In the aftermath...

Arnica gel, pills AND massage oil

Beautiful, Breezy, Bendy kinda of day

Cicada Exoskeleton

Drama club meeting today
Echinacea Eating

Finches

Generous

Hearts

If not now, then when?

Joan, John, Susan, Martha, etc

K

Laura Duncan

Mom & Dad

N

Opening to life!

Pleasant Person Power walking

Questions

Staples for School Supplies

Take it easy Today

Ugh!

Staples
Why is it...?

Busy week

Athletics Added to MCTV
Brave,Bold, Beautiful
Contribute, Communicate
Danger garden: http://dangergarden.blogspot.com/
Engage, Encourage
Frequent Feedback
Give Generously
Hurricane
Irene - thanks Sue, you... Inspire :)
Job responsibilities
Knowledgeable
Long Lunch
Model
Respect
Strong Spirits
Train, Trust
Undivided attention
Vision
Welcoming
be an eXample
Young women
Zest for life is always a great "Z" :)

Tuesday Aug 23, 2011 glimpses into my life

Awesome

Breeze

Comfortable? at the...

Dentist? really?

Earthquake!!

Fragrance

Gorgeous

Healing morning light

Iced coffee

Jackie Juggling...again

Kristen

Luna moth

My tattoo

Naked Lady - it's a lily, silly :)

mosquitO

Pests

Quite content

Rob Thomas' "Little Wonders"

Still wishing I'd kept the words I gave Neil

Tattoo image by Neil for Neal the ink artist

Under cover of night

Vibrant Vitality

Whole Foods

eXpression of transformation

Youth and vigor

Zest for life represented by the orange circle

Not so random really...

Tripped across this this morning. Facebook now posts random past messages of yours and your friends in the top right area of the screen. This one of mine is from August 22, 2009 at 7:51am

"If you don't feel as close to God as you use to, who moved?" I thought of this quote this morning as I sat still long enough to finally see my hummingbirds again. It had been days, so yesterday's gratitude list was apparently a ...prayer; this morning the answer. I'd been wondering where my hummingbirds went. lol. Thank you, God, for your sweet, gentle answers to all of my questions.♥

I don't often post pictures of myself on my blog, but I had to make an except ion with this one. Yesterday, one of our recent graduates returned to visit. While there, one of her former professors declared that we looked alike. Being a bit of a stickler for correct word usage, it struck me as particularly funny, and Whitney and I decide to turn the moment into a photo op. i

Turns out, many people went for this color combo yesterday, some wearing a white shirt with black shorts (Whitney's are actually khaki), but we were just so tickled to be TWINS! The whole thing did get me thinking about who similar we ALL are. One human family...

Ok - so not enough ABCs for a real ABC post - oh well - busy day, I guess...
Intriguing
Mary Poppins
One human family..

Picnic

Quintessential: http://stonington.patch.com/articles/madison-quintessential-connecticut-13

Twins? :)

Whitney

Today's inspiration and random words

Amazing Artist
Beautiful Being
Confidence Coming
Dare to Do it!
Elizabeth Enjoys
Flout: to treat with contemptuous disregard
Great Gusto
Happy Fish
Instigator: 1. To urge on; goad. 2. To stir up; a person who escalates a situation.
July 20 entry
Kaphooy
Lawn
Mowed
Neglect Not the Gifts Within You
Opulent
Parents are like a compass... guiding you the right way - EKM 7pm 7/17/06
Royal Pains
Simple Abundance by Sarah Ban Breathnach
True North
Ursula K. LeGuin
Waiting for Rain

when my lists are too long...

I go back to my ABCs :)

Antoinette's Amazing smile

Butter for Baking

Cumulus Clouds

Daddy's enDearing voice

Elizabeth home for the Evening

Fantastic Fudge

Get Groceries

Jackie's Joy

Kimberly's Knit (sweater :) back soon)

Laundry with Love

Mom's Meandering inspire Me

Numerical Nitwit

Our car inspection - passed!

Pay Susan (and registration)

Recipe sent

Sunflower Seeds

Took Time for Misty

Wild & Winsome

Yellow finch

Thursday's thoughts

Authenticity

Bring it

Caring Calls

Darling
Elizabeth

Gift from Grammy

Hummers humming

Invest in...

Jordan

Kindness

Love-in-a-puff (Cardiospermum halicacabum)
Madison
Nuturing
Ourselves
Returning
Students
Tweaked was a new word for Anum
Understanding

Whizzed
Yourselves

Zenii

Gracefully Grow into our Gifts

Artist's Way: Acceptance

Become willing to see the hand of God and accept it...

Creative living, Consciously cultivating

Dare to Dabble

Expanded sense of self

Fulfill the dream

GOD: Good Orderly Direction

Higher power, Higher creativity

Inner artist

Julia Cameron

Kindness goes a long way

Library tours

Meredith College girls are baaaaacccckkkk...

