Mama could’ve made a mini-me from that leftover fur!
Wordless Wednesday
Sunday’s Gem — Sodalite
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert Einstein
Not discovered until 1806, Sodalite really isn’t a gemstone at all. It’s typically a rich blue mineral stone named from the Greek for “salt stone” because of its sodium content.
Sodalite also appears in gray, purple, orange, or yellow — often with white veining from traces of calcite.
Thanks to crystaldictionary.com for this photo of tumbled Sodalite
Echolocation
Dallas here.
GUESSWHAT!!!
We had a visitor over the weekend and since Mama’s working on her next novel, I get to tell you about it.
(Mama said something about striking while the Muse is hot. Don’t ask me why she’s hitting a hot Muse. It didn’t make much sense when she said it either!)
Nature’s Splendor
Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world. ~Virgil A. Kraft, U.S. Methodist minister
Perhaps Nature springs forth her best effort
In what to man might seem an unseemly place
Next to shabby surroundings such glory is
Kissed by resplendence from above.
Delicate masses of cotton candy blossoms
Overlook a small yard in a country town
Greeting residents and visitors alike
With jaw-dropping beauty and grace
Only a pickup truck mars this scene
Only a rather dilapidated working truck
Drive it off and let Nature’s splendor unfold!
Note: Another Acrostic poem. Seemed like time for the challenge.
Egg Hunt 2017
Dallas here.
Mama said I had to wait until The Kid (AKA Domer) came home before we could hold my annual Easter Egg Hunt.
That was probably a good idea since Easter Sunday wasn’t the prettiest of days, as I recall.
Sigh.
What else is new? Well, we’ve had days on end of rain, making it a challenge to be a long-haired dog needing to use the outdoor facilities!
And the streets in our neighborhood have been under water, so all the peoples are staying put indoors. Including Mama, who’s supposed to be working on that novel-thing.
Sunday’s Gem — Smoky Quartz
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert Einstein
Ancient Romans carved intaglio seals with it. The Chinese used it for making snuff boxes and an early form of sunglasses. The Swiss, Germans, and Austrians used crucifixes made from it to protect against bad luck and evil.
What is “it”?
Smoky Quartz.
Photo courtesy of Mid-Georgia Gem and Mineral Society
Pondering Retail
I’ve been shopping all my life and still have nothing to wear. ~Author unknown
Recently, I heard yet another dismal report on the demise of brick-and-mortar stores as shoppers turn their attention to online venues.
And that saddens me.
NOW it’s Spring
A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except for learning how to grow in rows. ~Doug Larson, American journalist
There once was a wee Dandelion
Who said, “‘Tis true, I’m not lyin’.
Don’t call me a weed,
I’m precious indeed.
Who else can thrive without tryin’?”
Don’t Give Up!
In literature, when nine hundred and ninety-nine souls ignore you, but the thousandth buys your work, or at least borrows it — that is called enormous popularity. ~Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), English writer
You could have knocked me over with a feather the day I learned somebody wanted to publish my book.
Resilience
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
Brave little flowers.
Warmth came too fast; cold followed.
Thrives nevertheless.
