Looking together in the same direction.

Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.

by my favorite poet, Mary Oliver

"Instructions for living a life.

Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it."

Mary Oliver


Monday, May 12, 2014

Snow Day


     You can plan a pretty picnic but you can't predict the weather for Mother's Day in Colorado.



Rain just changing to snow Mother's Day morning.




  Still snowing Monday morning.  No more blooms in sight.


Drooping trees are everywhere with at-risk branches.


Sunday, May 11, 2014

Did you see this report?


     Our oceans will be empty of all fish by 2048.  That is within my (hopefully) life-time! This loss of species is happening fast and getting faster.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/salt-water-fish-extinction-seen-by-2048/   


      I will have to remember the meme below.  It is a good one.

                                  shared from Hippie Peace Freaks


Saturday, May 10, 2014

Welcome to the club




                                       Distant Runners


     I am trying to get back to running more now that it is "spring."  It is hard to do.  Tomorrow's forecast for Mom's day....90% chance of snow, a high of 37 degrees.  The weather has not been cooperating.  I have been more human lately than I would like.

Friday, May 9, 2014

Friday Funnies




                                     Shared from Hippie Peace Freaks



                      shared from George Takei

Thursday, May 8, 2014

Forever

This is a truism...sometimes time stands still.


                             Intelligence is sexy

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Flashback


     I happened to hear this song today and it reminded me of long family car-trips back in the day when we all had to listen to the same music at the same time.  It gave my husband and me a chance to instill in our children the music of  "Peter, Paul, and Mary,"  "Simon and Garfunkel," "The Beatles," "John Denver,"  and of course, "Harry Chapin."
     I remember listening to this song as we drove across Pennsylvania on a trip to DC back in 1992.  Of course the kids hated it, but Dean and I liked its dark humor, and it kept us awake.
           

     The kids always got their revenge by playing this song as loud as possible while singing at the top of their voices.  They knew I disliked it back then.  Now it brings pleasant memories.
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     I think I'll go dig up our Harry Chapin CDs.