What I'm Overweight, Oh my God I didnt Know!!!!!!!

My 11 year old newphew took this photo last year. I thought he did pretty good. He was so excited, I said here take my camera and go get some pictures. I have about 40 of the farm cats, but he did a very good job.

It is funny what a word of encouragement can do. It can turn a bad day into a good one, it can make you more productive, definately happier, more challenged etc.

I have to say I had a meltdown yesterday. I have a Chronic Illness and have had this for six years. one of the things about it is that it is an invisible disability. It is mainly controlled by medications. In about six years I have gained about 40 lbs....yes it is alot but I am so immobile that I have trouble getting rid of....Now the thing is I have always been a plus size woman....but I take real offense when someone says....if Cinner lost weight she might be healthy and be able to go back to work. If only it were that simple. Why is it that when you are overweight some people see you as fat and lazy? I worked right up until I could no longer function as I was falling all the time....Now its not the fat opn my body that causes that to happen. So far there is no cure, so for somebody to say lose weight and you will be [perfectly fine frosts my ass. Thier I have finally swore on my blog....26 years of working in management to not working was hard enough but having people you thought care about you talk behind your back about it makes me crazy....I have a friend and she says cinner you are responsible for how people treat you...I know she is right, I am gonna have to put an end to this as it is nothing but upsetting for me. If this person really cared she would learn about my condition. AND is age a reason to be rude....or saying, well she is old, just let it slide.....I usually an okay with this but it has been going on for about six years now and I am venting....but think I am going to explode one of these days. If you have any suggestions. I would love any advise you could give me, and yes I pray for the strength to still be kind to this woman, but I am finding it rather difficult....Lord wasn't this a fun read today. Sorry, I guess everyonce in a while we have a bad day...they really make us appreciate the good ones. Take Care, Be Kind to Others!

A Special Place

This is a carving I did for my husband a couple of years ago for his birthday. It representing all our little trips to the mountains in our little pink hyundai, or should I say my little pink car...Now I have it parked in the back behind my house as I can no longer drive it because of my Cataplexy. The best part of our trips besides being together is the little white church behind the car. It is hard to see in this picture. I think it is the most romantic little church ever set on main street in the mountains. sunday morning you can hear the church bell ring echo to alert that church is about to begin. Y ou can watch all the tourists from all backgounds on their way, some holding hands, some laughing. The street is abuzz. I t is like a real holiday on Sunday mornings and always puts in a place a hundred years ago....all I really need is a big ole grizzly bear to coming walking down from the mountains. In reality the last time we went there, it was overrun with rabbits...they seemed as if they were everywhere. While I was doing some spring cleaning the carving made me stop and think of our trips to our little place. We don't get there much anymore...but for just a moment today I travelled. Have a great day.

Butterflys & Friends

Yesterday I went for lunch with a friend of mine. She is famous for her "Happy Day" gifts. She has a heart of gold and is always giving...She knits hats for the homeless, and scarves and sometimes blankets. People she meets she will take surprise gifts to them. She is a wonderful lady. We became good friends just before her husband passed away, and that was over 10 years ago. She has been an absolute godsend in my life. I have know three women in my life whom were the epitemy of a true lady...my grandmother, my great aunt, and my friend. Every once in awhile my friend will surprise me by something she will say just out of the blue....anyway yesterday she gave me this beautiful handmade sweater with a butterfly on the front and on the back. I think it is beautiful and I know how many hours it would have taken her to make this for me. I know that every stitch was made with love and that makes the sweater even more precious to me. Friends come and go in our lives. It is sad when you lose a friend, some of us change and go our separate ways, some we have for life, some for a moment...Some of my childhood friends from school, I am closer to their mothers and thats okay too. I have also figured out the difference between acquaintances and true friends...and now I am finding blogland friends which I love.....so to my new friends I hope you all have a great day!

Mother Theresa said that their are more people that die of lonliness than any other disease.....

with that in mind keep your friends close and your loveones closer. Be your own best friend!

Please Mr. Sun

Why is it so cold?
Where oh where is Mr. Sun?
If I could be so bold,
Please arrive so we can have some fun!

You see I am so tired
When you are not around,
When your rays shine I am inspired,
It is like a new strenth in myself is found.

I am so much better,
When you show your face.
Without you I am like an English Setter,
Sad and forlorn in an empty space.

