Awesome!

The Carina Nebula, caught by Hubble Telescope, is one

of the largest star-birthing

regions scientists have found.

Awesome!

What About Me

Presents and trees food and wine party's and children stand in line Santa giving promise and candy, children not a whine Shopping finding just the right thing helpers outside with a bell to ring Excitement in the air for Christmas is almost here No sleeping that night waiting for him to bring there gifts not nary a hymn waiting with the utmost glee Jesus looks down What about me,,,,,,

Scrabble

Minds like scrabble putting words together letter by letter learning new ones some by trying to see if they are Never pass to another for it is your turn deep in your mind it will come, not to hurry it's there somewhere after all your mind is scrambled like the tiles sorting out what you keep and what you dispose

As the rain softly falls i look into the fire burning brightly. As it does often my mind goes to other places. Musing of many things, i thought of my grandsons, not happy about going to another church since they have moved to far to attend the one most familiar with. My mind took me back to one of my favorite places. I think of "my" church, at the time taking for granted the years that brought such joy, the learning, the true meaning of "God". "We" were as one family in a sense. Those years made me who i am. As i stare at the fire the gratitude overwhelms me, for not many can ever be as fortunate as i was. These memories will always be with me. Life takes us in all different directions, but nothing can take your memories.

Snowflake

A snowflake unique in it's own when they fall they become one No longer unique with beauty alone combined together they will form glistening landscapes trees they adorn Picture perfect until folks perform there daily duty's and the day goes on

Close your eyes

Close you eyes and you can see whom or where you want to be On a sugar colored beach with vibrant water easy to reach In a forest so green it takes your breath as you walk and explore no need for a path Take my hand and close your eyes go with me, no goodbyes See what i see, hear what i hear for in this fantasy you can be anywhere When you open them again you will remember where you have been

Listen With Your Eyes

Listen with your eyes as you read, it is as if you are hearing from inside another I hear your words I understand, what you say you teach me, you make me think I see what you see you inspire me forever grateful for a look inside

Samantha

As i watch her grow into a woman the pride is overwhelming So very talented, her drawings astound me She post them for all to see mostly just for me Her writings come from deep with in i can see her inside and out Unaware of her beauty she is her own person gives into to no one, still shy and somewhat insecure I wonder what she will become Saying she gets her talent from me makes me gasp for she is so much more than i ever could be

Sun

The sun warms me, feelings of a bright, bright light covering only me, giving me energy, filling my body with peaceful thoughts, regenerating my soul, my mind. As the sun moves further from the earth the bright light dims, so this shall have to be in my mind as the cold takes it's place.

On the highway the dance of the dead leaves is and allegory of today

Sounds

Vibrations bouncing, dancing tingling inside you Many meaning to these sounds just as there are many experiences in each of us one thing to one and one thing to another They don't really mean one thing How can you communicate How can you say what you really mean

Life

What we know as "life" is the analytical realization in the seriality of time of our eternal reality

Reality

Past and future are a duality of which present is the reality. The now moment alone is external and real. Reality alone exists, and that we are. All the rest is only a dream, a dream of one mind, which is our mind without the "our". Is it so hard to accept, is it so difficult to assimilate and to live?

Alpha And Omgea

Everything has it's origin in an idea, a thought, and it has completion in the manifestation of that thought in form. Many intermediate stages are necessary, but the Alpha and the Omega of the series are the thought and the thing. In essence the "thing" already existed in the thought. What we have to deal with the most of all is ourselves, and so we come to the consideration of Alpha and Omega in the human being.

Just A Thought

With the"lawlessness" of nature, potently "global warming" does not exist. Humanity is powerless to stop nature from taking it's own course. Could this phenomenon be "evolution" or nature that answers to no human for it's deeds.

What If

What if the tall redwood tree had another beside it it's limbs entangled together it's roots entwined never to waver, year after year and the thought goes on

If it were a perfect world, It wouldn't Be Yogi Berra

I Am

Because of those before me I am Because I am those after me are, and so on...........

