thanks for going to my hot mail(which by the way i don't visit very much} because my comments are on the blogs where i spend the eternities i like your latterdaysaint approach to your posts, i kind of mix mine with mormonism, aliens, fabians, fast food, small town crap, tennis, movies reviews, book revies
Marcia, that's a good choice for Sky Watch, what better than a crane can reach the sky? I haven't seen you "Ceiling" Watch of the previous week, it was very funny! I will come back. I feel "at home" in your blog. Congratulation for the graduation. What's next? Have a great week end
I parked under a tree the other day during a thunderstorm and I got so scared that the tree was going to fall over on top of me. Crazy things keep happening like that.
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.
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thanks for going to my hot mail(which by the way i don't visit very much} because my comments are on the blogs where i spend the eternities i like your latterdaysaint approach to your posts, i kind of mix mine with mormonism, aliens, fabians, fast food, small town crap, tennis, movies reviews, book revies
They scare the heck out of me, though I imagine getting over it and getting up there must be a thrilling experience. Thanks for this, Marcia.
Marcia: It looks like you craned your kneck just enough. Great shot.
You got it and craned your neck in the process. LOL.
Nice shot.
This is a wonderful perspective and a fun play on words too. The crane is definitely a skyscape maker!
Ann at
varying seasons
Beautiful perspective. Great work.
Thank you for joining in with Sky Watch this week and helping to make it special.
Tom :O)
Look up up up.... whoa... that's a pretty tall crane! Great picture!!
Mountain Retreat
Take care! We don't want you to get hurt by taking shot!!!
Petunia's SWF
They scare me, too. This is an awesome picture.
Excellent photo with a very beautiful sky and colors expetaculares, congratulations.
The pictures were well worth a little stiff neck for a while!
Love your play on words here marcia. I find myself steering clear of these huge accidents waiting to happen these days...
Pretty pictures with the crane and the magnificent sky
Dizzy heights, great shots.
visit my colours of Nature.
Spectacular!
great catch for SWF! the twinkling sky seemed to throbs off to one body, timed for a common pulse. Mine's up too hope you can drop by.
Help! I feel like I'm falling backwards! LOL
Great shots!
Awesome shot!
I had a crane shot too I didn't use - they are fascinating!
Marcia, these are incredible shots! I hope you used your zoom and didn't go too close! :D
That`s a long way up!
Great shot! :)
Great photos!
It looks cold on my Mountain phots, but it was nice and warm :)
I've tagged you! Come see!
nice and good pic
Love your play on words to accompany the photos. Good Sky Watch!
The crane against the sky is fabulous.
that is an amazing shot and no way would i want to be at the top of that.
"Louis" gets acrophobia just looking at those cranes!
"Louis", an early riser, caught San Francisco waking up.
"Louis" is a native of Lubbock. Where in Texas are you?
Interesting photo of cranes. Yes, the news has been terrifying. I wonder why cranes are suddenly causing so much damage.
It was worth it though,beautiful shots!
Glad you craned your neck in the right direction :) Fun photo!
Great photos, and your title made me smile. :)
There's a job I certainly wouldn't want! Lovely captures, Marcia. How's your neck? haha.
Fantastic Shots. Great Sky Watch.
Hope you didn't crane your neck too much!!
Gary
Bodge's Bulletin
Marcia, that's a good choice for Sky Watch, what better than a crane can reach the sky?
I haven't seen you "Ceiling" Watch of the previous week, it was very funny! I will come back. I feel "at home" in your blog.
Congratulation for the graduation. What's next?
Have a great week end
Great shots and nice perspectives.
I parked under a tree the other day during a thunderstorm and I got so scared that the tree was going to fall over on top of me. Crazy things keep happening like that.
Very nice shots! Love it:)
You're so punny!!! Great shots!
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