So Please, please Mr.Sun.
Please come my way today.
Please don't take a liesurely walk, run!
When you arrive, I hope and pray you will stay.
author, Cinner

iI have to say we have had the strangest weather, yesterday, sun ,rain, sleet, snow, sun,thunder and a little hail. So I am sure you understand why the weather needs to settle down. It has been such a long winter. I always feel better when the sun is shining, as I think most everyone does.
Unfortunately today I need a sleep, I have been only up an hour. I have Cataplexy with a variant of Narcolepsy. No sun does not help my condition...So I shall nap and hope for the sun. Have a great Day. Yaaawn! oh and again, Yaawn! sorry...goodnight!

Four Feathers Not Three

The other day I had gone into my shed and found three feathers, see previous post. So I went back to make sure there was not a bird in the shed. I went to pick up the feathers and voila there were 4 instead of 3. Apparently in christianity feathers represented virtues. An image of 3 feathers were made into signet rings and were dipped in wax and used for stamping documents representing charity, hope and faith. This info was found on the net on a site about symbols. It also said that they represent the 4 directions and because they are from the sky, it represents spirituality. As I do not know how that crow got into the shed as the door has been closed over the winter due to the snow. I am taking it as a symbol of something. Comments were made on my post that it represents good medicine. That sounds great to me. Now to make me sound even crazier about 3 years ago a falcon sat on the corner of the shed for about 3 hours while I was in the yard. I sat at my table watching, wishing I had my camera, knowing that if I moved that it would fly away. And yet another story, when I was 19 I quit a job over a bird. It is the only job I ever quit....it was a telephone soliciting place and I hated it. I was walking down the stairs after my shift one evening, I stepped outside and a bird pooped on my head. If that is not a sign I don't know what is. I can roll on the floor laughing about it now as I think about it. I think signs are sent to us every day. It is all a matter of the individuals perception of the occurence and I choose to believe! Two more incidents with birds, we had ducks on the farm and we had a plastic swimming pool about 4 feet wide, the ducks got into it and ripped the bottom all apart....Was that a sign...yes to keep the ducks away! We never did get a new pool. Also we had found an owl with a broken wing. We took care of it and it sat on our shoulders. One day it flew away circling the farm as if it were watching. It came every so often and then one day was gone....No wonder I am a bird lover and a believer....

Who is She?

This painting I did after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans. This picture without this frame shows how the hair is like a whirlwind. The little girl in the picture I called Katrina.....Yesterday my husband and I went for groceries and I saw the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. She was with her Mom. The little girl was smiling and she had no front teeth. It was like she had sunshine all around her. I was passing them and I said, "Oh my what happened to your teeth?"She smiled at me, she was so excited and said in a quiet little voice, "They fell out!"I told her she was just beautiful, had a little talk with her Mother whom also had one of the biggest smiles I had ever seen.They waved and I waved as we went our separate ways. I just felt on cloud nine after meeting this lovely young child with not a care in the world. She seemed so happy, so loved, so safe. The auroa was just brilliant. I woke tonight thinking of her and wondered, how many people are gonna be touched by this little girl. It was as if she had been sent to beam hope,faith and love my way. Most of the other customers seemed so oblivious to her. They were in their own thoughts getting their produce, some obviously in a hurry. I thought to myself, sad that some people don't know the joy that is so close to them. Everyone I met I smiled and talked to, wished the clerk a fabulous day, opened the door for an elderly lady, etc, talked to a fellow passing by our home. I was sitting outside. I swear it felt like Waltons Mountain around here. My day was made from one little angel. I know I will think of her again, she was my little Katrina. My advise to anyone is to smile more, worry less and have faith that we are in good hands. Notice the good in people, feed from the positive. It may just be enough to turn your day around...It is 452 am and I am ramblin on and on. I hope you have a great day. Keep Smiling.