Life

If you look at life through a microscope, amplifying manifold, an invisible speck becomes an insurmountable mountain. Put down the microscope and imagine yourself a year from now looking back at today, does this really matter?'

Silence

The sound of silence can be deafening.

Innocence

We are all born with a wide eyed innocence believing everyone is honest having no pretence. Unable to ascertain how life could be any other way ...Then how it seems and by what people say, time passes. It all began with innocence, eyes open wide.

Dreams

Dreams keep running through my mind Reflecting memories of long ago. Made in a land of fairy tales, A place my heart longs for so. Cut off from the rest of the world With streams, and meadows to roam, Viewed from a little girl's eyes, A place that would always be home A place where berries grew wild Where rabbits and squirrels were seen Where a raccoon could be a friend And deer played down by the stream. A world where imagination made all come true And a little girl could be a queen Where daydreams were spun like cobwebs But a world where everything wasn't what it seemed. For every little girl has to grow up And daydreams shatter in your hand, You find the home you thought was your own Is nothing but a simple piece of land. The flowers don't seem to bloom so bright, And fairy tales no longer come true, For it is seen now through grownup eyes, No longer the world that you knew. But still...Somewhere in the back of my mind That place will always remain From all those memories long ago To beckon me back time and again. ~~Written By Angie Olson~~ One of my favorites, for it reminds me of me.

A Second

This second will never repeat, never a second time will anything be the same as before. It cannot reproduce a duplicate, ever. Ever changing second by second never to be seen again. This second has no future, only a past. In a second your life can become forever changed never to return to it's original state. In a millisecond 1,000th of a second this planet we call earth could be gone as if it never existed.

Admiration

Admiration is taking pleasure in someones "gift" or achievements. . When you look back on your life those whom you have admiration for stand out immediately. These are the ones that you never forget. In my admiration's there are some that stand out now in everyday life. The writings and inspiration and mind of one, another has vast talent of photography that is pleasing to the eye. These are admirable things i enjoy. Often some folks take the admiration to a level of jealousy, gelos derived from an old french word. Either way you say it , it is to me a deep aversion. The repugnance of jealousy can deeply affect anothers life. The friends lost, the marriages ruined, such a waste of time, life, energy. Admiration brings such pleasure, least not it become jaundiced.

Silence

The voice of God is best heard in silence. When sitting in silence you may hear, see and feel with better clarity. Instinctively your mind wonders. The many "I wonders" search for answers to the many questions of mine. Peaceful musings in the silence of "my space" for this short time. A few memories may enter and are welcomed with a smile. The only intruders are the sounds of nature as the birds unaware of my being, they too are welcome to "my space" The sound of silence can be heard only to me.

Knowing It All,,,,,,,,

As I had been aware of the "infamous" hummingbirds growing, one of the babies had not shown it's head for some time. The other was growing quickly, all you could see was the one, thriving getting ready to leave the nest. I had stopped to take it's picture, knowing something was awry, it suddenly flew away. As I looked in the nest I noticed the other baby was half grown, dead, stiff. I said out loud DAM! I sat down under the tree for a long time, musing. All of the things you read, learn see about nature and many other things are never "text book". They are there own, man cannot know the "worlds" of these things. Natures Law, went out the window at that moment. So if that is true then what about the other things man claims to know. The universe, the mind and so forth. Man is only that,,,,MAN, not ever knowing ALL. Not ever! There are studies, ideas, but how much do we really know. There is no way of knowing "what's out there" in the universe, or everything about nature, or the brain/mind of man. I have a feeling we weren't meant to know, or have the capability of knowing. As "man" goes further in studies and technology, will he ever really "get it all", I think not! I don't think that has ever meant to be.

Thoughts

The entire "space" of thought, conscious, subconscious and unconscious, dissolves and reunites with the effortless flow of nature. The movement of thought becomes its meaning. Because that movement is part of the "world wave," every thought has the same meaning which is the ALL-meaning. Put in more tangible terms, the massage of the thought becomes its message, not to over think your thinking.

