Rainy Days and Mondays!!!

"Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." ~ George Bernard Shaw

"Peace is not won by those who fiercely guard their differences but by those who with open minds and hearts seek out connections." ~Katherine Paterson

"I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill."
~ Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

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Moody Monday has their theme listed today as the word Shameful..

1. causing or meriting shame or disgrace; disgraceful
2. giving offense

I must admit that I never really thought of shameful as a mood.. I have searched every inch of this borrowed computer and thankfully I didn't find any pictures of anything I considered a shameful act..
I did find this one Of Emily.. I'm not sure rather this one is awe.. shock.. or shame.. I'm voting for shame.. I'm just glad this is the most shameful thing I could find.. Thanks Em.. Once again you have proved that I did a good job.. I don't think I have shameful kid out of the whole lot.. Now me on the other hand... I may have done some shameful things in my life.. I may have even had photo's of some of them.. But if I did they are trapped in the lifeless hard-drive of my poor deceased computer.... No evidence.. no shame!

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Shameful ~( an acrostic poem)

scandalous..sleazy..
humiliating distress
appalling.. atrocious
mean mannered at best
embarrassing expressions
flagrantly foul
upsetting mutterings
loathsome and loud..

Written By: Patricia Sawyer
10-5-2009

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Today has been a typical Monday.. It has rained all day.. ever since last night really..a nasty dreary misting rain.. a heavy clinging mess... The chickens hate it.. they get damp and fussy.. they don't lay as many eggs when its like this.. The dogs hate it.. they bark from inside their houses.. every once in a while a howling wail thrown in just to remind us that they are out there..
on the other side of the yard behind the heavy mist of dreariness.. The house birds flutter from the roosting sticks to their nest box and back again.. they puff up their feathers and chirp to each other.. in the cages that are side by side they will each sit on the side closest to the next bird.. Almost as if they are keeping each other warm .. even the pig has been fussy today.. I went in and out between showers to feed everyone and gather eggs.. Every time I went the pig hurried to the door of her pen.. waiting for me to offer her a sweet.. I wasn't worried about a treat for the pig.. I was mainly trying to feed everyone without catching a death of the cold or flu myself..
on My last trip out there just before dark.. Pork chop squealed and carried on like a crazy thing..
running back and forth and squealing at me... I was wondering what on earth was her problem when I realized she was pushing her food bowl in my direction.. She still had some good old Hog ration in her dish.. I wondered if she were trying to get me to bring her an apple.. I came inside and hurried back with a sliced apple for her.. she took the first slice from my hand and then the second and third.. grunting and oinking as she chomped on them.. I offered her another slice but she just grunted and lay down to rut with her nose in the soft ground..Just as I was shutting her door the bottom fell out and I got a cold shower of heavy rain.. I ran for the house.. slipping and sliding my way across a wet yard.. chickens clucking and squawking as I ran.. It was like they had planned it and were laughing at me as I ran for the house..it was shameful what I said to those hens.. and just as I got inside the rain slowed back down to it's steady heavy drizzle.. and how has your Monday been?
Have a great day!
Patsy

Monday! Monday! Monday!

"The main difference between men and women is that men are lunatics and women are idiots."
~ Rebecca West

"A man loses his sense of direction after four drinks; a woman loses hers after four kisses."
~ Henry Louis Mencken

lost
1. When one is unable to find his or her way
Because she was so far behind the pack, she got lost in the forest.




The Moody Monday theme for today is Lost~ get lost ~lost and found
~ lost cause ~lost for words~ lost generation
~ lost sheep ~ Lost Tribes ~ lost wages~ Lost cause
~lost with all hands~ one who hesitates is lost
~ all is not lost!~



~Baby do you have the Map?~



Ummm... Baby.. I think we made
a wrong turn! This doesn't look like home!
I do believe we are Lost!!

