The Web in Full View

The web photo is 6 x 4.5 inches.   It's probably the largest I'd go...tomorrow I plan to do some moving gifs for fun.  New discoveries, what was once complicated is now simple....said the spider to the fly.

Red Sky in the morning valley

Red sky in the morning valley, rising over the hills.  Like all dawns breaking a new day...I have made the leap into FTP space.   Would have been nice if I would have seen somewhere that I needed to add the extension name of the file I was uploading there (i.e. .jpg)....I resized this photo to 5 x 3.75 inches.  

 

The previous entry with the pampas grass was 4 x 3 inches.  
A little progress for others, a big step for my journal and me. Now I can make photos with words and not be so limited to the little ones...although I will be using them it will be like christmas cookies...sprinkle here and sprinkle there.    

Pampas Grass

Blue skies and blowing wind in the feathery pampas grasses....a small entry this time.  

 

Musical Conundrums

 

John Scalzi's:  http://journals.aol.com/johnmscalzi/bytheway/entries/5113

Weekend Assignment #87: Answer one or more of the following musical conundrums:

1. Who let the dogs out? Their owners...some came in costume.

2. Why do fools fall in love?  Because Spring was in the air.

3. If birds can fly over the rainbow, why then, oh why, can't I?  Not having wings might have something to do with it....

4. Do you hear what I hear?  I really don't like gossip but if I need to know I need to know.  Let's talk it over a cup of coffee...;)

5. How do you solve a problem like Maria?  I am Maria and I see no problem.

6. How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat? Easy,  put only pudding on the menu.

7. Listen, do you want to know a secret? Do you promise not to tell?  Maybe not unless it's about me.   Depends, promise not to tell who?

8. How long has this been going on? Why am I always the last to know?

9. I want to know, have you ever seen the rain? (Alternately: Why does it always rain on me?)  You're kidding, right?  In Seattle rain is the name of the game!  It rains on me because I sometimes forget my umbrella.

10. Does anybody really know what time it is?  Yes, but you need to wear more than one watch so you can synchronize to the work clock,  the spouse's watch and the kitchen clock.   Start a new fad and wear a few watches...be right on time with those who count!   This puts a whole new meaning to letting time wear on you.....:)

(Yes, you can have silly answers. In fact, I encourage them!)

Extra Credit: Pose your own musical question.

11.  What is Louie Louie?  Besides Washington's state song it is a pretty good salad...

The night of Thanksgiving....

  Someone sent me this via email and I just loved it....I would be happy to give credit to whomever put this together so if someone knows I will update this entry...enjoy:

 

          'Twas the night of Thanksgiving, but I just couldn't sleep.
               I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep.

                The leftovers beckoned - the dark meat and white,
                But I fought the temptation with all of my might.

                      Tossing and turning with anticipation,
                    The thought of a snack became infatuation.

                 So, I raced to the kitchen, flung open the door
                 And gazed at the fridge, full of goodies galore.

                    I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes,
                     Pickles and carrots, beans and tomatoes.

                  I felt myself swelling so plump and so round,
                  'Til all of a sudden, I rose off the ground.

               I crashed through the ceiling, floating into the sky
                 With a mouthful of pudding and a handful of pie.

                But, I managed to yell as I soared past the trees
              "Happy eating to all - Pass the cranberries, please!"

              May your stuffing be tasty, may your turkey be plump;
                   May your potatoes 'n gravy have nary a lump;
            May your yams be delicious, may your pies take the prize;
              May your Thanksgiving dinner stay off of your thighs.

 

                                                

Birthday before Thanksgiving

 

    

                         
My husband's birthday falls on Nov. 22 every year (imagine that...same date each year?) and it's sometimes close to or on thanksgiving.   However, a not much advertised fact is that it also falls on the anniversary of  John F. Kennedy's assassination...a very sad moment in history.  He always remembers that and notices when it's not in the news media...I may have to do a special on that soon on my journal.    In the meantime, boy did he have smiles on his face...can't believe a kitchen tool would do that but this Kitchenaid mixer from Costco (professional model) really got him smiling...men and their tools...I especially chose the silver color because it looked like a power tool.  He made, yes made, me go to the store for real whipping cream so he could use the mixer to make it and then we put it on top of his favorite birthday celebration dessert...pumpkin pie - (compliments of our local grocer....Safeway!).   It was worth the smiles...he doesn't like me to post pics of him up here so you will have to use your imagination.  In addition, our daughter gave him much needed and very nice slippers...the kind with rubber soles so he can go out and pick up the paper in the grass in the mornings.  Smiles all around......:)  

Scalzi's Monday Photo shoot - Collection of something

   

   
John Scalzi's Monday photo shoot really struck a cord with me.. http://journals.aol.com/johnmscalzi/bytheway/entries/5099 I have a few different kinds of collections...   I think I need a part 1, part 2, part 3...ad infinitum!   I have eight drawers of rubber stamps that I can use to make cards or art projects.   Amazingly, I have become a recovering stampaholic.  Yes, I actually have to tell myself that I will survive not going into a stamp store I happen to be passing...that yes, that magnetic attraction will pass and that the all powerful force is nothing more than a temporary satiation.   I get such a kick out of the creativity in these places...but boy do they get such a lot of money out of me!   Still, it is sometimes worth the quick fix on rainy days and Sundays.  (In Seattle that is a bit of a problem for recovering stampaholics like myself...my only respite is that I sometimes need to buy a paper punch....unfortunately they too are like Lay's potato chips...you can eat just one...I can never buy just one....)   OH well, it's all in fun. 

Thanks, John!  I never would have taken a photo record of this collection without your incentive!    
  

       Maria