Bloom Where you are Planted

Lavender, a banana plant and flowering tea bulbs for the flowering tea
and azalea blossoms

My cup of blooming tea
a pretty flower blossoms

Starbucks has 30 soul nourishing quotes in a little box
called Bloom.

How far that little candle
throws his beams~
So shines a good deed in a weary world.
~William Shakespeare

They also have their coffee grinds for making your garden bloom.

Thanks for always putting a song in my heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0niI3FzCOH4



This story makes my heart bloom
Bella and Tarra

Life began in a garden

One of our hummingbird feeders

Pansies and English Daisies
Pussy Willows and Ranunculus

Our neighbors beautiful flowering tree
which also graces our backyard

Our bleeding Heart
In memory of my late beloved Uncle Ed
and all my pansies are in his memory too

Life began in a garden

The kiss of the sun for pardon
The songs of the birds for mirth
There is no place closer to Heaven
Than a garden here on Earth~

A few scenes from our gardens

In my CD player in the car
Listening to a CD called
Mother
Love all the tracts


Exhale Late Summer Rain Your Time Will Come Acceptance Calling My Mermain Lady of Silence Sous Tes Alies Time Donaldo My Heart Mystic Garden Maniwalll Quiet Cherubin Exhale (Reprise)

It's raining it's pouring

Photographs from my sweet Ahram
You spread sugar and sweetness all over the land
I love you

End of photographs from the lovely Ahram
Thank you Sweet Love

If you get a chance to watch this exquisite movie please do

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5n57OSe8tw

"All women are princesses, it is our right." ~Maya, A Little Princess

It's raining it's pouring

It's not about waiting for the storm to pass
It's about learning to dance in the rain.

Tenderness of the Heart

A few signs of Spring
around our neighborhood

"There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart." ~
Jane Austen

Stand by Me

Photographs courtesy of my son's friend Paul
as seen on Facebook
thank you

My Son in New Zealand
Photograph courtesy of Justin's friend Paul
as seen on Facebook
Thank you

Stand by Me


The food banks are in dire need of food.
If you can please donate.

Karma is a boomerang
What you give to others you get back tenfold.

Thank you God for all my blessings
and I pray for those in need.

Food and Flowers

My photograph of some flowers
ready to be planted for Spring
My husband always warns me don't plant too early
due to frost.......
I get anxious to be in communion with Nature and Mother Earth
and flowers and Spring delights~
Smiles

Ranunculus

Both photographs courtesy of a Google Search

English Daisies

Food and Flowers

My husband gave a speech on Food Safety today and we were invited to a luncheon and met many wonderful people. We like to buy all our food from local farmers and there is a great map out we were given
Visit the website www.ecfa.ca

The lady who founded the Food Banks in Windsor sat next to me and I enjoyed her company so very much.
As I did everyone we met today.

I always buy Ranunculus and English Daisies for our pots as well as pansies.

Trust yourself.
Create the kind of life you will be happy to live with
all of your life.
Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny
inner sparks of possibility into the flames of achievement.
Foster C. McClellan

How To Plant Your Garden
(courtesy of my dear friend Martha)
Love you
Love all you send.
Kisses

First, you Come to the garden alone,
While the dew is still on the roses....

FOR THE GARDEN OF YOUR DAILY LIVING,
PLANT THREE ROWS OF PEAS:



1. Peace of mind
2. Peace of heart
3. Peace of soul


PLANT FOUR ROWS OF SQUASH:

1. Squash gossip
2. Squash indifference
3. Squash grumbling
4. Squash selfishness


PLANT FOUR ROWS OF LETTUCE:

1. Lettuce be faithful
2. Lettuce be kind
3.. Lettuce be patient
4. Lettuce really love one another


NO GARDEN IS WITHOUT TURNIPS:


1. Turnip for meetings
2. Turnip for service
3. Turnip to help one another

TO CONCLUDE OUR GARDEN WE MUST HAVE THYME:


1. Thyme for each other
2.. Thyme for family
3. Thyme for friends

WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE.
THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.

New Zealand

Zest for new Zealand

All photographs courtesy of my son

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Have a great weekend

When there is light in the soul, there is beauty in the person,
When there is beauty in the person, there is harmony in the home,
When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation,
When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
~ Ancient Chinese proverb ~

Spring breathes on me

Photograph courtesy of my son
A swan in New Zealand

Spring breathes on me with quiet winds that smell of roses
and sun touched dew, and with them a message is sent forth of beauty and of joy
and love anew~
Marian Love Singer

Recipe from Gwyneth Paltrow in her email I receive

called Goop

SLOW-ROASTED TOMATOES

These tomatoes are a staple in my house – I put them on sandwiches, fold them into frittatas, turn them into soup and more. They might be at their best, though, served with fresh mozzarella that’s been torn into pieces and dressed with good olive oil, coarse salt and pepper. Make these in advance, even days ahead, but be sure to serve them at room temperature.

