Hello, Marcia, I'm back. Is the second picture one we have to identify? Or one to let our imagination 'blowing'? To be practical, I would say a letter box. To be imaginative, I would say, a kind of picture I would have loved to take myself. That kind of picture that made me come back to your blog to visit regularly. I love the sensibility of your pictures. You can add that to the firt impression I feel when I come the first time in your blog. I haven't forgotten, you have to explain at your turn, what was your first impression when you visit mine, the first time. That was the deal! See you for Sky Watch. Have a good week.
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.
28 comments:
I'm enjoying the 2nd picture a lot. Direct red in focus :)
Happy Ruby Tuesday Marcia!!!
Great shot and clever idea.
I am here with Ruby Tuesday and Naked On a Horse.
cool shots!
The flag looks great - the red does not overpower the blue and white. All three colors are in harmony and balance. Wonderful shots!
Great Ruby Tuesday post, Marcia.
great shot! here's mine sweetnorms and travelnorms..
Great shots. I love the second one. Happy WW
I like it. It's got character. Nice composition too.
Beautifully done, Marcia.
Love the flag picture. Nicely done.
happy labor's day
My WW : in here Thanks
Happy Labor Day! Nice reds!
The second one is one of those shots you can stare at for pretty much as long as you want and make it be just about anything you imagine.
I still haven't decided what it is.
Hello !
What's the second photo ???
Definitely some cool shots!
Happy WW :)
My WW entries for today are at:
Pastyme With Good Companye
The Paranormal Blog
Nuttin' But
Please stop by if you have a moment :)
Hi Marcia, very nice! We went to the LSU game this week! Aren't you glad football season is here!
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pretty great shots!
Nice reds here! :D
Merci du passage et du commentaire
the flag looks great furled that way
and the rusty red is so cool!
Love the flag :) Great for today!!
Great shots!
Nice flag shot, but I really love the second photo.
Nice shots. Happy WW! :)
solid closeups!
Happy Ruby Tuesday!
Hello, Marcia, I'm back.
Is the second picture one we have to identify? Or one to let our imagination 'blowing'?
To be practical, I would say a letter box. To be imaginative, I would say, a kind of picture I would have loved to take myself. That kind of picture that made me come back to your blog to visit regularly. I love the sensibility of your pictures. You can add that to the firt impression I feel when I come the first time in your blog. I haven't forgotten, you have to explain at your turn, what was your first impression when you visit mine, the first time. That was the deal!
See you for Sky Watch. Have a good week.
Oh, I want you!
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