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Criseyda Koonce
Feb 08
|22:11
"Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in one pretty and well preserved piece, but to skid across the line broadside, thoroughly used up, shouting GERONIMO!"
- Hunter S. Thompson
"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you."
- William Arthur Ward
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
- Maya Angelou
- Hunter S. Thompson
"Flatter me, and I may not believe you. Criticize me, and I may not like you. Ignore me, and I may not forgive you. Encourage me, and I will not forget you."
- William Arthur Ward
“I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
- Maya Angelou
Happy Valentine's Day (a bit early)!
A big, "Who Dat" congratulations to the New Orleans Saints for their Super Bowl victory. It's great to see how much the win means to the folks of New Orleans, the State of Louisiana, the gulf coast and Saints fans around the globe. It was a well played game by both teams - fun to watch.
Other than the many mature oak trees, the long-stemmed red rose bush (bloom pictured) is one of my favorite things of our home. Red roses are a great challenge for me to photograph, though it is a fun challenge. Geeze they smell nice.
Each year at least one of the resident squirrels seems to become fixated on something in particular. Sometimes it's an enjoyment of chewing the trim under the eve of the house, or dragging my favorite plastic 2 gallon bucket off the deck (repeatedly and not quietly), or popping the little yellow plastic flower covers off the hummingbird feeder to better drink the sugar water. One year, a furry little friend decided to taste the rose blooms. It didn't seem right to put a picture of the rose eating squirrel on the same page with a rose intended for Valentine's Day. Actually, it wouldn't be all that bad, but I couldn't locate the picture quickly. Squirrel pictures will have to come another day.
Take care all.
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Criseyda Koonce
Dec 25
|15:37
"Do give books - religious or otherwise - for Christmas. They're never fattening, seldom sinful, and permanently personal."
- Lenore Hershey
"I had a terrible fight with my wife on New Year's Eve. She called me a procrastinator. So I finished addressing the Christmas cards and left."
- Robert Orben
"I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old, familiar carols play, And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth, good-will to men!"
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
May you and yours have a blessed and safe Christmas. Photos: Bow of First Christian Church in Mineral Wells, Texas. Door of Chandor Garden. Female cardinal at home.
Criseyda Koonce
Dec 23
|22:48
"Art is a human activity, consisting in this, that one man consciously, by means of external signs, hands on to others feelings he has worked through, and other people are infected by these feelings and also experience them."
- Leo Tolstoy
"Certain signs precede certain events."
- Cicero
- Leo Tolstoy
"Certain signs precede certain events."
- Cicero
As Tolstoy denotes, I saw an external sign and it infected me with a feeling I wanted to experience. Then on to Cicero... the sign preceded a certain event. For me that event translated to the modern act of deliberately parking the car.
We were on our way home from running errands and Bill suggested we stop off and pick up some chicken since it was nearing lunch time. Great! There are several signs in the parking area that mark some parking spots to discourage customers of other nearby businesses from parking there; they read, "Golden Chick Customer Parking Only." On this visit we saw someone had very neatly painted over the G, E, N and C of the top part of just one of the signs so it now reads, "Old Hick Customer Parking Only."
So, naturally, on this day, we chose to show our appreciation of the artful human activity that one man or woman consciously handed on to us.
Criseyda Koonce
Dec 07
|23:36
"I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they've gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind."
- Emily Bronte
"No Spring, nor Summer beauty hath such grace, As I have seen in one Autumnal face."
- John Donne
"How beautifully the leaves grow old. How full of light and colour are their last days."
- John Burroughs
Both photos were taken at Clark Gardens Botanical Park.
The fall leaves picture is available for free download as a computer desktop wallpaper. Click the resolution matching your screen to view/download that image size. When the picture displays, right-click it and select "Save Image As" to save it to your computer. Images are free for personal use; not for commercial use or sale.
The fall leaves picture is available for free download as a computer desktop wallpaper. Click the resolution matching your screen to view/download that image size. When the picture displays, right-click it and select "Save Image As" to save it to your computer. Images are free for personal use; not for commercial use or sale.
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- CrisKoonce: Wow. We got 4.5 inches of rain yesterday. No need to water the garden this morning.
- CrisKoonce: Making my 1st scratch carrot cake with cream cheese icing. Hope it is edible. I'll let Bill have the first piece. :)
- CrisKoonce: Evenings don't get much better than tonight. Calm cool night. Candle light dinner on the deck. Nice fire in the chiminea and good company.
- CrisKoonce: This is the first time our zucchini plant has seen rain. The rain must have scared it, 'cause it fell over.
- CrisKoonce: The power is out. Five electric trucks have gone by so far. My oh my.
