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May the roads rise to meet you. May the wind be at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; The rain fall soft upon your fields And, until we meet again, May God hold you in the palm of His hand.

A GAELIC BLESSING

:-6

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that is really nice!

Thought you might enjoy seeing this little scene from the movie Finians Rainbow......





The moon and the Irish

Here are my two younger grandchildren in their Irish Greens for ST Paddy's Day 2011 ♥

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along-for-the-ride;1355831 wrote: Here are my two younger grandchildren in their Irish Greens for ST Paddy's Day 2011 ♥


Oh bless them! They're so cute dressed in green, even their food is green!:-6

These are the parents of my beautiful grandchildren; my wonderful son and wonderful daughter-in-law. ♥♥

This photo was taken back when they were newlyweds.

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along-for-the-ride;1355936 wrote: These are the parents of my beautiful grandchildren; my wonderful son and wonderful daughter-in-law. ♥♥

This photo was taken back when they were newlyweds.


cute couple!:)

A bright and cheery song for spring:

let's dance!:guitarist

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music. ~William Stafford



How can we know the dancer from the dance? ~William Butler Yeats



There is a bit of insanity in dancing that does everybody a great deal of good. ~Edwin Denby





We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. ~Japanese Proverb





Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. ~Dave Barry



Dancing is like dreaming with your feet! ~Constanze



The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie. ~Agnes de Mille



Dancing faces you towards Heaven, whichever direction you turn. ~Terri Guillemets



Dancing is wonderful training for girls, it's the first way you learn to guess what a man is going to do before he does it. ~Christopher Morley, Kitty Foyle



You can dance anywhere, even if only in your heart. ~Author Unknown



Dancing: the vertical expression of a horizontal desire legalized by music. ~George Bernard Shaw



Dancers are instruments, like a piano the choreographer plays. ~George Balanchine



There are short-cuts to happiness, and dancing is one of them. ~Vicki Baum





Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another. ~Author Unknown



Dance till the stars come down from the rafters

Dance, Dance, Dance till you drop.

~W.H. Auden







Dancing can reveal all the mystery that music conceals. ~Charles Baudelaire



Dance first. Think later. It's the natural order. ~Samuel Beckett



Stifling an urge to dance is bad for your health - it rusts your spirit and your hips. ~Terri Guillemets





Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair... ~Susan Polis Shutz



Dancing is the poetry of the foot. ~John Dryden





Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we should dance. ~Author Unknown



Dance is the hidden language of the soul. ~Martha Graham



Dancing is moving to the music without stepping on anyone's toes, pretty much the same as life. ~Robert Brault, A Robert Brault Reader

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I felt fine this morning. I went to work as usual. After attending an office meeting, I came out and started coughing. And coughing. My throat is scratchy. My nose is stuffed up too. I caught a cold from somebody.......I haven't had a cold all winter...spring comes.... and this happens. What a bummer.....has this ever happened to you?

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along-for-the-ride;1356192 wrote: I felt fine this morning. I went to work as usual. After attending an office meeting, I came out and started coughing. And coughing. My throat is scratchy. My nose is stuffed up too. I caught a cold from somebody.......I haven't had a cold all winter...spring comes.... and this happens. What a bummer.....has this ever happened to you?


awwwwwwwwww I'm so sorry your feeling so ill.

Call in sick tomorrow and just laze around.:-4

Odie;1356208 wrote: awwwwwwwwww I'm so sorry your feeling so ill.

Call in sick tomorrow and just laze around.:-4


Thanks, Odie. That's exactly what I did. I'm home today...getting rest, taking meds, and drinking lots of fluid. I think I'm going to take another nap in a few minutes............................I feel lousy.

along-for-the-ride;1356255 wrote: Thanks, Odie. That's exactly what I did. I'm home today...getting rest, taking meds, and drinking lots of fluid. I think I'm going to take another nap in a few minutes............................I feel lousy.


I'm so happy you took today off and just rested, there's alot of bugs going around here and it seems everyone is sick here to.

you just rest, and drink lots of Vitamin C!:-4



naps are a good thing!:yh_flower

I feel a tad better today. Got lots of rest yesterday..maybe too much. :wah: I was up at 4 am this morning. But...I did take another nap later in the morning.