'What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.' Oliver Wendell Holmes

"Babies"

The babies, not (chicks) as i have been calling them, are growing and eating nicely. For some reason I have a partiality to this nest. The baby that had the broken wing to my heart felt dismay I found it dead this morning. I had put it in it's nest three times, but it would always glide down and i would find it on the ground. The mother would continue to feed it, so I decided to let nature take it's course. It had gotten quite big, but had no chance without the wing not being able to flutter fast enough to let it fly. I just couldn't dispose of it, so buried it with a tear in my eye. Foolish?, well maybe to some but every thing that God makes is special to me, nature has it's patterns, it's own universe if you will, unaware of us, only there existence. My brain has a larger awareness, to feel and care, and I do!

Sound

Once a sound happens, it immediately goes away, and the moment it's over, we begin to forget it. There is no way ever truly to recover a sound that was, it is now a memory.

P.S.

Today while doing my observations, to my delight the second chick had hatched!

Mystery's Of Nature

As i have been waiting for this particular hummingbirds eggs to hatch, it is a mystery to me as to why only one has hatched. Just like last year the same nest only hatched one of the eggs. The mother doesn't stay on the nest as much as the others do there's. The second picture is a baby that has either failed to fly or fell out of the nest. As we "baby sat" the helpless chick, making sure nothing such as a lizard or such bothered it, the mother would come and feed it every 10 to 15 minutes. It appears to have a broken wing, but so hard to tell. As it was getting dark I could take it no longer, i picked up this tiny weightless baby and put it back in it's nest. The mother has continued to feed and now the rest is up to "nature".

No sky no earth - but still snowflakes fall

My eyes see what i cannot explain my ears hear a whisper of words without a name

Our hidden aspirations know better where we are going than our rational minds.

Prayer

A thought and a prayer can be anywhere No need to wait until you bed by then it's already said

My Doubting Nature

After seeing many hummingbirds coming in and out of the trees, my eyes still drawn to the nest from last year. The last i saw nothing was done to repair it so i being impatient thought in disappointment it would not be used again according to "Natures Law". I had found some others very well hidden, always close to the end of the branches. Mother Nature takes her time, sometimes millions of years to complete one of her projects. Who am i to be so impatient or doubt. A few days ago as i was walking by the old nest, i seen a "refurbishing" going on, to my delight. Today there were two eggs in the nest as per "Natures Law", so tiny, the eggs look like little jelly belly's, 1/2 inches each. The nest is about 1 1/2 inches in depth and 2 inches in circumference. I took this picture extremely close as the mother came to see what i thought i was doing, but not as angry as i thought she would be..well after all i do "cook" her meals. They love the nectar i make and always come very close to my face to let me know when it has run out hence i forget to keep it full. Although they like the flower and vine nectar they must like "home" cooking. Such a joy to watch as this process goes on until the hatching and fledging.

Endless Curiosity

I don't think anyone is as curious as I am. Always asking, reading,,, you get so much knowledge from this curiosity, not being shy to ask, for me is a blessing. On a recent trip to Kauai, i have learned so much as well as having such a wonderful time. On an excursion on a zip line I asked so many questions about the island and the rain forest we were in, thinking i may wear the two guides out, but they were more than happy to answer my endless questions. The other six people just waiting to get on the lines, no interest in what was around them or the island. I found this somewhat amusing. My mind still reels from the beauty, cultures and new found knowledge, some things simple others quite astounding. Curiosity of people, places and things for me is a GOOD thing.

Sameness, Perfection, Enemy

Sameness, like the same a cascading light casting the same precise shadows on the same unblemished ground, that is taken for granted. Eventually, the sameness would become tedious. Perfection, true perfection already exists in every moment, never needs to be reformed or improved. A perfectionist not seeing it this way is forever striving to be better, nothing is good enough, criticizing yourself for not being better, not taking a compliment as truth. Sameness, perfection can become as an enemy, taking away your being.

