|
Post by pegasus on Oct 12, 2013 13:49:16 GMT -7
Universal Music Day A belated good afternoon my friends It has been a lovely autumn day with temps reaching the low 70s in a sunny blue sky. An amazing day for mid-October!! I got caught up in watching the Missouri vs Georgia (Missouri won) football game, and then Northwestern vs. Wisconsin that I forgot all about my daily greetings. And during commercial breaks, I turn on the LA Dodgers vs. St Louis Cardinals National League Championship series. St Lousi won the first game last night. The Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox series begins tonight. I love this time of the year when both sports are going strong!! Thought for Today: "The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love." --William Wordsworth (1770-1850) English Romantic poet.
Careless Sally Siberian iris
I hope your weekend is going well
|
|
|
Post by pegasus on Oct 14, 2013 6:15:46 GMT -7
947th Anniversary of the Battle of Hastings Good morning my friends It's quite gloomy today with rain threatening. And chilly. Not a nice day. Maybe I'll go back to bed and hide. The geese have arrived from northern Canada on their way south for the winter. We have a resident flock that winter here at the Montezuma Wildlife Refuge along with our resident pairs of bald eagles. Although both sets of birds have branched out into the surrounding countryside. It's really an amazing sight to see a large V-formation of geese in the air, but they sure are noisy! Thought for Today: "The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them." --Robert Frost (1874-1963) American poet
Carnival ride bearded iris
I hope you're having a cheerful Columbus Day holiday
|
|
|
Post by pegasus on Oct 16, 2013 9:49:53 GMT -7
World Food Day Good afternoon my friends Gloomy and rainy today. Coupled with cooler temps, it's not a pleasant day and definitely a harbinger of things to come! I'm beginning to think that the minute I pick a team to root for, they begin to loose. Both my teams lost yesterday - Tigers and Dodgers. I do NOT want to watch a World Series comprised of the Boston Red Sox and St Louis Cardinals (sorry IIF). Well, the Senate has reached a bipartisan budget deal that gives something to both sides. They will now attempt to quickly advance the legislation through both the House and Senate. Conservatives in the Senate (i.e. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz) said they would not use procedural tactics to slow a vote on the agreement. Now isn't that nice, especially since he was the author of the mess we're in today. Thought for Today: "I believe that every human has a finite number of heart-beats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises." --Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. (1930 - ) Ph.D., Colonel, USAF, Ret., NASA Astronaut and the 2nd man on the moon.
Cascadian rhythm bearded iris
I hope you all have a warm Wednesday
|
|
|
Post by whocanibe on Oct 16, 2013 23:16:37 GMT -7
|
|
|
Post by pegasus on Oct 17, 2013 9:32:27 GMT -7
who I've said this before - "You find the greatest pics!
|
|
|
Post by pegasus on Oct 18, 2013 7:17:20 GMT -7
No Beard Day Good morning my friends It's turning out to be another nice autumn day, cooler but nice. When I got up this a.m. I would have bet the day was going to be gloomy and drear, so this is a lovely surprise!! Have seen the story about the two Utah men who deliberately vandalized an ancient rock formation and then celebrated as if they had really accomplished something? A rock formation that park officials say is 170 million years old and now two idiots found is amusing to disturb it. Neither rain, snow, etc. had done so in centuries but mighty male idjits did so for fun. Authorities are considering criminal charges against them. I hope that they will suffer some form of punishment. Why do you think places like this are set aside? It's so everyone can enjoy the sights and sounds they provide us and now part of that is gone forever. .
There is some good news on another conservation issue - the endangered rhino is to get microchips in its horns in Kenya to fight poachers. The Kenya Wildlife Service said it will use the chips along with DNA records to track the country's dwindling rhino population, which is thought to be around 1,000. I hope the technology will do the job, as well as provide evidence in court trials of poachers. To destroy the animals for their horns that ignorant Asian men think to use it to increase their potency is beyond criminal.
