Small Reflections: HF#119 - FaveFive#4

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Friday already?
Don't know how this week vanished
without any posts

since Monday when I
celebrated my birthday ...
Seems my scheduled

activities were
just a bit too much because
today I feel sick ;--(

Sore throat ... drippy nose
body aches from head to toe ...
I'm 'holed up' alone

hoping that Zicam
Vitamin C and bed rest
helps me recover!

Thanks to everyone
for lovely birthday wishes ...
Gratitude abounds!!!

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in Haiku Friday this week.

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... in addition to the Cumulative Gratitude List in my Sidebar this month, here are Five Favorites from this past week:

1. My purple iris buds (click for last week's collage) burst forth gloriously this week in tantuple blossoms!

2. Other bulb blossoms burst forth as well ... if anyone knows what these yellow flowers are, I'd love to know myself ... and would appreciate any insight visitors might provide about them.

3. Although it's been just a couple of weeks since I cut back my roses, new growth is springing forth already. Isn't that amazing? I certainly hope the wintry weather over many parts of the country comes to an end soon and that others see signs of Spring in the days & weeks ahead.

4. Excellent weather followed Monday's birthday surprise rainbow permitting my sister & I to spent several hours walking the nearby wetlands with cameras in hand ... birdwatching. I hope to share some of those photos for Camera Critters this weekend.

5. I enjoyed the second meeting of my Writers Workshop last night. I look forward to reading the pieces of writing submitted by classmates this week and participating in discussing the work next Thursday in addition to receiving feedback on the writing I shared.

This is my 4th ...

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Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"I have never had so many good ideas day after day as when I worked in the garden." John Erskine

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

FYI - My previous Gratitude Lists can be found at Happily Retired Gal, at WordPress. It is my intention to keep this 'Daily Gratitude List' in my sidebar indefinitely because I believe it makes sense to focus on what's right in our lives regularly. Click for:
2010 Lists - July, June, May, April, March, February, January
2009 Lists - December, November, October, September, August, July June, May, April, March, February, January
2008 Lists - December, November

More About Me

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How I Became a Blogger

Evolution of my blogs
Late in October of 2007, I started playfully exploring possibilities here and at SacredRuminations ... the site where I joined Carla's Sacred Life Project. I published daily on both sites initially, but in mid-January of 2008 I gave myself permission to cut myself some slack & rethink things. Since committing to Blog 365 at Small Reflections, I've continued to publish daily here, but I'm thinking about alternating days and/or experimenting a bit with a variety of possibilities in an attempt to balance my online activities with my "real life" ... without giving "short shrift" to either blog. Therefore, it's all a work in progress, and I hope you'll bear with me.

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!

In 2009, my sister & her husband returned to So Cal for 4 months and I had less time to blog. Even though they're on the road again, I'm finding it challenging to recapture a daily blogging habit. Click for more specifics about this.

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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My Blog Blasts for Peace:
Sacred Ruminations- The Strength of Gentleness
Small Reflections-A Revolution of Music
Blog Rolls & Bling - What if? (a Colorful Alternative to Bombs)
and last June:
Thirteen Thoughts on the Topic of Peace
Peace in Every Step

My Peace Globes are below
Clicking on them will take you to the related 'Bl0g Blast' post also.
"It's not so much that we're afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it's that place in between that we fear .... It's like being between trapezes. It's Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There's nothing to hold on to." Marilyn Ferguson

Food for Thought

(or reminders for myself)

"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

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you." Lao-Tzu

"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook." William James

"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

More thoughts

"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

"You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. ... You must do the thing which you think you cannot do." Eleanor Roosevelt

"There are events in life that cannot be explained or changed. I acknowledge them, feel them, and I release the rage, guilt, loss, anger, and grief." Dr. Christiane Northrup

"Yesterday I dared to struggle. Today I dare to win." Bernadette Devlin

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

"In solitude we give passionate attention to our lives, to our memories, to the details around us." Virginia Woolf

"The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and their unlimited imagination." James Michener

"If you think you can, or think you can't -- you're right." Henry Ford

More Thoughts ...

