Fab, Feisty and Sixty (ish)

... I just need to pick up some popcorn and stretch my legs for a while!

but not quite...                      is it enough? like coming in second place and you never quite got to where              you were heading, where you needed to be go on, reach out.....    reach out,       s  t   r  e   t   c   h    out            further,  more.....  reach farther than you have ever reached out                                     before,             and yet still, it is an inch away,                         right before your very eyes an inch may as well be                an ocean,               ...

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Time heals (kinda) Tomorrow never comes, so stop waiting for it, do that thing NOW Loving our children is the most important thing we can do for them, being there always is the second being a parent not a friend is the third Never give advice unless it is asked for (oopps l think l just did) A house is not necessarily a home Cherish your friendships You have to love, soothe and care for yourself before you can properly do the same for anyone else Love is more important than things, a house, a car, if you find it, live it, breathe it.... but if it suffocates you, it isn't real, you will get lost, time to bail.... Life is to short too iron, fold carefully When all is dark inside and out remember two words,' HOLD ON''...works for me every time Never settle for less, in fact never settle Trust your inner voice

Emily Dickinson  (1830–86).   Complete Poems.   1924. Part One: Life XXXII H OPE  is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all,    And sweetest in the gale is heard;         5 And sore must be the storm That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm.    I ’ve heard it in the chillest land, And on the strangest sea;         10 Yet, never, in extremity, It asked a crumb of me.

On my doorstep in the most wonderful rainfall with the acoustic accompaniment of thunder and lightening. Lucy singing 'London Town' and me swigging on a second bottle of Cosmic fizz... Glee Unplanned moments are the best! Sent using BlackBerry® from Orange

OMG!!!  I worked today, came home for a while, then I rushed back out to work this evening... Finished work at 7.30ish,followed by a swift half in the pub with colleagues and then scampered home.... and duh ...no keys. Called one and only son, he was at his Dad's house, I asked what time was he coming back and was his sister in town... he chortling '....after eleven Mum, and nah she is here with us', I groaned, putting on a brave face, 'ok l'll go to Tesco and then get something to eat', trying to ignore the laughter in the background, or was I just imagining it. I so needed to pee. I went to cast my vote, only after I begged to use their loo. Thank you God! I sauntered off to Tesco, £10 in my purse, bought a paper, some reduced flowers, just cos l have to have flowers and walked in the rain to McDonald's as far as my budget would stretch. CLOSED. Strolled round to KFC, dawdled outside, cos l knew if I bought one it would be deelish, but the...

I'm not sure I can explain this properly. I'm not sure I can even put my finger on it. I'm not sure I even know where it has been. I'm not so sure I would recognise it if I saw it. I will try and explain. I think I began to miss it some years ago. Some days I found myself feeling as if I was detached from my body. Detached from my family and friends. Detached from my life. Detached. In limbo. It was as if I was in waiting for an event. What event? I had no knowledge of any nor any expectancy for any such happening. It has felt like the sort of thing you read about when people talk about 'out of body experiences'. I have felt sad. At times I have felt very angry. Frustrated. Fit to burst. But I know not what about. I have felt disappointment. It isn't depression. That shadow has visited. I know the difference. It is a chasm. Deep space. Off the beat. Out of sync. I have assuaged these deep and strong feelings by telling myself I am at a crossroads. ...

today my son is contented, today my daughter is okay (I think), today there is food in the fridge n cupboards, today bills are paid (just), today the sun is shining, today everyone I care about is healthy, today I haven't been made redundant at work (this time around), today I have the best of friends ( lucky me), today I have my own place, and space to ponder and dream, so for today this has to be enough...

During this wonderful hot weather spell I have spent some time in my magic garden pondering and wondering... and having some fun  with the macro settings on my camera (no I rarely read the instructions) daisy, daisy... l will never take the daisy for granted again, how beautiful is this...! who woulda thought a dandy could look so brilliant so soft... so blue...but what the heck is it? Ron tells me it is a Bluebonnet, national flower of Texas no less!! a peek in through my special garden... (click any to enlarge)

  "Forever is composed of nows." ~Emily Dickinson