in the mountains today...our first snow of 2009!!!
Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
by Robert Frost (1923)
Whose woods these are I think I know.His house is in the village though;He will not see me stopping hereTo watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queerTo stop without a farmhouse nearBetween the woods and frozen lakeThe darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shakeTo ask if there is some mistake.The only other sound's the sweepOf easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.
Sunday, January 18, 2009
OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE...
Monday, Jan. 19th has been dubbed a day of national service. In support of one another and our country, please find a way to be in service to others on that day and many days to follow. Thank you.
Locally there will be a food drive held at K Mart on behalf of the Bread of Life Mission. Please help out if you can.
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
CHRISTMAS '08...A VERY GOOD YEAR!
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
2009...THE YEAR OF...
the OWL...the Barred/Hoot Owl. 2009 so dubbed due to the sighting of a Barred Owl on January 2nd. My first sighting of this species. She had taken a position on a fencepost late in the afternoon, on an overcast day. Barred owls often start hunting before dark..."Early bird gets the worm" so to speak!! We welcome her to the community, hope her stay is long and healthy.Sunday, January 4, 2009
FOR YOUR PRAYER LIST...
May you rest in peace, Jett.
As special prayers and blessings go out to the Travolta family, let's say a special prayer for every family that is grieving for a child. May God Bless them all.And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
~Rev.21:4
Friday, January 2, 2009
THERE IS A TIME...
Do you think you can take over the universe and improve it?
I do not believe it can be done.
Everything under heaven is a sacred vessel
and cannot be controlled.
Trying to control leads to ruin.
trying to grasp, we lose.
Allow you life to unfold naturally.
Know that it too is a vessel of perfection.
Just as you breathe in and breathe out,
there is a time for being ahead
and a time for being behind;
a time for being in motion
and a time for being at rest;
a time for being vigorous
and a time for being exhausted;
a time for being safe
and a time for being in danger.
To the sage
all of life is a movement toward perfection,
so what need has he
for the excessive, the extravagant, or the extreme.
~Living Wisdom of the Tao
Thursday, January 1, 2009
THE DAWNING OF A NEW YEAR...
What is the look of your New Year? How will you contribute to the ever-growing needs of your fellowman? What will you do to enhance the lives of those around you? How will you treat yourself this year? As we spend some time hibernating and renewing ourselves for the coming Spring, give some thought to the past year, then let it go and see yourself as the person you strive to be as we all continue to work toward that goal. God Bless you all in this coming year and may it be filled with blessings and miracles! Thanks for supporting me and my blog, you are all great and valued friends. Hope you can stop in often in 2009. Warm and loving Greetings to you all. Your host, Sharon
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Sunday, December 28, 2008
MEMORIES...
Dedicated to newlyweds Stacey & Brandon, Marcia & Gary and to two old folks who think they are newlyweds...Arlene & Tom!
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Monday, December 22, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
THE FLOWER...A BIT OF HISTORY...
During his stint as US ambassador to Mexico (the 1st, by Pres. Madison) Joel R. Poinsett came across a plant, native to Southern Mexico, with an incredibly beautiful red bloom. 
His love of botany and the "coincidence" of having a greenhouse in South Carolina, he sent plants back home where he shared the plants with friends and botanical gardens. The sap(known today as latex) has been used to treat fevers. The bracts of the plant provided purple dye. Montezuma loved them and had them brought into Mexico City by the "caravan loads." Some have claimed this plant is dangerous. Most recent info says it is not. Historian and horticulturist William Prescott was asked to give the plant a name. Having just finished a book about the Conquest of Mexico, he was familiar with the fact that Joel Poinsett had introduced this plant to the U.S. Thus, we have the Poinsettia.
His love of botany and the "coincidence" of having a greenhouse in South Carolina, he sent plants back home where he shared the plants with friends and botanical gardens. The sap(known today as latex) has been used to treat fevers. The bracts of the plant provided purple dye. Montezuma loved them and had them brought into Mexico City by the "caravan loads." Some have claimed this plant is dangerous. Most recent info says it is not. Historian and horticulturist William Prescott was asked to give the plant a name. Having just finished a book about the Conquest of Mexico, he was familiar with the fact that Joel Poinsett had introduced this plant to the U.S. Thus, we have the Poinsettia.Sunday, December 14, 2008
Saturday, December 13, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
A CHRISTMAS REMINDER...
Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps.
"DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. "Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. "Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.' "Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?"VIRGINIA O'HANLON."115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET.
"VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except [what] they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia, whether they be men's or children's, are little. In this great universe of ours man is a mere insect, an ant, in his intellect, as compared with the boundless world about him, as measured by the intelligence capable of grasping the whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished.
Not believe in Santa Claus! You might as well not believe in fairies! You might get your papa to hire men to watch in all the chimneys on Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus, but even if they did not see Santa Claus coming down, what would that prove? Nobody sees Santa Claus, but that is no sign that there is no Santa Claus.
The most real things in the world are those that neither children nor men can see. Did you ever see fairies dancing on the lawn? Of course not, but that's no proof that they are not there. Nobody can conceive or imagine all the wonders there are unseen and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart the baby's rattle and see what makes the noise inside, but there is a veil covering the unseen world which not the strongest man, nor even the united strength of all the strongest men that ever lived, could tear apart. Only faith, fancy, poetry, love, romance, can push aside that curtain and view and picture the supernal beauty and glory beyond.
Is it all real? Ah, VIRGINIA, in all this world there is nothing else real and abiding. No Santa Claus! Thank God! he lives, and he lives forever. A thousand years from now, Virginia, nay, ten times ten thousand years from now, he will continue to make glad the heart of childhood.
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
A REMINDER FOR US ALL...
At Christmas play and make good cheer
For Christmas comes but once a year.
~Thomas Tusser
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