Share Your World - February 20, 2017

One of these days I'm going to write down some questions to share with Cee.  I think of them at times when I'm not anyplace to write them down.  Well, you can imagine what happens.  The thought is lost in never never land.  She welcomes feedback.  For now, I'm answering her questions on this post and linking them to Cee's Share Your World - February 20, 2017.  Consider how you would answer these questions and check out the responses of others by clicking the link.

When you cut something with scissors, do you move your jaw (as if you were about to chew)? No, but I have seen people who do this, or perhaps stick their tongue out the corner of the mouth.

Do you chew your pens and pencils? No.  I have not ever done this.  Perhaps I'd been warned not to do that because of the lead in the paint on the pencils. There were high concentrations of lead in the paint used on the pencils until the middle of the 20th century. Lead in paint was outlawed in the United States in 1978.  It is graphite, not lead, that is the writing material in pencils.  According to most sources graphite is non-toxic.

Are you a collector of anything?  If so what? I'm not intentionally a collector, but I have accumulated a lot of cookbooks over the years.  Even though I've said more than once that I don't need anymore cookbooks, I still buy some and still receive some as gifts, and of course enjoy each one.  One of my favorite old cookbooks is one that is filled with handwritten recipes the owner slipped in between the pages.  The book was printed prior to 1900.

What size is your bed? It is a queen size.

Optional Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up?  Once again I'm sharing my most recent Ten Things of Thankful post.  Please click the link to see the things for which I was grateful.  This week I'm looking forward to going to the temple again, if the weather doesn't get in the way.  Snow is on the horizon again, but unless things change it may not deter me from making the trip on the day scheduled.

Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Challenge #137 Sweat&Heat

Perhaps Ronovan is trying to get us to 'think warm' since parts of the country are still experiencing cold snaps.  Whatever his reason, I am posting my haiku and linking up to his blog hop at Ronovan Writes #Weekly #Haiku #Poetry Prompt #Cahllenge #137 Sweat&Heat.  I'll try to remember this later this week when the forecasted snow comes again.

with eventide breeze

heat and sweat dissipated

changing day to night

Cee's Odd Ball Photo Challenge: February 19, 2017

If you are feeling a little 'off' today, perhaps seeing some odd ball photos will cheer you up.  I'm posting a few photos I have taken and then linking them to Cee's Odd Ball Photo Challenge: February 19, 2017.  If these don't make you laugh, try clicking the link to see how others have responded to the challenge.

goat taking refuge on a rainy day

The faucet pictured below isn't used much now, because the original green house was remodeled.  I hide it from view, sort of, with a plant.  It is kind of odd.

wig display at a school event

Sunday Whirl Wordle 287 - The Real Deal

Some stanzas of haiku is what I have chosen to write for this post.  I will be linking this to the blog hop at Sunday Whirl Wordle 287 hosted by Brenda Warren.  The challenge is to write a poem or prose using some or all of the 12 words given.  Participants may use different forms of the words if they choose.  Want to know what others have written?  Just click the link.

the real deal

fantasy or real

signing on the line seemed true

filling her with hope

no longer marooned

alone she could believe now

the signs in the sky

booming thunder claps

the clouds darken and shield the sun

rays streaming downward

vapors disappear

as weather swing denies plans

a new deal springs forth

Sunday's Whirligig 99 - Corridors of Time

Sometimes a whirligig will stir up in me a many-worded composition, but this time it evoked just a few lines using the given words at the blog hop at Sunday's Whirligig 99.  Be sure to click the link to see what others have written for this challenge.

THIS WEEK'S WORDS come from "Logic""by Alice Notely: cords, could, corridor, anymore, are, anarchy, tie, twisted, there, experiences, explanations, else 

Corridors of Time

There in the corridors of time

are the experiences of our lives

tied together with the cords of our being

waiting to be discovered and freed

from the twisted explanations

taught by anarchy of man

else we could not be

free anymore

Ten Things of Thankful

It is time to sum up my list of 'thankfuls' for this past week.  I hope all of you who are participants of this blog hop have had a good week, or if it hasn't seemed to be all that exciting, that looking back you are able to pull out ten things that you can recognize as blessings and things for which you truly are thankful. If your list falls slightly under or over, that is okay too. The idea is just to be pointed in the right direction.  I'm linking up to Ten Things of Thankful at Josie Two Shoes site. Click the link to see the assorted 'thankfuls' others have posted.  


