tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77495041748560200872024-02-21T06:51:41.719+11:00Dirty Dolly DesignPhotoTales by Annie EdelmanDirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-44801524395819244472011-12-06T19:29:00.001+11:002012-03-02T16:57:02.506+11:00We always felt really comfortable coming home<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HXA_WT-7cqo0JDEDI4EMQeX_cLxqZGTk3QDRD-Zh6UkAm73M3ICVDaJwmydTpSqS4E3re4J17EXRHsJ57GTFbZokgDH65TPdebZfE2MDC93eIi0rw6QeHMEPiM7_nECT8itp2gR2DtFL/s1600-h/Compressed+compas+on+next+from+mel+on+driftwood.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5085841195676019986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HXA_WT-7cqo0JDEDI4EMQeX_cLxqZGTk3QDRD-Zh6UkAm73M3ICVDaJwmydTpSqS4E3re4J17EXRHsJ57GTFbZokgDH65TPdebZfE2MDC93eIi0rw6QeHMEPiM7_nECT8itp2gR2DtFL/s400/Compressed+compas+on+next+from+mel+on+driftwood.JPG" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a> <br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">Often she told us, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">“A happy home is not a showpiece, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">it’s a celebration </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">of where you have journeyed </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">and of </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">with you.” </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">She must have believed it </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">because we always felt </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">really comfortable coming home.</span></div>
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You can fall in love when you lease expect it!</div>
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Just another thing to be grateful about.</div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-26790615196494065882011-11-11T16:22:00.003+11:002011-11-11T16:45:37.869+11:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<strong><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: magenta;">One Year on...</span><span style="color: magenta;"> still in love, more grateful!</span></span></strong></div>
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Happy Birthday Baxter, our dashing smooocher! A lover not a fighter! </div>
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</div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-7337493014153914502010-10-28T17:11:00.000+11:002010-10-28T17:11:22.917+11:00... the most valuable times.<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRfPSUVesujwQDBRfpF8JSj8WFBnfHZodyz5KszQh86nl1M1GFect2NCeew7l-EYxCClG41jKXRfaUxCQ2-Cr61YW6wtN_37U9da0AOHsYqm5snT_3v_FtSSzRrWPcD1P4_l9IZm-Ya5u/s1600/P1010344.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" nx="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXRfPSUVesujwQDBRfpF8JSj8WFBnfHZodyz5KszQh86nl1M1GFect2NCeew7l-EYxCClG41jKXRfaUxCQ2-Cr61YW6wtN_37U9da0AOHsYqm5snT_3v_FtSSzRrWPcD1P4_l9IZm-Ya5u/s320/P1010344.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">I love nights like this, when we just hang out till midnight creeps up to surprise us.</div><div style="text-align: center;">No matter how old I get I'll always remember just sitting with you,</div><div style="text-align: center;">listening to all your stories, laughing and losing track of the hours. </div><div style="text-align: center;">One day we'll be proud of ourselves for using our time so wisely. </div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-39285660457336908912010-10-08T09:56:00.001+11:002010-10-28T17:18:10.880+11:00The truth<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IMAndHQ487l8cnywvLOozoGR48LuneodVf8tAFaUl2gE9Nc9jqFc1WdxgdDfZBLHCjyDvWZhXk6v1pW-qAXzY2wQPNZQ2_0LNokGNh9rIklK2DYvFcnZ6_gftiQLg81U4QR7a7ldsdTX/s1600/Picture+004.bmp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ex="true" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9IMAndHQ487l8cnywvLOozoGR48LuneodVf8tAFaUl2gE9Nc9jqFc1WdxgdDfZBLHCjyDvWZhXk6v1pW-qAXzY2wQPNZQ2_0LNokGNh9rIklK2DYvFcnZ6_gftiQLg81U4QR7a7ldsdTX/s320/Picture+004.bmp" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The moment you completely accept the truth,<br />
