How Old is Old?... ABC ME.. Shadows and Flowers..

"A flower cannot blossom without sunshine, and man cannot live without love. "
~Max Muller

"A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it."
~ Dogen

"Life is the flower for which love is the honey."
~ Victor Hugo


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Tomorrow is my Birthday.. I am getting old.. when I was 15 I was asked out by an "old" man.. he was 25... when I was almost single for a few months in 1985 I was asked out by an "old" man.. he was 45... when I was a bona-fide divorced woman in 1993 I actually dated an "old" man.. he was 52.. tomorrow I will be 51.. I am getting old.. some days I am almost there.. other days I am already beyond old.. In honor of being "OLD" I will be sharing a 26 thing meme about myself.. read along maybe you will find a laugh hidden here..

A is for Acrobat.. I wanted to be an acrobat and tried to learn to tumble and flip.. I did finally.. barely.. land a cart wheel.. I quickly decided I'd rather be a baroness..

B is for Bread.. I don't really like bread..but if I must eat it.. I would rather have home baked bread than bought bread..

C is for Cooking.. I love to cook and can whip up tasty meals in just a fondue pot.. I can work from a short ingredient list too as long as I have some chosen spices I will turn out a good meal..

D is for dolls.. yes I love and collect dolls...

E is for Everlasting.. my love and friendship is everlasting.. so if I haven't seen you in a while./. I still love you and will get over being provoked eventually..

F is for family.. I love my family..I will let strangers be family too sometimes..

G is for growing.. I love to grow stuff.. flowers.. food.. animals..

H is for home.. I knew this place was Home the moment I set foot here.. Home is indeed where your heart is..

I is for Inside out.. I turn myself inside out with worry many times when it is wasted energy.. I worry about him and him and him and her and even you!!

J is for jump rope.. I love to play jump rope and still remember most of the "jump rope" songs from my childhood..

K is for kisses.. I really like kisses.. the plain..chocolate ones are fine... but I like the ones with nuts the best

L is for licking.. along with all my siblings.. I once licked my way to the center of a tootsie roll pop.. we counted and sent the answer to the address on the label.. they were not impressed..we figured they would at least send us some suckers..

M is for Mystery.. I know a few secrets..

N is for notes.. I have almost every note that was ever written to me.. I take them out and read a few sometimes.. to remind myself that people can change..

O is for Open minded.. I try to be open minded but honestly I have a hard time dealing with modern emotions.. or the modern lack of emotions.. and morals.. I think it's because I am getting old..

P is for purple.. I used to love to wear purple.. now there are so many different "purples" that the whole color has become way to busy for me.. maybe I'll just pull on some black clothes and blend in..

Q is for quickly.. the days pass quickly and the nights are sometimes long..

R is for Resting... resting takes up more and more of my time..

S is for silly.. I overheard someone call me a silly Old woman in the store the other day.. I just smiled at her.. she was after all just a silly young girl...

T is for talented.. I wish I was more talented in many things.. I would love to paint cathedrals and design wonderful fashions.. I would also love to be an acrobat who could flip and twist in many directions.. thankfully I can turn a word..

U is for underwear.. I once slept without my underwear because a friend told me it would set me free.. I am not sure what I expected but the following morning I didn't feel free.. I was ten and I had to jump right up when Daddy called and get my underwear on and go to school..

V is for vacation.. I would love to take a real vacation.. no phone?.. no computer?.. Hmm.. maybe not..

W is for wishes.. I still make wishes on falling stars.. the first star.. single stars and birthday candles..

X is for X-rays.. though I have had sonograms 4 times.. I have never had a regular x-ray of my own body... on the other hand I have held my children's hands through a gazillion of them through the years..

Y is for year.. I am another year older.. another year smarter.. and still you ignore my wisdom... silly.. silly you!

Z is for zippers.. my all time favorite pair of jeans had two zippers..and two buttons.. I wore them till they fell apart.. I wish I could find a pair of them now.. they were different even way back then.. it made me feel special to wear them.. now that I'm "almost" old I might want to feel special sometimes..

~ Noah and I...