Live Poppies Live

As of yesterday we still have snow on the ground. Last week some of my poppies and I think Delphiniums were poking their little stems through the dirt. I hope they survive these weather changes. I know I will, even with the snow the sun is shining and the neighborhood is abuzz. Children are out playing and laughing across the street. They make me smile although I am greatful I do not have to take care of five little children. I love them but they play me out just watching them.
I went into my shed today to get some pots for my little seedlings and their by my potting table were three long crow feathers. Now my cat can get into the shed, so I am thinking what happened to the bird. I looked around and could not find anything. Now I am sure the bird did not fly in, drop 3 feathers and leave, and if it did then is it -------crazy. So I am going to have to do a thorough cleaning in there, or by June, if it is there phew.... I am grateful that God throws these silly things at me. It is a release from all the hardships that we hear about daily. Nap time now, Bird Hunting later....p.s. I hope he is not in there or I will be upset with my cat. P.S. Holly I would have rather found a beautiful robins egg.

Roads to Travel

Do you ever wonder what is in store for you next, where will you end up, or what will you do, whom will you see? Lately I am struck on the fact that your whole life can change in a moment by the decisions you make, the kindness in your heart, the wisdom in your mind. I wonder if we counted all the roads we travel in our mind, would it surpass the actual travelled roads we have been on. Just a thought to make you wonder.....

Right now I am travelling off to bed and will continue onward and upward tomorrow. Goodnight. ...oh I always say about the utility lines that they seem to make their way into my photos. If you look really close, they are there once again. lol

The Red Barn

When I visited my parents, it was 10 hours in our truck. I was overtired so to keep myself amused i was a clicking camera fanatic. I was playing with the modes and settings and voila....The Red Barn. It kind of reminds me of an oil painting. Being a farm girl I love barns, of course they have to be older and showing some wear. I think thats what gives it character. In our old barn which I have to say was quite something, especially to a child.. was a place to go and play jumping from bale to bale, finding kittens curled in a corner. I remember my Mom was milking the cow one morning and mmy older sister and I had found a snake...we were excited. we had it on an end of a stick to show mommy...My mother screamed, the cow kicked over the pail of milk, and then mom screamed again,but this time at her little hooligans still sporting the snake! We let the snake go and to this day I am scared of them. Another not so funny thing a cousin of mine and I did was go and sit at the top of the hay bales thinking that nobody would see us. We sat there and she lit up a smoke, along came my older sister and she blew her stack. You could burn down the barn, then I thought Blah, Blah, Blah...now I know how serious it was. We told our Dad about it years later, He just shook his head. Another time we had a bull delivered when we were away and when we got home we had no barn door or bull. He was not too far away, just a little walk to the nearest pasture....I hated the bulls, They had rings in their nose and we had to lead them to water. Those bulls knew I was scared and what would they do, walk around and around in a circl...my Dad would come to help me, he would grab the leash and they would walk to water as if it were the easiest thing to do....I have many other memories, somehow the ones we seem to remember the most are the ones when we get in trouble. Many years that barn sheltered the cattle and pigs, it taught us responsibility, The barn was built by my great grandfather and the farm is now a fourth generation farm. The barn is long gone and so are the men who built it, I am sure they would have great stories to tell about the Beautiful Red Barn they had built. I wish I had some of the old barn wood, weathered and worn, but it is all gone, but the memories are there. That barn is the reason for my love of animals. P.S. Those animals I talk of loving do not include snakes.

Picture Perfect?

One morning while I was at the farm, I heard the chatter of the squirrels in the trees. I jumped up to get my camera and this little fellow spotted me, I swear he was like lightning, scurrying amongst the trees, playing peek a boo. Finally this is the one good shot I got of him, I saw him a few times over the weekend. He reminded me of the little gopher in the movie Caddy Shack. I was in his way, all I wanted was a photo, he was on the hunt for food. Have you ever been scolded by a squirrel? Well I was that day. the nerve of him! It was as if I was being told to get off the property you tresspassing stranger you. Well I am not one to give up easily but I decided I had better things to do than chase a squirrel all day. So off I went searching for the perfect next picture. Myabe the dog, you can never go wrong with a picture of a dog, or maybe the cats. I did know there would be no more darn squirrels for me.

To Know Me

My eyes follow you from side to side

Today they are green and serious.

Sometimes they are blue and wide.

The scarf was added to be mysterious.

I do not think it worked but at least I tried.

If truth be told the scarf was wore to hide an extra chin. I know it is silly of me to worry about being thin. When common sense kicks in, well hell. then I know I am fine. There is no self doubt...I am a most expensive wine.!

My first pic where the eyes seem to follow!

Have an awesome day! I am going to recycle the scarf. I don't need it anymore and my double chin is really quite precious! Believe, believe, believe.....