SERVES: 8
TIME: 3 hours, almost completely unattended

• a dozen vine-ripened tomatoes, cut in half horizontally
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

Preheat the oven to 275ºF.

In a small roasting pan, toss the tomatoes with the olive oil. Roast the tomatoes, seed-side up, for three hours.

It's a fabulous April day and the sun is shining the birds are singing and I am off to meet two fabulous friends for yet another one of my birthday lunches.

How fabulous is that?

I am indeed truly blessed to be loved so well.

We enjoyed the Spitfire hockey game so much last night.

I love to be around young vibrant young people they keep me alive with joy and happiness.

Some Information about the Yoga Loft here in Walkerville Ontario

I will be happy when the warmth and sunshine returns.
Yesterday it not only rained it hailed........
Sigh...........
Wishing everyone a Happy Earth Day
and for those of you that are executive assistants
May every wish come your way
Blessings

I met a man who picks up pennies he finds on the ground because he says they're government property.
I pick them up because I see them as signs from angels to let us know they're around.
~Carmen Rutlen

From my cousin Kerrie:
Information regarding the Yoga Loft

Please join us on Friday May 1st, 2009 for an Open House at The Yoga Loft, located at 624 Chilver Road, Unit 201 in Olde Walkerville. For those of you who are interested in Yoga, we are happy to offer a complimentary Yoga Class beginning at 445PM. Meet Romano Formicuccia & Gina Wasserlein of The Yoga Loft, Christine Coral RMT, Son Nguyen & Nikki Hillis from Pilates at the Loft & Kerrie Riberdy of Sol Invictus Aromatherapy. Enjoy an evening of relaxation while indulging in healthy refreshments & treats, touring the facility and meeting the various practitioners.

Special Yoga Memberships will be offered this evening, as well as chances to win complimentary treatments for Massage.

Also, we are offering an upcoming workshop: Intro into The Seven Chakras---A Journey To Awareness on May 22nd, 2009 from 6-930PM ($60) with Sarah Shapiro-Barnard. If interested, please register with The Yoga Loft ASAP, as space is limited.

We Thank You all so much for your support and hope that we can continue to provide healing services throughout the years. Please contact The Yoga Loft if you may have any questions regarding the Open House, Workshops or Services. Take Care!

Sincerely,

Kerrie Riberdy

SOL INVICTUS @ THE YOGA LOFT

624 Chilver Road, Unit 201, Walkerville

519.252.YOGA (9642)

Precious Grandmother

The sweet little Bird Billie I always visit when I go to see Grandma
How precious is he
He serendades me sweetly and is so gentle and dear

There is a young tender heart in Joanne a student from St. Clair College
who lovingly cares for my precious Grandmother
The staff is fabulous and all love my Grandmother so very much.


A Good Day

Penetrate the heart of just one drop of water, and you will be flooded by a hundred oceans.

~Mahmûd Shabistarî

A Rainy Monday Morning

All photographs courtesy of the lovely Ahram
all taken in Seoul on her fabulous weekend.
Thank you for your love~

When there is light in the soul, there is beauty in the person,
When there is beauty in the person, there is harmony in the home,
When there is harmony in the home, there is order in the nation,
When there is order in the nation, there is peace in the world.
~ Ancient Chinese proverb ~

Birds photographed by my son in
New Zealand

Keep a green tree in your heart and perhaps a singing bird will come

2008 in pictures

Spring fever has a hold of me..........
Outside enjoying the day

Enjoyed the movie State of Play
and cannot wait to watch Grey Gardens tonight.

Grey Gardens

Off to walk in Sunshine
and hear birds serenade me

Black and White

For my dear friend Judy
Happy Birthday my darling friend.
May Heaven hear your every wish.
Love and prayers
I love you~~~~****

I would have you over for a pajama party

and we'd watch

Black and White

(Under age 40? You won't understand.)

You could hardly see for all the snow,
Spread the rabbit ears as far as they go.
Pull a chair up to the TV set,
"Good Night, David. Good Night, Chet."
Depending on the channel you tuned,
You got Rob and Laura - or Ward and June.
It felt so good. It felt so right.
Life looked better in black and white.

