Take Me Out to - Good Fences

"Take me out to the ball fields."

GOOD FENCES

Fencing and Baseball anyone?

Look very closely, every single photo has some sort of fencing in it!

Every day one should at least hear one little song,

read one good poem,

see one fine painting,

and, if at all possible-

speak a few sensible words.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"One never goes so far as when one doesn't know where one is going."

Goethe

"As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live." 

Goethe

Reflecting.

Need I say they couldn't get enough of this place?

Reaching for the sky!

Thanks for stopping by to fence with us, enjoy your day.

Long Distance-

Long Distance Call to Heaven
For some of Us.

For Father's Day 

Everyone Else, 
Call Your Father
Or, if you can

Make him dinner.

THE MAG




Image by Sarolta Ban





The Times They Are A Changing

LETTER TO HEAVEN

My sweet

Pappa, Was A Rollin' Stone

before he married Mama and became Superman/daddy
Without a doubt and all alone,

The Greatest Man I ever Knew-

(I can still say that)

Daddy, you always stood tall in my life from the very beginning,

You pushed me to pursue,
the daughter ship
while you were my captain.

Papa Don't preach-

 (that was mama's job)

You always, let me fall on my face- just a bit. 
 You, always slightly out of reach!

Just for the sake of enlightenment!

Isn't She Lovely!

Daddy's Little Girl

Until, finally came my wedding day!

There Goes My Life

She's Leaving Home

Dance With My Daughter.

Once more before she says I do!

Sometimes you can't make it on your own-

but some how you do.  

You just keep on, keeping on,
 until you get it right, daughter.

All those late night talks, 

the time you tried to be so strong, and to hide your tears

and in the end, our miles of searching paid off

and we found our beloved lost dog, Mickey.

All those glorious, adventure filled miles, 
(mama cried) long family rides across the country, 

or just up north.

Okay, a few stubborn moments upon my teenage years,

 yet long passed by now.

Then there was the one time, oh so many years
ago, I nearly fell out of the car.

But your arm reached miraculously across the seat

My Superman.  My Daddy. 
I'll never forget.

Family gatherings and fishing stories
 I'll always remember, daddy.

I Learned From You.
Thank you, daddy.

I miss you every single day-
and I see bits and pieces of you in my children and in their children-
that's just one way we keep you close.

Here, let me adjust your boutonniere daddy,

 it's almost time for you to give me away.  

Dinner Tables

"One cannot think well, love well, sleep well,
 if one has not dined well." Virginia Woolf

THEMATIC PHOTOGRAPHIC

Carmi's theme this week is
Dinner Tables

Monday night

Unparalleled Ambiance 
dinner for Two

Scavenger Hunt Sunday

First, breaking news!  
On the subject of searches, once again across the air waves 
of Minnesota's spectacular news for the week-

Have the stolen, iconic Ruby Slippers 

from Judy Garland's home town museum,

been found?

See here. 

SCAVENGER HUNT SUNDAY

Then and Now

and now!

Indulge

in one more 
Then and Now

and

Now

Their happiness flows over into

Happiness

Keep smiling everybody!

Summer

Summer means picnics
and

of course incoming storms brewing at will.

Pop of Color

I'm sure happy you stopped by.

May you all have a blessed  and happy weekend!

Fashion Construction

In honor of cutest Saturday's Critters, and Fashion Construction, the stage is set for 

Every kitty cat must surely obtain the proper

fashion statement while cooking.

or performing as acrobats. 

As well as, hanging up the laundry.

and simply pumping water.

Cutest Critters for SATURDAY'S CRITTERS

and on the SEPIA SATURDAY theme of Construction 

I offer Fashion Construction

Why clothes fashion?  To maintain some order of sanity.  Some of you may have missed my mention of RoaD COnstRUCTION on my street, which is an extremely long and winding county road.  All this exciting road turmoil began on September 2, 2014 and ending (hopefully) November 2015.

Let the Fashion Construction Begin.

Short of money for stockings?  No problem, just get someone to draw a black line down your bare leg, to suggest the appearance of a stocking seam.

This simply put, was all the rage in the mid 1800's. It was in 1850 that the collapsible spring steel hoop crinoline was invented, in varied shapes and sizes. They did collapse rather ingeniously when a woman sat down too.

Just be careful ladies it could all go up in flames if you draw near a fire.

Off to the beach we go.

Bathing suit fashion from 1915 to 1946. It's true, those lucky police officers were armed with rulers just making sure things weren't too high above the knee.

Thanks for stopping by, and to finish off with a cute little critter of ours-

Meet Oliver.  
Doesn't his expression say it all?

He was the only kitty cat refusing to play dress-up.

Enjoy your weekend.

Trumpeter Swans through Good Fences

"Being born in a duck yard does not matter,

 if only you are hatched from a swan's egg."

-Hans Christian Anderson

In a quiet tucked away place off the main road, with hardly a place to park, except along a steep staircase, we often find this area undistributed by humans.

GOOD FENCES

After a rainy Sunday morning, the afternoon blossomed into a cloud-filled sunny sky. Minnesota's ever changing weather gave way to an impeccable day. 

Through this fence we see-

Mr and Mrs Swan

and ducks,

oh so many ducks.

"Love your eyes that can see,

 your mind that can

Hear the music, the thunder of the wings, 

Love the wild swan."

 Robinson Jeffers

Swan Song- Led Zeppelin

May they live a long and happy lifetime together,
 right here where we can call on them again and again.

Seems this lovely couple would rather
 not have their picture taken with any ducks!

Thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day!

Stuff That Grows

"There is no pleasure in life more importantly jubilant than seeing "stuff that grows"  every single day." - Me

So let's take a stroll about my own place to see what's growing there.

Our true discoveries come from the way stuff grows.

THEMATIC PHOTOGRAPHIC

"And the day came 
when the risk to 
remain tight in a bud

 was more painful than
 the risk it took to blossom."

 - Anais Nin

A very sacred place, about my memorial garden for our beloved Lady, the sweetest, smartest human-like-dog that ever lived; there's stuff that grows right here where she would chase our pesky moles.

Like magic stuff that grows in corners where only gnomes roam.

From my greenhouse by seed or bulb, stuff that grows!

Outside herbs too!

Just two of four more new growths of Hosta plants.

Here's a bit of stuff growing inside one flower pot waiting to be stuffed!  Welcome volunteers, even if you're mostly weeds.

Notice how our oldie, but possible still lively, solar lights are patiently waiting to be repaired too?

Ah yes, can't forget to show a most vibrant tree that began as just a seedling blown in from who knows where.

Last but never ever least, are three adorable little human-seedlings, turned far too quickly into little growing-up-wonders.  Some stuff that grows we wish would linger....slowly..... with us, as long as possible.

So what stuff is growing in your neck of the woods?