Monthly Archives: April 2011

  Around 2:00 pm Saturday afternoon, or maybe earlier, we started having tornado warnings.  I got my bunker ready and then realized that those pillows were not going to be enough to support the weight of the debris that maybe falling down on me.  But that’s all I had, and there was hardly any space for me. Continue reading “Tornado warning…in North Carolina”

Now that the big fat check has been sent to Uncle Sam and all his nephews and nieces in Congress, I am thinking about going on a trip to Paradise.  Caribbean or Pacific? I have in the past contemplated the possibilities of taking a white-water-rafting trip or going in a schooner for around 10 daysContinue reading “Meet my 1040 schooner…sailing away to Paradise…”

This morning during our walk, Miss Raylene and I were talking about a lot of things, and suddenly, I was thinking that I love taking pictures of nature and mainly of flowers.  They are so beautiful and splendorous.  Then, I imagined how the life of a botanist would be.  Then I said:  “That’s what IContinue reading “In my next coming back to Earth…a botanist…yes…a botanist!”

This morning I went for a walk by myself in my own neighborhood, and I was feeling like the happy camper I am training myself to be.  Snapping pictures here and there, not a cloud for my collection on the beautiful blue sky, but the sun was in full blast at the time of the day…justContinue reading “I am bigger than any moment or situation…”

Secretly,  I think most of us wish that our lives would be such as a fairy tale.  I am speaking for myself here.  Snow White, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and etc., etc.  Those little girls or women never get old, as in no-wrinkles.  They didn’t have to deal with finances, cleaning…toilets, having to seat downContinue reading “Careful what I wish for…”

Yes, you read it right.  I am into cloud collecting as of this cloudy, very cloudy morning.  Sorry about those wires.  Something to consider for next mission in my search for clouds. In this morning’s paper in the Science Section, there is a big article about the Cloud Appreciation Society whose motto is “Look upContinue reading “New hobby…collecting clouds…yes, clouds…”

Life is full of surprises…and today I received a very nice and happy one.  My daughter and her boyfriend were in Durham for a class reunion and on Sunday morning they surprised me with a visit.  They came bearing gifts.  I love my cutest bear and my “very favorite from now on” bag.  It feltContinue reading “Great surprise of my day…”

We human beings have had this need for validation, I think, from the moment we are born.  What is it to be validated?  In my book of definition, validation is when someone approves of you,  your actions or your situation. Yesterday, I had a great moment.  I was pondering while cleaning the front door, and theContinue reading “The need to be validated…”

This is not the picture from yesterday’s post…Look and you shall find. Somewhere in the Bible it says…Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, and knock and the door will be opened.  Have you ever put these words to the test?  I have.  I have been in the search for a smallContinue reading “Ask, Seek and Knock…”

Wednesday, April 6th, 2011… You know we are just opening our senses to spring.  The creative juices have been hibernating, and the urge to make our homes look nice and pretty is just emerging from the cold and darkness of winter. So…I went to our local nursery and bought a small-sized yellow petunia plant.  My houseContinue reading “Missions being accomplished…”