Another Amazing Day

Another gorgeous sunrise..... Thank you God!! :) xo Jackie

Breakfast and Bee Movie
Cookies and milk
Downward Dog :)
Everyday Embrace life & Elizabeth
Flash: Misty's new nickname
Gossamer - such a Great word
"Have you lost you mind?" No...
"I came to my senses"
Just watching...

Kung Fu Panda

Lorax is going to be a movie. Yay!!
"Mayhap" - just learned a new word... from Sponge Bob Square Butt!!
Nautical Nonsense
Organizing my memories :)
Pray and Play
Quiet
Read
Ski-Doosh!
"That was AWESOME!
Understand
Vocabulary
Words
Xpress Authenticity
Yin, Yang, Yoga
Zentangle by Sue Palmer

"An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet regardless of time, place or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break." -Chinese proverb.

"It made me think of all the people that have come in and out of my life and makes me thankful that they all visited at one time or another." Sue Gager Palmer

Saturday Sunrise and Sunset

Amazing

Beautiful

Crisp

Delightful

Engaging

Fierce

Gorgeous

Happy

Incredible

Just lovely

Kinda great

Lovely

Morning

New day

Open to...

Possibility

Quiet

Sweet, soothing

Tranquility

Unlimited

V

W

X

Y

Z

Fun Full Friday

Advent calendar boxes need filling

Banana Bread needs making

Capriciousness: from a Family Circle article: "The Wind and the Blankie"

Dated 4/1/97

Eggnog

Flopping

Great day for it!

Humphrey Chronicals just keep getting better every day

I'm with Humphrey!!! :)

Jude Law, Jack Black

Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz

Latte and Long Light

"Meet-cute"

Now watching... The Holiday and loving it... again :)

Order pictures for Christmas gifts

Pumpkin Blanket is the book in which I will tuck this one page article

Quote: "Can you ever protect your child from the capriciousness of life?"

Raked some leaves

Science Safari, Starbucks, and Sweet Sunlight

Test repaired mower

"Utter honesty"

"Very refreshing"

Walked with Misty

"You're lovely. So are you"

Thanks-filled Thursday

Abundance

Bringing Baked goods

Cranberry fruit Conserve

Dave's for Thanksgiving Turkey etc

Enraptured, Entranced...

Full & Flopping

Gummy Bear Trees!!

Had dinner with Elizabeth and her Dad

Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple.

Joy

Kelsey's contribution

Little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.

Mom and Georg' learned how to post pics

Now I can flop :)

Oompa Loopmas

Popcorn for dinner

Quiet

Restful

Southern Grits and Sunshine @ http://southerngrinsandsunshine.blogspot.com/

Thank you Kelsey

Undo - would that be a nice life button to have?

Veruca Salt

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory

Xera plants blog

You Again after Thanksgiving meal

Zzzzzz

Wonderful Wednesday...

True Thanksgiving

"An open home, an open heart,

here grows a bountiful harvest." ~ Judy Hand

Blessed Be

Conversation, Companionship, and Conviviality

Dear ones

Ecstasy of complete contentment

Fresh Cranberries

Hearts in ThanksgivingGratefully remember

Joy

Kindness

Love and Overflowing with the fruits of the earth

Made cranberries, pie and cookies
Now I can Nap

Oven has been busy all afternoon

Perfect Pumpkin Pie

Quiet

Raise the song of harvest home

Simple Abundance

Turkey

Unwind

Veg

We have so much for which to be thankful

eXtravagance

Yes to

Zest!

Tenacious Tuesday: published Nov 22, 2011

"A garden is a grand teacher. It teaches patience and careful watchfulness; it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust." ~ Gertrude Jekyll

Beautiful, But Busy day...

Common sense and calm nerves prevailed

Did what I could

Exhaled the rest

Found time for fun

Got home for lunch

Home is the very best place to be

iPads are less of a mystery

Juniper... why did that word come to mind?

Kindness is always important

Love the warm weather

Meditate on this: "To be rooted is perhaps the most important and least recognized need of the human soul." ~ Simone Weil

Newest Meredith garden aka "Magnolia grove" :

Oh what a Tuesday it was!

Patience

Quiet

Rest

Sweetness

Tenacious: persistent in maintaining, adhering to, something valued or desired

U, V, W, X, Yaupons being added, Z

My Brother Ken...