I Love Lucy, The Real McCoys,
Dennis the Menace, the Cleaver boys,
Rawhide, Gunsmoke, Wagon Train,
Superman, Jimmy and Lois Lane .
Father Knows Best, Patty Duke,
Rin Tin Tin and Lassie too,
Donna Reed on Thursday night! --

Life looked better in black and white.
I want to go back to black and white.
Everything always turned out right.
Simple people, simple lives.
Good guys always won the fights.
Now nothing is the way it seems,
In living color on the TV screen.
Too many murders, too many fights,
I want to go back to black and white.
They never cussed or broke their vows.
They'd never make the network now.
But if I could, I'd rather be
In a TV town in '53.
It felt so good. It felt so right.
Life looked better in black and white.
I'd trade all the channels on the satellite,
If I could just turn back the clock tonight

To when everybody knew wrong from right.
Life was better in black and white!
Another Goody For The Old timers

My Mom used to cut chicken, chop eggs and spread mayo on the same
cutting board with the same knife and no bleach, but we didn't seem to
get food poisoning.

My Mom used to defrost hamburger on the counter AND I used to eat it raw
sometimes, too. Our school sandwiches were wrapped in wax paper in a
brown paper bag, not in ice pack coolers, but I can't remember getting
ecoli.

Almost all of us would have rather gone swimming in the lake instead of
a pristine pool (talk about boring), no beach closures then.

The term cell phone would have conjured up a phone in a jail cell, and a
pager was the school PA system.

We all! took gym, not PE... and risked permanent injury with a pair of
high top Ked's (only worn in gym) instead of having cross-training
athletic shoes with air cushion soles and built in light reflectors. I
can't recall any injuries but they must have happened because they tell
us how much safer we are now..


Speaking of school , we all sang the national anthem, and staying in
detention after school caught all sorts of negative attention.
We must have had horribly damaged psyches. What an archaic health system
we had then. Remember school nurses? Ours wore a hat and everything.

I thought that I was supposed to accomplish something before I was
allowed to be proud of myself.

I just can't recall how bored we were without computers, Play Station,
Nintendo, X-box or 270 digital TV cable stations.

Oh yeah... and where was the Benadryl and sterilization kit when I got
that bee sting? I could have been killed!

We played 'king of the hill' on piles of gravel left on vacant
construction sites, and when we got hurt, Mom pulled out the 48-cent
bottle of Mercurochrome (kids liked it better because it didn't sting
like iodine did) and then we got our butt spanked.
Now it's a trip to the emergency room, followed by a 10-day dose of a
$49 bottle of antibiotics, and then Mom calls the attorney to sue the
contractor for leaving a horribly vicious pile of gravel where it was
such a threat.

We didn't act up at the neighbor's house either because if we did, we
got our butt spanked there and then we got butt spanked again when we
got home.

I recall Donny Reynolds from next door coming over and doing his tricks
on the front stoop, just before he fell off. Little did his Mom know
that she could have owned our house. Instead, she picked him up and
swatted him for being such a goof. It was a neighborhood run amuck.

To top it off, not a single person I knew had ever been told that they
were from a dysfunctional family. How could we possibly have known
that?
We needed to get into group therapy and anger management classes? We
were obviously so duped by so many societal ills, that we didn't even
notice that the entire country wasn't taking Prozac! How did we ever
survive?

LOVE TO ALL OF US WHO SHARED THIS ERA, AND TO ALL WHO DIDN'T- SORRY FOR
WHAT YOU MISSED. I WOULDN'T TRADE IT FOR ANYTHING

My Son's Latest Adventure in New Zealand

Photographs courtesy of my son
Mt. Traverse and Sabine Mountain Hike
New Zealand

My SUN shine

“Man with dog closes a gap in the universe.”
C.S. Lewis

I love the above picture
The President and His family with their new dog
Unsure of the source of this photograph.

Grey Gardens

I am looking forward to seeing this on Saturday

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW5ryhrzYC4

My son is back from his wilderness excursion
near St. Arnaud Nelson Lake area in New Zealand
He begins student teaching Grade 7 April 28th
Much work and preparation are in order
for this teaching assignment.

Enjoy your day in every way.

“The most effective kind of education is that a child should
play amongst lovely things.” Plato

Above child quote:
As seen on dear Jen's blog
I love your quotes Jen and all you post............

Life is too short to wake up with regrets.
So love the people who treat you right.
Love the ones who don't just because you can.
Believe everything happens for a reason.
If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands.
If it changes your life, let it.
Kiss slowly.
Forgive quickly.
God never said life would be easy.
He just promised it would be worth it.

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

4 Online Tips for Parents from Today's Oprah Show

4 Online tips for parents from Today's Oprah Show
and information posted on Oprah.com

4 Online Safety Tips for Parents

Rob Nickel is a former police sergeant who worked undercover for the Ontario, Canada, police to catch hundreds of online predators. He now trains police and parents to do the same.
1. It can happen to anyone.

