Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries
-J.B. Priestley, author (13 Sep 1894-1984)

   
I stare at a blank page. Concentrating.
What could I possibly write?
What words powerful enough exist?
to express how I truly feel.

 I hold the phone.  Pondering.
What could I possibly say?
What spoken word would be enough?
to convince you of the my endless love.

I sit with my head in my hands. Wondering.
What could I possibly do?
What actions would undoubtedly prove?
that you are my everything.

If love were a tear drop,
my love for you would drown the world.

Tony C.

   
Shadows
Anna Alexander

there are shadows in my room
shadows of things past
shadows in the corner's gloom
shadows of things that do not last

shadows of things past
shadows born for doom
shadows of things that do not last
shadows of life's loom

shadows born for doom
shadows lost loves cast
shadows of life's loom
shadows nailed to my hearts mast

shadows lost loves cast
shadows in the corners gloom
shadows nailed to my hearts mast
there are shadows in my room

   
Mandolins in the Moonlight
Perry Como

(Mandolins in the moonlght!
Beautiful music of love!)

We're not in Venice,
In a gondola,
Beneath the skies of blue,
And yet it seems we're there signorina
An' I'm close to you!

'Cause I hear mandolins in the moonlight,
Mandolins in the moonlight!
See what magic you start?
A song of Italy sings
In perfect tune with the strings
Of my heart!

We won't be tossin'
Coins in the fountain
Down in Rome tonight
And yet my dreams come true signorina
When you hold me tight!

'Cause I hear mandolins in the moonlight,
Mandolins in the moonlight!
See what magic you start?
A song of Italy sings
In perfect tune with the strings
Of my heart!

Now, here's the way
They whisper "I love you"
Down in Napoli
"ti voglio bene mia signorina"
And thata goes for me!

'Cause I hear mandolins in the moonlight,
Mandolins in the moonlight!
See what magic you start?
A song of Italy sings
In perfect tune with the strings
Of my heart!

Mandolins in the moonlight,
Beautiful music of love!

        

Ah. Bubble, both your's and Phyllis's earlier graphics are perfect!

As sportscaster David Vine once said, "well, we'll be back again tomorrow, all bright and bushy-eyed."

https://parentingisnteasy.co/guinness-world-record-two-biracial-twins/

Interesting story

Good Morning everyone. so_P_bubble I tryied three times to view your Link, but it said can not be loaded took to long to load. I will try agan later, system may be too busy now. or the wether not coraperting. I have a machine to check My vitals to VA every morning. and this morning took four trys be for it went thrugh, and that is not the norm. the machine onley has a courd pluged into a electric Plug out let, no phone line, it just sends it through the air,through the weindow I guse. But VA gets it, If somengting dose not look good to the when they read it right away they call me on the phine and visit about the proulbem and uasley, just have me re do it. in case you all do not know we have no priveacey. I have been told they can till how much $$$$ you have in your hands. our temp is 48º F and clear now. at 603 AM. se you all again after while.

Lloyd

so_P_bubble I sent my vitals to va and tried agan no luck yet I will try again after while again. Our weather is 48º and clear so do not know why It Is not loading. Lloyd

Good morning...

A special good morning to you Jane, sure hope time flies and you're back here posting.

Looking to be a lovely day.......so far no rain in site for the day.

Have lots to do today and little get up and go..so we shall see what gets done or not.

Bubble, thank you for the new start page...love the graphic and now looking for Perry's song.

Enjoy your day and stay safe..

A gully washer storm went through last night but this morning is bright and sunny with temp's very pleasant. 
Neighbor is due to have a couple of evergreen trees removed today. That's a good thing and a bad thing. While I like the trees, they hang over my car and drop needles into the vent and occasional sap spots. The roots are also ruining my driveway which we re-black topped about 5 years ago. Definitely creating a trip hazard.  So - something to watch when they get here.
EVERYONE --- PLEASE be careful of falling.

Checking in on this Good Friday, running late & later. It is 51° with bright sun and not as much wind as been lately. All good reads, Bubble, and great graphics from both of you! Those are the most soothing colors in both of them, compliment each other. Thank you!

Heard on the radio that "gas prices have dropped a little". Good news so maybe we can all heave a sigh of relief as Covid becomes a "normal" illness & we go back to rules were made for everyone, you think? Well, little by little.