no matter what it is, </div><div style="text-align: center;">all the bull fades to irrelevance.</div><div style="text-align: center;">And ain't that a load off!</div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-18284565382665213002010-09-02T02:00:00.013+10:002010-09-02T02:00:05.869+10:00Thank you girls......<div class="separator" style="border-bottom: medium none; border-left: medium none; border-right: medium none; border-top: medium none; clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuJ0H_kHdzDiMi_izqZNdyBbjBtacb3zd8H0Oz-1kNKVB0IDrbeVB_vyXBhvzrSL64nKKhQ3j-xhB811yOS_91dlYZGALejpZ6hyphenhyphenLm90manCQSv0mB1W6h1yN_zh6NrRM3rAb7mUBsNxN/s1600/compressedDSC01717+(3)+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVuJ0H_kHdzDiMi_izqZNdyBbjBtacb3zd8H0Oz-1kNKVB0IDrbeVB_vyXBhvzrSL64nKKhQ3j-xhB811yOS_91dlYZGALejpZ6hyphenhyphenLm90manCQSv0mB1W6h1yN_zh6NrRM3rAb7mUBsNxN/s320/compressedDSC01717+(3)+-+Copy.JPG" /></a></div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-54335943870762984362010-08-24T13:48:00.000+10:002010-08-24T13:48:15.794+10:00For Sally with love<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJSxlxaRzK8Im-sq4S1SDgDeIxocq6V43I47ah-V3RO-Xw1CaQ4LtlVl55f-xTLgYHQF2El2j61nAKpnBcOsZeOMNJT2JXVwIXoe2Jv1j-ejh6F6OhAGe7fqSgcr-1Do6BKFkisdXmILf/s1600/DSC01713-1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUJSxlxaRzK8Im-sq4S1SDgDeIxocq6V43I47ah-V3RO-Xw1CaQ4LtlVl55f-xTLgYHQF2El2j61nAKpnBcOsZeOMNJT2JXVwIXoe2Jv1j-ejh6F6OhAGe7fqSgcr-1Do6BKFkisdXmILf/s320/DSC01713-1.JPG" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is so fitting that Spring is knocking at our hearts, look at all those beautiful buds out there.... busting to burst.... new life, new starts, new hope and another chance to love life and each other all over again and again and again.</div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-16680365736684593072010-08-18T07:58:00.001+10:002010-08-18T07:59:19.949+10:00Get it over and done with!<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkxAqqBd5ak7QYzQEOl8PTdoqOxeq5ujWln16NtSefsYd1xUQLh0u7yzRy3T-K1EnFibgquAHs19TDnssz-czV9-wkhC6p2LTcbSNWd-aCgwbBgeF20CgZ2eTtda6wD4zk39ebDZwHG3H/s1600/burnt+house+grid.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" ox="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAkxAqqBd5ak7QYzQEOl8PTdoqOxeq5ujWln16NtSefsYd1xUQLh0u7yzRy3T-K1EnFibgquAHs19TDnssz-czV9-wkhC6p2LTcbSNWd-aCgwbBgeF20CgZ2eTtda6wD4zk39ebDZwHG3H/s320/burnt+house+grid.JPG" /></a></div><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">She was always living on the brink of a catastrophe.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">Sometimes we found ourselves wishing one would happen,</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">just so it would be over and done with </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">and we could all start enjoying ourselves again.</span></div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-76129418744685547052010-08-17T09:42:00.000+10:002010-08-18T08:06:44.311+10:00Keep calm and carry on<div align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoSPr5gl1GQDVl9Dkfl7zE_1SFv9EpWVkR0p1Ji7dZJS4y13dR79r1V6t6m1rm4W1nqyfahLuvFdA364fRaEdGVA080X3yWdR6GDTjfIks3qEs5uijlqdnhPsqoRSNS4AgtGcQHrG25ti/s1600-h/P1010292+-+Copy.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5390740580054892194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEoSPr5gl1GQDVl9Dkfl7zE_1SFv9EpWVkR0p1Ji7dZJS4y13dR79r1V6t6m1rm4W1nqyfahLuvFdA364fRaEdGVA080X3yWdR6GDTjfIks3qEs5uijlqdnhPsqoRSNS4AgtGcQHrG25ti/s400/P1010292+-+Copy.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 376px;" /></a><br />
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<div align="right"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">These days her heart aches pretty much all the time.</span></div><br />
<div align="right"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: arial;">She carries on by shifting her focus away from the empty spaces.</span> </span></span></div><br />
<div align="right"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It really works for a moment.</span> </span></span></div><br />
<div align="right"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: small;">So she'll get through today one moment at a time.......</span></div><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Times; font-size: large;"> for that frozen still feeling to pass".</span></div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-10216933766330960072010-06-19T13:22:00.009+10:002010-06-23T12:35:03.117+10:00...waiting for winter<div align="right" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuo9LvkmQC_ypNxuy-6AvWEnQZ2U_e-Gd9ZKaQnlTVdCSmbrt0bg9pDORqk1uT0lRKnvde1qyuSlLgCKrWW2plpM9qdNaVdjLEIymj8BuBbHL6PdeLnEfC8Avg564jn4VdTKfGOkAXK6T/s1600/greetings+cards+(104).JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" qu="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEuo9LvkmQC_ypNxuy-6AvWEnQZ2U_e-Gd9ZKaQnlTVdCSmbrt0bg9pDORqk1uT0lRKnvde1qyuSlLgCKrWW2plpM9qdNaVdjLEIymj8BuBbHL6PdeLnEfC8Avg564jn4VdTKfGOkAXK6T/s400/greetings+cards+(104).JPG" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">The dreariest thoughts weighed me down while I was waiting for winter.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">But then she saw them....</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">She always finds something simply extraordinary to buoy our spirits even on the bleakest days.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">....and that's how I learned ... </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;">it's hard to whinge with a smile on your face.