Rob stresses that even straight-A students who never get into trouble can fall victim to a child predator. "They're kids; they trust everybody," Robs says. Teaching your kids street smarts is essential. "I talk to a lot of small communities, and I try to get that across."

4 Online Safety Tips for Parents
2. Predators will build a bond.

Rob says child predators treat sexual assaults as a job. "They have one goal, and the biggest accomplishment you can have is that sexual encounter with a child," he says. "And the grooming process—it's so easy to build a bond online. You have to understand, most of our communication, 93 percent, is what I'm doing with my hands right now, my voice inflexion. When all you have to judge somebody by is text, it's very easy to build a bond."

Predators are also patient, and Rob says they will go through great lengths to find a child. "It happens anywhere, and as you've seen, they don't mind traveling. In fact, they don't care if it takes a year to build a bond with kids."

4 Online Safety Tips for Parents

3. Don't share pictures of your child over the Internet.

"Number one, you won't find my children on the Internet," Rob says. "A lot of parents will put their kids as infants. Well, I've done so many search warrants where we seize pictures people have downloaded off the Internet of infants and 2- and 3-year-olds for sexual gratification. I would never put my children on the Internet."

If you want to share pictures with your family and friends on social networking sites such as Facebook, Rob says to make sure your security settings are set so that only your friends can view the images. " A lot of people leave it wide open for the whole world to see, and that's probably one of the biggest mistakes. Most social networking sites out there will have security features in place under the privacy setting."

4 Online Safety Tips for Parents
4. Install safety software

Watch Rob demonstrate his favorite child protection software

Rob's suggestions...

For Filtering and Blocking:
Razzul
Net Nanny

For Monitoring:
McGruff
Spector Pro

The 13-year-old girl lured by an online predator—how she survived

John Walsh and his family finally get justice

My love and Prayers for Tom and Judith in Georgia

Tom and Judith
Dear friends from Georgia

Blossoms from Seoul
Courtesy of Ahram
Thank you
I love all the pictures you send.
Love and hugs

My two dear friends Tom and Judith in Georgia
are going through very difficult times. My friend Tom has cancer and the journey is a long and painful
one and most difficult on them all.

If you have your health you have everything
I pray for you always.

God bless you all real good.

Love Jeanne

One Day At A Time

Just for one day I will promise
To see God’s love in all things,
In the calm, the joy, and the peaceful
In the burden, the pain and the sting.

I will look to His love in the moonlight
In the wave of each swaying branch,
In each breath, in each step, in each moment
I will pause to my Lord and give thanks.

Though the turbulent waters surround me
I’ll be still as a calm peaceful lake,
For if He is in charge of this temple
Then the outcome to all will be great.

So with my new mind I’ll sing praises
And release alleluia’s sincere,
For if God and I are this temple,
Then the outcome to all will be clear.

So do not sway for a moment
When dark clouds are somber and gray,
Just look to the sunshine beyond them
And just let the Lord have His way.
Chris Zambernard

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it."
Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird

Sometimes God calms the storm
Sometimes He lets the storm rage
and calms His child~

Here are the two best prayers I know:

'Help me, help me, help me' and
'Thank you, thank you, thank you.'

~ Anne Lamott

Easter Sunday

Family faces are magic mirrors
Me and a very special young lady in the family
Jessica on Easter Sunday
Thanks Pete and Marilyn and all the family
for the fine Easter Feast and your company
We love you and everyone in the family so very much
X0X0

Teen Creed

Don't let your parents down,
They brought you up.

Be humble enough to obey,
You may give orders someday.

Choose companions with care,
You become what they are.

Guard your thoughts,
What you think, you are.

Choose only a date
Who would make a good mate.

Be master of your habits,
Or they will master you.

Don't be a show off when you drive,
Drive with safety and arrive.

Don't let the crowd pressure you,
Stand for something-
Or you'll fall for anything.

...Author Unknown

"But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives."
~ Haruki Murakami (Norwegian Wood)

Seonjeongneung in Seoul

I love you Ahram thanks for your photographs
History and you~

Seonjeongneung in Seoul all information and photographs courtesy of my fabulous Ahram
who every weekend takes pictures for me of the places she visits

Here is information about Seonjeongneung (宣靖陵)..