Sun and Light

My great Aunt left this to my Mother. She had had it hanging in her kitchen for at least 20 years. When I was at the farm, she told me she was going to get a new light and said if I wanted I could have it. I was delighted. Trust me when I say the picture does not do this chandelier justice at all. When the light hits the crystals it sparkles just beautifully. I am so pleased. So one day it will hang in my home....yeah.

well I was busy in my flower beds putzing today and I saw my first Robin. It was an amazing 18 degrees here and supposed to dip below zero tomorrow night....How can this be....

More tomorrow.

Getting to the Root of the Problem

First and foremost I am glad to be back in the land of blogging. I was only gone for five days and have realized how much I actually missed it and missed all of you. My husband and I went to visit my parents at the farm where I grew up. It was so great to see them. As we age some of us encounter health problems. It is very hard to see the changes in your parents. You also have to walk a very thin line as to not offend them, even though you are trying to help. My father is a very proud man and believes he can do everything, although he admits he might have to go a little slower. We all had a great visit and my mother cooked enough for 20 people, thus resulting in a few more added pounds to my already round little body. I do not have a willpower when I am there at all. After a day attempting to refrain, day 2 begins with a what the hell attitude and now trying every desert placed before you for inspection. I know others have said it, My Mom is the world's best cook!!!!!This morning I am sitting here drinking water, water, water. While I was home my dads siberian Husky went for a tour and was gone overnight. I thought it was going to be a very sad day. Luckily one of the neighbors called and my Dad went speeding(I am sure) to get his beloved friend. So Buster is spending some time on his chain. He looked so forlorn. Every spring he wonders even though he is fixed. Anyway it was good to go and last night it was great to be in my own bed. Now if they could just slow down a little, it might help some of their health issues....They don't know how to slow down, they have worked hard all thier lifes and they are happy! The picture is of a tree in their front yard. It was planted when I lived there. I spent some time taking pictures of a squirrel and flocks of Canadian geese flying overhead. I will show more in a few days. Glad to be back.

Peaceful

Just a quick note to let you know that I have not abandoned you. I am taking a much needed rest for a few days. best wishes to all, be back soon.

I am amazed, there are no power lines in here. LOL..

I absolutely love the park bench. Look at the grain in the wood. It was beautiful, I spent a couple hours sitting on it about a year ago. There was a wedding just across from it taking place. The little flower girl had little angel wings, she was so precious. It was a beautiful day, so very enjoyable to sit and just be.

Is It a Gift??

This beautiful pond is the focul point in one of my sisters yards. Water runs from a barrel brought up by an old pump into the first section and then down into the main pond. The picture just does not do it justice. They have 3 goldfish living in the pond during the summer months. I love the sound of running water. I find it very relaxing. I may do more work with my pond this summer. I have posted a picture of it previously and had it featured in our local paper. With the recession there has been some buzz that they may have to close. They have done alot with the community and have helped with the local businesses cleaning up the area. They have also advertised for our local volunteer coffee shop in our neighborhood, and getting the community more involved. It would be a shame if it has to stop due to hard times. If this is the case, I hope the community can keep up the involvement in the area. I think in hard times people do come together for support. It is the simple things that will keep us going, things like our gardens and ponds, friends, family and pets. I feel that I have already gone through the worst recession of my life when I became ill and the struggle that I had to go through, we were a two income family and overnight it became one. We were suddenly in the hole and got behind very quickly. Insurance company made the first 3 years hell, and here we are today living the best we can, getting by, slowly getting back on our feet. It was a life changing experience for us, we really learnt what was important to us/ I for the first few months did not know if I was going to die or what was happening. A Lifechanging experience can put things into perspective pretty quick, we choose our path, sometimes it takes awhile to face things or changes in yourself. I don't look back, I am living my life, blessed by God that I found a great doctor, blessed that medication helps my illness to control it usually. You take the good with the bad and deal with life. There is no fancy about me, I have gone from a shopper to a non shopper, I watch the flyers, I save coupons, I use my airmiles, I cut my own hair(yes there will be a post about that),I don't care what the Jones have or don't. I was blessed to learn you don't need much. If you have love on your side and stay committed to living, learning, becoming a better person, then all will fall into place. I t may not be what we planned. Sometimes new circumstances change your plans for the better. Thats all I have for today.

