acknowledgement

Why do others not say thank you or achnowledge you did something?

 Are our basic communication skills slipping away?

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Thank you is so small and so huge.  

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Costs nothing, 

yet has such rewards to those who say these words

 and to those that receive.  

I am

Thankful....grateful... 

I appreciate, I noticed.

I am glad for the good, the bad, the everything. 
I am so blessed.

I need to say thank you.

 I try

hear the word try

to say thank you, to acknowledge the actions

of my neighbor, my boss, and my husband, the sales clerk

and not to take for granted what they do.  

And I hope and I pray they hear and feel my gratitude ~

for thankfulness fills our souls.

you are

Be humble for you are made of Earth. 

Be noble for you are made of stars.

Serbian Proverb

words and images

Seldom do I look back to see what I put here a year ago, a year and a half ago.

But then occasionally I am curious as to where I was, 

what was happening

what moved me, what seemed important,

and I do take a peek. 

 Am so amazed at the wonder of it ~

which I guess 

is why I am here

 so I can hold on to words and pictures...

things that might get lost

 if I didn't take the time to put them here.  

Earth shattering no.  

Memories yes.


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it began Feb 2012 with 

beginnings....

yurting

Light snows so far have left me complacent and 

not giving much thought to the yurt across the field.  

It dawned on me that perhaps a look see might be in order

 as the weather people at the moment seem to feel 

a storm might be brewing for the weekend.  

Glad I did. 

 There was about 4 inches that needed raking 

It was nice to find the rake tucked way in the back under the yurt.  

It was windy and cold but with no storm  this was fun to do.  

One of the reasons I had wanted someone in the yurt was to do this raking. 

 However, it never worked well as tenant was often off traveling

 during most storms and not yurting so Tim and I ended up doing it.  

Past winters not much snow so no big deal.  

I have this feeling that this year might be a horse of a different color.  

Tons and tons of tracks in the fields, fox, coyote and deer

 in addition to the squirrels and mice.  
Very busy out there.  

They all are hunting food.  

Under the apples trees on all sides of the property lots of tracks. 

 There are still a large number of apples on the trees.

Nature made many fruits and berries this summer.  May mean something.  May not. 

full of gas

.

There is a fine video of the Dalai Lama which I recently watched.

He is a man full of wisdom,  

AND  full of humor to boot!

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 "Hafner explained her concept of personal wealth - 

silver in her hair, 

gold in her teeth and 

a body full of natural gas.

This elicited peals of laughter from His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

 "I too," he said. "Especially on a plane. And then, you look around...." 

Peering left and right, he leaned aside and raised one buttock from his chair.

It brought the house down!"

We seem to have a problem discussing flatulence and lord only know that it exists. 

 It is like the elephant in the room.  

So happy that this very real man brought it up in an auditorium full of people.  

The other day I farted and the dog barked at me.  That was a hoot.  

He let me know that he knew there was an elephant in the room!  

Nature at its finest!!!!

Not exactly a blizzard

Cold Spring Lane

Lois Wood a Baltimore artist did this drawing of my mother 
in front of Heisler's Dress Shop.  

Not sure of the year, but dalmatians were early 

in my life....4 - 5 so about 1949 maybe.  

Wintery, Christmasy.

Stepping back in time to when life was simpler. 

 with No malls to shop.

winter windows

How pretty the window has framed the day.

on the older generation

Family come together at holidays 

and usually it is the older family member 
who gather the younger ones together. 

It is what happened in my family.

 A friend my age was enjoying thanksgiving with two sets of aunts and uncles.
I was jealous. 

I have  not been able to do that in more than 20 years 

 I have not had an aunt or uncle alive since 1986   

My grandmother, the only grandparent I knew 

 died the same year my mother died, 1965.  

My father died in 1985.  

This makes me extremely sad 

I feel a emptiness at the lost of all 

my grandparents,

my parents,  my aunts and uncles 

so early in my life.

These relatives were my roots

the people that held the family together

the people that I went to for advice

the people that made me who I am.

My parents and their siblings were older when I was born,

my mom was 29 when I was born.
She was 49 when she died.  I was 19 then.

My father was 43 when I was born.  He was 82 when he died. I was 41.

gone too early.

I am 69 now so for many many years

there has been this void

a lack of older family to turn to, to share a meal
and memories and traditions.
Our generation is not the same without them.

It is why I find holidays not as rich as I would like them.