Eighty percent of success is showing up. ~Woody Allen, American filmmaker, actor, and commedian
I Monkey here.
Bet you’ve all been thinking about me and wondering how I’ve been getting along in the second phase of Puppy School.
Wait no more.
Thankful Thursday (4)
Pink is not just a color. It’s an attitude. ~Miley Cyrus, American singer, songwriter, and actress
At last I’m seeing
A bloom from my Cosmos plant.
Wasn’t it worth the wait?
Note: This is my contribution to the Thankful Thursday series, wherein we focus on things we’re grateful for. This Cosmos plant (also known as the Mexican aster) came in a seed packet somebody sent my mom just after she passed. I didn’t think it would grow, but just look at it — it’s nearly waist high! I guess I shouldn’t have doubted — Cosmos is one of the October birth month flowers, and Mom’s birthday was in October.
And … Another Bat
The bat hanging upside down laughs at the topsy-turvy world. ~Japanese proverb
I Monkey here.
Well, it’s about time I got in on the fun.
Thankful Thursday (3)
And it is no little thing to hear a fellow-creature say “Thank you, friend.” ~Barbra Ring, Norwegian novelist
Reach for the ceiling
Bend your arm at the elbow
And pat your own back
Note: On this Thankful Thursday, I want to give a shout out to all my friends — you’re the BEST!! Some of us would write whether anyone read and commented or not, but how much more interesting, special, and meaningful it is to have interaction on our blogs.
Thankful Thursday (2)
A smile is as good as a prayer… ~Abigail May Alcott, American artist and youngest sister of author Louisa May Alcott
People’s laps are chairs
For puppies to sit upon
Comforting for both
Note: This is another installment of the Thankful Thursday series, designed to focus on gratitude. Poetry form is Haiku.
It’s a Messy Job
A poet once wrote: “Let every man sweep in front of his own door and the whole world will be clean.” ~The Rotarian, November 1952
Does anybody truly like to pick up dog poop?
Thankful Thursday
The three most important words in the English language are: “I appreciate you.” ~Author unknown, c.1960s
Yearly they appear
Asking nothing much of me
But to notice them
Note: Poetry form is Haiku. My friend Laurie introduced me to Thankful Thursday, in which we write about some of the things we’re grateful for. These Brown-eyed Susans greet me every summer by July. I didn’t plant them, and they don’t seem to demand anything from me. How cool is that?!
Twinkle Time
To a child’s eye a lightning-bug outshines the brightest fixed star. ~O. P. Fitzgerald,Methodist clergyman, journalist, and educator
I Monkey here.
Every summer night, when Mama takes me outside for my Final Pee-Call, she stands around staring into the back yard.
What’s she looking for?
Et tu, Brute?
Sticks and stones are hard on bones.
Aimed with angry art,
Words can sting like anything,
But silence breaks the heart.
~Phyllis McGinley, Pulitzer Prize-winning American author of children’s books and poetry
You
Fooled me.
Or maybe
I fooled myself.
Earnestly craving
A peaceful atmosphere,
I acquiesced to many
Of your suggestions, traded dreams,
And hoped we’d never experience
Long, lonely years of silence between us.
***
But something happened — what, I’m just not sure —
And here we are, stuck in this cold war.
No talking. No contact. Nothing,
When I’d hoped for so much more.
It hurts to realize
You’ve hardened your heart
And just don’t care
Anymore.
Okay,
Fine.
Note: Poetry form is Double Etheree. “Et tu, Brute” were Caesar’s dying words in Shakespear’s play Julius Caesar to his friend Brutus, who sided with a clique to assassinate the ruler.
Back From Break
A friend dies or leaves us: we feel as if a limb was cut off. ~Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States
My “tiny” break lasted longer than I’d anticipated … longer, in fact, than any other break I’ve taken since starting this blog a dozen or so years ago.
Thank you for your patience.
Musings by an ND Domer's Mom 