Thought for the Day - #8

My clothes dryer has a light, I haven't figured out why? LOL!
WIB!
SW

I know how to fold a fitted sheet!

# 2 is my fav

Jules

DH and I laughed and laughed at #24. Thanks for sharing!

Love ya,
Sylvia

I laughed so hard at #24! My kids resist and argue about wearing their helmets, despite regular blows to the head, but for some reason totally understand the need to wear a cup. LOL

"If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking."
George S. Patton

"Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere."
Carl Sagan

Romance versus Love

The romance has gone out of my marriage. Instead, there is love.
Romance used to say, "I'll do absolutely anything for you," but love goes a step further and says, "Yes, and I'll prove it."
Romance is fleeting, but love is long.
Romance is flying, but love is a safe landing.
Romance seeks perfection, but love forgives faults.
Romance anguishes as it waits for the phone to ring to bring a voice that says sweet things,but love is the anguish of waiting for a call that assures you someone else is safe and happy.
Romance is suspense, anticipation and surprise,but love is dependability.
Romance is dancing in the moonlight, gazing deep into desired eyes, but love is saying, "You're tired, honey, I'll get up this time."
Romance is delicious, but love nourishes.
- Anonymous

quiltygirl, very nice!

" The person who knows how will always have a job. But the person who knows why will be his boss." ~Carl C. Wood.

Well-wishes to SW. Get better, girl! (((hug)))

"The passage of time in prisons is not in a cell of brick and mortar but in one of hopes dashed and tragedies un-averted. How precious, then, the chance to go back only to discover that in facing the past you must face up to yourself... that exiting the prison of time doesn't free you from the prison of your own character... one from which there is no escape."
Martin, X-Files, Episode 'Redrum'

First of all I would like to offer a prayer for the health of our beloved Jules/Singing Wolf. Please get better soon! Now, I am beginning to feel a bit "under the weather" myself...I hope not so bad as SW.

This week's Love Our Earth quote

Do unto those downstream
as you would have those upstream
do unto you.
—Wendell Berry (LOL!)

We have to "jump in" to give her some support...

"Keep a green tree in your heart,
and perhaps a singing bird will come."
~ Chinese Proverb

"Just living is not enough...
One must have sunshine, freedom and a little flower"
~ Hans Christian Andersen

"If I could put my words in song,
And tell what's there enjoyed,
All men would to my gardens throng,
And leave the cities void.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

"My true-love hath my heart and I have his,
By just exchange one for the other given:
I hold his dear, and mine he cannot miss,
There never was a better bargain driven."
~ The Arcadia - Sir Philip Sidney

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"Here's flowers for you;
Hot lavender, mints,
savory. marjoram;
The marigold that goes to bed
wi' the sun,
And with him rises weeping;
these are the flowers
Of middle summer...."
~ A Winter's Tale - William Shakespeare

DON'T FORGET TO VOTE...

Election Cake

30 quarts flour, 10 pound butter, 14 pound sugar, 12 pound raisins, 3 doz eggs, one pint wine, one quart brandy, 4 ounces cinnamon, 4 ounces fine colander [coriander] seed, 3 ounces ground allspice; wet the flour with milk to the consistence of bread over night, adding one quart yeast; the next morning work the butter and sugar together for half an hour, which will render the cake much lighter and whiter; when it has rise light work in every other ingredient except the plumbs [raisins], which work in when going into the oven.

Wow! I wonder how many people this will serve?? LOL!!

~ Amelia Simmons - American Cookery, 1800

Wow, that's a big cake!

Thanks for all the well wishes. I am hoping I'm on the mend.
They do have Mac laptops, but they call them note books I think?
Does anyone remember reading Mad Magazine in the 60's? Well they used to have a thing called, "You know you are growing old when . . .
You are drinking Ensure, on a regular basis.
I am, and while I don't particularly like the stuff, at least it seems to help some.
I really loved all the quotes and poems, great stuff! : - )

Here is my real quote for the day. It somehow seems appropriate.