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">but I just couldn't help thinking about all those </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">billions and billions of human spirits out there, </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">and about how they just kept on keeping on, </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;"><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">in spite</span> of all their blows. </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">The more I thought about a world full of individuals,</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">each with their very own individual hardships, </span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">the better my life looked.</span><br />
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</div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-49163343598401052522010-06-13T14:28:00.005+10:002010-06-13T14:53:16.519+10:00Perhaps a little birdie tells her.<div align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMk_7edy9yzOuI1Cfihicaas7oL3Sm4E5a7LSNd-9cq6_gY1n3QDRWP50azfHIGpLqKOHO6GxFR2r7MRNouXESvTemIjPmBquXg0hyO0kB1BNi3Y5waQGS-gUsKuSANwv1WjMNaCSepva/s1600/senses+of+holly+(5)+-+Copy.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 261px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482110813628163090" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioMk_7edy9yzOuI1Cfihicaas7oL3Sm4E5a7LSNd-9cq6_gY1n3QDRWP50azfHIGpLqKOHO6GxFR2r7MRNouXESvTemIjPmBquXg0hyO0kB1BNi3Y5waQGS-gUsKuSANwv1WjMNaCSepva/s400/senses+of+holly+(5)+-+Copy.JPG" /></a> </div><br /><div align="center">How is it she always seems to know?</div><div align="center">She knows just what to say, and when to say nothing.</div><div align="center">She knows when to hold you tight </div><div align="center">and when to let you fly.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="color:#000000;">Perhaps a little birdie tells her.</span></div><p align="center"><br /> </p><div align="right"><br /><br /></div><div align="right"></div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-68459419531162465422010-06-13T14:20:00.007+10:002010-06-23T12:16:37.937+10:00Suddenly I'll Seem to Know a Lot More Then.<div align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lMNf6UMWQO1czYGP78D53D33913rYpFpBnFnIa9IMcnT_n8LGi_rYPnsgOS9q3xQQLAk1AsEt2v6KNWWJ1GOBftegooVIyGSgSDIPMoMye_M7Xq_C6AZ0l-FQ9BvJrv7hFpz4dDSs3XV/s1600/DSC01065+(2).JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5482108972032249410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4lMNf6UMWQO1czYGP78D53D33913rYpFpBnFnIa9IMcnT_n8LGi_rYPnsgOS9q3xQQLAk1AsEt2v6KNWWJ1GOBftegooVIyGSgSDIPMoMye_M7Xq_C6AZ0l-FQ9BvJrv7hFpz4dDSs3XV/s400/DSC01065+(2).JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 271px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a>Right now they don't listen to anything I have to offer.</div><br />
<div align="right">I don't mind because I know that I won't know much at all </div><br />
<div align="right">till they are much older and have made a few of their own mistakes.</div><br />
<div align="right">Suddenly I'll seem to know a lot more them.</div><br />
<div align="right"></div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-69387342532006843172010-05-18T08:03:00.000+10:002012-03-02T16:53:58.309+11:00Clogging up the paperwork....<div align="center">
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluKe-ZSNg0GpCafTLBLynJeGN8X78joKc6_QDKAPJMY1b9FcSP63RYD32D8JL2XO4kW61c6cw9tFa5vpoHY8-ZNTeA2Tmx-aChiGTVZPP37I9CZXn0908Q7GhdX7TvHQgiU_B2zXX1eRv/s1600-h/money+in+hand+open+fingers+-+Copy.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387049779255158674" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjluKe-ZSNg0GpCafTLBLynJeGN8X78joKc6_QDKAPJMY1b9FcSP63RYD32D8JL2XO4kW61c6cw9tFa5vpoHY8-ZNTeA2Tmx-aChiGTVZPP37I9CZXn0908Q7GhdX7TvHQgiU_B2zXX1eRv/s400/money+in+hand+open+fingers+-+Copy.JPG" style="display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">I remember him saying, </span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">"It's better to give a little of what you have now, </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">rather than promise a lot of what you may not have later. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial;">IOU's clog up the paper work and clutter the mind."</span></div>