New year begins

Oh what fun!!

Pilgrimage

Quite the busy day

Remove the Rubble

Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

Tree of knowledge

Visitation

Write the truest sentence you know - Ernest Hemingway

eXcavating our authentic selves

Yellow

Zulu warrior's

Still chasing the dragon??

metaphorical use of the term "chasing the dragon" refers to the elusive pursuit of the ultimate high in the usage of some particular drug. Seriously? That makes me kinda sad...

Choose wisely

Decide on Different Directions

Elusive

Free-spirited

Great Grin

Happy Hummers chittering, whizzing

Inquisitive

Joan

Live and Let Love

Mumzie

Plant the seeds of growth

inQuisitive! :)

Respect

Soul Soaring

Take a minute to decide

Whatever makes you happy

What Will Wednesday bring...

Arboretum

Beauty

Choices

Discombobulate - to confuse; upset; frustrate

Elizabeth to camp

Foist

Glorious

Happy

Inquiring Minds
Live and Let Live

Morning glories

Potential

Quick but oh so worth it

Thanks for Thinking of me
Wicked

Tuesday's gone with the wind...

Auspicious, austerity

Brendan's Birthday

Canna

Dragonflies

Eddie Vedder

Ginger crinkle cookies

H

Incumbent

J

K

Listen then talk

Madison

N

O

Personal radiance

Quote from Titanic

R

Strength

Transformative

U

Voluminous

W

Monday, Monday...

...so good to me / Monday mornin', it was all I hoped it would be... and then I went to work. It's that time of year when we go from one thing to the next. If there is a plan, adjusting it is ALWAYS necessary. So! That said, here are the ABCs for the day thus far.

Adjusting

Breathe

Cat stretch

Downward Dog

Floss

Gearing up for a Great week

Heliotropism is the diurnal motion of plant parts (flowers or leaves)

in response to the direction of the sun.

Heliotropism was first described by Leonardo da Vinci (along with gravitropism)

in his botanical studies.

Inertia

Jack

Kate Winslet

Lovely Lilies

Misty & Me for lunch today

Namaste

Opening to life

Pay bills

Sun Salutation

Titanic

Volunteer

Wisteria

Moving things around..

A few years ago, I began to learn the art of moving and cleaning what I have, instead of buying something new. It has become a necessity, not only for financial reasons, but also for my sanity. I LOVE to move the energy around and of course, since I do these things by myself, move my muscles as well. I may need a soak in some nice, cheap, effective lavender-scented epsom salts later, but it is so worth it!! The treasures I unearth when I do this are always so amazing. For example, when looking for something completely unrelated, I happened to find this quote on the backside of something I'd cut from a magazine years ago...

"He kissed me and now I am someone else." --Gabriela Mistral, Chilean Poet

ABCs for today...

Assume Away (Sweet Home Alabama)

Been Busy

Clean Clothes, Cozy bees

Datura

Ecstatic Evening

Fresh Figs

Gobsmacked combines the northern English and Scottish slang term gob, mouth,

with the verb smack. It suggests the speaker is utterly astonished or astounded. It’s much stronger than just being surprised; it’s used for something that leaves you speechless, or otherwise stops you dead in your tracks.

Happy

Interesting

Jessica

Kelly

Leisure

Mom

Nice

Omelet

Pumice

Quiche

Reading

Strumpet: A female prostitute or a promiscuous woman. (p. 42)

Trumpet flowers (Datura)

Very nice Views

White

Yoga

Rainy days that are Saturdays...

are to be fully appreciated, so... I think I'll make myself a second cup of coffee and just READ for a change.... or not...

I skipped the second cup of coffee and opted for a shower and I long walk with Misty, afterwhich I kinda needed another shower, so humid, but! timing was perfect because it started to rain again right after we got inside. I did a little shopping instead of a whole bunch of errands. Came back with 2 Redbox movies. The first was kind of a downer, but Natalie Portman was good in it.

Watching Little Fockers now and here's a new word for today...

kerfuffle: A commotion or fuss

Ahhhhh August...

Aficionados of August
Butterfly Bop
Ciao Bella
Delicious Desert
Energy
Fall in Love
Generous Gifts
Hirsute: covered with coarse stiff hairs (ie. A hirsute leaf)
Intimate tutorial Intuition
Johnny Depp in Rango
Observe Our Own life
Puttanesca (literally "whore's style spaghetti" in Italian) is a spicy, tangy, somewhat salty dish invented in the mid-20th century.
Revel in Relinquishment
Seasonally Sanctioned Sojourn of Slow joys
Thespian
Unique confection
V
Wisdom
eXquisite,eXtraordinary
Yum!