The Seolleung (宣陵) is the royal tomb of the 9th King Seongjong (成宗, 1457-1494) of the Joseon Dynasty and his lawful second wife, Queen Jeonghyeon (貞顯王后, 1462-1530), from the Yun family. King Seongjong was a son of King Deokjong and Queen Sohye (King Deokjong received the title of king after his death). King Seongjong lost his father two months after his birth. When King Yejong, the following ruler after King Sejo, passed away within one year of his reign, Queen Jeonghui ordered King Seongjong to ascend the throne in 1469. King Seongjong completed all the systems and the foundation that had been developed since the years of King Taejo, thereby promoting the flourishing of the culture of early Joseon. Queen Jeonghyeon was installed as Queen in 1480, the year after the mother of Prince Yeonsan, the Lady Yun, was expelled. Prince Jinseong (King Jungjong), a son of Queen Jeonghyeon ousted Prince Yeonsan with the Jungjongbanjeong (中宗反正, the insurrection of King Jungjong), and ascended the throne. The Seolleung unusually had a lot of mishaps and suffered an indignity. During the Imjinwaeran (壬辰倭亂, the Japanese invasion of Korea in 1592), the royal tomb was dug up and the Jaegung (a house built next to the tomb for sacrificial rites) was burned. In 1625 (the 3rd year of King Injo), the Jeongjagak (a T-shaped house built for sacrificial rites in front of a tomb) was set on fire and then repaired. In the following year, another fire broke out at the tomb.

The Jeongneung (靖陵) is the royal tomb of the 11th King Jungjong (中宗, 1488-1544) of the Joseon Dynasty. Being the second son of King Seongjong, King Jungjong was installed as Prince Jinseong in 1494. Prince Jinseong raised a revolt in 1506 and ousted Prince Yeonsan and then, became a king. After the enthronement, King Jungjong tried to reform the disorderly administration of Prince Yeonsan and to realize his ideal politics of the rule of right. However, endless political disputes destabilized the royal court. In 1544, King Jungjong abdicated the throne in favor of the Crown Prince, King Injong, before he passed away.

Initially, King Injong created the tomb of the late king at Goyang and granted him the posthumous title of King Jungjong, and named the tomb the Huireung (禧陵). Then, he built the Jeongneung on the right hill of the Huireung, the tomb of his second lawful wife Queen Janggyeong from the Yun family (it is currently in the graveyard of the Seosamneung). In 1562 (the 17th year of King Myeongjong), it was moved to the eastern hill of the Seolleung, the current burial place of the Jeongneung by Queen Munjeong.

Marvelous Monday

My soul blossoms with Ahram and all her special love sent to me
She took many pictures of Seoul spring blossoms
I will share more tomorrow.
I love you Ahram
I thank God always for the very special people who love me so well.
I am blessed beyond words.
I love you~

A bundle of pink love was left on my door yesterday by
my darling friend Nia..........
And in it a handmade Pink apron too.
I love you Nia
you are too Fabulous for words~
Muuuuuah
Celelbrate you and surround yourself with people that do.
Love Jeanne
X0X0

Marvelous Monday

I always love the Easter holiday and spring
a time of rebirth, renewal reflection and brand new beginnings

I hope your holiday was a wonderful one............

Today is my fabulous brother in law Pat's birthday
So much to celebrate
Enjoy your day in every way

Kumquat Pie

1 graham cracker crust

1 (8oz)) Cool Whip

2/3 cup pureed kumquats

1 can sweetened condensed milk ( e.g. Eagle Brand)

1/2 cup lemon juice

Beat condensed milk and Cool Whip. Add lemon juice and beat until thickened. Add kumquats. Pour in pie crust and chill in refrigerator for several hours.

Enjoy!!!!!
Fabulous recipe via dear Marilyn
It was one of the fabulous pies served at their home yesterday.
A gourmet feast.
thank you for loving us so well.
Love Jeanne
X0X0

Easter Sunday

Easter Sunday

Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering.

Padre Pio

Happy Easter

Love is the first ingredient in the relief of suffering.

Padre Pio

For I remember it is Easter morn, And life and love and peace are all new born.

~Alice Freeman Palmer

Happy Easter Everyone

May your hearts and homes be full of love and peace and joy

and the love of Christ

THIS SAYS IT ALL: Time passes. Life happens. Distance separates. Children grow up. Jobs come and go. Love waxes and wanes. Men don't do what they're supposed to do. Hearts break. Parents die. Colleagues forget favors. Careers end. BUT........ Sisters are there, no matter how much time and how many miles are between you. A girl friend is never farther away than needing her can reach. When you have to walk that lonesome valley and you have to walk it by yourself, the women in your life will be on the valley's rim, cheering you on, praying for you, pulling for you, intervening on your behalf, and waiting with open arms at the valley's end. Sometimes, they will even break the rules and walk beside you...Or come in and carry you out. Girlfriends, daughters, granddaughters, daughters-in-law, sisters, sisters-in-law, Mothers, Grandmothers, aunties, nieces, cousins, and extended family, all bless our life! The world wouldn't be the same without women, and neither would I. When we began this adventure called womanhood, we had no idea of the incredible joys or sorrows that lay ahead. Nor did we know how much we would need each other. Every day, we need each other still. Pass this on to all the women who help make your life meaningful. I just did. Short and very sweet: There are more than twenty angels in this world. Ten are peacefully sleeping on clouds. Nine are playing. And one is reading her email at this moment. You are all very special to me or I wouldn't be taking the time to send you this!

