VETERANS DAY 2025

 

No words of gratitude will ever be enough, but

thank you to all our Veterans.

Forever grateful!

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ONE DAY LATER….

 

I hope you had a wonderful day yesterday.  Our time was very special spent with our son and daughter-in-law.  

Wishing you all warmth, peace and love in these frigid temperatures.  

In the words of Charles Dickens,

“Have a heart that never hardens,

A temper that never tires,

And a touch that never hurts.”

EXPLANATION OF YESTERDAY'S PHOTO

Several of you asked about the photograph in my last post. Sadly, it is part of a Memorial of the 2002 bombing in Bali, Indonesia, and was unveiled on October 12th, 2006, on the four-year anniversary.  Below you can see all of the memorial.  I took photos but it is going to take a while to find them.  When I do, I will replace this with my own.  I borrowed it from the website, so that you can see the whole.   

The globe has 202 doves carved across its surface, explained in part as, "All of the 202 doves are unique, to represent each life lost and as symbols for peace. The globe shows how the victims came from all parts of the world..."  You can click here to read more and if you missed it, my photo from yesterday is at this link.

“Peace is always beautiful.” 

~Walt Whitman from Leaves of Grass~

Wherever you are, I wish you all peace.

ALWAYS WORTH REPEATING

KINDNESS...

 

I hope your weekend is a great one,

 full of kindness and...

AT THE TRAFFIC LIGHT

Out and about the other day, not long after the 4th of July, we stopped behind this rider while waiting for the light to change.  It took me a second or two but I finally spotted him, the teddy bear between the flags.  Reflexes were pretty good and I had my photo in an instant.  Then the lights changed and rider and teddy bear went on their way, and hubs and I were on our way to meet up with our son for lunch, and then...

while in one of the stores with my two favorite guys, I spotted a patriotic pair of sunglasses.  I have to admit I was tempted but then I already had my own pair in the car.  I borrowed these for a second and made the peace sign and hubs had his cell phone out before I placed them back down again.  I guess I am channeling Winston Church who below can be seen sharing the V for Victory sign back in the day. 

Then Ringo Starr came along and made it into the Peace sign.  

So, happy belated birthday, two days before mine, to Ringo Starr and passing on peace and love like he asked us to, a nice sentiment that I am happy to do.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I am going to take a short break, but will be back in about a week.  My wish is for you to have a very special time with your Loved Ones. 

Peace on Earth, Good-will to All,
and
Merry Christmas from our house to yours.