Baseball Days

Baseball was made for kids,

and adults only screw it up.

Bob Lemon

There is almost nothing better than a T-ball game.  One of my favorite little guys is having a serious discussion on the bench before he goes out to bat.  (Everybody bats, but notice the glove is still on.  You have to be prepared!!)  And he will slide into home. every. single. time.  Almost four is a perfect age for baseball!

Nothing Changes??...

Know what's weird?

Day by day nothing seems to change,

but pretty soon....everything's different.

Calvin and Hobbs

I guess I have been quoting comic strips lately.  I've always thought there was a lot of wisdom in our cartoons.  (And I loved "Calvin and Hobbs"!!)

Flood Waters Recede

The flood waters will recede,

the famine will end,

the sun will shine tomorrow,

and I will always be here to take care of you.

Charlie Brown to Snoopy

We've had a lot of rain around these parts.  The rivers, creeks, and lakes are full to overflowing.  This is what is left when the waters recede. 

Wising Up

By three methods we learn wisdom:

First, by reflection, which is noblest;

second, by imitation, which is easiest;

and third, by experience, which is bitterest.

Confucious

Farming? Easy???

Farming looks mighty easy

when your plow is a pencil

and you're a thousand miles from the field.

Dwight David Eisenhower

A Philosophy For the Hypercritical

See everything;

overlook a great deal;

correct little.

Pope Paul XXIII

Solitude- A Solution

We live in a very tense society.

We are pulled apart...

and we all need to learn how

to pull ourselves together...

I think that at least part of the answer lies in

solitude.

Helen Hayes

The Best Fathers

He didn't tell me how to live;

he lived, and let me watch him do it.

Clarence Budington Kelland

Photo by the Mr.

God's and Man's Love of Flowers

God loved the flowers and invented soil.

Man loved the flowers and invented vases.

On Hope- From 'Superman'

Once you choose hope,

anything's possible.

Christopher Reeve

Dogs- Ignorance is Bliss

Did you ever walk into a room

and forget why you came in?

I think that is how dogs spend their lives.

Sue Murphy

This is Mr. Baxter our Shih Tzu Poodle mix puppy.  He is housebroken, but is getting ready to start some obedience training.  Today, Easy Street is all about dogs and their impact on our lives. I like Baxter.  He is more tolerant than most people I know, and most of the time-- he is easier to love!

Ah, Water!

And so began my love affair with water.

Brad Paisely lyrics "Water"

Figure out where you're going

If you don't know where you're going,

any road will take you there.

Dragonflies

The dragonfly:

a flying flower?

This glow-in-the-dark dragonfly yard art

was a gift.  I love it.  It reminds me of childhool.

My sister and I spent many summers

trying to catch the dragonflies at the creek

--with no luck.

They were so pretty--and obviously

meant to stay free.

Sum-Sum-Summertime!

Summer afternoon- summer afternoon;

to me, those have always been

the two most beautiful words

in the English language.

Henry James

The Wisdom of Thoreau

  I went to the woods
because I wanted to live deliberately,

to front only the essential facts of life,

and see if I could not learn what it had to teach,

and not, when I came to die,

discover that I have not lived.

Henry David Thoreau

Short Days of Childhood

Sweet childish days,

that were as long as twenty days are now.

William Wordsworth

Legs

This was the line waiting for breakfast this weekend at the campout:  pajama legs, young legs, older legs.  There were legs and feet ready for the creek and some that had just crawled out of bed.  At the end of this line- pancakes.  All of these are happy legs.