Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert Einstein
We’ve already talked about two of the “Big Three” colored gemstones — Ruby and Sapphire.
Now it’s time to move on to the other one, Emerald!
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Party Time!
Laissez les bon temps rouler — “Let the good times roll” is the motto for the city of New Orleans
Let’s do this — Happy Mardi Gras, everybody!
P.S. Mama said to tell y’all her concert went beautifully! Even the video portions, which she’d had her doubts about. They were informative and tasteful, and folks seemed thrilled with the performance. It was great learning about the unsung heroes of the space program, such as the African-American women coders who helped put man on the moon, self-taught female programmer Margaret Hamilton (credited with designing software to prevent a last-minute abort of the landing), and a tribute to American and Soviet astronauts who died in the line of duty.
Approaching Concert
If I were to begin life again, I would devote it to music. It is the only cheap and unpunished rapture upon earth. ~Sydney Smith, Anglican cleric
Our symphonic band concert is this weekend.
We’ve worked hard — some harder than others! — and we’re ready to share our talents.
It promises to be an out-of-this-world performance — our theme is “outer space.”
Jumping to Conclusions
In God we trust, all others we virus scan. ~Author Unknown
Dallas here.
You’d have thought the world was coming to an end.
My mama and grandmama were racing around the house, hollering accusations, and acting crazy.
If I’d been a bit younger, I’d have loved the commotion.
A Feathered Chorus
A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song. ~Chinese Proverb
There once sat a bird on a wire
Who wondered if he shouldn’t go higher.
Three pals came along
Each singing a song
And so they became a choir.
Sunday’s Gem — Amber
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert Einstein
Polished Amber stone, thanks to the Gemological Institute of America, Inc.
Neither a true crystal or a mineral, Amber is an organic gem (others include pearl, coral, and petrified wood) deriving from the fossilized resin of now-extinct evergreen trees over millions of years.
The oldest Amber on earth is estimated to be 320 million years of age!
Coping in Difficulty
People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are not taking cold. ~John Jay Chapman, American author
My mother is a worrier.
And by that, I mean she worries over everything.
Going, Going, Gone
I willingly confess to so great a partiality for trees as tempts me to respect a man in exact proportion to his respect for them. ~James Russell Lowell, American poet
Remember this?
I decided you might be interested in the rest of the story, so here goes:
Waiting and Watching
Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart. ~Victor Hugo, French poet, novelist, and dramatist (Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame)
Shivering as the north wind howls
Ice clings to evergreen boughs
When will spring return?
March 20 or thereabouts
Don’t give it another doubt
This mess will melt soon!
Sunday’s Gem — Sapphire
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. ~Albert Einstein
Considered by many as the gem of gems, Sapphire is a stone of wisdom, royalty, prophecy, and Divine favor.
A symbol of power, kindness, and good judgment, Sapphire is composed from the mineral corundum (the same as Ruby). It’s trace amounts of iron and titanium that make the corundum blue, ranging from very pale to very dark, from a green to a violet shade.
Musings by an ND Domer's Mom 