Bubble, loved the story about the twins. Twins have always fascinated me, even if not identical. ONWARD!

Good morning  everyone.

AMY  you  know you cannot keep a good French lady down for long. I do still have some aches from the way I fell but really OK.

LLOYD  like you my traveling days are over. Even going to my son's home-10 minutes from here is tiresome.

SHIRLEY  I have S&F set as home page so it always brought me to my last post but since March first it brings me to when Bubble set that page up for March. I am getting tired  of getting used to the way things are and they go and change things to make it better for them but not for us folks of a "certain age" who have a hard time getting used to changes. I joined the Jacquie Lawson greeting cards almost when she first started and now after 20 years it is changed and I could not find the Easter cards I wanted to send and one to post here. Every time I found one I liked I could not get to it to send. Guess I will not join it again. Might give it another try before I send her my ideas about the big changes.

JENNY  God bless your Dad. 98 sure is a long  time  alive. Just imagine all of life's changes he has seen. My parents both died at age 69, that seems to be the longevity in my family. One thing I know my Mom would love is Skype and keeping in touch talking and seeing her descendants. My Dad would love watching all the Western movies on TV.

PATRICIA  I have a life alert and of course it called when I fell and tole them I was OK and did not need he rescue ambulance. I have just changed to a different one.  The one I had woke me at midnight on the landline. Phone kept ringing till I picked it up. Crazy. I went back to bed and then I heard a noise at my door. My family know to never call after 9pm, scares me. Well it was the ambulance here they opened my door and came to find me-I had my rollator and walking OUT OF The bedroom Scared seeing this big man coming in. They had called the fire station-about 1 mile away. He said they called and told him that I kept hitting the button    never said anything. I asked how I could push the button when  I was asleep. I could not sleep with it around my neck. I kept it on the rollator at night. HE kept after me and I kept telling him the same thing. Finally he and partner left. Once again my    phone rang. My son who lives less than 3miles from me. He was down stairs and I let him in. HE WAS all upset and worried, they called him, too. Next day I called and cancelled it. A man kept trying to talk me out of it but I told him if they can wake me in the middle of the night when I was sound asleep  once they could do it again. The new one only has to get  charged  once a month.

JANE  so good to see your good night from your phone.

PHYLLIS  about the only thing really still hurting it my left shoulder that was almost replaced about 10 years ago until United Health dropped that group of Orthopedic surgeons.

BUBBLE  love the graphics.
Phyllis, cute puppy all warm and cozy inside and the beautiful Cardinal outside.

RICK  where I parked my car when  lived at my son's house I had to park under 1 hemlock  and several pine trees. They goofed when they came out with the Chevy Corsica there was no plug to drain water-needles from that vent. That MODEL was only made 2 years but mine lasted me for 20 years before it rotted out from the floor up.

My grandson and great grandson were here. He had ordered me a new Kindle when he last worked on the PC. Had it delivered to his house so he could set it up. So much smaller that the old one I had. about the size of a paperback book. Now I do not have to look for a book downstairs or sit here t the computer and read a book I know I will enjoy.

JANE  hope time is going fast for you without your computer.

Have a good day and stay safe.

Good morning, sunny skies but cooler at 24 this Am. We were at 50 degrees last night, and until the 18th, our highs will be in the twenties. Yesterday, instead of the promised snow, it rained all day. And the graders spent all day shoveling the streets right down to the pavement. If possible, they've asked everyone in the lower passes to stay off the roads until road crews can do the same removals there.

Bubble, I'd seen the story about the first set of biracial twins but not the second set, thank you. Genes are amazing; the parents are biracial, and to have two sets where the genes aligned right down the middle must be astronomical odds. I grew up with a large biracial family, except the mother was white and Scottish, and the father was English and Athabaskan Indian. The nine kids were very different in coloring, facial features, or body build. The only trait they all shared was an interest in art.

Another amazing feature of genes is learning how and why they do what they do. I learned that it takes over 3,900 genes simply to create those little sparkly bits people have in their irises.

Well, ----The trees are down now and it doesn't look so bad. Because it was so nice out today I took the opportunity to sit in the front porch rocker for a while and just take in the new view of the neighborhood.  It's now the way it was years ago before the trees grew. Just a lot more cars. I recall when they (the trees) were only about five feet tall.  Didn't take more than a couple of hours and they cleaned up well.