My list

1  Last week I mentioned that I needed to take my car back into the shop to have them try to get my burned out tail light pulled out on Monday.  Two different guys were not able to remove it last week.  I was told the cost might run up to $60 if the shop had to pull out the back lighting system. This week I was in and out in practically no time.  A different guy tried to get it out this time and didn't even have to run it into the shop. Total cost was just under a $2 for the bulb.  Yeah!

2  I'm thankful for those things I see others doing to help out.  I was backed up in a line of traffic when I saw a man running across the street from his work place to push a car that had stalled at the front of the line. He made it look like a piece of cake. Thanks to him traffic was soon on its way.  I suspect the tow truck that passed by him as he was doing his good deed was going to loop back to tow the car.

3  Seeing similarities in the lives of my ancestors and my own always make me feel happy.  I suspect I may have already seen this similarity in the past, but I rediscovered it this week.  One of my great grandmothers had a twin sister.  She and her twin have the same birthday (month and day) as I do.  My mother was young, under six, but she remembered seeing my great grandmother, Sarah H. Andrews Boyd, and spoke of how she sometimes went over to the next state to visit family.  After the research I did this week, I suspect that she went to visit her twin sister.  Knowing how close twins feel toward  one another I feel firm in my conviction that was the case.  I wish I could find a photo of my great grandmother.  If I ever do, I'm sure that will be a 'thankful' on my blog.

4 - 5 There were two activities during this past week at church that were quite enjoyable.  

The first one was a dinner for the grandparents in the church. The youth planned the activities and decorations, made the dinner, etc. There were four youth at each table along with four grandparents, and there were getting-to-know-you games that helped the flow of communication between the two groups. The room was packed with attendees. It was so enjoyable.  

The second activity was held the following night just for the women. There was no dinner, but there were some yummy sweets to dip in chocolate! One of the women led a discussion based on a book titled The 5 Love Languages, by Gary Chapman.  It was quite interesting.  There is a little quiz that you and your spouse can take to discover which is your particular love language. Actually knowing what each other's love language is can be very helpful in a a relationship.  There are even tests for teens and for children that can be beneficial in helping those in the family improve their communication and relationships with one another.

6  I stopped to get a take-out meal from at a small local Japanese restaurant this week. It had been a long time since I'd been in there, and since I was there in the middle of the afternoon it was not a busy time. I had a nice visit with the Japanese owner and his wife.  There were some newspaper clippings on the wall about their restaurant that I found quite interesting. The food is cooked the way they cook it in Japan, not an Americanized version.   It was very tasty.

7 My husband is on a bird photography adventure for a few days, so my listening ear is gone. There was one day when I was feeling a little down about my Mom and wishing she didn't still have those times when she feels fearful of the Arjo mechanical lifting machine at the nursing home. There are ups and downs with dealing with her Alzheimer's.  My help came in the way of a neighbor who was a willing listener one day.  She has been in a position similar to mine, so I felt comfortable talking to her about my concerns.

8 Remembering old songs that have such great messages, such as 
'Let There Be Peace on Earth' and 'What the World Needs Now is Love Sweet Love.' 

9 Our children and their spouses and our grandchildren and great grandchildren

10 My husband who means the world to me.
  

ABC Wednesday - F is for Flaming

In the northwestern part of the USA there are many beautiful flaming colors and so I have chosen to post some photos that work for the blog hop at ABC Wednesday - F.  Be sure to check out what others have chosen for the letter F by clicking the link.

F is for Flaming

the world seems brighter
when clouds plants and creatures flame
the darkness departs

flaming skimmer dragonfly

American mountain ash

rose hips

grasses and trees in late summer

winter sunset

blueberry plants at pruning time

red maple tree next to barberry shrub