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Lost

Little by little befuddled
Overwhelmed; off track or muddled
Scatterbrained; astray and puzzled
Tapped out; tore up or bumfuzzled

Written By: Patricia sawyer
9-21-2009

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Ah! It is Monday.. Mondays are usually long and boring days.. We had a good week-end visiting with Dave's sister Donna.. Mason came for the week-end and Emily and Luke were in and out a few times with Kirsten.. Busy! Busy! Busy! We started a remodeling project today and I scanned some pictures.. Like I said.. long and boring.. Just another Monday! I searched everywhere for a picture to represent lost before I remembered these two from my first trip to New Mexico.. I had a few that showed people in the woods.. I knew they weren't lost though... They were way to happy to be lost.. I Loved watching the Prairie Dogs shown in the above Photo's.. I am sure that the creatures were loved and well cared for by the folks who own and the visitors at the store where they live in a special habitat.. I am also sure they knew it wasn't their home sweet home in the grasslands... Of course all is not lost.. they seemed to be doing quiet well in their new home.. They were fat and sassy.. Mason, Maya and I all begged to buy cabbage to feed them.. When we walked away they each had their own huge leaf ... munching away.. I could have gotten lost in the store.. It was huge and had great fountains and planters and everything one could imagine.. from craft items to toys and everything in between I really think they had it all.. We strolled around looking at all the great items and watching artisans from glass blowers to gourd carvers at work..If you ever get the chance you should definitely visit the Jackalope store.. I have spent most of this moody Monday thinking about the great time I had there..
Lost in thought I guess... today passed quicker than a normal Monday for me.. I hope you have a great Moody Monday!
Patsy

Moody Monday!

"Spending is quick; earning is slow" ~ Russian Proverb

“Be slow of tongue and quick of eye” ~ Miquel de Cervantes Saavedra

"Be slow to fall into friendship, but when thou art in continue firm and constant." ~ Socrates

Today's Moody Monday theme is SLOW!


slow
1. Taking a long time to move or go a short distance, or to perform an action; not quick in motion; proceeding at a low speed.
2. Not happening in a short time; spread over a comparatively long time.
These changes in the heavens, though slow, produced Like change on sea and land, sidereal blast. — Milton
3. Of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend.
John is very slow; he is ten seconds behind everybody else when it comes to math.
4. Not hasty; not precipitate; lacking in promptness; acting with deliberation.
He that is slow to wrath is of great understanding. — Prov. xiv. 29.
5. Behind in time; indicating a time earlier than the true time.
That clock is slow.
6. Lacking spirit; deficient in liveliness or briskness.

I could post so many things for slow.. I have so many pictures for slow..
I can't decide so Y'all know I'm going to have a blog full of photo's don't
y'all.. Take it slow.. take a few quiet minutes and enjoy visiting some scenes
of slowness from my life..I have always loved the slow times.. the moments
that we share so peacefully with others..

Slow ride! .. mama said :" watch out for Reuben"..
I would say slow down slow down don't you fall!

Slow Walk.. Emily was sick for so so long...

she was slow as Christmas.. But Cooper walked

along beside her and let her hold his hand..

(most of the time at least!)

Slow down.. Reuben, you are supposed to light

the candles before you bite the cake.. My Mom

and my Brother Reuben.. March 1970

Play it real slow... My oldest son, Anthony, and his oldest, Mason,

slowly playing music on the strange handmade instruments

at the Children's Museum in New Mexico.. July 2006

Why am I way back here and they are way up there??
Do you think I might be slow??? Maybe it was because
they don't have iced tea there.. Or grits... I was a smoker
then and was perished for country cooking and good iced tea...
and they are all young and fast.. I was looking at all the stuff..
I didn't want to rush and spill my lavender lemonade...
The shade was calling me!!
OK !OK! I'm old and I guess I am slow!!!
Have a great day!
Patsy

~ SLOW ~

Sluggish and settled
or softened with age
Low speed and laid back
a lagging old sage
Overdue and overwhelmed
out of order and old
Wound down and weary
but her heart is pure gold

Written By: Patricia Sawyer,
9-14-2009

Yay! Moody Monday!

“In a mood of faith and hope my work goes on. A ream of fresh paper lies on my desk waiting for the next book. I am a writer and I take up my pen to write.” ~ Pearl S. Buck

“Nothing helps a bad mood like spreading it around.” ~ Bill Watterson

"At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since." ~ Marilyn vos Savant

Yay?

Moody Monday asks if Yay is a Mood...Yes!.. Yay! is definitely a mood..a Yay mood usually means you got something you wanted or desired.. Or maybe you are happy and excited!..I must say it's a mood I don't see very often.. my moods are usually cranky.. weird.. evil.. Need I go on? I find little children have the best Yay! moods ever.. Yay! a frog.. Yay! a star.. Yay! Mommy is home! Yay!... cookies!... or as in the case of my little nephew ~ Grayson~ in the Picture below.. YAY! a bubble!!!


Yes!~ Awesome! ~ Yahoo!! a Bubble!! YAY!!!

I hope you are having a YAY!!! day .. Happy Labor day.. please be safe..
Patsy