Our first Spring Storm

I am sitting in my computer room listening to the rain. Earlier the sky blackened and boom went the thumder and then the sky lit up with some flashes of lightening. about 5 minutes later the sun was shining. The rain continued pouring gleaming in the sunlight. We still have snow on some of the ground. I would think it may go fast now with the rain. I don't remember a thunderstorm so early. When the sun was shining we had a glimmer of a rainbow. It is very strange weather as if purchance God is reminding us of all the beauty. I love to listen to the rain. When I was a child my dad and I would sit in the farm truck and listen, neither of US saying anything, both of us enjoying the peace and the tranquility. I sit here reminded of dancing in the rain with my husband last summer. The rain was so warm. It was beautiful. Anyway I am up because my one dog, KULA, is very afraid and barks everytime it thunders, so I try to calm him down and tell him it's okay. He has finally settled down. As I am sitting in the room I can hear the neighbors boxer bark and whine as well. He always appears on my fence looking as if to say, Can I come over please, please, can I , can I. It is so peaceful, shall I sit some more and listen, it is almost hypnotizing, awesome stress reliever....oh maybe a few more minutes, then good night all.

Walking on Sunshine

I am reccomending that you go and visit a blog that i follow called Walking on Sunshine. She has a video that reminds us all why jesus died for us. The video is by Brad Paisley and Sara Evans. It was heart wrenching. Her blog is definately worth checking out. Have a great day.

Who Are We?

This painting I did is a memory of a painting I had seen when I WAS much younger. i KNOW it is not close enough to the original for any kind of plagerism. It was of horses running, not running from something but just doing it because they are happy. That is how I felt today....happy, i believe because the sun was shining. It was warm enough to sit outside for awhile in my chair. The air was so fresh. Every spring for many years I get the urge to move....where this comes from I do not know/ it really is ridiculous, so would I want to move or want to run, and would it be run to or run from.....theres probably a story in there somewhere....maybe a little therapy, however life is enough therapy for me. Besides I watch Oprah.

She had a really good show on today, it was about how couples are dealing with the recession...pretty much it was keep the communication going and be committed to getting through things together.One woman talked about how she felt when she lost her job, as if she no longer had an identity. I can understand this as when I had to go on a disability due to my illness, I remember the first time someone asked me what I did and I was so ashamed. I have learned alot since then, that i am valuable without me working and its a fulltime workload being at home, especially when you are having a bad day. I also learnt that I don't have a need for material things anymore or the use. Oh I do have my treasures, box of crafts, soapstone, old cards and letters, etc. I realized I was not my job, I was me without it. I did not need a job to identify me.....that was one of the most valuable lessons I could have ever learnt. At any given time I believe we can reinvent ourselves, be whatever we want.....people change, it is their character and their morals that tend to stay the same. What today we see as a hardship may soon be interpreted as a blessing.....See how I can get sidetracked....what does that have to do with the painting....oh yes, I have had people say oh its two horses and a gorilla.....how they can see that is beyond me. no gorillas.....horses 3 of them. I guess art is like life, all a matter of interpretation. I hope you have the luxury to figure out whom you really are....it's a lifetime of lessons. I am ready for my next lesson. More when I am not so tired.

Good in People

Extreme Makeover Home Edition is one of my favorite shows. It actually makes me ashamed of myself that i ever feel gloomy about anything. There are so many deserving people in the world.The last time I watched it was all about wild animals that had been purchased as pets because oh they are so cute when they are little. And yes they are cute, but they grow up and are a wild animal. The family took all these animals in, the cruelty to the animals was unreal. They showed horrible wounds from being declawed. One of the animals had cigars put out on its

coat. *Why would they do that! I believe there were 24 plus animals that they were taking care of on their own...so that these animals could have a life...they could never live in the wild, but they were learning to trust humans again. The family had the biggest heart., as so many that they feature. Every week it restores my faith in people that the good outweigh the bad by far.The way the communities get behind these families is very inspiring. The love and the friendship, the caring and the given is really fabulous. /////

Tonight they showed a lady that had just turned 104...I believe on Oprah....She does charity work for seven different organizations....She is amazing, rides a bike faster than me, unless I was a being chased by atiger,,,,just maybe I would be faster....Take a moment of your day to be kind to the closest person to you. Angels are born that way!

