Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks 2008

Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks 2008

I feel the capacity to care is the thing which gives life its deepest significance. ~ Pablo Casals


Tuesday, June 30, 2009

OUR LOVELY ROSE...

WE'VE had this awesome rose bush for 20 years and every June we wait patiently to see its first blooms. It's a creamy creamy off white with the dark pink.
I just love it so much. It has never failed to bring me joy...such a simple thing as a rose.

Monday, June 29, 2009

WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND

Complements of @TheMidasMan on Twitter.com....

“What we leave behind is not engraved in stone monuments ,but woven into the lives of others."

WOW....isn't that so very very true ? The people we loved, who are now gone, are indeed woven into our hearts and thus...into our lives.
I know when I think about my beloved mother, that she is SO ingrained into who I have become, and the way I turned out...so much of HER is there in the person that I am.

Saturday, June 27, 2009

CUTE PUPPY PHOTO FROM TWITTER


I was on Twitter.com just a few minutes ago and
somebody posted this cute photo of their puppy .
I'm just a sucker for cute adorable dog photos you know. And certainly this little sleeping guy qualifies for cute and adorable..doesn't he ??

GOOD QUOTE

"Anybody who preserves the ability to recognize beauty will never get old." ~~~Franz Kafka

Sometimes it seems that the younger generation totally doesn't even see those of us who are over 50. It's as if we are by some magic...invisible to them. Invisible . How does that happen ?

One day, they are gonna look in the mirror and see an OLDER face looking back at them. Yes...it will happen. They just don't know it yet !

Thursday, June 18, 2009

DOGS



I hope there's a photo above of this great looking Pointer taking a dip in what may be somebody's swimming pool ! HA. Love it.

Actually, there are lots of great photos of dogs on the Internet. All kinds of dogs of course. ..and cute, cute puppies. How can you select just one to put at the top of your simple blog ?? AH...what a dilemna.

Dogs are...... or they can be I should say, another soulmate for you. Some dogs can see right into your soul. I truly believe that statement. Think about what that means.


Not every dog can...but some can. If you have many dogs over your lifetime, you will come to realize that . Hopefully, you will encounter, at least one dog who can see into your soul.

And because of that ability on its part, that dog can be a healer for you in dark times or lonely times or just those times when you feel like you want to shut out the world.
That dog, the one who sees into your soul ,who feels what you feel....will be there for you .

I cannot be without a dog in my life .

Friday, June 12, 2009

SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE

It's summer again and that means the return of So You Think You Can Dance on the Fox network.

I don't watch American Idol....never have.....can't really say why.

But this dance program grabbed me a few years ago one night when I was turning the channels .
Incredible young people...ages about 18 - 28 roughly...who have had some dance training and have auditioned for weeks get a chance to compete with 19 other young dancers for the win. Each week now, another young and hopeful good dancer will get "voted off'. Til we get to the final week and see who the last one standing is !!

I think they get a part in a Broadway or Vegas musical if they win..plus they do get some money ..like maybe $ 100,000.

I just watch it cause the dancers are almost ALWAYS so inspiring .
Their energy , their performances of many different styles of dance is at times quite mesmerizing to me. And there is outstanding choreography done by professional choeographers. I never knew there were so many talented choreographers around til I saw this show. What a job that would be !!

As a young girl I always thought it would be wonderful to be an accomplished dancer. But no talent in that area for me. Yet all my life I have continuted to envy anyone who could really dance well . I especially like it when the dance actually tells a story and the dancers are the interpreters to the story .

Some of these dance routines just come right out and touch your heart...making you F E E L.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

PINE RIDGE SIOUX

These girls are on the Student Council in Red Cloud High School which is on the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.
They live in the POOREST COUNTY in the USA.
Highest suicide rate and highest alcoholism rate in the USA .
But look at the smiles on their faces. With the hope of the future
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I was searching in the Yahoo search box for Native American Blogs...and there were
several links that didn't really work...but I persevered .
Don't know how , exactly I came across this blog...but I found one for
PINE RIDGE REFLECTIONS...and I can access that blog right from here.
What a nice surprise for me.

To be able to read what some of the employees and volunteers on the rez have to say.....heartwarming things going on......reaching out to people in need.
Reaching out to forgotten Americans...the First Americans.

Here is a small piece from an activity director's goodbye after working with
the Sioux ( High School ) on Pine Ridge for 2 years.

>>Ah, to be entering another temporary world- I look forward to life at Princeton, I really do, but I know I will miss everything about this place and these people. My heart was reborn here, in a sense, and I'm leaving bits of my heart all over the place here! So, here's to anyone from my life at Pine Ridge who might be reading this- I will always love you, and I will always cherish the bits of my heart which I now leave behind.>>

http://pineridgereflections.blogspot.com/2009/05/saying-goodbye.html

Monday, June 1, 2009



Life is all about the choices we make.

Depend on your inner wisdom....listen to any red flags that go up , too.

To reach a point in your life when you think you have acquired wisdom.
Oh dear, once in a while ...you find out you haven't.

What a surprise !