"All things are difficult before they are easy."
~Thomas Fuller~

Stay well, everyone. : - )
Enjoy my medley of Mums! : - )
WIB!
SW

wow, you brought back some memories with mad magazine.

Yeah, spy vs.spy!

Found a new one and thought I'd share!

"Your life is the garden, your thoughts are the seeds. If your life isn't awesome, you've been watering the weeds." ~ Terry Prince

Angie

Welcome back, SW!!! Mad Magazine...boy, that brings back the memories. LOL I loved the little bits along the edges by Sergio Aragone.

I found this little poem...

When I Am An Old Cat

"When I Am An Old Cat I shall wear
a diamond collar and leave my footprints
on white couches; I shall drink my cream with
a touch of brandy and spit out my vitamins;
I shall sit on the laps of dog people
just to irritate them; I shall nap on top of the
neighbor's petunias and perch on top of
birdbaths and grow charmingly chubby.
But for now I must tolerate the dog
and use my litter box and not sharpen
my claws on the sofa, so no one can doubt
the truth that cats are superior to dogs.

But every once in a while I wonder
if I should be naughty now and then
and nip a few toes, so my humans
won't be too shocked when suddenly
I become an old cat and
start to wear a diamond collar."

Wow! Our cat is almost 20 years old...no diamond collars for her. We keep her outside, though if she occasionally stays inside on the coldest nights, she never makes a mess or scratches anything but her bedding and will go outside to do her business. We keep her in the basement during the night all winter, then if it is warm enough make her go outside.

Apparently, she's not old yet.

my old dog wants to hear a doggie version, anyone have one? my cats are young and just annoy her !

A song from Mad magazine. Sung to the Marine Corps Hymn.

From the ants in my petunia bed,
To the crabgrass on my lawn,
I will fight them off with chemicals,
Till the bugs and weeds are gone.

We will use quarts and quarts of poison spray,
and we won't stop till we're through!
Now the ants and weeds are dying now,
but the plants and trees are too!.

Some little ditty that I felt was so contrary, that I have remembered it all these years, but then again I am a Marine Corps brat, so the tune stuck! LOL!

Loved the poem Kwanjin. : - )
Sweet kitty, evelyn. Mine seldom reach age 10 due to life on the farm and the ever present coyotes. Maybe the new fence will help. Only the ferals stay out at night. Can't sleep unless my girls and Buddy Holly are in at night.
BTW, when my EB#2 got married, they had a ceremony in the backyard, of their ministers house. During the ceremony, their cat left it's paw prints on her satin wedding dress train. I just cracked up. Seemed fitting for my family. LOL!
WIB!
SW

One of my favorites from MM was The Sound of Music take-off.

"How come I'm alone
And there's so much music
Up here on a hill
With no one in vieeeeeeew?"

Good thing I am alone as I sing your ditties out loud so I know I have the tunes right.

Hey you all, it's time for a new page for this thread. So I went ahead and started one. This is where we are going.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1139139/

I do hope you continue to join us on the new page. I'll be seeing you there for more Thoughts, and lots of fun.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this page. See ya soon! : - )
Walk In Beauty!
SingingWolf

Great minds think alike....however, with me it's usually just coincidence....

Glad to hear from you Deepwater. Does this mean you are home again? We had some problems with folks not being to pull up the last page of this thread and have moved on to the link posted just above your last post. Just click on it to join us. We miss ya, guy!
WIB~
SW

Thanks SW. Actually I'm back at work, but I still check in with Dave's everyday. I just can't post photos because all camera's and cell phones are confiscated when we arrive. It's not because of unwanted photos, but because there's a similar concern about electronic interference with instrumentation that the airlines have.

The Caspian Sea is starting to get into it's winter weather mode, so I'm in thermals for the next four or five months. Unlike Baja where winter means putting socks on with your sandals...sometimes.