Small Reflections: Rainy Day Photos as Promised

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Hugs and blessings,

Saturday, December 1, 2007

Rainy Day Photos as Promised

The weather
has cleared up today
here at the beach
but we have
more
storms
on the way
so
Molly and I are headed out
for a walk :)

Reminder: You have until December 15th
to email me your answers to the
Christmas Carol Quiz

12 comments:

Anonymous said...: Gosh! You may be a newbie to blogging, but you're a very tallented one, from what I've seen! Looking forward to visit here more often! I'll put you on my blogroll!Nice to meet you!; December 1, 2007 at 11:58 AM
Annie Z said...: Ah, I miss rainy days.
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xx; December 1, 2007 at 1:37 PM
storyteller said...: Jientje
Thanks for stopping by and leaving these kind words. It helps to be "happily retired" and have lots of time on my hands with my sister and best friends "on the road" traveling with their husbands in RVs :)

I plan to return to your Blog soon as well. It's nice to make new friends in this "virtual world" of the Blogosphere.

Annie,
I'm enjoying the weather and am looking forward to more rain, but I feel for those folks who live where the fires burned so recently because now they have to deal with mudslides. It's always something.

So ... did you enjoy your summer weather by going for a swim at the beach again today I wonder?

Hugs and blessings to you both,; December 1, 2007 at 1:44 PM
Mary said...: Love your photos of the rain. It's snowing here right now and has been for about three hours. It is to continue overnight and turn to ice in the morning. Ice isn't nice!

Thanks so much for sharing.
Blessings,
Mary; December 1, 2007 at 8:53 PM
Joy Des Jardins said...: I have to say your site looks great Virginia. All the wonderful Xmas stuff you've added...including the music...it looks so warm and friendly. I knew you were a quick study. You've done a beautiful job my friend. Many hugs coming to you....; December 2, 2007 at 7:48 AM
storyteller said...: Thanks for the Kudos Joy. You know first hand how it all started for me no so very long ago :)

Guess it shows how having lots of time on my hands (plus an inquisitive mind & adventuresome spirit of exploration) can be a blessing. Once I see something that's possible out there in the "virtual world" I want to figure out how to do it for myself and do whatever it takes to make it happen :)

Of course, with my two best friends headed for home ... I may have less time to devote to such things soon.
Hugs and blessings,; December 2, 2007 at 8:29 AM
Mary P Jones (MPJ) said...: I am stopping by to pay a visit after your kind visit to my blog and wanted to say I love the pictures of the rain. I love listening to the sound of a nice steady rain. And your photos really captured the way it makes the world bright and glistening.

I was also looking at your profile and anyone who loves James Taylor, When Harry Met Sally and The Lord of the Rings books is going to get along with me just fine. ;); December 2, 2007 at 9:20 AM
setters said...: Wow! 2 blogs for NaBloPoMo - great going! And lovely pics!

See you more often :); December 2, 2007 at 10:13 AM
Akelamalu said...: Lovely photographs. We've had a lot of rain in my part of the world over the weekend too.; December 2, 2007 at 11:48 AM
storyteller said...: MPJ
Thanks for the return visit. I love the rain too and we haven't had much for the last year or so here in So Cal, so it was all the more special on Friday. Because everyone's been posting pictures of Fall leaves and now Snowy weather, I figured I'd share these. As for Sweet Baby James, Harry & Sally, and Tolkien ... some things never get old :)

setters
Thanks for stopping by. I'll check out your Blog later today and say "howdy" there also :)

Akelamalu
Thanks for the visit. I know you're busy. Hope your dad's doing better each day.

I used to have a penpal in England (seems like she lived in Welling, Kent, if memory serves) when I was in grade school and she told me it rained all the time there.
Hugs and blessings,; December 2, 2007 at 12:52 PM
On the Road said...: Hi G,
I enjoyed visiting your blogs. I did try the what kind of flower am I, and I am a snapdragon. That was fun. Also enjoyed your collage and your yard looks very nice-like it is enjoying the rain. Be home soon, J on the Road; December 2, 2007 at 5:34 PM
storyteller said...: Thanks for stopping by and leaving a howdy. Tell P to keep the shiny side up and the rubber side down all the way home. See you soon :)
Hugs and blessings,; December 4, 2007 at 12:48 PM

Currently ...

... I'm thankful to have encountered the 'Food Court Flash Mob Hallelujah Chorus to share here at Small Reflections. I've also shared a Beautiful Meditative Video and a delightful Random Act of Culture (that happened at Macy's) at Sacred Ruminations ... just because.

I'm also grateful that I've created a personalized 1st edition 'Labyrinth Journal' for my friend Susan. I've written a second version that I plan to publish & share with others very soon.

My sister & her husband arrived in town on Wednesday, November 17th and will be around for a few months ... so that's pretty 'kewl' too!

Remember ... you can find me sharing at Giraffe Journal and Labyrinth Journal when you don't see anything from me posted here.

Hope all's well with you and yours!
Hugs and blessings,
Virginia

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In October of 2008, I celebrated my 1st Blogoversary here at Small Reflections on the 22nd & at Sacred Ruminations on the 23rd.

I completed Blog 365 in 2008 with a total of 378 posts here at Sacred Ruminations, 234 at Sacred Ruminations, 20 at BlogRolls, Bling & Blurbs, and 30 at Happily Retired Gal for a grand total of 662 ... all in 366 days!

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In October of 2009 I celebrated my 2nd Blogoversary here at Small Reflections & at Sacred Ruminations and in November of 2009 I celebrated my 1st Blogoversary at Happily Retired Gal. Little did I know what would follow when I entered this 'virtual' world.

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"it takes courage to become who you really are." e.e. cummings

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes." Marcel Proust

"How you handle the situation IS the situation." Stephen Covey

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"At mid-life more than any other time, we have renewed opportunity to create health by expressing our creativity fully." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"It is never too late to be who you might have been." George Eliot

"Things are only impossible until they're not." Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation

"Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows." Ralph Waldo Emerson

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"We have been so eager to give our children what we didn't have in life, we have neglected to give them what we did." Anyonmous

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"The first and the simplest emotion which we discover in the human mind is curiosity." Edmund Burke

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"Telling stories causes others to remember what they have always known." Anonymous

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"What you choose not to look at in life, rules your life." Lynn Andrews

"Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit." Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Saturday, December 1, 2007

Rainy Day Photos as Promised

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