Thought for Today: "For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others." --Nelson Mandela (b. 1918) South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician
Cats eye dwarf bearded iris
TGIF
|
|
|
Post by whocanibe on Oct 19, 2013 22:15:55 GMT -7
Good morning from a still dark Chiswick. Have a good Sunday folks.
|
|
|
Post by pegasus on Oct 20, 2013 10:01:30 GMT -7
Freedom from Workplace Bullies Week Good afternoon my friends It's a somewhat cloudy day with a slight breeze. The temp has reached the low 50s, so it's chilly out. Unfortunately, I've had to turn up my thermostat. I'm really disappointed in this year's World Series. The two teams I rooted against through the whole playoffs, Boston and St Louis, made it. As a Yankee fan, I could never root for Boston and I'm not a Cardinal fan either. I'll probably watch when there's nothing else of interest. <<sigh>> I see that prices for Caribbean cruises are at an all-time low, which doesn'tsurprise me. After all the various disasters they have had recentlly, the wonder is that they are still running them at all. I know that there is no way you would ever catch me on one of those cruise ships!!
Australia has had to declare a state of emergency due to 57 wildfires that are scorching eastern Australia destroying 100s of homes and they fear that it could get much worse. Asia is also experiencing destruction from massive typhoons striking India and Japan. What strikes me as odd is that here in the US, we seem to be having a relief from wildfires and hurricanes. Especially hurricanes. We've had one tropical storm and that's it. It's certainly nice to get a breather from disasters!!.
Thought for Today: "Magnetism is one of the Six Fundamental Forces of the Universe, with the other five being Gravity, Duct Tape, Whining, Remote Control, and The Force That Pulls Dogs Toward The Groins Of Strangers." --Dave Barry (b. 1947) Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and columnist
Catch a star bearded iris
I hope you're having a superb Sunday
|
|
|
Post by pegasus on Oct 22, 2013 8:21:41 GMT -7
National Forest Products Week Good afternoon my friends It's another typical autumn day that can't make up it's "weathermind" about whether to be nice or rainy. <<sigh>> Another school shooting, this time by an unidentified 12-year-old boy who shot and killed a teacher, wounding two students before killing himself. So far no one knows much of anything about how or why this happened. I would like to know how a boy this age came into possession of weapon, a semiautomatic handgun, but then it's Nevada, where it seems that it is very easy to obtain weapons.
The Labor Department reported a sluggish, lower-than-expected 148,000 jobs were added to the US economy in September, but the jobless rate edged lower to 7.2%, from 7.3%, the lowest unemployment rate since November 2008. I'll be interested in seeinghow the October job creation figures fare. Will they be substantially lower due to the shutdown?
Fall foliage in the Finger Lakes
Thought for Today: "With a library you are free, not confined by temporary political climates. It is the most democratic of institutions because no one - but no one at all - can tell you what to read and when and how." --Doris Lessing (b. 1919) Persian born British novelist and short-story writer
Cee jay bearded iris
Have a tasty Tuesday
|
|
|
Post by pegasus on Oct 24, 2013 7:39:25 GMT -7
United Nations Day Good afternoon my friends Another nice fall day, cool (temp in the 40s) but with sunshine in a cloudy blue sky. It's supposed to rain sometime today. I'm not looking forward to that -rain with temps in the 40s is not my cup of tea. Piracy is back in the news with the kidnapping of two Americans, the captain and chief engineer of the US-flagged oil supply vessel C-Retriever. The International Maritime Bureau reported that pirate attacks off Nigeria's coast had jumped by a third this year -- with 29 attacks up from 21 last year. "Pirates, often heavily armed and violent, are targeting vessels and their crews along the Nigerian coast, rivers, anchorages, ports and surrounding waters," the IMB said. "In many cases, they ransack the vessels and steal the cargo." According to the article I read, the US Navy doesn't patrol this area like it does off the Somalia coast. Maybe it's