Sacred Sunday Walk About - Better Late Than Never? ;-}

For days I have been hanging inside.  Not today, no sir, I put on my walking shoes.  It was about 60 degrees with a chilly wind and perfect for walking.  The air was clean and the sky almost clear blue.

Walking down one street to the county road one side of the road is undeveloped land.  The smell was intoxicating pine and old leaves.  Woodsy.

Later Molly and I walked the short distance to Lettuce Lake.  The tide was way out, two of the houseboats were sitting in mud.  Molly didn’t care one whit, neither did I.

To see a white pelican, wings stretched out legs straight out in flight, was energy for my soul.

The brightness of the day lifted my spirits.

I captured a few shots at dusk.  Days end the sun has dropped below the horizon.  Christmas lights linger.  I love lights.

Happy New Year, You wonderful people.

Wishing you peace and love, to the moon and back.

Sacred Sunday - Sugar Plum Fairy

and so, it is sacred sunday, i am:

prayerful

grateful

hopeful

remembering

our soldiers,

remembering

sandy hook families

enjoying the Christmas lights

lighting Christmas scented candles

missing family

recalling the sacredness

of childhood dreams and visions of

sugarplums still dance in my head

Sugar Plum Fairy - St. Petersburg Russia - 1892

Sugar Plum Fairy - New York City Ballet

Chicken Little........

“The sky is falling.”

“The sky is NOT falling.”

Louisiana Is Happy to See Me Again!

Welcome to Louisiana

Two Lake Pontchartrain Photos

Jude Travel Park

The Hagan's RV Home

Office and Home

The Fence

Pine and Magnolias

The Lady

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"Hey ya'll, we are in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Clear sky and hot, hot, hot.
After taking photos I snuggled in the air conditioned RV. 
Visiting New Orleans tomorrow."


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New Orleans - The City I ❤ - May 28, 2010

"Laissez les bons temps rouler. 

Let the good times roll."

(Pronounced - lay-say lay bon ton roulay)

One Mississippi, Two Mississippi.....

Check this out...These people were born in Mississippi.  Mississippi is proud.

Medgar Evers - Decatur Mississippi

William Faulkner - New Albany

Faith Hill - Ridgeland

B.B. King - Itta Bena

Elvis Aaron Presley - Tupelo

Muddy Waters - Issaquena County

Eudora Wetley - Jackson

Tennessee Williams - Columbia

Oprah Winfrey - Kosciusko

Tammy Wynette - near Tremont, Ittawamba County

“Mississippi is perhaps from the Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian words "mici zibi," which means "great river" or "gathering of waters."

Capital - Jackson

Largest City - Jackson, almost 3 million people.

Rivers - Mississippi, Big Black River, Pearl River, Yazoo River

State Bird - Mockingbird

State Flower - Magnolia

State Stone - Petrified wood

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My Mississippi thoughts.

 Rolling smoke, lots of it, we braced ourselves to go through dense smoke, thankfully it did not happen.  The fire was on the right of us, we passed safely.  In the first photo you can actually see a few flames in the center of the picture.

I feel this land is joined to all my southern dreams.  Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana...the south lands.  

It is joy for me to see new places.  Check out the lay of the land, rivers, bayous, trees, I love the countryside.

I’m happy to here in Mississippi.  

Mississippi, a gathering of waters, snuggled up to the Gulf shores.

A view of our site at Southern Oaks here in Gulfport.  We have an evergreen shrub with tiny pine cones,  and peeling bark tree species is unknown to me.

I'll close with this picture of Molly Gael supervising the RV set up.

Happy Weekend.

Everything's Coming Up Roses....

Romeo and Juliet ❦

Juliet:

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet."

we made it to the Rose Show, at least, the after glow.  i have been sick all week, but made myself go out for awhile.  i knew I would regret it if I didn’t go.

the show was set up in an air conditioned tent looking a little Lawrence of Arabia, in white vinyl.  i was surprised. some of the lovelies were wilted, still beautiful, but wilted.

Thomasville downtown is very nice.  vintage stores and eateries.   i did wander inside two shops, the BookShelf, and a glorious everything for the hearth shop, shown with great style.   i want to go back and buy something. silly me.

The BookShelf is one of the best.  small but chocked full of all the right books.  right on the money juvenile section, history, fiction, poetry, i was enchanted.

i saw every rose, up close and personal, and took shots of those i liked best.

roses are elegant ancestors.

next year i want to spend all morning visiting all the shops.

i want to revisit the roses too, before the heat strikes.

Thomasville, Georgia keeps Georgia On my Mind.

Arcadia Rodeo - Molly meets the Budweiser Clydesdales and Mr. Dalmatian

This is what I'm talkin' about.

The 84th Annual Rodeo - Arcadia, Florida.

You Gotta Love a Rodeo!

1930

Governor Doyle Carlton 3rd from the left, 2nd from the left is Buffalo Bill,sorry I do not know the other's.
William F. Cody - Buffalo Bill
Wild and crazy cowboys, bull rider's.

Below - his sweet little self watching the cowboy's.

Photos 2 - 4

Photographer - Eric Siebert

This year part of the rodeo will feature the Budweiser Clydesdales and their handsome Dalmatian King.

Following are pictures taken today by me.  The Clydesdales are huge and very handsome.  The Dalmatian, King, is wonderful and well trained.  

We are staying at the City Mobile home park across the street from the rodeo grounds.

Molly Gael meets the rodeo stars.

Molly Gael and King

I love horses.  I love to kiss them on their soft noses.  I probably won't be able to kiss the Clydesdales but no one can stop me from taking pictures.

Smooches, mwah!