This has been an interesting afternoon. High winds and rain , power out, trees bending ,flag poles breaking and a neighbours portable shelter ended up in our back yard!

Power has been returned ,trees are sighing with relief and  neighbours shelter is still in our back yard to be returned tomorrow  hopefully in better weather.

Talked with Jane earlier and she is missing  being here but as she said she is getting a lot of work done. Knowing Jane she is going like a house on fire !! If you're peeking in Jane, enjoy your company and give both doggies a hug from me.

Time to put my feet up.

Enjoy your evening and take care.

well we mised the rain It Is now @ 6:36 PM 66º and sunney. Our yard is covered with dandylyion Blossems. very pretty yello. If any of you havethem and would like to try them. you can pick a bunch  of the blossems and dip them in Batter just like you do with mushrums and fry them in oil. makes a good feed. just beat up batter . flower and eggs and dip them in it and fry them. also my great gragand Mother used to do, pick  greans and cook them, made a good dish sme as spenich and such.

Lloyd

Good Morning Everyfriend from my phone. I sure do miss all of you!!  Cooper is waiting impatiently for his walk, it's raining, and my daughter and husband are just about to leave Maryland for here. Have a great day! 

Good Morning everyone, we have bright sun and 41º now@ 940 AM I had a hard time getting to sleep last night, But when I did get to Sleep I slept In sound. ups delivered me a new Mask this morning from VA,  whenI am not clean shaved the Mask leakes and not good sleep,  so I should shave this evening , and put the new mask on and get a good night,s rest for a change. It is amazing how mother changes over night. the trees in the yard have gon from pretty blosoms to full leaves. the dandey lyons are in full pretty yello blosome. Have a great day.I will check back in later and see if any one else shows up. beside Jane. she is regular first au and Last in at night watching over us thanks Janes

Lloyd

This has been an interesting time!! Power went out at 9:10 pm last night and has just now came back on.

We ended up having a neighbours portable garage blow over the 8 foot fence and  into our yard!

I  am going to make this short as I am not sure it won't go out again....although no high winds at the moment.

Nice to have our power back.

Good afternoon I am really here late today. Son was here and talkative this morning, unusual for him.

RICK  LAST TIME I fell was about 15 years AGO ON SLIPPERY SNOW. At least it was a soft landing. I crept to my stairs and grabbed the railing and pulled myself up. That was when I had an apartment in my son's house and could still climb stairs. I was glad my CNA was here Wednesday. I would have had to get to my rollator and get my cell phone out of the side pocket and call help--my son. life line on charge and pockets too small for phone.

PATRICIA  genes are amazing, No one in my family lived beyond 60 and I keep wondering why I have lived to be 91. The last of a BIG family. Crazy genes as far as I can see.

AMY  I would love to be working around in here-not like a house afire-those days are long gone but would love to clean, moving furniture away from the walls and cleaning in back of it. Most will not even move my computer chair to get under it and the desk. The chair is on wheels and easy to move.

LLOYD  I remember my Mom sending me into the yard with a bag and telling me to pick all the dandelion leaves, she would wash them and cook them as part of supper.

Think I will go down and check mail and return book to library.
JANE  another day of no PC but a day closer to having it back.
Have a good rest of the day and stay safe.   

Gloria, a Happy Belated Birthday. I hope you had a wonderful time yesterday celebrating your birthday.

          

    OH, missed your birthday, Gloria... Hope it was happy and a good visit with all your kids!   

We also ate "dandelion greens" mixed with our leaf lettuce, spinach & endive, had pretty healthy plants and we knew it was good for us! Ate it with a teaspoon of sugar to tablespoon of vinegar ratio (with big bowl it took 3-6 spoons full each) & when all stirred up the steaming hot bacon bits & grease poured over to wilt. My mouth waters thinking about it.

Lots to do yet tonight & still haven't eaten my last meal of the day. Gets later every day. Wishing all a Happy Easter & "chag Pesach samech" (I looked that up). Hope all have happy memories of years past to think about.

Right Shirley: each past celebrations get rosier each time I reminisce about them!

A memory from S&F

Speaking of memories...