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Shadow Shot Sunday #132 ~

~ The reception table

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Macro Flowers Saturday~


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Thanks for stopping by my blog.. I welcome both comments and followers.. Have a wonderful day!
Patsy

Ahh.. Sunday.. Time for a NEW Week!

"The dead of midnight is the noon of thought."
~Anna Letitia Barbauld

"We can't buy one minute of time with cash; if we could, rich people would live longer."

~ O. Henry

"The experimenter who does not know what he is looking for will not understand what he finds." ~ Claude Bernard



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Thanks for stopping by my blog today.. I had plans for a bunch of great photos today.. But somehow that didn't happen.. or maybe the photos I wanted didn't happen.. this hasn't been a good weekend for photos.. Em and I heard there was a carnival in town ..we would go See that.. bound to be great shots there.. carnies in their fancy not so fancy dirty clothes and all the rides.. lots of photos.. he got there.. there were a gazillion folks walking around.. we were about to step out of the car and.. her phone rang.. no walk.. no carnies .. no photos.. Dave an I had an errand out of town.. OK.. fine.. I'll look up a few Geo-caches.. (our other hobby!) we'll make it a combo day.. I'll get photos of the other town.. needless to say about half way there we discovered that we had NO CAMERA.. I searched and searched deep and wide.. because I never.. ever leave home without my camera.. at least one .. I had one.. it had one photo left on the roll of film.. all the other film was at home along with my good camera.. we did make a few shots with the cell phone but I was in a foul mood and really didn't try.. I hate to be somewhere where I know there are great shots and not have my camera.. So as you see I have had a rough.. frustrating weekend when it comes to photos.. But I do make photos of some sort every single day.. so I was still able to choose from my favorite photos of the week..

I welcome comments.. Have a wonderful day!
Patsy

.. Winter Time Feed..

.. Just an OLD tree..

My favorite color blooms in my back yard..

.. Laughing Happy Baby!..

Weekly Winners invites us to share our favorite photos of the week with them on Sunday!

Patsy

A What is it Update.. Did You Guess?

"It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened." ~ Philip Sidney

"The tree which moves some to tears of joy is in the eyes of others only a green thing that stands in the way. Some see nature all ridicule and deformity... and some scarce see nature at all. But to the eyes of the man of imagination, nature is imagination itself." ~ William Blake

“To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour.”
~ William Blake

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Thursday I posted a what is it.. Though you used to have to go for a drive down to the coast to find it they are now scattered around all over the place.. anyone can buy a few and turn their own yard in to a private oasis... I know a few people who either own one now or live close enough to one that I was sure they would know what it was... I was sure someone would know exactly what it was.. In fact I had a few people in mind that I was sure knew.. I guess I was wrong again.. Please take a look at the photos below and see if you recognize this thing.. Thanks for stopping by my blog today.. We have been enjoying the rain.. I hope that your day too was enjoyable.. I love comments!.. so feel free to leave me one.. Have a great Night!
Patsy

... this is the What id it Photo I posted on Thursday... only one guess was offered.. it really is innards of some kind I guess... just not upholstery innards.. but it was a very good guess... Maybe this next photo will help...

... I bet some of you are thinking...

..... I have seen this before Lets add another..

~ How about now?.. can you guess from this one.. I bet most of you can.. I flipped this one and almost used it for the game but decided to make it a little harder than that.. I wonder how many of you would have gotten it from this photo?..

.. I am sure you know what this is.....

Yes it's a palm tree... this one grows near our new baseball parks... but they actually grow all

over town.. ... and here they are in their natural state on Hunting Island .. I was lucky enough to catch these while they were still standing.. this favorite thinking spot of mine is an island under assault.. at erosion's mercy.. only a narrow strip of forest remains...

I hope you enjoyed the game.. I am sure some of you had an idea and maybe just didn't want to comment.. I wish you would leave a comment so that i will know rather anyone is interested in the what is it puzzles.. It's hard to believe I guess that the first photo.. the What is it?.. one.. is just a macro shot of a palm tree.. a close up shot ..

Thanks for stopping by my blog today.. I hope you will visit my world again.. Keep looking at things up close.. you never know what the next "what is it?" might be.. and yes.. I AM SNEAKY!.. But I am always willing to show you the real thing.. if You need me too .. and live close enough... Have a great Day!

Patsy

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