Inspired Ideas and time sure does fly!

If wrinkles must be
written upon our brows,
let them not be written
upon the heart.
The spirit should

not grow old.
--- James A. Garfield

Oh my goodness! Look how time flies when you are having fun !

(Yes, I mean that sincerely! :o) The summer went by way too quick, but we did have fun and still plan to enjoy each day as it comes. Hope you will join me in doing the same?

As you know, I love these old postcards....this one is from 1910, 100 years ago. It is so amazing to me how so much can be crammed into 100 years!

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The below picture is from Ceago Winery located between Nice and Lucerne in Lake County, California. This is looking from the lake towards the main winery buildings. Lovely, isn't it? We finally made it over there July 6th just in time to see 1/2 of the lavender field in bloom. So many people told me I must go and see the lavender! As you can see they had trimmed one side and the other was to be started the next day. It was quite a sight and the smell was heavenly! And tons of lovely little honey bees buzzing about. (I took some pics of them and will post soon) They usually have the trimming done by the end of June so I felt so blessed and lucky to have seen and smelled the lavender this year ! I will post more pictures this week. I plan to get back to posting regularly. Really I do !

HAVE A LAVENDER BLUE DILLY DILLY DAY !

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Oops, I almost forgot to mention (and the reason I started this post!) that I placed an ad in a new free online magazine called Inspired Ideas by Amy Powers. I have checked Amy's blog www.inspireco.blogspot.com from time to time and saw she was resurrecting her newsletter Inspired Ideas, but this time she was selling ads. I was lucky to get in on the first issue of, I am sure, many more to come. She is so sweet and so talented and although I haven't met her in person (she lives on the East Coast) I am sure she is as nice as can be in person as she is over the internet ! You can check it out here: http://issuu.com/inspired-ideas/docs/autumn

Lots of fun ideas and projects that require very little experience, money or time. We should all take the time to use our creativity

even a little bit. :o)

Thanks so much Amy!

Kenny Loggins fun !

Sleep, riches, health, and

so every blessing are not

truly and fully enjoyed

till after they have

been interrupted.

--- Jean Paul Richter

Yikes, here we are (after too many lemon drops for me!)...on the way home from Kenny Loggins Thursday July 29th 2010 at the Mountain Winery in Saratoga, California. We rented a limo with 13 of us....although there was a total of 19 in our group. Had a lovely dinner before the concert at the Mountain Winery. Mike surprised me with backstage passes and an awesome large diamond ring for our 22nd anniversary and 50th birthday in November. FUN ! Hopefully I will post more pics of the rest of the group this week, but we know how that goes ! :o)

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HAVE A WEEK FULL OF FUN AND CALM !

TODAY AND TONIGHT

He had lived long enough

to know that it is unwise

to wish everything explained.

--- Joseph Cook

Today Mike and I saw Toy Story 3. It made us cry. Life goes by so fast. Please see it if you have seen Toy Story 1 and 2.

Tonight we ate and drank outside until 10:00 pm. We lit the candles and enjoyed the night sounds. Then walked down the driveway ( we have a fairly long driveway) to look at the stars.

I love the evenings.

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Have a pondering day!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY !

These two things, contradictory

as they may seem, must go together,

mainly dependence and mainly

independence, mainly reliance and

mainly self-reliance.

--- William Wordsworth

July 1909

Oh, I have so much to share and I will try to include all good things that have happened in the month of June, including finding the kittens and taking them to a Humane Society 2 hours away! :o)

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HAPPY ~ SO WONDERFUL TO HAVE

SO MUCH FREEDOM ~

INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Summer is on it's way!

Happiness is about the only thing

we can give without having,

and that by giving we receive.

--- Voltaire

HAVE A SUNNY DAY!

Fort Bragg Trip

The first step towards

happiness is determining

to be happy.

--- George Hodges

Our wonderful U.S. Coast Guard coming into Noyo Harbor,

Fort Bragg, California Monday, May 24, 2010.

Our dream house, just off the Pacific Coast,

Fort Bragg, California.

Enchanting foxgloves in Mendocino, California.
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HAVE A FABULOUS WEEK!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

To be truly happy and contended,

you must let go of what it means

to be happy or content.

--- Confucius

Here are some photos from this past month. I thought I would get that terrible picture of the oil disaster I posted earlier moving on down the list!

Look what hatched under one of our walnut trees last month? This was just about 2 weeks ago and the mommy cat has moved them since to someplace that we cannot find! :o( 5 in all, 2 siamese (mommy is siamese) 2 black multi tigers and one little black and white tuxedo. We thought she moved them to the field across the street (God only knows how as she had to jump across a tiny creek), but they may be in the vacant house next door. We hope to catch the mommy and have her fixed soon, but who knows. As many of you know, I did feral cat rescue and taming kittens 2 years ago and that could be one of the causes of my health challenges. One day at a time!



I couldn't resist taking a picture of this red pepper shaped like Mickey Mouse!

This yellow climbing rose is in downtown Lakeport. I passed it several times on my walk, but kept forgetting my camera so I finally made a special trip and drove by to take a picture. It has to be at least 40 feet tall.....just covered in small yellow roses and much more impressive in person!

I don't think I have ever had a double yolk egg in all my nearly 50 years! Isn't it cute? I hope it brings good luck!

This wisteria is also in Lakeport. The vine is growing on a fence about 40 or 50 feet long and then up the back tree. The tree is probably 20 feet. There was another wisteria downtown that was twice as big (I mean huge!), but I noticed that the people cut it down! Can you believe it? Almost sacrilegious!

HAVE A HAPPY WEEK!