</div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-89442738612192217732010-03-08T13:12:00.014+11:002010-06-08T17:06:45.015+10:00... no need to let that go too.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJ9-H8LQU9bMFR7o1kOI71Jdc9VEcJYkJi8TILoTq8N22hX1TvpCUORwKKHxNcr5Y_9PzOAZiITdrnYrBe0aThJewh7g32lpRIq4vUqx55tw6DENjScLNTnzEXYIcuJAQqs3VLH2n6HvF/s1600/3648173249_02d8bfb02d_b+-+Copy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 353px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480295394367520210" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtJ9-H8LQU9bMFR7o1kOI71Jdc9VEcJYkJi8TILoTq8N22hX1TvpCUORwKKHxNcr5Y_9PzOAZiITdrnYrBe0aThJewh7g32lpRIq4vUqx55tw6DENjScLNTnzEXYIcuJAQqs3VLH2n6HvF/s400/3648173249_02d8bfb02d_b+-+Copy.jpg" /></a> <div align="center"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:85%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#666666;">I sat quietly with the old woman today</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#666666;">while she told her stories of love and loss.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#666666;">She told me of war, of how it had claimed her first born son.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#666666;">It had been a long, long time since she cradled him, </span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#666666;">crooned and cuddled him.</span><br /></span></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#666666;">She could fix anything then,</span><br /></span></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#666666;">every tear, every pain, every fear dissolved with her very presence.</span><br /></span></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#666666;">As she inhaled deeply she spoke of the warm scent of her new born boy;</span><br /></span></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#666666;">his softness, his need, his love.</span><br /></span></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#666666;">I could see in her misty eye that she still felt where his warmth had been so very long ago.</span><br /></span></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="color:#666666;">She told me she can still feel that first flutter in her belly and hiccup at her breast.</span><br /></span></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#666666;">It's a private bliss, hers to recall forever.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:100%;color:#666666;">She'll keep that fragment, there's no need to let that go too.</span></div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-8669079453415510352010-03-08T12:11:00.016+11:002010-06-23T12:40:05.852+10:00... love life all over again ... anyway.<div align="right"><span style="font-family: lucida grande;"></span><span style="font-size: 85%;"></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3Dy19hDoFqJIa863i9YIDJlxu3KjZuvXdMhTb2Ef1pNE1auKMb4UjRnFUAECCPvKl1OS4cSziO78NkStFL2CXeIG8mEEFceJyEjtGl81LzhbHJzvY942vsTpiv6itIiTjX6dlTlErCkf/s1600-h/cave+on+fire+compressed-+Copy.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446064679278384194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU3Dy19hDoFqJIa863i9YIDJlxu3KjZuvXdMhTb2Ef1pNE1auKMb4UjRnFUAECCPvKl1OS4cSziO78NkStFL2CXeIG8mEEFceJyEjtGl81LzhbHJzvY942vsTpiv6itIiTjX6dlTlErCkf/s400/cave+on+fire+compressed-+Copy.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="font-size: 100%;"> <span style="color: black;">Some memories are </span></span></span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">cold and hard and sharp,<br />
and no amount of sunny thoughts can erase the chill completely.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">And that's just the way it is. </span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">So you have to get out there and love life all over again ... anyway.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"></div><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman;"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman;"></span></span>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-75799797825033034762009-10-24T12:22:00.012+11:002010-06-03T20:23:14.971+10:00... easier to love.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuieG-wf_9A87S2rUqu0IfRTG8jiNG5WeI2b26LmH8mNhaSGQ8EHzcnJs_f5D8Lw0oPIn0Fr-jrnp-dX3PPd7wpuRMtDT8XV0JxAUUI0ZgUT1vGfBFp3LNjwFONHdE76xLSOFxXegSvyU8/s1600-h/25th+party+002.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417805557998638146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 267px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuieG-wf_9A87S2rUqu0IfRTG8jiNG5WeI2b26LmH8mNhaSGQ8EHzcnJs_f5D8Lw0oPIn0Fr-jrnp-dX3PPd7wpuRMtDT8XV0JxAUUI0ZgUT1vGfBFp3LNjwFONHdE76xLSOFxXegSvyU8/s400/25th+party+002.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">She saw the best in us, all of us, no matter what!</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">So naturally she brought out the best in us.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">I guess that made us easier to love.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span> </div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span> </div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span> </div><div align="right"> </div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-81816598603971793042009-10-09T11:39:00.008+11:002010-08-18T08:00:45.263+10:00...the way to happiness.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17Pmn6dlXC-7gNsbPPkCzIFyEi2MKeanYp-vcXVpF3JfYzb0PI9sBIZBdDUmtmWrtCDlhjv45QUUjrZmi5pgG71onPdI6FQoVtJ45rJ68Zu4lP1pX-xPl9r3-wz01wKDQCm3qRAzo54-9/s1600-h/mums+kodak+pics+007+-+Copy.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388176404458201698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj17Pmn6dlXC-7gNsbPPkCzIFyEi2MKeanYp-vcXVpF3JfYzb0PI9sBIZBdDUmtmWrtCDlhjv45QUUjrZmi5pgG71onPdI6FQoVtJ45rJ68Zu4lP1pX-xPl9r3-wz01wKDQCm3qRAzo54-9/s400/mums+kodak+pics+007+-+Copy.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 372px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 289px;" /></a> <br />