This blog post practically wrote itself in seconds and is dedicated to my brother Ken, who just took a huge leap of faith and moved to the most Northwestern part of the country. To get there, he had to take train, plane, automobile and a ferry:

At the airport

Brother

Caroline Jean

Daughters

Elizabeth adores

Friday Harbor, WA

God bless

Him

Intuition

Jessica Lynn

Ken

Law

Mom Misses

New adventure

Open heart

Port of Friday Harbor:

Quite amazing

Rare find

Sincere

Tracy Ann

Unlimited supply of love energy

Very sweet

Wonderful brother, son, father, man

XYZ Movement Arts - his new job :) It stands for eXercise...

Yoga

Zumba

Sunday November 20th

"…All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well."

Balsam & Cedar

Candles from Hallmark

Doin' whatever I please

Euonymus carnosus – fleshy-flowered spindletree (Celastraceae)

Fennel & Passion flower soap from Whole Foods

God

Himself

Inspiration Indienne: a printed or painted textile in the manner of Indian productions
Julian of Norwich my personal patron Saint of Life :)

Kristen & Kyle's Staycation

Laura's "Roaminations"

Melancholy Moment's

November Nuances

Optimism Often Overflows

Peace-filled day

Quite a good day

Requiem for a Requiescence

Sweet potatoes

Thank you Dr. Grathwohl for the introduction

Unusually warm

Vibrant

Wreck List - Kiran S.

eXtra rest

Yes

Ziziphus jujuba seeds from Dr. Swab are now properly stored

Slow Saturday

Aequitas: Latin concept of justice, equality, conformity, symmetry, or fairness.
Burrito Bowl
Chai from scratch & homemade
Divine personification; often a symbol of "honest measure"
Eight am and I am already needing a nap

Fresh cranberries add to grocery list, but!

Groceries will have wait until tomorrow

"Hope has two beautiful daughters. Their names are anger and courage; anger at the way things are, and courage to see that they do not remain the way they are." ~ St. Augustine

Iceplant "Starburst" Delosperma floribunda

Jeans. must find jeans for Elizabeth

Keen

"Long May You Run" by Neil Young

Misty and I took a long walk and a car ride

Nap in the am

Ordered gift for Christmas

P.J. O'Rourke

Quite cozy

Roses are still..

Spectacular

Today's Temp: 60 degrees

Unaware as in: "Some have entertained angels unaware." ~ St. Paul

Vermilion

Writer's Almanac
Xneia: Shay's middle name :)
Yawning again
Ziziphus jujuba var. inermis: Chinese dates retrieved

Random Ramblings

Animated
Beautiful
Cheese and tomato sandwich
Dandelion? nope Crepis rubra
Euonymus carnosus
Fat tire amber ale
Grrrrr! Green means GO!
Hearts a burstin'
Intense
Jess: clear concise writing is on it's way...
Ken's t-shirt: “i smoke and i drink and every time i blink i have a tiny dream but as bad as i am i'm proud of the fact that i'm worse than i seem” ~ Ani DiFranco
"Like My Mother Does" by Lauren Alaina
More Musings to follow
Nancy's November

Old phone memos
Pretty leaves
Quintessential might be my favorite "Q" word
Really????
Sally holmes rose
Taught me how to smile
Ugh!
"Walk on the Ocean" by Toad the Wet Sprocket
Xinalani - from Karen Taylor's facebook post on Wednesday
Yarrow
Ziggin' & Zaggin'

Everyday, a new beginning...

An Ordinary Fairy
Bemused
Cowboy
Dragonfly wings
Enthusiasm
Flippant
Giggle
Happy... As am I
"It feels good to say your name" p. 79
Jeopardy
Kind sir
"Lighter Than Air" song Willow song p.95
Mischievous
Noah
Opaque
Pentangle
Questions
Reverie
Soul Swooshing Satisfied Smirk
Tuesday: "The Way You Look Tonight" was playing at the airport
Underwear Under the bed p. 79
Varney
Wicca
"X marks the spot" p. 106
"You've got to make the choices" p. 89
Zoomed

Monday's Musings

A.K. Dasher's in Stonington Borough for Ken's coin

B.F. Cylde's in Old Mystic for hot cider

Caroline and Andy's new place in Westerly, RI

Deep Steep from Herbwise Naturals

Elizabeth's wish to walk beach with Gram

Fulfilled. Family at Matt's Football game

Georg' walked to the top of hill at Naps

Home

Jaunt to Watch Hill

Ken took me to visit Caroline

Leftovers for Lunch

My Mommy still grinning

Napatree Point

Old Mystic

Prevaricating: deviating from the truth

Quiambaug Cove

Rest?

