Happy Summer Solstice ...

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Touches of yellow
everywhere I look in my
summertime garden ;-)

Straight out of the camera ...

Poster Edges

Watercolor

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Images below modified with the Watercolor filter
in Photoshop Elements ... just because





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Did you see the way
Google's celebrating the
Summertime Solstice?

I always enjoy
clever Google 'graphic' play
with their 'kewl' logo!

Small Reflections ... Smile Back

Thought for Today
"The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence." Robert J. Shiller

Miscellaneous Memes Minus Morning Musings

Make Time for Small Reflections

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These Gazania

yellow blooms grace my parkway

and will soon be joined

by new bedding plants

when the morning drizzles here

stop for long enough

Straight out of the camera above
and poster edges below ...



This photo is straight out of the camera above
and 'smart fix' below ... I'm not sure which I like best.
Do YOU have a preference?

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Just last week I spent
sev'ral hours watering
my dry yard like this ...

... drizzily weather
currently keeps sidewalks wet
and me from planting ...

Small but prolific
red roses under my lime
tree ... delightful 'rubies'




Brand new bedding plants
waiting to be planted with
drizzily droplets

'au natural' views
followed by an edited
view ... 'poster edges'












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Thought for the Day
"It is today that we create the world of the future."
Eleanor Roosevelt

Thursday Thoughts and Memes ...

Make Time for Small Reflections

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Yard Art, Window Views, Weekend Reflections
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1. I'd not been to Knott's Berry Farm in DECADES, so it was delightful to meet my cousin, his wife, my sister & her husband there for breakfast on Tuesday morning. We had a wonderful 'catch up' visit and hopefully won't let so much time go by before we connect again ...

2. In addition to a wonderful visit, I rediscovered 'the Chicken House' ... a restaurant my parents enjoyed and took the family to occasionally on Sunday after church (even though we didn't have much money to spare) long before roller coasters made this place a huge 'theme park' attraction.

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3. The food was tasty, the prices economical (especially for Seniors) and parking was FREE. Methinks I'll probably return ... just for the JOY of it!

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4. This statue stands outside the Chicken House and is my Yard Art this week ... just because.

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5. We walked around a bit but didn't actually pay to enter the theme park itself.

6. Virginia's Gift Shop is still there ...

7. It's been joined by Pink's Hot Dog Stand and Cinnabon too. (My brother in law LOVES Pink's Hot Dogs so much he occasionally drives to the original location in Hollywood but now he knows he can get a delicious 'dog' closer to home ... when he's in town).

8. Of course there are roller coasters everywhere you look ... definitely not MY favorite activity, but I did take photos of them and the beautiful clear blue skies to share.

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9. In addition, I saw many colorful signs ...

10. ... window views and reflections too ...

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Weekend Reflections and Window Views

11. Although I ran into problems hooking up to AT&Ts 'wireless connection' at Starbucks on my first visit with my Sony Vaio, methinks things are resolve so that on my NEXT visit I shouldn't have any trouble. This is the Starbucks in downtown Huntington Beach on Main street with more 'kewl' windows and reflections.

12. It's WINDY here, palm fronds are blowing around, and (sigh) I've got a sinus headache ... probably because I spent an hour outside this morning watering the yard hoping to keep my flowers blooming.

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13. I'm spending Thursday with my sister so I'll be visiting Friday and over the weekend again.

Hope you're all having a wonderful week!

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Thought for Today
"How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these."
George Washington Carver