<div align="right"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">She knows the way to happiness. </span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">She has it all mapped out.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">But right now she's just way too busy </span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">fussing with the details of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">every one elses </span>lives.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: arial; font-size: 100%;">So she can't seem to find time to follow her map.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial;"></span></div><div align="right"></div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-30170636903652001882009-10-06T12:23:00.013+11:002010-06-03T20:23:56.564+10:00Private magic ....<div align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPdghzhfedS30ckWf7hM70Yc5VK1bVN2tIa2sQ_UByVUUzj7XXEHWKpK4SGtL9rG9oLL_PsMXoiJjUbiWKaTRQz24aIQWJgIWWJZAINWRCrESZhhDH3OfB2RcBoPe5n7U7-X4pRCL9ZnE/s1600-h/starl.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388171068911055330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTPdghzhfedS30ckWf7hM70Yc5VK1bVN2tIa2sQ_UByVUUzj7XXEHWKpK4SGtL9rG9oLL_PsMXoiJjUbiWKaTRQz24aIQWJgIWWJZAINWRCrESZhhDH3OfB2RcBoPe5n7U7-X4pRCL9ZnE/s400/starl.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;color:#000000;"> When she is sure no one is watching, </span></span><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">she'll stand slowly in her long, straight way.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">Poised on tippy toes she'll unfurl her gossamer wings. </span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">It's a sight to see their full span stretch and flutter.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">With effortless poise she leaps into the air. </span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">And off she soars! Gliding gracefully on a breeze.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">Singing her happy song.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">The sight of her will steal my breath away, time and time again.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">She has a lot of private magic like that!</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span> </div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span> </div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span> </div><div align="right"> </div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:100%;color:#333333;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="right"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:courier new;color:#333333;">Who can resist beautiful David Delamare fairy images.</span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.daviddelamare.com/">http://www.daviddelamare.com/</a><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:#666666;"></span></div><div align="center"></div></div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-85321905046744680062009-10-03T09:44:00.015+10:002010-06-23T12:43:49.731+10:00If you had magic for just one day ...<div align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsD-4EqjhXzt_9g4YxoaJWYTxZNSwXEsBZvZcwEY1Tsir65iH2AkQU3nEZ_t7gIh1paZOAQRdUbzvgw0ghsvM3sLnt_2VQzlTIVKnv-_K4da5_zX9VyFM8fmNPJzjfnIVdR6IaMVCUz5f/s1600-h/P1010289+-+Copy.JPG"><span style="font-size: 180%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388155371460528754" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsD-4EqjhXzt_9g4YxoaJWYTxZNSwXEsBZvZcwEY1Tsir65iH2AkQU3nEZ_t7gIh1paZOAQRdUbzvgw0ghsvM3sLnt_2VQzlTIVKnv-_K4da5_zX9VyFM8fmNPJzjfnIVdR6IaMVCUz5f/s400/P1010289+-+Copy.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;"> If you had magic for just one day, </span><br />