Today, let's take a virtual tour just for fun:

Search: Weird roadside attractions - Weird roadside attractions - 1

along-for-the-ride;1356319 wrote: I feel a tad better today. Got lots of rest yesterday..maybe too much. :wah: I was up at 4 am this morning. But...I did take another nap later in the morning.

Today, let's take a virtual tour just for fun:

Search: Weird roadside attractions - Weird roadside attractions - 1




I like weird attractions, they make our lives interesting.



Good to know your feeling better, naps are a good thing!:wah:

A Poem by Emily Dickinson

Dear March, come in!

How glad I am!

I looked for you before.

Put down your hat–

You must have walked–

How out of breath you are!

Dear March, how are you?

And the rest?

Did you leave Nature well?

Oh, March, come right upstairs with me,

I have so much to tell!

I got your letter, and the birds’;

The maples never knew

That you were coming,–I declare,

How red their faces grew!

But, March, forgive me–

And all those hills

You left for me to hue;

There was no purple suitable,

You took it all with you.

Who knocks? That April!

Lock the door!

I will not be pursued!

He stayed away a year, to call

When I am occupied.

But trifles look so trivial

As soon as you have come,

That blame is just as dear as praise

And praise as mere as blame.

Tomorrow is the day my daughter has her surgery and Hubby has his urological tests. If you are so inclined, words of encouragement or prayers are appreciated. I will let you know how it goes for both as soon as I can. Yeah....I'm nervous.

along-for-the-ride;1356493 wrote: Tomorrow is the day my daughter has her surgery and Hubby has his urological tests. If you are so inclined, words of encouragement or prayers are appreciated. I will let you know how it goes for both as soon as I can. Yeah....I'm nervous.


I remembered as I had it written down.

I know your nervous, having two the same day will be hard, I hope you have someone to be with you.



prayers and thoughts coming their way.

(((((((((((hugs))))))))

wishing your loved ones all the best and i hope your doing well x

Thank you Odie and Jimbo....... :-4

My daughter is recoving well. She still has some pain in the tummy area, but she had already drank some tea and ate some jello. She had a non-cancerous tumor removed from her stomach area.......the tumor was 12 lbs. She also had a hysterectemy done. Her doctor was pleased with surgery. I was glad to be able to be with my daughter.

Hubby's test went well.....uncomfortable and painful for him however. He's okay today. We will know more after his doctor goes over the cat-scan. He has 2 more appts on Monday. At this point, we don't know if the problem is minor or major. I was glad to be able to be with Hubby as well.

As for me, I got through the day just fine, even with my cold.

along-for-the-ride;1356648 wrote: Thank you Odie and Jimbo....... :-4

My daughter is recoving well. She still has some pain in the tummy area, but she had already drank some tea and ate some jello. She had a non-cancerous tumor removed from her stomach area.......the tumor was 12 lbs. She also had a hysterectemy done. Her doctor was pleased with surgery. I was glad to be able to be with my daughter.

Hubby's test went well.....uncomfortable and painful for him however. He's okay today. We will know more after his doctor goes over the cat-scan. He has 2 more appts on Monday. At this point, we don't know if the problem is minor or major. I was glad to be able to be with Hubby as well.

As for me, I got through the day just fine, even with my cold.




now I understand why you had been so upset, a tumor that size and a hysterectomy, I'm so glad to hear she is doing well and everything turned out so well for her.

the urology tests, I give your husband credit for as I well remember mine, that tube going up was unbearable.

fingers and toes crossed for him.

My daughter is going home from the hospital this afternoon........I just talked to her on the phone. She sounds a little tired but in good spirits. I'm proud of her. :-4



Here is a photo of me and my daughter years ago. She was a handful when she was little. :wah:

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along-for-the-ride;1356719 wrote: My daughter is going home from the hospital this afternoon........I just talked to her on the phone. She sounds a little tired but in good spirits. I'm proud of her. :-4



Here is a photo of me and my daughter years ago. She was a handful when she was little. :wah:


wow, that was fast, they don't keep you in anymore and let you rest.

I hope she has someone to take care of her.

you two look good mom!

I don't think the hospital would have released her if her doctor didn't feel that she was ready.