time to spread the Navy's interest farther to cover both Somalia and Nigeria. To help out the Nigerian navy? What is going on with parents and in our schools? Now an 11-year-old Washington state boy has been arrested after bringing 400 rounds of ammunition, several knives and a handgun to school. The boy was arrested on a count of attempted murder and booked into the juvenile detention center. Where were his parents? How did he get his hands on that much ammo and weapons? Are these copycat incidents? Those are just a few of the questions I have about this incident. Thank goodness I'm long past the stage of parenting - and that my grandsons seem to be normal youths. Thought for Today: "Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." --Seneca (mid-1st century AD) Roman philosopher
Celestial explosion bearded iris
Have a thankful Thursday
|
|
|
Post by pegasus on Oct 26, 2013 7:34:48 GMT -7
Happy Mule Day Good morning my friends It's a mainly overcast autumn day here in the middle of New York. And Lake Ontario is trying to produce its first lake effect s.... at its end. (I refuse to use THAT "s" word yet!!) I don't believe it!! Bring your gun to work, leaving it in your car? Why? So you can have a shoot-out in the parking lot? According to a 2005 workplace study by the University of North Carolina, workplaces were five times as likely to experience a homicide when they allowed guns compared to those that prohibited all weapons, We should be making it harder for people to have access to guns, not easier. I have lived in five different states (including Texas) and every size community from villages to major cities and I have never needed a gun or knew anyone who felt they needed a gun, except my ex-husband who was a hunter and had a shotgun. Allow guns in the workplace - NO!! By the way, today's gun violence happened in Connecticut where a deadly shooting at the Key Club Cabaret in New Haven left one woman dead and five more, men and women,were injured.
On a lighter note, today is the 188th anniversary of the opening of New York's Erie Canal, which enabled the Midwest to send their products all the way to New York City via water, easier and cheaper transportation. The canal is still open but now is used mainly for recreational purposes.
I got a mule her name is Sal / Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal / She's a good ol' worker and a good ol' pal / Fifteen miles on the Erie Canal
Thought for Today: "If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone." --John Maxwell (b. 1947) American evangelical Christian author, speaker, and pastor
Celsius dwarf bearded iris
I hope your Saturday is going splendidly.
|
|
|
Post by pegasus on Oct 28, 2013 9:37:50 GMT -7
National Chocolates Day Good afternoon my friends Well, we dodged the S word last night and today is bright and sunny with temp reaching 50F. So far so good!! What is going on with baseball's World Series in St. Louis? Has some coven of witches put a hex on the game? First we have Saturday's came ending in the Red Sox's favor with the umpires' obstruction call. Then we have yesterday's game ending with a Cardinal player getting picked off 1st base for the game's final out. I can't help wondering what bizarre situation will end tonight's game. At least the possibility will keep me watching the game!! OMG I see that the worst storm in 5 years has hit Britain, leaving two crushed to death by falling trees and a teenage boy feared dead and 200,000 homes without power. It's being called the "St. Jude's" storm, after the patron saint of lost causes who is traditionally celebrated on Oct. 28 - certainly an appropriate name!! "The thing that's unusual about this one is that most of our storms develop out over the Atlantic so that they've done all their strengthening and deepening by the time they reach us," Met spokeswoman Helen Chivers said. "This one is developing as it crosses the UK, which is why it brings the potential for significant disruption ... and that doesn't happen very often.” I hope all our UK friends have escaped harm. Thought for Today: "To sin is a human business, to justify sins is a devilish business." --Count Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Russian novelist and philosopher, notable for his influence on Russian literature and politics.
