"to slip beneath the surface

and soar along the silent bottom of the sea

agile and shining in water

honeycombed with light.” 
― Ellen Meloy

Nash at St. George's Island, Florida

 

I kinda copied the mouse in the heading 

hope she doesn't mind

 

ilym

 

 

 

 

 

Today is my sister Mary Sue's Birthday!!!!!!!!

 (a.k.a. shellisland: )

it's also

World Turtle Day

surely named in her honor 

I'm pretty sure she was a Tortoise in a former life

In mythology 

the Tortoise was the symbol of wisdom, and is able to defend itself on it own.

It personifies water, moon, mother earth, time, immortality and fertility.

Creation is associated with the tortoise and it is also believed that

the tortoise bears the burden of the whole world.

Yeah

that's my sister in a turtle shell 

  Hey Sister

I Love You More and I Miss You!

 in the real world I'm off work tomorrow thru Tuesday

Saturday our Granddaughter

graduates from High School

she'll be heading to West Georgia University in August

with a full academic sholarship

and it's not too far from home

I'm so stinkin proud of her!

 

Hope everyone has a great Memorial Day

I'll be raising the flag for those who gave all

ilym 

 

 

 

it's been a long week

and it ain't over yet

be safe where ever you are

ilym

"The longer I live, the more I realize

the impact of attitude on life.  Attitude 

to me, is more important than facts.  It is

more important than the past, than

education, than money, than circumstances,

than failures, than successes, than what 

other people think, or say or do.

 

It is more important than appearance,

giftedness, or skill.  It will make or break

a company, a church...a home.

The remarkable thing is that we have a 

choice every day regarding the attitude

we will embrace for that day.

 

We cannot change our past...we cannot

change the fact that people will act in a 

certain way.  We cannot change the inevitable.

The only thing we can do is play on the

one string we have, and that is our attitude...

 

I am convinced that life is 10% what

happens to me and 90% how I react to it.

And so it is with you...we are in charge

of our attitudes."

~ Charles R. Swindoll

 

Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend

 

 

ilym

I've had iris's on my desk for 3 weeks now

am I lucky or what

Over the rainbow

 

I looked, unsuccessfully, for rainbows Sunday when the sun came out briefly

I can't remember the last time it's rained hard for days on end

but yesterday there was a brief break in the clouds

the sun came out for about 10 minutes

at just the right time in the afternoon

and I wanted to share rainbows with everyone

 songoftheheart asked specifically

the pictures don't do the rainbows justice

but trust me they were magnificent

 

 

 looking out the kitchen window 

 

it was the best rainbow I remember ever seeing

a double 

if I'd gone to the top of the ridge I could have seen both ends

maybe I would have found the proverbial pot of gold

however I was more than happy with the view from the kitchen

and I didn't get my feet wet

this isn't a blue bird

it's a male Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

and I really need to clean windows 

this is a google image

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NixrHvecZ8c 

and a Youtube video

they migrate through our area in the spring and fall

I think we have a couple of breeding pairs

life is good

it's all good

ilym

Cinco de Mayo

 

my next cold beverage is in your honor

I am not at the beach

I'm home and it's been raining

on and off

but the sun has come out

I'm off to look for a rainbow

ilym

 

 

 I caught my first trout Monday

Barry caught two so we had enough for supper

although I haven't caught them before

I've dressed many - trout are the easiest fish to clean 

help me!!!!!

 

to late for you little fishes

usually we grill them but since there were only three

I just dusted them with cornmeal and flour and cayenne pepper

and fried em up in a skillet

bubble bubble bubble

I threw in a few potatoes too

 

yesterday Nash and I dug up some worms 

and tried our luck again

 

Nash's Mom Tiffany caught a sun perch

Nash reeled it in and we let it go

 

she caught a trout also, I caught two more 

we ate them last night

 

I've got the fever now, so I'm going home and try it again

Have a Great Weekend

*************** 

you should go and tell 

Aloysius_son

happy Birthday, cause it's his birthday

his Mom dingdongdingbat said it was

evidently she made him a cake too

 

ILYM

 

 

I feel like the White Rabbit today,

I'm late, I'm late for some very important dates...