Faith

Faith is not necessary when you know how things are going to work out, - that's knowledge. It's in the time of unknowing that having faith is what sees you through to the other side. Faith is what gives you strength. Faith is that light in your heart that keeps on shining even when it's all darkness outside.

Ever

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight or gazed at the sun into the fading night. Ever listened to the rain lapping on the ground. or carefully cleaned a sea shell that you had found. Ever touched the earth with your feet felt the mud, snow or sleet. Ever listen to an old song that brought back memories of oh so long. Ever cried until there were no more tears or calmed a child of all there fears. Ever sat and mused so long startled as you know time went on. Ever, Ever. Rosemary

Natures Law

Still marveling at nature as i hear birds singing there happy song, the sun warming me as i look and listen to the sounds of spring. Trees and plants blooming as if to say "I'm back". As i revel in planting and yes even clearing the weeds, "I wonder" if "Natures Law" will hold true. One of the small hummingbirds nest has been battered by the more than usual rains this year. By "Natures Law" they return and use the same nests they made in the prior year. Do they have to "remodel" this nest, or will they abandon it and build a new one? This particular one was in an odd place, far down on a branch, always catching the breeze and flinging about with the egg, then baby riding without concern. Humm, "I wonder". I guess i will find out soon enough!

My Thoughts And I

Alone my thoughts and I feels like secrets I don't deny at the moment as I am in thought the outside world is not the things that run through my mind sometimes so fast i get behind I cannot tell my thoughts to anyone for they make no sense for some they make me cast a smile while knowing all the while they are mine alone not wanting to share even if i would i should not dare for this is just my thoughts and I keeping secrets with no reason why Rosemary

A Fault Of Mine

You want to control so everything happens in just the way you want it. But at the end of the day, we control nothing, - it's all in God's hands, - has always been, and will always be. So, do what you can, and then let go, and let God handle the rest.

“When the mind is thinking it is talking to itself.”

know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with”

It is what it is

As she prepares for her second surgery for thyroid cancer, having gone through it two years ago, but has reared it's ugly head and returned, she says, "IT IS WHAT IT IS". I sat in silence while she explained that the tests revealed it was not going to be resolved by radiation as it would shrink but only to return again. Knowing last time the effects of the anesthesia for six months after were worse than the surgery it's self. Watching her as she held onto what ever was close as the room spun so fast she would almost pass out. No driving, never knowing when it would return. Not knowing again if she will have a voice when she wakes up. She tells me, now that we have talked about it, and I'm waiting for a surgery date, there is no need in talking about it again. "IT IS WHAT IT IS" This is now in Gods hands and he will determine the outcome. Her faith, her strength her outlook on life is to be admired. I find those words coming to mind in everyday life. I will be there for her like last time, even though she protests, i pay no attention to her fussing at me. As she was finally getting better last time her husband had a stroke, the events that followed were more that anyone should have to go through. As i sat by his side on the bed and told him i loved him as a single tear fell from his eye, knowing he was dying, my heart breaking, she took over as she always did, taking such extreme care of him. Again her faith taking over to comfort her. I "get it", there are things that are out of our hands, you can fall apart, get mad, hate God, hate the world, but "IT IS WHAT IT IS"

“How can you prove whether at this moment we are sleeping, and all our thoughts are a dream; or whether we are awake, and talking to one another in the waking state?” Plato

Just Life

Living life is stressful at best. Most folks have the usual ups and downs, some more than others. There are blessings and tragedies. To get through this journey unscathed is non existent. Neither money nor fame, or being the best you can be leaves you exempt. Life is a day to day adventure, sometimes taking your strength to get through the lows back to the highs. If you let it , it can destroy you, by losing faith in humans and God. "Life isn't about surviving the storm, but how to dance in the rain".

When I cease to learn, experience, care, love, It will be because I have taken my last breath! God has given me such pleasure in his creations and the knoweldge to see his gifts.

Beauty of nature

My eyes fixed on a piece of Black Agate, seeing the midnight sky with no moon, just the twinkling of stars. Nature through "God" makes such phenomenal things, look around and you will see beauty in all nature.