Champagne elegance bearded iris
I hope you're having a moan-free Monday
|
|
|
Post by pegasus on Oct 30, 2013 10:16:53 GMT -7
National Candy Corn Day Good afternoon my friends It's been an overcast day here but slightly warmer with temps in the 50s. Typical for autumn in New York (I think there's a song somewhere in that). For those who assert that this nation was founded as a Christian nation, I offer the following quote by our 2nd president who helped frame the Declaratio of Independence and the Constitution, John Adams - "This would be the best of all possible worlds, if there were no religion in it" Now that doesn't sound like promoting Christianity to me, hmmmm? The government has announced that Social Security benefits will be increased only 1.2% next year or around $19.00 per month. The annual cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, is based on a government measure of inflation affects benefits for more than 20% of the country (disabled veterans, federal retirees and people who get Supplemental Security Income/SSI, the disability program for the poor). And the amount of one's wages subject to Social Security deductions is also going up to $117,000. At least we'll be getting a break on our Medicare Part B payments which will stay the same. World Series Game 6 in Boston tonight and I'll be watching. If Boston wins, the Series will be over with the Red Sox MLB cahmps. If it's a St Louis win, then we'll have one of sports' most exciting contests - a winner-take-all Game 7tomorrow night. That's what I'm hoping for. Thought for Today: "Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. " --Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) German philosopher
Champagne frost bearded iris
Have a "wicked" Wednesday
|
|
|
Post by pegasus on Nov 1, 2013 9:07:24 GMT -7
National Family Literacy Day Good afternoon my friends The sun is shining, the wind is blowing and the temp is 61F. It's hard to believe that it's the 1st of November!! My favorite "Housewives" show is due to start a new season from Beverly Hills. They've added two new wives - Carlton Gebbia (a Wiccan) and Joyce Giraud de Ohoven (a former Miss Puerto Rico) for a total of seven wives sisters Kim & Kyle Richards, Yolanda Foster, Brandi Glanville and Lisa Vanderpump). Gone are Adrienne Maloof, Taylor Armstrong and Camille Grammar who underwent surgery for breast cancer. The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills kicks off season four this coming Monday at 8 p.m. on Bravo. I'm really looking forward to it.
Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Mailiki has come to Washington to plead for aid in fighting terrorists. This past month 30 Iraqi civilians were killed every day in the country's deadliest month sine 2008. I think that we should help since we are the ones who went into that country and essentially destroyed the political structure that they had had for years. That gave terrorist organizations an invitation to "come one in." Besides, we need all the friends we can get in the Middle East.
Thought for Today: "Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember." --Oscar Levant (1906-1972) American pianist, composer, author, comedian, and actor
Champagne waltz bearded iris
I hope you have a Fabulous Friday - TGIF!!
|
|
|
Post by pegasus on Nov 3, 2013 10:28:59 GMT -7
Sherlock Holmes Weekend Good afternoon my friends It's a beautifull sunny day that fools you, if your inside. It's also cold with temps in the mid-30s!! Boy, things sure took a turn for the worse. I think we did more that turn back the clock an hour last night - we turned it all the way back to winter!! The New York City marathon was run today, with increased security, but otherwise unchanged. It went off without a hitch as 47,000 runners raced through five boroughs and passed cheering crowds. But, as a sign of the times, at least 1,500 cameras were positioned along the route and there were baggage screenings and surveillance helicopters. Bomb-sniffing dogs and scuba divers scanned bridges and shorelines, while counterterrorism officers escorted ferries carrying runners. What's that? Oh, you want to know who won? Priscah Jeptoo of Kenya won the women's division and Geoffrey Mutai of Kenya, the men's side, Each will get $100,000 in prize money.
Now it's time for the NFL for the rest of the day, starting with the Buffalo Bills vs. Kansas City Chiefs. Surprisingly, the Bills are doing well in the first half. Against the unbeaten Chiefs?? Bills with their 3rd string QB?? And the score at halftime is Bills 10 KC 3?? Well, halftime's over and the Chiefs just intercepted a pass and returned it for 100+ yards to tie the game. Ah well, I knew I shouldn't get my hopes up.
Thought for Today: "Nobody holds a good opinion of a man who holds a low opinion of himself." --Anthony Trollope (1815-1882) prolific and respected English novelist of the Victorian era
Change in the weather bearded iris
I hope you're having a sunfilled Sunday
|
|