Adage

Mike A. has a way with a garden.  Up in high desert country and he makes it look like a walk in a park.  It really is loaded with fresh vegetables.   He does have a few quiet spots where you can just sit and watch the vegetables grow.

I think this is one of the most beautiful reflection scenes I have seen.   Talk about Fall colors.   With the current heat waves across our country, I bet there are a lot of folks who would love to see this sight and cool off.

Noma Bar a clever artist.  This is the first face he published "The search for Shakespeare"  The question linked the theme of the program to one of the philosophical questions of all time . . . 'to be or not to be'".  The attachment came with all kinds of faces and each one a tribute to this clever artist.

Now here is a sign of the times as we hear more and more about doing away with plastic bags and reverting back to paper or canvas or something other than plastic.    I think these bags are like dust mites and follow us anywhere.  I have a closet in the kitchen with plastic bags which I save for yard sales.   I just got rid of a bunch and I believe I now have twice as many.   Maybe the grow in the dark!

Hump day, are you ready for a Wednesday;  a good day to muse and think about what you have to do to day and get it done and over with.    The faster you get the job done the more time you will have to do the things you love to do.     I had a drop in day yesterday as my neighbor came over a couple of times to borrow a book.  I have been her library for years.    We were talking and she heard a noise, got up and went to my front door to find her little dog had gotten out of the yard and followed her over.  He was not about to let her loose without him.    She had to carry him home and come back for her books as he runs away usually and she was not in the mood to chase him.    His name is Skylar and he has big button eyes that sparkle.  You can almost hear him saying 'open the gate and watch me go.'    She came back to get the books then spied the new jig saw puzzle on the dining room table and stayed a minute longer to find a piece.   She did too even though she did not have a nail file to make them fit in place. . . yes, she really did use to do that believe it or not.  Yes, I watch her closely!!!
I had a nice long distance hug from Paula yesterday.  She was smoldering in the high temperature of the 90's and it was only early morning.  She is tired of the summer heat although I am betting she is happy to go out in her back yard and jump into that big pool.    I'd like to be there and join her.  Think of the great exercise she has at her fingertips on a daily basis.    Her two grandsons think it is great.   It brought back memories of the dough boy pool we had in our back yard . . . oh the tales to tell . . .wet towels, muddy floors leading to the bathroom, but happy kids on a hot summer day.  We had a great phone visit and hearing her voice was my first verbal hug of the day.    Think about how lucky we are to be able to pick up a phone and exchange a verbal hug . . . second best to one of those walk in ones.

I often refer to an old adage and I had an e-mail with quite a few I had not heard of before; oh, I heard them but had no idea where or how they came about.   Here's one you may not have heard how it started:
"During World War II, U.S. airplanes were armed with belts of bullets which they would shoot during dogfights and on strafing runs.   The belts were folded into the wing compartments that fed their machine guns.  These belts measure 27 feet and contain hundreds of rounds of bullets.  Often times, the pilots would return from their missions having expended all of their bullets on various targets.  They would say, "I gave them the whole nine yards, meaning they used up all of their ammunition."
See you may have learned something today.  I did.    There's more to come.   Put a smile on your face, adjust your attitude and get on with the day and share your hugs and smiles.  Hugs to all.