I have a very playful mini Australian shepherd. She lives to play with anyone who will kick or throw a ball. My house is strewn with toys so that, whenever I pass by, I can take a few moments to play.

There is always something to do in the garden. I should say so! It's gorgeous!

I'm so happy you have her in your lives. She's adorable.

Oatmeal is one of my breakdast staples, but I don't remember ever adding orange. I'll have to try a lovin' spoonful of it. I've tried to quit coffee many times, and am trying again. Now even just a half

Oh! I was looking at the wrong one!

i don't see the pumpkin face, but these photos are fabulous, especially that first one. I can feel the heat and hear the snapping.

did he survive?

They see our politicians, CEOs, and officials of all kinds do it with impunity and without repercussions. What is there to convince them otherwise? I recently heard an argument that the word 'ruler' referred

Oh I fretted over them! I fret far less these days, in my protective cocoon. I made the mistakes, and here I am, happy, healthy, loving and loved. I didn't feel that until recently. My cup is truly full.

I do not have the correct set of skills to do this. I feel sorry for anyone who does. Unfortunately, there seem to be a lot of those about.

Oh my I have been carrying this poem of yours in my thoughts for a while now, the burdens and delights of my memories wrapping me, growing year by year into a cocoon of my past, a kind of shroud as I grow

I'll miss you. Kudos though. I try to be electronics-free for at least 12 hours of every day, including sleep time. It's actually hard to do! Perhaps I need a roman summer too, dripping in the warm honey

gorgeous! Heat drips from the horizon, where we bask, steeped in warm honey. I know that feeling very well, and boy have you nailed it with those lines. We breathe deeply, surrendered, submerged, if only

What a great story! I love objects that have been used by others I love. I feel like they are in the room with me again, palpably. But the kicker here is that the company understands that so well, too.

A monarch. That's me. I'm sure a few of them referred to me as a queen of some sort. Knowing what little I do know about your business, I can see that a person who could handle being a part of a

lol! Pride and prejudice or lord of the flies because the last books they read, as well as the only books they read, were assigned readings in high school? Cause I'm thinking of reading Pride and Prejudice

and when an issue is no longer in the news, they forget it even happened. I haven't forgotten that the TV also told them the likes of me should be in concentration camps, that we were dangerous to their

I feel similarly about Hive. Meaningful conversations, not mere repetition of slogans and the things we are 'supposed' to believe, say or do. Those spaces I do not do well in, they all sicken me. Who needs

we have given them a place of prominence and it is distorting our experience. 'Distoring our experience' describes something that has been nagging me about my online activity; my focus/energy/connection

Beautiful! I completely understand! I also started taking photos just to have photos for my posts here. At least one photo is pretty much required. Do I remember to take my phone with me when I head out