Stonington Borough

Tootles

Visits from Karen and BonnieUncle Bob drove us all around

Wequetequock Cove

eXtremly nice weather

Yes!

Zest

The Beginning of the trip...

Arrived safely

But had to stay hidden away

Careful Conversations with my Mommy

Dad & Mom being kept busy by John

Exhausted, but Elizabeth and I did get to go see Puss in Boots

Fell asleep I was so tired, I took at cat nap :)

Good conversations with Andrew

Help with burlap, peeling, chopping, even shuckin'

"It's a fairy thing. We don't do magic. We live it." ~ from An Ordinary Fairy by John Osborne

Joey off to work

Ken arrived and helped too

Lavender from Karen's garden

Movies after all...

Napkin folding

Overwhelming amount of prep and food

Puss in Boots

Quinoa & apricot stuffing made

Runners for chairs all cut

Soul buddy - also from An Ordinary Fairy

Tired

Unbelievable amount of food

Very elegant

Willow

eXcited, but...

Yawning

Zeal

Inspiration

Anise: specifically Florida Anise (Illicium floridanum)
Borborygmus: the rumblingsounds your stomach makes

Coalesce: to grow together

Divinity: the kind you eat :) from a sweet shop - yum!

Elaeagnus Umbellata 'Autumn Olive'

Flop & Fluff

God

Hop

Intoxicating scent

Joy

Kindness

Luminous

Muselet: the four-legged wire cage on a Champagne bottle

Next book to read...

Ordinary Fairy by John Osborne

Puss in Boots

Quagmire: http://networkedblogs.com/pHFqc

Rest & Releax

Spectacular roses Still

Tmesis: the division of a word by insertion of another word ie. Absol - freakin' - lutely :)

Uppity

Vapor p. 33 of An Ordinary Fairy

Wistful

eXquisite

Your Angel by Celine Dion

Zelkova serrata 'City Sprite' - saw at Arboretum :)

Astound yourself!

Astound yourself

Be alone and Breathe deeply

Connect with those things that fuel your passion

Do it with a knowing smile

Energize Everything

Feed your soul

"Heroic in the insipid details of life..." ~ Harriet Beecher Stowe

Inhale the moment

Just BE

Keep you alive

Make it look easy

"Natural sequence of an unnatural beginning." ~ Jane Austen

Perform miracles with humor and grace

Quit complaining

Rise to the occasion

Strength the intimate connection with your authentic self.

The scent made me stop in my tracks and just breathe

Umbellata: Elaeagnus Umbellata 'Autumn Olive'

Xpress your love

Yearn for grace

Zusatzangabe is my new word for today :) It's German :) It means "description" :)

A to Z's for today...

Autumn Dazed

Baked

Cleaned

Drank in the Day

Enjoyed the beautiful weather

Found Fun

Gathered passion fruit

Helped

Imagined.....

Jaunted about the neighborhood

Looked, Listened and Loved every minute

Kissed my puppy

Mowed lawn

Noticed Nuances

Ordered pics for scrapbook

Paid bills

Quit worrying

Rested

Smiled

Trimmed

Updated this blog :)

Viewed TV

Yawned

Walked with Misty

Zipped by these Zinnias

Time to Rest.

Ahhhh....

Breath

Chill ... "C'est la vie"

Do nothing

Enjoy endless nothingness

Flop

G

H

I

Jaunt

K

Live and Let Live

Meander

N

O

Pause

Quietly Quit

Rest, Relax

"Such is life"

Tend to the soul

Unwind

Veg

Wait

Xhale

Yawn

Zone out

November Notes... thus far....

Appreciate Ambiguity vs. Anxiety and Aggressiveness

Breathe, Balance & Believe in me vs. Babyish Bullying

Create Centered spaces vs. Conflicted

Divine Deep Breath vs. Doubt

Eatable vs. Edible

Focus on Faith vs. Fear

Goddess within Gazes at the Generous Gifts

Hearth and Home are Here for you

Insecure vs. Intimacy

Just be Joy

Know you are loved

Listen, Live and Let Live

My Love's the Only Promise that Remains

No regrets!

Open vs. Overwhelmed

Playful, Peace-filled Passion, Purity of intent, Peckish: hungry

Quirky, Queasy --> Quiet --> Quite content

Relax with Reba

Sacred Serenity vs. Scared Shouldas

Trust vs Too much Thinking & Terribly nervous

Understanding vs. Uptight Urges

Vesta, Goddes of Hearth and Home

Warmth, Wow, Wonderful vs. Worry

Xcitement

You mean the world to me

Zig Zag Zen