The predicted peak for the 2013 Lyrid meteor shower was before dawn today (April 22),

however you might see meteors before dawn tomorrow, if unlike me you look at the right time.

The best time, according to the almanac, is after the moon sets and before the sun comes up.

Some have gotten great pictures and shared them on the EarthSky facebook site

this is my favorite:

this image was taken in the small hours of the morning April 22 by

Simon Waldram, around 5 am.

Camera used was a sony a580 with a minolta 24mm prime lens

30 seconds exposure f2.8 iso 1600.

Can I just say I'm terribly jealous of Simon 

meteors and windmills, what more could you wish for.

well....

I did receive this virtual bouquet from a friend this morning

and a nice email note that said:

"Hey Marsha!  I picked some flowers this morning and threw them in a roofless birdhouse beside me

and I said 'you know who would enjoy that?!'

Hope you're wonderful and enjoying this long overdue brightness.

Blessings,"

it totally made me happy and how appropriate for Earth Day 

Arbor Day at N.Y. Public School #4, 173rd St. & Fulton Ave., New York.  Year unknown.  Photo via Library of Congress.

The date of Earth Day, April 22, stems from an earlier observance, Arbor Day. 

J. Sterling Morton was a Nebraska pioneer,

a writer and editor for Nebraska’s first newspaper, and later secretary of the Nebraska Territory.

He advocated planting trees in what was then a dusty and treeless prairie.

At a meeting of the State Board of Agriculture in January 1872,

Morton proposed that Nebraska citizens set aside April 10 as a day to plant trees.

It’s said that Nebraskans planted about one million trees on that first Arbor Day in 1872.

Ten years later, in 1882, Nebraska declared Arbor Day as a legal holiday and the date was changed to Morton’s birthday, April 22.

Arbor Day grew to become a national observance and is now observed in Nebraska on the last Friday in April,

which is also when National Arbor Day is observed.

It seemed natural to schedule April 22, 1970 – Arbor Day – as the first Earth Day.

I recall the first Earth Day

and Bangs -

We were all hippies back in the day

 

The first Earth Day marked the beginning of the modern environmental movement.

Approximately 20 million Americans, especially on college campuses, participated in a national teach-in on

environmental issues and protests against environmental deterioration on the first Earth Day.

It’s hard to imagine it now, but the first Earth Day was a revelation to many,

a way not only of raising consciousness about environmental issues but also of bringing together

separate groups that had been fighting separately against issues including oil spills,

pollution from factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, the loss of wilderness,

air pollution and more.

Since then, Earth Day is always celebrated on April 22. 

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtfully committed citizens can change the world.

Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. ~  Margaret Mead

 

So...

are you wondering about the title of this blog?

wonder no more

for the last 3 years my grandson Nash and I have been making up a song, to pass the time while we mow 

it's pretty much complete now, Nash has gotten to big to ride the mower with me

now I have to sing to my own self to pass the time 

without further ado

I give you...

The Creek Song

lyrics by Nash and Ma Moon

 

I think you and me

outta sing a song, get on tv

we'll be rich, we'll be famous

we'll get a dog

and call him Amos

Oh I think we

are family

Oh 

I think you and me 

outta sing a song about our family

Mamma and Daddy 

and Big Ole Moon

Anna and Sarah 

and Reece and Mara

Oh I think we

are family

Oh 

I think you and me 

outta sing a song about the creek

mowin the grass and pickin up rocks

countin the flowers and the poly-wogs

Oh

I think we

are family

Oh 

I think you and me 

outta sing a song about the things we see

the moon coming up

the sun going down

the stars coming out

the world goin round

Oh

I think we

are family

I love you I love you I doooo

the end

 

 

Make everyday Earth Day

have a wonderful week

ilym