Now..........for todays mischief:

History of April Fools Day | San Diego Entertainer Magazine

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along-for-the-ride;1356809 wrote: I don't think the hospital would have released her if her doctor didn't feel that she was ready.



Now..........for todays mischief:

History of April Fools Day | San Diego Entertainer Magazine


your probably right, I just worry so.

wow, April fools day goes a long ways back.

“April is the cruelest month, breeding lilacs out of the dead land, mixing memory and desire, stirring dull roots with spring rain.”

T.S. Eliot quote (American born English Editor, Playwright, Poet and Critic, 1888-1965

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beautiful song!

"I consider trial by jury as the only anchor ever yet imagined by man, by which a government can be held to the principles of its constitution.”

Thomas Jefferson quote (American 3rd US President (1801-09). Author of the Declaration of Independence. 1762-1826)



Today I was proud to be chosen to serve on Jury Duty. The pay: $33.00. In America, nobody forces you to register to vote. But because I am an American citizen, I have registered to vote. And when I registered to vote, I most likely will be called for jury duty sooner or later. I'm no soldier. I'm no politician. I'm just an average American citizen and I'm glad to serve my country.

Facts about The month of April

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along-for-the-ride;1357251 wrote: Facts about The month of April


fabulous facts! My birds came back around two weeks ago, blue-jays, cardinals, red-winged black bird, robins and more, have yours appeared?

Hey Odie.....I thought you might enjoy this cartoon:





Ahh...the birds of spring! :wah:

along-for-the-ride;1357302 wrote: Hey Odie.....I thought you might enjoy this cartoon:





Ahh...the birds of spring! :wah:


I was beginning to worry if her eggs would hatch to.:yh_rotfl

sooooooo cute, thanks AFTR!:-4

Follow the link below to some wild rockin' birds:

BBC News - 40 wild birds play a Gibson Les Paul electric guitar

along-for-the-ride;1357605 wrote: Follow the link below to some wild rockin' birds:

BBC News - 40 wild birds play a Gibson Les Paul electric guitar


oh my that's just so sweet!:guitarist

any word on how your husband is?

Odie;1357664 wrote: oh my that's just so sweet!:guitarist

any word on how your husband is?


Hubby will have out-patient surgery next Wednesday. I will naturally be with him. The urologist saw a cyst, but is not sure how serious it is yet. Hubby has seen his heart doctor, and taken a stress test. He has been feeling okay.....not looking forward to the surgery. But if it helps...he's cool with it.

along-for-the-ride;1357673 wrote: Hubby will have out-patient surgery next Wednesday. I will naturally be with him. The urologist saw a cyst, but is not sure how serious it is yet. Hubby has seen his heart doctor, and taken a stress test. He has been feeling okay.....not looking forward to the surgery. But if it helps...he's cool with it.


I will pray for him and you to get through another day of surgery.

He will be alright, I'm sure glad he is feeling better!

keep up the faith my friend! (((hugs))))))

My April Lady by Henry Van Dyke

When down the stair at morning

The sunbeams round her float,

Sweet rivulets of laughter

Are bubbling in her throat;

The gladness of her greeting

Is gold without alloy;

And in the morning sunlight

I think her name is Joy.

When in the evening twilight

The quiet book-room lies,

We read the sad old ballads,

While from her hidden eyes

The tears are falling, falling,

That give her heart relief;

And in the evening twilight,

I think her name is Grief.

My little April lady,

Of sunshine and of showers,

She weaves the old spring magic,

And breaks my heart in flowers!

But when her moods are ended,

She nestles like a dove;

Then, by the pain and rapture,

I know her name is Love.

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"Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but in the real world most of spring is disappointing. We looked forward to it too long, and the spring we had in mind in February was warmer and dryer than the actual spring when it finally arrives. We’d expected it to be a whole season, like winter, instead of a handful of separate moments and single afternoons."

- Barbara Holland, Endangered Pleasures

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along-for-the-ride;1357817 wrote: "Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but in the real world most of spring is disappointing. We looked forward to it too long, and the spring we had in mind in February was warmer and dryer than the actual spring when it finally arrives. We’d expected it to be a whole season, like winter, instead of a handful of separate moments and single afternoons."

- Barbara Holland, Endangered Pleasures


very true!