Pansies on the Porch and Glorious Sunshine Happy Good Friday

My beautiful Ahram sent me that gorgeous scarf from Seoul
so I bought a jacket to compliment it........
perfect for this spring
Love you Ahram

"Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again
into flame by an encounter with another human being.
Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those
who have rekindled this inner light.”

~Albert Schweitzer

Sent to me today by

my dear friend in Scotland.

Love you

Ahram and I we are both missing Justin while he is gone on his little vacation
for ten days.


This is the trail/area he's gone to in New Zealand

LINK

Pussy willows everywhere for my beloved Mom in Heaven

Pansies are the first spring flowers I put on the porch for my late beloved Uncle Ed in Heaven

Jesus is always the reason
for every season
I wear my Passion Cross all through
the Easter Season
as well as my regular Gold Cross

And now for a little Easter Giggle
Hop to it...............

Ya know it's coming...

A man is driving along a highway and sees a rabbit jump out across the
middle of the road.

He swerves to avoid hitting it, but unfortunately the rabbit jumps right
in front of the car.

The driver, a sensitive man as well as an animal lover, pulls over and
gets out to see what has become of the rabbit.
Much to his dismay, the rabbit is the Easter Bunny, and he is DEAD .


The driver feels so awful that he begins to cry.

A beautiful blonde woman driving down the highway

sees a man crying on the side of the road

and pulls over.



She steps out of the car and asks the man what's wrong.

"I feel terrible," ! he explains,

"I accidentally hit the Easter Bunny with my car and KILLED HIM."

The blonde says,"Don't worry."


She runs to her car and pulls out a spray can.

She walks over to the limp, dead Easter Bunny,
bends down, and sprays the contents onto him.

The Easter Bunny jumps up, waves its paw at the two of them
and hops off down the road.

Ten feet away he stops, turns around and waves again. He hops down the
road another 10 feet, turns and waves. Hopsanother ten feet, turns and
waves, and repeats this again and again and again and again,until he
hops out of sight.

The man is astonished.

He runs over to the woman and demands,


"What is in that can? What did you spray on the Easter Bunny ?"

The woman turns the can around so that the man can read the label.

It says..

(Are you ready for this?)

(Are you sure?)

(You know you're gonna be sorry)

(Last chance)





(OK, here it is)





It says,





"Hair Spray

Restores life to dead hair,

and adds permanent wave."



Happy Easter

Easter Bonnets

My late beloved Mother and my Sister and I.
Memories of an Easter from our most treasured times shared.

A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.

~ John Keats

We Have A Secret

We have a secret, you and I

that no one else shall know,

for who but I

can see you lie

each night by fire glow?

And who but I

can reach my hand

before we go to bed

and feel the living warmth of you

and touch your silken head?

And only I walk woodland paths

and see ahead of me

your small form racing with the wind

so young again, and free.

And only I can see you swim

in every brook I pass

and when I call, no one but I

can see the bending grass.

~Author Unknown to me~

I have also seen this poem on my dear friend's blog
Posted from Home.
Thanks Deb for reminding me of this gorgeous verse

Posted from Home

A prayer for Spring
by Robert Frost


OH, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees.
And make us happy in the darting bird
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill,
And off a blossom in mid air stands still.
For this is love and nothing else is love,
The which it is reserved for God above
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfil.

"Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness."

- Oliver Wendell Holmes

Spring is the Queen of all Seasons

and Easter is her Crown

"Every tear is answered by a blossom, Every sigh with songs and laughter bent, April-blooms upon the breezes toss them.
April knows her own, and is content."
~ Susan Coolidge

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. ~ Oprah Winfrey

Happy Easter Everyone
Celebrate this most sacred holiday
with love and joy in your heart

Spring has returned. The earth is like a child that knows poems.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke

April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks
go!

~Christopher Morley

Thanks for the abundance of good wishes and Love

Uncle James and Aunt Inge have a Hungarian Rose Bush
I will certainly have to look for one

Photographs all courtesy from my Uncle and Aunt in Bavaria

A scene from Hungary

From my Uncle and Aunt in Bavaria
Thanks Uncle Jame and Aunt Inge
I love all your photographs and all you send me.
With much love~

Thanks for the Abundance of Good wishes and love~Everyone.
You all made my birthday so special in every way.
Thanks for sharing my very special day.
I am a truly blessed and spoiled lady in every way.
Thank you for your love~

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You simply will not be the same person two months from now after consciously giving thanks each day for the abundance that exists in your life. And you will have set in motion an ancient spiritual law: the more you have and are grateful for, the more will be given you.” ~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

'Twas Easter-Sunday. The full-blossomed trees
Filled all the air with fragrance and with joy.
~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish But have eternal life.

