Let us never know what old age is. Let us know the happiness time brings, not count the years. ~Ausonius That sounds like wonderful advice, and advice I must be heeding. Somebody asked me how old I was the other day and I had to think about it before I could answer. And then I almost counted one year too …
Laps Full of Puppies & Other Smiles
Is there anything cuter than kids with their laps full of puppies? This is a picture from reading friend, Sherri. When she got my newsletter several days ago, the picture of my sisters holding kittens made her remember a picture of her and her sister with a kitten. (posted on the left here) They must have had one sweet kitten …
Birthdays Rule!
Are you this happy about birthdays? Well, maybe you would be if you got a purple cake to match your purple dress. 🙂 But most of us grow up to find our own ways of having fun on our birthdays. Thanks to those of you who shared your happy birthday fun when you entered my annual Birthday Giveaway. Still a …
“A Day that Belongs to Me”
The birthday craze continues with my annual birthday giveaway. An extra plus is that I get to poke through my pictures to find some cute birthday cakes. My daughter-in-law is very inventive with the kids’ cakes and when this granddaughter asked for a dog cake a few years ago, she created a cake with a doghouse, a dog, and dog …
Ever Forget a Birthday?
Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter. ~Satchel Paige These kids don’t mind birthdays at all. They love them. Getting older is exciting. But as the years pile on, we start wanting to drag our feet a little about that getting older stuff. I still love birthdays. I just have a problem …
Birthday Fun and Giveaway
Birthday. If you were to let your mind run free what is the first thing you think about when you say birthday? Cake? Candles? Getting older? Parties? Family time? When I was a kid, I’m sure it was cake and the hope for presents. I had a wonderful aunt who made us cakes and brought us gifts. I don’t remember …
September Means a Birthday Giveaway
September is my birthday month and as I’ve told you all before, I love birthdays. I’ve just quit counting them up. Not enough fingers and toes to count on for that. 🙂 I’d have to call the fire department if I had a cake with candles. But if you don’t count them, then you can consider Satchel Paige’s question. “How …
Butterfly Season
The butterfly’s attractiveness derives not only from colors and symmetry: deeper motives contribute to it. We would not think them so beautiful if they did not fly, or if they flew straight and briskly like bees, or if they stung, or above all if they did not enact the perturbing mystery of metamorphosis: the latter assumes in our eyes …
Birthday Newsletter and Giveaway
“There is still no cure for the common birthday.” ~John Glenn Birthdays! That’s something you have to have once a year as regular as clockwork. And the clocks seem to work faster the older I get. My sister sent me a birthday card with the picture of a dog with his ears and fur all blowing back like a race …