Thursday, February 28, 2013

Please..... NO MORE!

photo:Ziniania

Snowflakes

by Linda A. Copp

Snowflakes spill from heaven's hand
Lovely and chaste like smooth white sand.
A veil of wonder laced in light
Falling Gently on a winters night.

Graceful beauty raining down
Giving magic to the lifeless ground.
Each snowflake like a falling star
Smiling beauty that's spun afar.

Till earth is dressed in a robe of white
Unspoken poem the hush of night.

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

If I were able to live my life again,
next time I would try to make more mistakes.
I would not try to be so perfect. I would be more relaxed.
I would be much more foolish than I have been. In fact,
I would take very few things seriously.
I would be much less sanitary.
I would run more risks. I would take more trips,
I would contemplate more sunsets,
I would climb more mountains,
I would swim more rivers.
I would go to more places I have never visited.
I would eat more ice cream and fewer beans.
I would have more real problems, fewer imaginary ones.
I was one of these people who lived prudently
and prolifically every moment of his life.
Certainly I had moments of great happiness:
Don’t let the present slip away.
I was one of those who never went anywhere
without a thermometer, a hot water bottle,
an umbrella, and a parachute.
If I could live over again,
I would go barefoot, beginning
in early spring
and would continue so until the end of autumn.
I would take more turns on the merry-go-round.
I would watch more dawns
And play with more children,
if I once again had a life ahead of me.
But, you see, I am eighty-five
and I know that I am dying.

Saturday, February 23, 2013

She is VERY GOOD!

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Glimpses of Ottawa's Winterlude 2013

Rideau Canal 7.8 kilometers long. The world's largest skating rink.

Beaver Tail -shaped fried dough, topped with sugar,cinnamon and other toppings.

"ALIEN "

Maple taffy shack

pictures:courtesy my daughter

Sunday, February 10, 2013

Blue jay

colored pencils: 9 x 12 inches

Friday, February 8, 2013

My favorite quote from The "Bridges of Madison County"

Francesca: "When a woman makes the choice to marry, to have children; in one way her life begins but in another way it stops. You build a life of details. You become a mother; a wife and you stop and stay steady so that your children can move. And when they leave they take your life of details with them. And then you're expected move again only you don't remember what moves you because no one has asked in so long. Not even yourself. You never in your life think that love like this can happen to you.

"I am sure women all over the world have felt these feelings millions of times. The phrase we use today is called, the empty nest syndrome. There is so much energy put into raising a family, that there is little time left for us. But the children always move on, and then you ask yourself, now what?"

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