Forgiveness

Forgiveness is an intellectual choice but also an emotional challenge and a spiritual discipline. To truly forgive takes our mind, heart and soul. Once we understand that we begin to embrace just how difficult it can be.

Brain/Contact

Your brain, after all, is encased in darkness and silence in the vault of the skull. Its only contact with the outside world is via the electrical signals exiting and entering along the super-highways of nerve bundles. Because different types of sensory information (hearing, seeing, touch, and so on) are processed at different speeds by different neural architectures, your brain faces an enormous challenge: what is the best story that can be constructed about the outside world?

Four things you can't recover: The stone........after the throw. The word.........after it's said.. The occasion........after it's missed. The time..........after it's gone.

Put back the pieces

One of the most highly developed skills in contemporary Western civilization is dissection: the splitting-up of problems into their smallest possible components. We are good at it. So good, we often forget to put the pieces back together again.

She

She bought a large canvas sometime back, it was a large boxed canvas so she wouldn't have to worry about framing it. She knows what she wants to paint, its in her mind. Although she has been busy and a virus kept her down for quite a while she has not "gotten around" to start the painting. It's been such a long time since she has brought out the brushes, could she be hesitating, letting her insecurity get in her way, does she think she has lost her touch,,, she is basically a strong person, not afraid of much of anything. I think she should shed whatever is holding her back and stop procrastinating, such a waste of time! Life is short, no time for nonsense. You see, the "SHE" is ME!

Puzzle

Our mind perceives, while our heart experiences. Some folks forget about the heart and become wrapped up in the mind. The point is to get the soul to express itself in the heart by reaching through the mind. I feel the heart has minute pieces like a puzzle. There are parts of the past and present, forever attached and fit snugly together. They do not come apart, forever entwined with lasting memories of the past and memories that are being made now. We select the ones that are most meaningful and they become a part of this never ending "puzzle".

Coming of Spring

The sound of rain is soothing as it hits the ground that means when spring comes i will have plants abound The buds of beauty will bloom to my delight they will seek the sun with all there might The rabbits already looking for food but come spring they will have a brood The birds will be looking for a place to nest angrily fighting over a tree that is best Butterflies coming out of there cocoon soon take flight over the flowers they will swoon As the rain keeps falling and may turn to snow i have these images of when it will go The cold i feel now will give way for spring is coming not to far away

Winter Of Your Life

And it's winter before we know it.... You know, time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the passing years. It seems just yesterday that I was young. And yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years went. I know that I lived them all... And I have glimpses of how it was back then and of all my hopes and dreams... But, here it is..the winter of my life and it catches me by surprise... How did It get here so fast? Where did the years go? And where did my youth go? I remember well.. seeing older people through the years and thinking that those older people were years away from me and that winter was so far off that I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like... But, here it is...my friends are retired and getting gray. But, at least I know, that though the winter has come, and I'm not sure how long it will last... I know, that when it's over...its over....Yes , I have regrets. There are things I wish I hadn't done ,,,,,things I should have done, but indeed, there are many things I'm happy to have done. It's all in a lifetime....Life goes by quickly. You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life..."Life is a gift to you.

Right now, this minute

What I'm thinking, right now, this minute,,,,,, I'm disappointed in the politics of my church, i have choices,,, i can find another church, like some have done, have them take me off the registry and not send me information on the goings on, or put my head in the sand and go on as it is.....humm, sounds like a familiar incident that happened to me when i was young, but much more innocent. It's such a shame a place you call home is not exempt from these things. The "EVIL" one is always present doing what he does best. Is there any place on this planet that is exempt from the "Evil" one,,,,,NO, NO and NO!!! I love this Church, but i do have to make a choice. Starting over,,,hummm, not easy at all, putting my head in the sand,,,humm not me at all,,,,. The right answer will come, i will be patient and let God decide!!!

