Happy 65th Birthday, Mary McDonnell!

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“It’s really important for actors to feel that they’re more than something for hire”
Mary McDonnell

Happy 65th Birthday, Mary McDonnell!

Impressive

Extremely pleasurable
Highly admirable
Excellent and stylish

Dazzling

Inspiring,
Realistic, Idealistic
Sassy, yet classy

Spectacular

Perfect with vernacular
Captivating in every atmosphere
Absolutely popular

Striking

Ultimately
Undoubtedly
Undeniably

Quite the wow
For the cat’s
To meow

Solitary

Posted in Simply Poetry

“Everyday life is like programming, I guess.
If you love something you can put beauty into it”
Donald Knuth

Solitary

Peaceful and silent
On this solitary island
Like a rough uncut diamond

Where blue meets blue
In the waters and skies hue
There is really not much to do
Maybe, just maybe
This is really good for you

Yes, this is my land
Here is were I stand
Just because, I can

Family

Posted in Simply Poetry

“Everyday life is like programming, I guess.
If you love something you can put beauty into it”
Donald Knuth

Family

Please do not stop and stare
Because, this, is a family affair

We stand here
Huddled together
Like the proverbial
Bird of the same feather
Or maybe,
There is a too tight tether
Binding us like leather?

But never mind
Just be kind
Leave us to our devices
Our familiar vices
And for them
Do not us despise

For we are
Who we are
A family
Of roses
Standing here
In our poses

Painting

Posted in Simply Poetry

“Everyday life is like programming, I guess.
If you love something you can put beauty into it”
Donald Knuth

Painting

Flowers painted on a canvas:
Better than nature?
Possible, for longer they last?

Imitated reality
Possibly a guarantee
For the prosperity
Nature’s beauty to see
When all that you now see
Has long since passed

“The Flowers That Bloom in the Spring Tra La”

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No, my wanderlust has not taken me to the tulip fields of Holland but to the Tulips of the Valley Festival here in Chilliwack, British Columbia, an hour’s drive from Vancouver. My last visit to the festival was in 2015 and which I shared with you in my post Petal Power. With the Festival’s new location this year our visit on Tuesday was perfect for this week’s Photo Challenge as no borders needed to be crossed to visit this little piece of heaven on earth filled with its seven million blooms. Enjoy the slide show and have your spirits raised with this seasonly perfect Gilbert and Sullivan classic from the Mikado performed by the D’Oyly Carte Opera Company.

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April 28th is National Blueberry Pie Day !

John-Bryan Hopkins's avatarFoodimentary - National Food Holidays

Here are today’s five food finds about Blueberries:

  • Blueberries are one of the only natural foods that are truly blue in color.

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  • The pale, powder-like protective coating on the skin of blueberries is called “bloom.”
  • A blueberry extract diet improves balance, coordination, and short-term memory in aging rats.

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  • Blueberries are the official berries of Nova Scotia, Canada.

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  • The anthocyanin present in blueberries is good for eyesight.

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Blueberry pie by Petee’s Pies in New York, NY.

Today’s Food History

on this day in…

1789The most famous mutiny in history took place on the English ship,‘Bounty’, against Captain William Bligh. The ship was sailing to Tahiti to bring back breadfruit trees.

1796 ‘American Cookery’by Amelia Simmons is published in Hartford. It is the first cookbook written by an American. This is one of the classic cookbooks that can be found on the Food Reference Website.

1899The comedy…

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WPC – Wanderlust.. England Calling

Sarah's avatarHello World. It's Me, Sarah

I think I’ve seen England more than my own home country.. but it’s where my Wanderlust really comes to life…

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Shadows and light dancing in the Palouse

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When I planned my Easter trip to the Palouse, I knew that I would make a couple of visits to Steptoe Butte.  It rises roughly 300 meters above the countryside allowing for an unobstructed view of the entire area.  That elevation gain provides a great perspective on the waves of farmland below.

The first morning that I drove up, when the butte came in sight I found it capped by a loose shroud of cloud.  After stopping to photograph that I headed up and was soon inside the cloud looking out at the sun rising over the clouds that had stacked up low along the horizon.

When the sunlight gently skipped across the rolling hillsides you could almost watch the color warm.  I enjoyed almost an hour of truly amazing light dancing with the shadows it created over the fields.  Those fields adding significantly to the views owing to their flowing lines, gentle patterns and…

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