This spring in particular has been cold, rainy and snowy.

love your pics AFFT!:-6

The Easter Flower by Claude McKay

Far from this foreign Easter damp and chilly

My soul steals to a pear-shaped plot of ground,

Where gleamed the lilac-tinted Easter lily

Soft-scented in the air for yards around;

Alone, without a hint of guardian leaf!

Just like a fragile bell of silver rime,

It burst the tomb for freedom sweet and brief

In the young pregnant year at Eastertime;

And many thought it was a sacred sign,

And some called it the resurrection flower;

And I, a pagan, worshiped at its shrine,

Yielding my heart unto its perfumed power.

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Hubby is recuperating on the couch after his surgery this morning. We had to be at the Urology clinic at 6 am, so we got up at 4 am to be there on time. (We live aprox 60 miles away.)

The surgery itself did not take long...about an hour. Hubby has to wear a catheter until he sees the doctor again next Weds. The results of the biopsy will be ready then. His doctor did mention the "c" word.......cancer on the bladder. But how serious it is we'll have to see next Weds.

In the meantime, Hubby is one some medication. Poor guy, he has been hurtin'. After the surgery, he was kinda in a daze and pushed the back of the car seat all the way down so he could lay down while I drove home. Once I got him situated, I took a quick trip to the pharmacy to get his prescription filled.

After a nap, he is more like himself.....just in some pain and with a catheter bag attached to his leg.

I also visited my daughter this past Saturday and she is doing well. She showed me her scar and was tickled to be able to wear slacks again. Her doctor evidently wanted her to heal up some before she wore slacks.

along-for-the-ride;1357954 wrote: Hubby is recuperating on the couch after his surgery this morning. We had to be at the Urology clinic at 6 am, so we got up at 4 am to be there on time. (We live aprox 60 miles away.)

The surgery itself did not take long...about an hour. Hubby has to wear a catheter until he sees the doctor again next Weds. The results of the biopsy will be ready then. His doctor did mention the "c" word.......cancer on the bladder. But how serious it is we'll have to see next Weds.

In the meantime, Hubby is one some medication. Poor guy, he has been hurtin'. After the surgery, he was kinda in a daze and pushed the back of the car seat all the way down so he could lay down while I drove home. Once I got him situated, I took a quick trip to the pharmacy to get his prescription filled.

After a nap, he is more like himself.....just in some pain and with a catheter bag attached to his leg.

I also visited my daughter this past Saturday and she is doing well. She showed me her scar and was tickled to be able to wear slacks again. Her doctor evidently wanted her to heal up some before she wore slacks.


Oh AFTR I am so sorry the surgeon mentioned the 'c' word, I know how devastating and shocking that is.

Catheters are extremely painful, I'm happy to hear he is better now after his nap and meds.

You know I am always crossing my fingers and toes for him.:-4

(((((((((((hugs)))))))))))

So glad your daughter is doing so well and her scar is mending.

One must not forget that recovery is brought about not by the physician, but by the sick man himself. He heals himself, by his own power, exactly as he walks by means of his own power, or eats, or thinks, breathes or sleeps.

Georg Groddeck

The Book of the It, 1923

Once you choose hope, anything's possible.

Christopher Reeve

This unusual Easter song brought tears to my eyes.





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A Child's Dream of a Star

by Charles Dickens

There was once a child, and he strolled about a good deal, and thought of a number of things. He had a sister, who was a child, too, and his constant companion. These two used to wonder all day long. They wondered at the beauty of the flowers - they wondered at the height and blueness of the sky - they wondered at the depth of the bright water - they wondered at the goodness and the power of God who made the lovely world.

They used to say to one another, sometimes: "Supposing all the children upon earth were to die, would the flowers, and the water, and the sky be sorry?" They believed they would be sorry. "For,"said they, "the buds are the children of the flowers, and the little playful streams that gambol down the hillsides are the children of the water - and the smallest, bright specks playing at hide and seek in the sky all night, must surely be the children of the stars - and they would all be grieved to see their playmates, the children of men, no more."