Think,,,Re-think,,,and Think again

Thinking what you think you saw, but didn't really see, or hearing what you thought you heard, but upon re-thinking you didn't hear it correctly. If one thinks about it then re-thinks, you may want to think again. The minute place in the brain, that plays the "trickery" is thinking faster than you can think.

Annoying, Amusing

The obsession with "Hollywood" folks is rather amusing to me. They are put up on a pedestal by folks thinking they are beyond sin or wrong doing. This goes for politicians, sportsmen and so on. When it is found that they are not as perceived, folks get even more obsessed about there lives, affairs and immoral lifestyles. They follow the tabloids and news as if it were part of "there" life. Talk shows keep talking, reporters keep reporting day after day personal lives of the "famous". Extremely annoying to me, but amusing as well.

Negativity

As a society we become obsessed with the negative. One characteristic of negative thinkers is their need to have the world behave according to their wishes. They have never grown up and still live with childish demands. Whenever people and the world fail to act according to their selfish wishes, they are unhappy. Such a poisonous attitude prevents them from growing and learning how to cope with life's challenges. Negative attitude also saps one’s energy, focus, and motivation. Imagine being in a small boat drifting in a river. And imagine being unaware that your boat has a motor. As long as you fail to use that motor you will be a captive of the river. You will be a prisoner without any control over your destination. Yet, the boat that we're in does have a motor. We can use it to change course. That motor is our power of choice. All we have to do is choose to look for the good, for when we do so, that is all we will find!

Quotes I Like

Keep constantly in mind in how many things you yourself have witnessed changes already. The universe is change, life is understanding. ~ Marcus Aurelius 121 It has taken me all my life to understand it is not necessary to understand everything. ~ Rene Coty Without winter, there can be no spring. Without mistakes, there can be no learning. Without doubts, there can be no faith. Without fears, there can be no courage. My mistakes, my fears and my doubts are my path to wisdom. ~ Unknown ~ He who asks a question is a fool for a minute; he who does not remains a fool forever. ~ Chinese Proverb ~ Knowledge is the food of the soul. ~ Plato ~ Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it. ~ Sudie Back

Seeing Nature

When we open our eyes to nature, we see that things around us are never the same, and we discover, each hour, each day, each year, new things that have there own stories to tell. There is just so much,,,,,more than enough for a lifetime of discovery!

Un-Wired

If one could get into my mind/brain,"hard wire" will it differ from what they see as to what i see, hear what i hear. Perception of color, smell. All though impossible (for now) the fascination of the brain and complexity of what it is capable of makes me wonder if someday this could be a possibility, or maybe i am a little "un-wired".

That's Life

Life has a course with a beginning, a middle and an End. Egg, Embryo, Baby, Child, Adolescent, Adult, Old age, Death.

Lotions, Potions,,,,,,Goop

If you were to believe "mostly the shopping networks" that you can remove wrinkles, discolorations, fine lines, brighten your eyes, tighten sagging, cover anything you don't want seen on your face and soften you entire body beyond belief, then every woman would look amazing. Layer upon layer of serums, wrinkle removers, primer, concealer, then your foundation and lastly a powder to set all of this. You are supposed to look 30 at 50 after all. Then there are lotions and potions to remove all of this gunk at night. It doesn't stop there, then comes the night time regimen with more lotions potions and goop. Admittedly i am vein, i have tried some of these, but soon learned 99 percent of them do not work. Samples are the key! The ones that are the most effective will give samples or a trial size. So as i watch people swear this product is the best ever with new and natural ingredients, with literally hundreds of the things out there i am amused.

Visionary brain

Our eyes are only as good as our brain. Vision is our main source of sensory information. If you are blind, you brain depends on feel, touch, smell and hearing. A musician can still play, and actor can still act, a singer can still sing through the sensors the brain uses to compensate for loss of vision. One of the best examples of this is one of my favorites, the story of Esref Armagan, the artist with no eyes. It is one thing to have seen then have gone blind, but to never have seen and still be able to paint, even in dimension shows just how powerful our brain/mind can be. I feel that there is so much more to be learned about this complex organ, only the surface has been scratched.