The beach and a crab

I haven't completely disappeared!  

 We are at the beach and

I have taken several darling

pics of crabs!   Hope this one

turns out ok......more later

 on Monday and hopefully

of some darling seals too.

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

No more rain, but baby birds

No more rain or clouds as of

yesterday June 7th, 10:15 am!

I woke up to a cloudy day

(which was to be expected)

but by 10:15 it was mostly

 sunny! YIPPEE!   Now of course

I don't want it to get too

hot too quick like the rest

of the country.   Low to

mid-80's expected over

the next few days.

I am sure I will be

complaining in a couple

of weeks that it is too hot.

I finally got a couple of pics

of the little bird babies

yesterday!

There are at least 2.

 But now one has "fallen/flew"

down to the porch railing

and is sitting in the pansies!

The parents are attending to it,

 but I haven't seen them going

up to the nest to feed the other

 one....sigh.

RAIN, RAIN AND MORE RAIN

Well we are still having lots of rain

which is suppose to end by Tuesday.

Really?    But I would rather have

 it rain than be 95 or 100 degrees

 like most of the country. 

Hope everyone is comfortable

no matter where you live.  :o)

 Here are some quotes

I found in our local free paper,

to either help you appreciate

the rain or feel nice and cool.

Some people walk in the rain,

others just get wet.

--- Roger Miller

Many a man curses the rain that

falls upon his head, and knows

not that it brings abundance to

drive away the hunger.

--- Saint Basil

Bad weather always looks

worse through a window.

--- Author Unknown

The trouble with weather forecasting

is that it's right too often for us to

ignore and wrong too often for us

to rely on it.

--- Patrick Young

And this last quote I love:

Let the rain kiss you.

Let the rain beat upon
 your head with silver
 liquid drops.

Let the rain sing you
a lullaby.

--- Langston Hughes

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Yesterday, Mike, Cheryl and I finally
 saw  Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.  It was so much fun
 with spectacular effects and incredible
 scenes.  Of course, Johnny is still
easy on the eyes
 and darling in his character.  :o)

Can't wait until Part 5!  

Also, wait until after the long credits

for a quick scene at the very end.

  Front porch pansies

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The little birds on the front

porch have hatched although

I have no idea when.  I kept

watching the past 3 weeks, but

never saw anything or heard

a peep.    Mike thought he saw

them a couple of days ago

when the mommy bird (or

daddy bird, there are 2 birds

tending the nest) flew up and

appeared to be feeding them.

Today I actually saw 2 little tilted

heads, but couldn't get a picture.

This is the best I could manage!

One of the parents has a hurt/deformed

 foot, but seems to be doing ok.   I 

keep a look out as much as I can

 for all the cats that are out and about.

We still have unseasonable cool

 weather and rain.   When I took

 these pics it was dusk and clearing

 a bit although another storm is
suppose to be coming Friday morning
thru Saturday.....also some rain on

Sunday and Monday too!

I am behind in all my planting

as I keep thinking it is March,

not June!    I shouldn't complain

as the rest of the nation is having

 such a hard time, but where is

 our lovely Northern California Spring?

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HAVE AN EXCITING WEEK!

Make them bloom

People deal too much with

 the negative, with what is wrong...Why not try and

see positive things, to just

 touch those things and make

 them bloom?

--- Thich Nhat Hanh

My friend Marie and I went to a

couple of nurseries this past week

and of course,  found all sorts of

wonderful plants!    The above is

a Sunscape Daisy and looks just

like a sunset.

Another friend and I saw the movie

Something Borrowed.   There is a book

out, in fact two, so we are looking

forward to the second one,

Something Blue.

It was cute, although something

was a bit off that I wish they

would have explained a bit more,

but I love these romantic

comedies anyway!

I forgot to mention that Mike

and I saw Soul Surfer and Rio

this past month too.  Both were

great movies and I wasn't

disappointed in Soul Surfer. 

 I was so looking forward to it

 and it was wonderful!

 See my past post about

Bethany  HERE

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Remember to enter my first

giveaway by becoming a follower

of my blog.  Details HERE

HAVE A BLOOMING WEEK!

May 12th was International ME/CFS Awareness Day.

Yesterday, May 12th, was
 International ME/CFS Awareness Day.

For a glimpse of what it is like

to live with this devastating disease/virus

please click HERE 

Here is a bit from Laurel's post ---

"For the millions who are sick, for the millions who have lost years of their lives, and for the millions more who will later become afflicted, please take a moment from your day to reflect and remember. If you know someone with ME/CFS, take the time to write them a quick note and let them know you care, and you have not forgotten them. Take time to learn more about this devastating disease and help spread the word to increase awareness. Take the precious time and the blessing of good health that so many ME/CFS patients have lost, and savor it. Savor it not just for yourself, but for them. For all of those who have lost so much, and who so desperately want their lives back."

In honor of Laurel
 (and her outside birds)

this photo is a new nest on our front

porch.   I wish the Mommy bird was

there, but she must be eating.

Hopefully the little eggs while hatch

over the next couple of weeks.   :o) 

I'll try to get a photo of them if I can.

(At least, I think there are eggs up there!)

  The previous owners put up the wire,

but this is the first year in five

that the birds have made a nest.

I am so excited!

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GOOD BLESSINGS

TO ALL WHO SUFFER.
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UPDATE:
Here is the Mommy bird!
She was on her nest, but
flew out when she saw me.

Betty's 90th Birthday

Today we celebrated Betty's

90th birthday at our local

health food store.   Betty works

 there twice a week, each a 3 hour

shift.  She wanted to say she worked

 until she was 90!   I asked her if

now she was going to work until

she was 95 and she said,

"if she'll have me!"

She gives me such hope!

A friend called tonight to say 

Betty was at a local bar with

 friends for Margarita Wednesdays

sipping a margarita!

Such inspiration !   :o)

MAY WE ALL LIVE A LONG

 AND HEALTHY LIFE FILLED WITH PLENTY OF CUPCAKES

 (SHE HAD 2 TODAY) 

AND MARGARITAS!