Hot Pink and Celebrations

Here I am the birthday Queen

*Smile darlings*

Puckering up with my Lavender Whip lipstick for those Birthday Kisses

Thanks for your love and good wishes

A doctor on his morning walk, noticed this older lady sitting on her front
step smoking a cigar, so he walked up to her and said, "I couldn't help
but notice how happy you look! What is your secret?"

"I smoke ten cigars a day," she said. "Before I go to bed, I smoke a nice
big joint. Apart from that, I drink a whole bottle of Jack Daniels every
week, and eat only junk food. On weekends, I pop pills, get laid, and
don't exercise at all."

"That is absolutely amazing! How old are you?"

"Fourty-four," she replied.

Hot pink and lavender are my colours this spring~
All photographs taken by me
In Spring I love to get out and explore and take pictures
and enjoy the beauty of this fine season.

Guess the age day?

All women are princesses, it is our right." ~Maya, A Little Princess

I am a truly blessed lady each and everyday of the year but never more spoiled as when the "Jeanne Fest"
Begins a month long gala of celebrations and fun and for you and all I thank you and send my heartfelt wishes
for your kindness and your love.
My mail box is brimming the cards flowing in
The flower trucks know where to stop
The letters the gifts the special effects
But none more precious than your kindness and your love.
God bless you all as much as He has blessed me.
I was born during Holy week and have felt a special connection to Easter and Spring all
my life long
There are rainbows all over the house this morning
I truly believe they are sent from Heaven from Mom~

Have a fabulous day
The sun is shining and the world is calling
I love you my darlings
Blessings and be well.

Every persons life is a fairytale hand written by God.

Thank you everyone for EVERYTHING

Love is the only magic I believe in

Happy Birthday my darling friend Dani

Hot Pink and Lavender my colours this spring
Besides my favorite of PINK everyday~

"There is no remedy for love but to love more."

- Henry David Thoreau

Happy Birthday Dani~

Some people seem to specialize in doing thoughtful deeds

Before you ask, they understand

Your problems and your needs

They help because they want to

They find joy in being kind

And making others happy

Is the first thing on their mind

They make this world a better place by practicing the art

Of reaching out to others

And by giving from the heart

~Amanda Bradley

I love you Dani

Happy Happy Birthday my Darling friend

My Fabulous Friend Mindy was on Oprah Today~

So proud to see you on Oprah today
Mindy~
You and the other Moms were fabulous


Thank you Mindy for being
a song in my heart

Photographs used with permission from my fabulous and gorgeous friend Mindy
I surround myself with the best and so does she~
I love you Mindy
I am so blessed to call you my FRIEND

My fabulous friend Mindy is bright beautiful and beyond words.
I am so full of joy and happiness for her.
She has been so kind and loving to me all through the years
and I am so very proud to call her my fabulous friend~
I love you Mindy.
Oprah picks only the best~

She was on OPRAH today~

I love you



I've got some serious bragging to do
My fabulous friend Mindy was on Oprah today
Hey girl you DO have it going on.

Melinda

I have told you all about Mindy for years and told her she is so special one day she will
be on Oprah. Today was her day~
Yahoo
So proud of you~

go to Oprah.com
click on TV
and you will see lots of fabulous things

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Our lives and our hearts

Fabulous Ahram in Seoul
Me here in Canada

Heart prints with our leopard prints

We always seem to be so closely connected
Heart to heart although miles apart
but joined together by hearts of love

Our lives are a rich tapestry of things we have done and said
with memories of those we love outlined in golden thread.

Reading the book

The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
(Thanks Michelle)
By Robin Sharma

and watching the new season of In Treatment

Many hockey games this week
Fabulous~
Waiting for Spring to rapidly return
It was snowing this morning~

It's wedding season
for fabulous cakes
Please visit

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Gabby Cakes

Palm Sunday

Image sent to me by my dear friend Christine in Hawaii
Thank you

Palm Sunday

If you want others to be happy practice compassion,
If you want to be happy practice compassion.
Dalai Lama

Sent to me by my dear friend Coleen
Love you
Thank you

Six year old Brandon decided one Saturday morning to fix his parents pancakes He found a big bowl and spoon, pulled a chair to the counter, opened the cupboard and pulled out the heavy flour canister, spilling it on the floor.