Brighter Days

I have various types of poppies that grow in different beds in my garden. I have beeen planting for about 7 years. My favorite poppy are the bright red poppies. They remind me of our Canadian rembrance Day. I also have blue and pink poppies...love them all. All the seeds were given to me by one of my neighbors that was moving. She knew all the real names. It's funny but when she would tell me the long words I would just fade away....to me flowers are a blessing after a long winter, each one makes me smile. Every year I marvel at what comes up and sometimes what does not. And why do some come only every two years, or why do some grow rampantly about the yard. Some were certainly not by me...There are some beautiful weeds that grow and can take over a yard.(the himalayan Balsam)...But I love all the beautiful pink blossoms that extend from every leaf. they grow about 6 feet tall. I kinda got sidetracked here..more later.

Look at this beautiful flower that opened in my yard one day.

It unfolded in all its beauty and seemed as if to say,

Thankyou for tending to me lady.,it was a kind thing that you did.

What the flower did not know, it was in the garden that i hid.

You see I hid from the truth that my illness had changed me,

I just wanted to be in my garden, I needed everyone to just let me be.

Sometimes things happen to us, we can have a pity party or decide to get on with life and be your very best. I think of whom I am now, a much stronger person. I have become informed and challenge myself everyday. I ask for nothing because I am in Gods hands, I will be taken care of.

Slowly I forget what I used to be. We don't make progress if we look back, we stand up, we face things, we look ahead. we believe in what gets us through and so I continue to plant my flowers.

I strive to be the best that I can be....If nobody understands this one, I do apologize.. When I am tired I tend to ramble. So off to bed I go as happy as a lark.Until tomorrow.

Patience

Check out this little fellow waiting to catch this farm cat. He knows he has to sit and wait for that cat to come to him. How does he know this?He watched two ladies try to catch some of the kittens, the two ladies being his Mom and I. Of course we could get them for him, after all we can do anything in his eyes....Not anymore! he told us we were crazy and had done nothing but scare them. Talk about ungrateful...the energy it took even trying, well one day he will appreciate us more. So here he sat for a couple of days to get his cat. It was actually very inspiring to see him so determined to reach his goal. Finally the cat did come and they were great friends for the rest of the visit. I think sometimes we forget to be patient and have faith that all good things shall come to us. For the little boy, it was his cat. For myself it is to live within my restrictions. If everything in life were easy...it really would not be living. Sometimes hardships are blessings....we just have to see things from all angles. Through the eyes of a child, it is very simple. It beats the alternative. Have a great day.

Three Sisters

This is the Three Sister Mountains by Banff National Park. It has great meaning to me as I have two sisters ....so when I look at these mountains I always think of my sisters and I....so much alike and yet so different. Two of us have a real resemblance and no matter where we go people say how much we look alike. Even scarier is how much we think alike. Words are spoken without being said understood by just a look. I am the middle sister, surrounded by their love. Both of my sisters have two children and I love them as if they were mine. I have been and am truly blessed to have them in my life. They are strong, resiliant and very loved......and we are Three Sisters!

Duck out of Water

Sometimes I feel like a,Duck Out of Water, no I am kidding...it seemed appropriate for the picture. I love the picture because of the brilliant green on the head of the duck....of course it's a male because of the vibrant color. Have you ever sat and watched the ducks. They have their own little personalities, one might be more aggessive than others or would it be assertive. This is one of my favorite past times when I am on vacation. It reminds me how calm the world can be if we just take the time to marvel in the beauty that surrounds us. All for now. No animals were injured in the taking of this picture. LOL.

If Buildings Could Talk

I love old buildings,
I wonder what's behind each door,
And whom are the people.
Have we met before?

If I walked up the steps,
And knocked upon their door,
I wonder if they would welcome me,
And ask me to come in, or would
they hide behind the curtain,
and wait for me to go.

I ponder for a moment,
and then proceed upon my way.
Every family has a story and something to say.
This old building feels to me warm and cozy,
I slowly saunter down the path ,
anxiously awaiting new buildings ahead.

Not Another One!

Well here is another photo I had taken of brilliant colors , the brightness of the mustard overpowering the gloomy day that was looming all around .....and smack in the middle is a power line. If you are new to my blog I have recently noticed many in such pictures that I have taken. I have an obsession for photography since my best friend bought me a digital a few years ago. There will always be landscape, old buildings,flowers, birds, anything in the outdoors with a few others thrown in so that i do not obsess over one thing. My husband is off for 3 days. I think I need an excursion to our river valley to get some shots. Have a great rest of the weekend. take care for now.