There was one clear, shining star that used to come out in the sky before the rest, near the church spire, above the graves. It was larger and more beautiful, they thought, than all the others, and every night they watched for it, standing hand in hand at a window. Whoever saw it first cried out: "I see the star!" And often they cried out both together, knowing so well when it would rise, and where. So they grew to be such friends with it, that, before lying down in their beds, they always looked out once again, to bid it good-night - and when they were turning round to sleep, they used to say: "God bless the star!"

But while she was still very young, oh, very, very young, the sister drooped, and came to be so weak that she could no longer stand in the window at night - and then the child looked sadly out by himself, and when he saw the star turned round and said to the patient, pale face on the bed: "I see the star!" and then a smile would come upon the face, and a little weak voice used to say: "God bless my brother and the star!"

And so the time came all too soon, when the child looked out alone, and when there was no face on the bed - and when there was a little grave among the graves, not there before - and when the star made long rays down towards him, as he saw it through his tears.

Now, these rays were so bright, and they seemed to make such a shining way from earth to heaven, that when the child went to his solitary bed he dreamed about the star - and dreamed that, lying where he was, he saw a train of people taken up that sparkling road by angels. And the star, opening, showed him a great world of light, where many more such angels waited to receive them.

All these angels, who were waiting, turned their beaming eyes upon the people who were carried up into the star - and some came out from the long rows in which they stood, and fell upon the people's necks, and kissed them tenderly, and went away with them down avenues of light, and were so happy in their company, that lying in his bed he wept for joy.

But there were many angels who did not go with them, and among them one he knew. The patient face, that once had lain upon the bed, was glorified and radiant, but his heart found out his sister among all the host.

His sister's angel lingered near the entrance of the star, and said to the leader among those who had brought the people thither:

"Is my brother come?"

And he said: "No."

She was turning hopefully away, when the child stretched out his arms, and cried: "O sister, I am here! Take me!" And then she turned her beaming eyes upon him, and it was night - and the star was shining into the room, making long rays down towards him, as he saw it through his tears.

From that hour forth, the child looked out upon the star as on the home he was to go to when his time should come - and he thought that he did not belong to the earth alone, but to the star, too, because of his sister's angel gone before.

There was a baby born to be a brother to the child - and while he was so little that he never yet had spoken word, he stretched his tiny form out on his bed, and died.

Again the child dreamed of the open star, and of the company of angels, and the train of people, and the rows of angels with their beaming eyes all turned upon those people's faces.

Said his sister's angel to the leader:

"Is my brother come?"

And he said: "Not that one, but another."

As the child beheld his brother's angel in her arms, he cried: "O sister, I am here! Take me!" And she turned and smiled upon him, and the star was shining.

He grew to be a young man, and was busy at his books, when an old servant came to him and said:

"Thy mother is no more. I bring her blessing on her darling son."

Again at night he saw the star, and all that former company. Said his sister's angel to the leader:

"Is my brother come?"

And he said: "Thy mother!"

A mighty cry of joy went forth through all the star, because the mother was reunited to her two children. And he stretched out his arms and cried: "O mother, sister, and brother, I am here! Take me!" And they answered him: "Not yet." And the star was shining.

He grew to be a man, whose hair was turning gray, and he was sitting in his chair by the fireside, heavy with grief, and with his face bedewed with tears, when the star opened once again.

Said his sister's angel to the leader:

"Is my brother come?"

And he said: "Nay, but his maiden daughter."

And the man, who had been the child, saw his daughter, newly lost to him, a celestial creature among those three, and he said: "My daughter's head is on my sister's bosom, and her arm is around my mother's neck, and at her feet there is the baby of old time, and I can bear the parting from her, God be praised!"

And the star was shining.

Thus the child came to be an old man, and his once smooth face was wrinkled, and his steps were slow and feeble, and his back was bent. And one night as he lay upon his bed, his children standing round, he cried, as he had cried so long ago:

"I see the star!"

They whispered one to another: "He is dying."

And he said: "I am. My age is falling from me like a garment, and I move towards the star as a child. And, O my Father, now I thank Thee that it has so often opened to receive those dear ones who await me!"

And the star was shining - and it shines upon his grave.

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Need a little magic today?

“Love comes to those who still hope even though they've been disappointed, to those who still believe even though they've been betrayed, to those who still love even though they've been hurt before.”

“Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it.”

Bill Cosby quote (American Actor, Comedian and Producer. b.1937, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,

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