Springing into Winter???

Just when I thought Spring was here...

here comes Winter...again!!!

Kelly doesn't mind...

Snow diving is her favorite sport!!!

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Mirror, Mirror...

"Nature often holds up a mirror so we can see more clearly the ongoing processes of growth,

renewal, and transformation in our lives."

Unknown

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Water for the Southland!!!

Four days of snow predicted starting Sunday!!!

"Getting an inch of snow is like winning 10 cents in the lottery."

Bill Watterson

The forecast is snow Saturday through Tuesday...

We're doing it for you LA!!!

(Well...OK...I admit... for the mountain!!!)

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More Blue Skies!!!

"How easy and simple it is to live enjoyably when the simple,

interminable blue of the sky, 

with its long wisps of white clouds, become a pleasant thing to behold,

a thing of beauty that thrills you every time you care to look skyward."

John Schindler

Click here to hear Doris Day sing Blue Skies...

(You remember Doris don't you???)

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She's a Stinker...

Have you ever had a cat...

who refused to stay inside???

At the very beginning...

Sadie was an accomplished escape artist...

There was no keeping her inside...

the most curious and playful kitty...

She got out...

she climbed trees...

she escaped a close encounter with a coyote...

she stayed out for two nights (down south)...

returning home hungry and dirty...

When we got to Mammoth...she even went out in the snow, 

on our deck that she couldn't get down from...

When we moved to our current house, her time outdoors has been limited...

our deck is easy for a kitty to escape, so we have attempted to keep them inside...

although occasionally, 

if we're all outside during the summer, she's been known to escape and carouse a bit.

Well...

that brings us to today...

sometime between yesterday afternoon and today she escaped undetected...

tonight I realized I hadn't seen her for awhile...

as a matter of fact...I couldn't remember when I saw her last.

 Cleo...her cohort kitty...was wandering the house and yowling...

and I started to realize that Sadie was nowhere to be found in the house.

The difference from her disappearing act in Glendale to today is that 

today it was snowing all day.  

By about 8:00 this evening I was convinced the local bobcat had snagged her...

or God forbid, that she had frozen...

After dinner (yeah...we eat late!)

I went into the living room to watch American Idol...

sniffling and lamenting the disappearance...

when all of a sudden...

I heard a plaintive cry at the front door.

I ran to the door...opened it...and in came Sadie!!!

Freezing cold...a bit of snow on her tail...and quite proud of herself.

she ran in and ran straight for the food...

Right now...she's contentedly curled up on the chair next to me by my computer...

Darned cat!!!

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Transformation...

"We do not need magic to transform our world.

We carry all of the power we need inside ourselves already."

J.K. Rowling

I tweaked an archive shot...I think I like this one as much as the original!!!

(if not more!!!)

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Our Little Corner of the World...

"No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn."

Hal Borland

The weather forecast shows snow Tuesday night and Wednesday...and possibly this weekend...

but even so...there's a definite oak of snow around town...

and it's starting to look like Spring's going to come early for here!!!

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Georgia's Influence...

"I had to create an equivalent for what I felt about what I was looking at - 

not copy it."

Georgia O'Keeffe

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Holding Fast...

"History is a relentless master.  It has no present, only the past rushing into the future.

To try to hold fast is to be swept aside."

John F. Kennedy

I don't think JFK had Bodie in mind when he made this statement...

Bodie, California should definitely be on your list of places to visit 

if you come to California...

a ghost town in a state of "arrested decay"...

a fascinating place...showing life in the days of the California Gold Rush...

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Monterey Cypress...

Monterey Cypress, Monterey, California

"What did the tree learn from the earth

to be able to talk with the sky?"

Pablo Neruda

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Rhino's...

"Signs, signs...everywhere a  sign..."

Five Man Electrical Band

Nope...Rhino's is a joint in Bridgeport, CA...not a big animal!!!

Pretty darned good food too...

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Do You Know How to Fly???

"Don't believe what your eyes are telling you.

All they show is limitation.

Look with your understanding.

Find out what you already know and you will see the way to fly."

Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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Our Little Corner of the World...

"You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky,

unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it!"

Sai Baba

Not bad for an archive oldie but goodie!!!

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Orange You Glad It's Monday???

"Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get."

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Happy St. Paddy's Day too!!!

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The Old Pier...

"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

Mary Oliver

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Nature's Manifestations...

"We can never have enough of nature.

We must be refreshed by the sight of inexhaustible vigor,

vast and titanic features, the sea-coast with its wrecks,

the wilderness with its living and decaying trees, 

the thunder cloud, and the rain."

Henry David Thoreau

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Cloud Illusions...

"You must not blame me if I talk to the clouds."

Henry David Thoreau

Click here to hear Joni Mitchell...Both Sides Now...

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