He scooped some of the flour into the bowl with his hands, mixed in most of a cup of milk and added some sugar, leaving a floury trail on the floor which by now had a few tracks left by his kitten.
Brandon was covered with flour and getting frustrated. He wanted this to be something very good for Mom and Dad, but it was getting very bad

He didn't know what to do next, whether to put it all into the oven or on the stove and he didn't know how the stove worked!.. Suddenly he saw his kitten licking from the bowl of mix and reached to push her away, knocking the egg carton to the floor. Frantically he tried to clean up this monumental mess but slipped on the eggs, getting his pajamas white and sticky.
And just then he saw Dad standing at the door. Big crocodile tears welled up in Brandon 's eyes. All he'd wanted to do was something good, but he'd made a terrible mess. He was sure a scolding was coming, maybe even a spanking. But his father just watched him.

Then, walking through the mess, he picked up his crying son, hugged him and loved him, getting his own pajamas white and sticky in the process!
That's how God deals with us.. We try to do something good in life, but it turns into a mess. Our marriage gets all sticky or we insult a friend, or we can't stand our job, or our health goes sour.
Sometimes we just stand there in tears because we can't think of anything else to do. That's when God picks us up and loves us and forgives us, even though some of our mess gets all over Him.
But just because we might mess up, we can't stop trying to 'make pancakes' for God or for others. Sooner or later we'll get it right, and then they'll be glad we tried...
I was thinking and I wondered if I had any wounds needing to be healed, friendships that need rekindling or three words needing to be said, sometimes, 'I love you' can heal & bless! Remind every one of your friends & family that you love them. Even if you think they don't love you back, you would be amazed at what those three little words, a smile, and a reminder like this can do.
Just in case I haven't told you lately....

I LOVE YA!!!
suppose one morning you were called to God; do all your friends know you love them?
Send this to everyone you love, and send it back to the person who sent it to you... And never stop 'making pancakes.'

'Life is too short and true friends are too few.'

Spring

All photographs taken by the lovely Ahram
Thank you for giving me permission to share them.
I love you~
God has blessed me well.

Spring has returned. The earth is like a child that knows poems.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Lovely Ahram has me in her thoughts in spite of her very busy schedule.
She took these gorgeous pictures for me at the Imperial Palace in Seoul.

I thank you my lovely one.
I only wish I was going to the New Zealand Festival with you.
Tell me everything~~~
I love you

To meet everything and everyone through stillness instead of mental noise is the greatest gift you can offer to the universe.

~Eckhart Tolle
Stillness Speaks

Our Family

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

United by Love
and Strengthened by Joy

Our family is about
remembering what matters
letting go of what does not
laughing, loving,
and knowing life is good
because we have each other

Some photographs are my own

Special thanks to my son and Ahram for the use of their photographs
Special thanks to Kim and Drew for the use of their photographs

Special thanks to the parents of our grandangels for use of their photographs

Special thanks to my niece Michelle for taking the photographs of Paul's birthday
and my relatives in Nova Scotia for the pictures of Michelle and Craig's wedding
and all my relatives on my Dad's side for the photographs of my Carter heritage.

Love to you all
every picture tells a story~

In a Garden

Sweet Ahram beside flowers on the wall
in Seoul

Friends and loved ones are the best flowers for our souls.

My Sons flora and fauna photograph
Taken in New Zealand

Gardens in British Columbia last Spring

A tree in BC all painted with hearts
Taken last spring

All things from my beloved Grandmothers yard are more precious than gold.
A forsythia bush from her yard into mine
On my former front yard in St. Clair Beach

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Lovely photographs

I am waiting for Grey Gardens to come out on HBO this month

The kiss of the sun for pardon
The songs of the birds for mirth
There is no place closer to Heaven
than a garden here on Earth~

Rabbit Rabbit

Rabbit Rabbit

Fight Hunger

From sweet Ahram
Purrfect =^,,^= for April 1st
Rabbit Rabbit to you

Thank you for your kindness and you love

Let us be grateful to people who make us happy,

they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.

~Marcel Proust

Love this version of “Stand by Me”. Just what the world needs.

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April the Angel of Months

Perhaps it is because April is so full of dazzling sunlight. Perhaps it's because the earth
seems greener. Perhaps it's because resurrection is this month's signature. Is this why our spirits start to soar?
Now the season of darkness diminishes as the season of Light increases in strength.
In the garden primroses, pansies, violets, tulips and lilacs burst with colour.
Each flower, plant and bough bears profound witness to the power of authenticity.
This month we continue to grow gracefully, creatively and joyously into our
authentic selves awakening our own beauty.

From the book Simple Abundance
by Sarah Ban Breathnach