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing that I wanted to do." Georgia O'Keefe

"You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make it true." Richard Bach

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

"Character is the bridge between our beliefs and our behavior. Character is the glue of personality, the connective tissue that makes a person whole, integrated, a person of integrity." Joan Konner, journalist

"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

"When a woman changes her life for the better, her entire family (whether or not she has children) generally benefits. She sets the tone. The well-being of the family and of society itself depends upon women becoming and remaining healthy. So we owe it to ourselves to put ourselves first and take the time we need to heal." Dr. Christiane Northrup

15 comments:

The Correspondent said...: The pictures from faves 1-3 are beautiful! I do not have a green thumb, so I'm in awe of gardeners.

Happy belated birthday! I hope it was a good one.; February 27, 2009 at 9:27 AM
Tumblewords: said...: Lovely photos, as always. Hoping you are feeling well in a minute. A day of rest is a good thing. Take care!; February 27, 2009 at 9:56 AM
Tabitha said...: Great list and I looooove the flowers!! All we seem to grow is weeds!! :); February 27, 2009 at 12:35 PM
Tink *~*~* said...: So sorry you are feeling sick, sweetie. I fixed my anonymous situation on your "follow" widget. Seems like there's a lot of that going around this week! Hope you feel better soon.

Tink *~*~*
Now Playing at My Mobile Adventures *~*~* : Sanibel Island, pre-Charlie; February 27, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Susanne said...: Gorgeous flowers and how fun to go bird watching. That is something I wanted to try this summer.; February 27, 2009 at 1:32 PM
Betty said...: Oh no, one of my favorite bloggers had a birthday this past Monday, and I missed it. Boy, am I ever behind in visiting.

Anyway, I'll take this opportunity to wish a very HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY. I hope it was one of the best, if not the very best, birthdays you have ever had.

Leaving tomorrow for our cruise. I'll visit when I get back, which will be around the middle of March.; February 27, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Anonymous said...: Oh, how I love your flower collages! I don't know what the yellow ones are, but they are every bit as beautiful as the irises. Thanks for brightening my cold, snowy day!; February 27, 2009 at 3:40 PM
Pamela said...: What beautiful collages! Oh, how I long for this snow to melt away. I think it's time to bring out the seed catalogs!

I'm sorry to hear that you're not feeling well. May you get better soon!; February 27, 2009 at 10:51 PM
Travis Cody said...: Seems like I've been avoiding a full on cold for a month. I get a sniffle and I take Nyquil, and I stave off the cold.

So far so good. Maybe I'll make it through the rest of winter. But I usually get a spring cold and I'm not looking forward to that at all.; February 28, 2009 at 2:46 PM
George said...: What beautiful flowers. Hopefully we will soon see some like this in the yard (if it ever warms up!).; March 1, 2009 at 5:03 PM
Arija said...: A glorious collection of spring flowers!; March 1, 2009 at 7:18 PM
Carletta said...: Gorgeous flowers and collages and haiku! You never disappoint.

Mines on my photoblog: Carletta’s Captures.; March 2, 2009 at 12:25 AM
Judy said...: The blue and the yellow flowers are so vivid! I have no idea what the yellow ones, either, but I like them! And the collage idea is goo, because you can share so many more photos that way!; March 2, 2009 at 6:29 AM
Joy Des Jardins said...: So sorry it took me a few days to get over here Virginia...I've been busy with work. So sorry you have been sick..and I hope you're feeling better by now sweetie. Gorgeous flowers...especially those purple iris photos. Please take care my sweet friend....Love, Joy; March 2, 2009 at 6:55 AM
Luiz Santilli Jr said...: Your post is lovely, flowers and colors wonderful!
I like these yellow flowers so much!
I love yellow always!

Thanks,
Luiz; March 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM

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