Just saying...

 The ABC's of life

by Lori Roberts

Some beautiful Florida skies, sharing with Skywatch Friday.

Downtown Tampa, and one of the mid-size buildings in the middle was designed by the architectural firm I worked for, and I did preliminary interior design for the board-room. That was in the 70s.

Among the views I recognize in St. Petersburg FL, this movie theatre's plaza (and shops)..

Wish I knew what kind of tree this might be, blooming in December in FL.

Many many apartments/condos going up in St. Pete FL. Fence pic shows what it's supposed to look like when finished.

And a bit of bare knee to show the circle of teeth marks from the dog which bit through my slacks this morning when I walked closer in hopes of getting to know my new neighbor, while his dog continually barked. It was a tiny little thing, white with black nose and eyes, and on a leash. I reported it to the management. He's (dog's owner) been living in another apartment and just moved across from me, and the dog barks constantly when he's outside. My peace and quiet has a limit now. I am surprised by how shook-up I felt from this small creature's attack.

I found out after reporting this to the management, that the dog used to belong to someone else here before, who had died.  I remembered the dog would mostly obey her and sit at her feet on her electric chair, but if it got off the leash it would be really hard for others to catch. And the dog's name is Barkley. I was cautioned to just stay away from the dog.

Hope you have a wonderful peaceful healthy weekend!

Today's inspiration (perhaps having to do with Christmas shopping)

We all want to provide our children with a good and happy life, but most of us know deep down that material possessions play a very small role.

And the wind blew

 For days we've endured both steady winds, and gusts that are crazy...here in Black Mountain NC. So on Wed. a tall tree fell from these winds...on the parking lot at church.

My friend who drives by it on her way home from work told me. I was sure other members of the church (Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the Swannanoa Valley) knew about it, and there wasn't anything I could do.

Until Thurs. morning when I was out and about, after my lab work for my yearly physical...and after getting my coffee! I had to have the blood drawn on a fasting condition, so hadn't had my morning cuppa yet.

Picked up coffee and a scone, and drove to the church.

And there were all kinds of people with chain saws attacting that big old tree...which had very little roots. No wonder it fell.

There's the church in the background...a good thing this tree was courteous to fall in the parking lot!

There were quite a crew of our building and grounds committee out there. I just took photos and left, not being able to do anything helpful.

Neatly stacked and organized wood...some of these people knew how to sort and prepare wood for other uses.

It had been quite a tall tree. 

This was about 9:45am  Thur. May 4

This guy had the correct equipment for tree removal. We have one member of the congregation who works with trees all the time, but I couldn't see his face, so am not sure who this young man was.

I hope all the other trees that are down haven't caused much damage either. Some phones and electric lines have been cut unfortunately. We all depend upon those wires up there these days.

Today's quote:

 "I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours." Jerome K. Jerome

My new desktop wallpaper

Guess which one of these photos I now look at on my computer's desktop.

Color to remember

Fall color has passed, but we can still remember its glory, especially in grey winter