Macy's Window

Saturday night as friend and I were searching for the right place to eat we passed this delightful Christmas window.

Marsh

During a pleasant walk today I snapped these reflections at Bashakill Marsh

Happy Birthday

Met

Its Good To Be Home

It’s still raining but I am back home with a cup of tea and we made a stop by the library on the way home so I have a couple of books to dig in to. I never read fantasy but for some reason tonight I couldn’t find anything in the regular section so I choose two books from the fantasy section Gravelight by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Shapechanger's Songby Jennifer Roberson so I am going to go sit in my favorite chair and think about something besides reality

Can Never Find The Right Plumber

Dreary gray, wet rainy day, we can call the plumber to fix the plumbing or AAA to fix a tire. There should be someone I could call to fix a leaky sky. I was hoping to go to the beach today but this rain is damping my enthusiasm for the idea.
Actually it’s not too wet maybe I will venture outside anyway. I feel kind of grumpy like I got up on the wrong side of the bed, I think it’s because I spent the night in a motel room. I hate motels the beds are too hard and I only like sleeping in my own bed with my own pillows, but I have a lovely cup of steaming tea and that can fix most of the inconveniences in life. So I guess I will go shower and see what the breakfast bar looks like. Wishing you all a day filled with rainbows.

Thank You All For Your Good Wishes

I am out of the hospital !!
I was blessed with a very nice roommate and a new friend
This week is full of doctor visits but I am planning on seeing some friends mixing the sweet with the bitter.
As I will in the city I won’t be posting this week Thank you all for your good wishes

Taking Time Out ---

Guess autumn is a time to hibernate
so I am in that state
Hospitals don't let me blog
So till they let me out
I'm in a fog

OK - bad poetry ----
Harmony asked me to let you know she is in the hospital and will be back posting as soon as she gets out...
Endment

Turkeys Crossing The Field

field of wild turkeys
tall rows of sunflower
bees gather honey

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Sand Beach

child building sandcastles

waves dancing round his feet

he laughs with glee

with a roar and whisper

the voice of the sea calls to me

enticing me to play

my hand reaching

out of smooth white sand

a siren arises

A Few Thoughts On Worms

Betain sent me an email with this informative information about worms that I am passing on to you.
A minister decided that a visual demonstration
would add emphasis to his Sunday sermon.
Four worms were placed into four separate jars.
The first worm was put
into a container of alcohol.
The second worm was put
into a of cigarette smoke.
The third worm was put into
a container of chocolate syrup.
The fourth worm w! as put into
a container of good clean soil.
At the conclusion of the sermon,
the Minister reported the following results:
The first worm in alcohol -
Dead.!
The second worm in cigarette smoke -
Dead .
Third worm in chocolate syrup -
Dead .
Fourth worm in good clean soil -
Alive.
So the Minister asked the congregation -
What can you learn from this demonstration?
Maxine was sitting in the back,
quickly raised her hand and said,
"As long as you drink,
smoke and eat chocolate,
you won't have worms!"
Well I read this and thought Maxine is right, I need to take up smoking but then C said Harmony since you don’t smoke you’ll have to eat twice as much chocolate. Well… if I must, I must.

Nest

acrylic

Breezes

curtain stirs as
the shadow of death passes
my open window

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Second Chakra

A beautiful orange rock I saw today while on my walk

orange the color for the second chakra

I especialy love orange when used with soft mossy green or celadon

While reading True Balance I kept thinking I am not very balanced not that that is any big surprise one of my reasons for reading the book is that I want more balance and serenity in my life. After reading Potato Prints list I decided to see if I could make one of my own.

Things that ballance me
Acupuncture
Walks on the beach or at the park
Chakra meditation group
Sitting in the garden
Taking a nap
Writing poetry or in my Journal
Peter’s workshops
Drinking water
Incense
Fresh air
music

After writing my list today I went for a lovely walk in the park and had a short but lovely stop at the beach.

Space Between

wind kisses my cheek
whispers secrets in my ear
bright pebbles on sand
river bubbles with laughter
sunlight dances with green leaves

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Dorothy Morgan

2,9996 is a tribute remembering the lives of the victums of 9/11. My posts this weekend will be in memory of Dorothy Morgan.

On the Trade Center victims list she is listed as Dorothy Morgan, 47 years, Hempstead NY. That doesn’t say much but there are fragments of information that survive her. That is part of the tragedy of her sudden death - that we are left with only fragments. Described by her daughter as “a diva” and “a beautiful person,” the two words I most often found used to describe her were "warm" and "smiling."

Some of the fragments paint a picture for us of this beautiful woman and tell us that her family were important to her. She made time every week to spend with her mother Dorothy Burke, her daughter Nykiah and her grandson. She was an active member of the Faith Baptist Church in Hempstead and the Allen African-American Methodist Episcopal Church in Jamaica, Queens. We also know her birthday is March 12, she collected Barbie Dolls and frequently ate Chinese take out ( something many of us probably have in common with her). She worked at Marsh McLennan as a broker.

Dorothy left behind her daughter Nykiah Morgan and Nykiah's son, her mother, Dorothy Burke, sisters Ethell Bennett, Patricia Williams, Earlene Stephenson and Stephanie Rose, brothers Desi Burke, Cecil Burke as well as nices and other friends and family.

Solitudes

steaming cupa chi

fleeting memories of you

yellow leaf falling

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Hummingbirds in The Rain

Early this morning, from the back window, grazing at the edge of the lawn, I saw two doe and two fawns. I am sitting here on the front porch and I am not going to think about the box I am unpacking in the front room, I’ve opened it and spread everything out on the table, thrown away as much as possible .

Now I am at the stage where I stare at it in bafflement and occasionally walk by and move something then do more baffled starring but I am not going to think about any of that; instead I am going to drink a cup of hot coca with marshmallows and listen to the sound of falling rain and hummingbird wings as a dozen or so fly overhead maneuvering for a spot at the feeder.

I have a copy of the The Time Traveler's Wife that I’ve just started. When I put it down I was on page 55 and Henry is naked waiting in the meadow. I think this must be where he meets Clare so I wish you a good evening and I am going to join Henry and Clare.

Heaven

If there is anything more confusing to me than life it has to be death…My sister Candi sent me the following story in an email today I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. I feel a lot like this little boy.



A father was at the beach with his children

when the four-year-old son ran up to him,

grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore

where a seagull lay dead in the sand.

"Daddy, what happened to him?" the son asked.

"He died and went to Heaven," the Dad replied.

The boy thought a moment and then said,

"Did God throw him back down ?"

Boxes, Boxes

Boxes, boxes, boxes, floor to ceiling, everywhere boxes. I wonder where I got all this stuff, - do I want it? Why do I have it? What do I do with it all?
Papers - Papers are the worst, especially the unsorted boxes of papers. I seem to spend hours filing, I don’t want all of these papers but I never know what is safe to throw away.
Moving creates numerous questions such as -- How can my shelves and boxes both be full and where are my clothes…?
I was surprised to find out how many videos and DVDs I own. Why don’t I have anything to watch if I have this many DVDs?

Imagine my surprise when I opened a box only to find a bag of trash instead of being thrown out it found its was into a box… I know elves ---- I didn’t believe before, but now I am a believer. They sure have a wicked sense of humor.

Where is that file of important papers I need? --- I know I set them out carefully, They must be here - I knew I was going to need them!!!