Small Reflections: Random Outdoor Rubies

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1. This has been an early Spring here in Southern California. Here are two views of my first RUBY 'Mr. Lincoln' rose bud of the season taken a few days ago BEFORE the rain ...

... and a couple of WATERY views AFTER yesterday's rain.

Poster Edges below ...
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2. The two rose buds on then newly planted Veteran's Honor Rose bush look like they'll open soon ...

3. The purple irises are finished and the yellow ones almost spent but white ones have just opened under my lime tree and daffodils should bloom next.

4. Here are a couple of watery views from the last week's visit to the Bolsa Chica Wetlands. If you enjoy these and missed the ones I shared last week you can click to see more Wetland views here.

5. I enjoyed one final breakfast this morning at the Harbor House Cafe in Sunset Beach shared with my sister before she and her husband head for Yosemite and places beyond ... and I'm feeling a bit sad this afternoon (realizing it will be a long time before our next shared breakfast anywhere) though I'm happy for her that she's able to enjoy life on the road with her husband.

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(belated) Ruby Tuesday, Random Tuesday Thoughts,

Wordful Wednesday, Watery Wednesday, and Outdoor Wednesday

I wish you all a delightful day!

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today

“An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field.” Niels Bohr

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

9 comments:

Ginny Hartzler said...: The second rose picture is outstanding, the rose petal looks so velvety! And the wetlands are georgous. The breakfast looks so yummy. Home fries with veggies on the right? But what is that on the left? Omelet? Eggs with cheese on top? Perhaps I can take a stab at making it. Do your sister and her husband have an RV and periodically travel around? How often do they go and how long are they usually gone? I remember when I first found your blog, she was getting ready to leave.; April 13, 2010 at 7:17 PM
Unknown said...: wonderful collection of photos. the wetland shot is awesome, and your breakfast looks delicious!; April 13, 2010 at 10:59 PM
Suburban Girl said...: Water drops on roses! How lovely.; April 14, 2010 at 4:32 AM
Karen said...: Such lovely flowers! And I'm sorry you're feeling a little sad--but it's so understandable. Luckily you have so many interests, so many things planned, to keep you excited and (ultimately) happy!!; April 14, 2010 at 5:01 AM
Colette S said...: You take very good photos!

Happy WW; April 14, 2010 at 10:57 AM
Pamela said...: delicious!
the roses and the breakfast!; April 14, 2010 at 8:52 PM
Joy Des Jardins said...: Love those roses Virginia...so beautiful, and my favorite.

Happy Weekend sweet friend.... Love, Joy; April 16, 2010 at 10:29 AM
Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...: http://jingleyanqiu.wordpress.com/2010/04/19/your-comments-touch-my-heart-award/

Happy Monday!; April 19, 2010 at 10:20 AM
Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis Hall said...: these photos are so lovely and inviting,
I wish to be there in nature...; April 19, 2010 at 10:20 AM

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