Your autumn weath is gorgeous, and your pinkest pink rosebud too - but I really love the little green lizard! What a great little guy - hope he eats lots of rose pests for you! Happy WW, and thanks for stopping by!
Each day comes bearing its own gifts. Untie the ribbons! ************ "Joy is what happens when we allow ourselves to recognize how good things really are." **************
"A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world." --Paul Dudley White
************ "Now if you are going to win any battle you have to do one thing. You have to make the mind run the body. Never let the body tell the mind what to do. The body will always give up. It is always tired in the morning, noon, and night. But the body is never tired if the mind is not tired." - George S. Patton, U.S. Army General, 1912 Olympian
I am often asked to describe the experience of raising a child with a disability - to try to help people who have not shared that unique experience to understand it, to imagine how it would feel. It’s like this… When you’re going to have a baby, it’s like planning a fabulous vacation trip - to Italy. You buy a bunch of guide books and make your wonderful plans. The coliseum. The Michelangelo David. The gondolas in Venice. You may learn some handy phrases in Italian. It’s all very exciting. After months of eager anticipation, the day finally arrives. You pack your bags and off you go. Several hours later, the plane lands. The stewardess comes in and says, “Welcome To Holland”. “Holland?!?” you say, “What do you mean “Holland”??? I signed up for Italy! I’m supposed to be in Italy. All my life I’ve dreamed of going to Italy” But there’s been a change in the flight plan. They’ve landed in Holland and there you must stay. The important thing is that they haven’t taken you to a horrible, disgusting, filthy place, full of pestilence, famine and disease. It’s just a different place. So you must go and buy new guide books. And you must learn a whole new language. And you will meet a whole new group of people you would never have met. It’s just a different place. It’s slower-paced than Italy, less flashy than Italy. But after you’ve been there for a while and you catch your breath, you look around…and you begin to notice that Holland has windmills…Holland has tulips. Holland even has Rembrandts. But everyone you know is busy coming and going from Italy…and they’re all bragging about what a wonderful time they had there. And for the rest of your life, you will say “Yes that’s where I was supposed to go. That’s what I had planned”. And the pain of that will never, ever, ever, ever go away…because the loss of that dream is a very significant loss. But…if you spend your life mourning the fact that you didn’t get to Italy, you may never be free to enjoy the very special, the very lovely things…about Holland.
45 comments:
Ooh, very pretty photos - I like the last one especially! Happy WW :)
fantastic shots!
Wow! Does this little green guy eat roses?
Nice! does that green guy sell insurance?
love the close ups...so cool.
Thanks for visiting me too!
Lovely pics, especially the first one. Have a great Wednesday!
You've got a great eye. Love the fall mood.
Hi... these are lovely photos! Happy WW.
Thanks for visiting my blog, too.
Lovely! Mine's up too.
Blessings,
~Toni~
I love the last one.
Happy WW! thanks for dropping by my blog.
Great photos!
lovely wreath! .... interesting lizard on your roses! :)
happy WW
Your autumn weath is gorgeous, and your pinkest pink rosebud too - but I really love the little green lizard! What a great little guy - hope he eats lots of rose pests for you!
Happy WW, and thanks for stopping by!
Welcome Fall!
Love the lizard??? Photo.
What a pretty set of pictures! Love the door decoration and the little green guy *grin*
happy ww :)
Is that door decoration for Christmas? The Xmas wreath?
love the autumn colours!
wonderful macro shot!
How lovely! I love the colour of the first, the unexpectedness of the second, and I'm a sucker for roses!
Lovely photos. The door wreath is perfect for autumn. Happy WW
looks like you are ready for fall!
love the pics...you have a beautiful yard!
I love fall, nice shots!
So pretty! Too bad it is still so hot!
Love your pics. Happy Fall Y'all.
The first one reminds me how close Halloween and Thanksgiving are!
Happy WW!
Wow, how beautiful. I love that little guy.
I love all those colors. Now, I must run to Michael's to get a gorgeous wreath such as yours.
I love little lizards - Great pics!
Great pics - thanks for visiting.
great photos, the first one puts me in the mood for cooler weather!
The colors are wonderful. Love the lizard shots.
Beautiful! Thanks for sharing!
great photos ...happy WW
Mine is up at The Four Seasons Of My Life Memories. Hope u can visit me.
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing! :)
Great pictures and beautiful color! It's amazing what we find just outside!
I love the wreath!!! Happy WW!!!
how fun! i love fall and am so excited that it is here... or almost...
great pics!
Lovely rose you have here.
Charming wreath. Wait til Christmas, there'll be lots of them arouind.
Those are amazing shots.
happy ww
Beautiful wreathe,
beautiful rose!
Is that the Geiko gekko I see?!!!
Great pictures!
Awesome photos!!
Gorgeous shots! Have a terrific week! I like the rose the best.
the lizard startled me so much!! but you have a great set of photos. two seasons in one!
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