Busted!!!!!

Well yesterday, I walk into the livingroom and lo and behold there is my new dog living large on the futon....not sitting on it, but standing. I worry he will fall off and break a leg....

Anyway some very disturbing news, 42 dogs were siezed from what authorities believe is our cities first puppy mill. The conditions were appalling. What they showed on the news was absolutely horrible. It makes me crazy knowing that there are such cruel people in the world. I can not believe that people can breed these dogs and it's all about selling them and making a profit.

It is just heartwrenching. Thank God a stop was put to it, and thank God a concerned citizen alerted the police.

The other bad news to report is yet once again it is snowing. The good news is there will be lots of moisture, more shoveling, then the need for a hot chocolate. I might just curl up with a good book and forget about how anxious I am for Spring to arrive. I know it has on the calendar. but our weather is proof it has been delayed. Have a great and glorious day, do something fun if u can!

Is There Ever Too Much Bling

So heres the deal. I have a passion for bling, anything shiny. I am like a crow that wonders upon a shiny item and picks them up, in my case buying them. I must have about 40 pins.Some have been presents, some I have bought. When I look at them all together I realize I have a thing for bugs.....dragonflies, bees, ladybugs. Then you add a bunch of frogs, some cameos, some flowers and lets face it, just some tacky,tacky pins. What was I thinking? The next question is Where can I wear them....I no longer work,,,,they don't really fit my jean and tsirt lifestyle. The funny thing is I used to wear these pins, usually with a scarve and a business suit...Now think of this a scarf wrapped about someone whom does not have a neck .I kid you not, if I ever say keep your chin up, you need to know I am keeping 3 up. So with a scarf wrapped upon this lack of neck and then yes, I would just add a big ole pin right in the centre of the scarf....I thought I was a vision of lovliness.But that was nothing...when the bedazzler became a must have, I was there like white on rice. In hindsight I also had one of the most tackiest jean jackets walking the face of the earth. Oh I had a step in my walk where I really thought that I was all that and a bag of chips, and did you know you can use every jem that comes with a bedazzler on one jean jacket. I feel like I am having flashbacks of the sixtys....but I was only three, so maybe it was the seventys or eightys.Anyway tacky or not I am keeping the pins, the jean jacket is long gone...(Isn't that a shame!)Just know if you ever see a crow fly overhead with something shiny....it could have been mine. LOL. Have a great day!

April Fools Day

Everyone have a great day....What jokes will you pull today.... I always say once the first of April arrives, our winter is so close to being over.

Soon the tulips will be up and the birds will be singing. I will be in my yard...in my little part of heaven.

Love to all.

Operation Nice

Good Morning Everyone, This morning I stumbled upon a site called Operation Nice. It is a blog about nice people and the things they do. While reading different blogs I have noticed how so many of us are getting tired of watching the news and reading about bad things. Operation Nice is worth a check in my opinion. None of us know to whom we have been a difference. It could be a smile to a stranger, a conversation, opening a door, giving praise. All of us have certain events that have made an impact on us....One of my nice people I will never forget is a friend of my sister. A few years back when I first became ill, I suffered a TIA (mild stroke) or so they thought. As I lay on the floor, my sister panicking as she was calling an ambulance. I was aware of everything going on around me. Suddenly their was a hand on my shoulder and the most calming voice I had ever heard saying you are going to be okay and she kept rubbing my shoulder until the medics arrived. She was a friend of my sisters. She and her husband had arrived durning the evening. I had met her briefly once before. I had arrived after they had gone to bed. I don't know why but her voice convinced me I was going to be okay and it was as if I just became very peaceful....I believe she is one of gods angels walking the earth....and wasnt it a coincidence that she was there that night. I call her my angel. About two months went by and I was having more tests done and a package came for me. Inside the box was a Willow Tree Angel. What a thoughtful and caring person. She made a huge difference in my life. We all could be somebodys angel without ever knowing it. All we have to do is be nice and kind. Have a great day. Remember we are truly blessed for every opportunity or hardship we endure, it is all a part of life....now I am teary eyed....goodness I believe I could be pre, present or post....LOL