<div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">and you could magic away all the things in your life </span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">that did not bring you a scrap of joy. </span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">What are the things that you would be left with?</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-family: Courier New;"></span></strong></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div align="center"></div></div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-67161175518710450612009-10-02T11:48:00.011+10:002010-06-23T12:13:22.365+10:00No one is watching ....<div align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZsygOd4dtA3bUjImx6bW58ac8hq0iTJne5148f41lkFComxDVueN4-TqpFI59k-pyWlbft7AZiZmn2BSV-PvoygkTCCv1Fjat_sKuFNW84Juv22AWfOXA3EIyP69D6OCv8zRnUSVEcBb/s1600-h/snow+elf.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387088755657688802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZsygOd4dtA3bUjImx6bW58ac8hq0iTJne5148f41lkFComxDVueN4-TqpFI59k-pyWlbft7AZiZmn2BSV-PvoygkTCCv1Fjat_sKuFNW84Juv22AWfOXA3EIyP69D6OCv8zRnUSVEcBb/s400/snow+elf.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 345px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> <br />
<div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">They're watching.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">They're listening.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">You've been hurt before and you will be again.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><br />
<div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">Now dance, sing and love anyway!</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Verdana;"></span></div><div align="center"></div></div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-87478540021153163482009-09-30T10:40:00.008+10:002010-06-23T12:45:12.009+10:00... one of your good days?<div align="right"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXcKZBpkTH-8AS8UpP4I-UOGlrEQ_ixvzlcstkua6nqcNwNhZBERXwH4Nn1UOsNp3wVEy0vAraZ9k9DIXDNeMoxLgekW8XCMwIEtMs7pPHOzHzSZ4lJPsCzmXlt5lfcQNto_OK8x5epP1/s1600-h/cup+full+of+coffee+beans.JPG"><span style="font-size: 130%;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387065686581357730" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiXcKZBpkTH-8AS8UpP4I-UOGlrEQ_ixvzlcstkua6nqcNwNhZBERXwH4Nn1UOsNp3wVEy0vAraZ9k9DIXDNeMoxLgekW8XCMwIEtMs7pPHOzHzSZ4lJPsCzmXlt5lfcQNto_OK8x5epP1/s400/cup+full+of+coffee+beans.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></span></a><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;"> Don't you just love it when you have</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">one of your good days and you are grinning and skipping - full of beans?</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">Have you ever noticed that those are the days </span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">when nothing but ordinary stuff happens?</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">It's just seems that with a heart wide open </span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">every thing seems lighter and brighter</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">and whole lot less serious.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"></div><div align="right"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-11224813448035648312009-09-30T09:54:00.013+10:002010-06-23T12:30:58.318+10:00Letting the Muddy Waters Settle ...<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVB1UXWhngLxdiUmYzM9uIlv4tEPmdiHzdsw3PJsoFJkVaOI-EIJNAC2U1lkTCt3QcV978CfIDalBNagR6KKGkXAnh0EM-O7RqPcTfJWRTW0h_M-goA6a5O1pi-Ty4XnxZFcUFzxmms9Oz/s1600-h/deck+chair+on+water+lily+leaf.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5387044612329656338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVB1UXWhngLxdiUmYzM9uIlv4tEPmdiHzdsw3PJsoFJkVaOI-EIJNAC2U1lkTCt3QcV978CfIDalBNagR6KKGkXAnh0EM-O7RqPcTfJWRTW0h_M-goA6a5O1pi-Ty4XnxZFcUFzxmms9Oz/s400/deck+chair+on+water+lily+leaf.JPG" style="cursor: hand; display: block; height: 300px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a> </div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">"Sit back and find the discipline not to react;<br />
let the muddy waters settle till the appropriate action becomes clear?"</span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="color: black; font-family: times new roman; font-size: 100%;">She always appeared so graceful with her emotions and with mine, </span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: times new roman;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 100%;">so she must have practised this technique time and time again.</span></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 100%;"></span></div><div align="right"></div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7749504174856020087.post-10229959079253760212009-08-25T11:48:00.010+10:002010-06-03T20:28:46.924+10:00Catch a moment .....<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizyh70KbMZ3YH1Pom2dDmQVVQFit3c5XGA7SIFOg-EHgpWUT1_2eE4x9pU_rQOMMztJeZiA6YtDDbpjTPmkLjcY3xV6FzuGIdtmkcNAcQIrrDtWZWf6yYR_ntXY3n2SW_lsl1ZjtZza2YT/s1600-h/P1010399.JPG"></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zIj8fNJgABv-ggZF0lAURpV-NuaHz_SFVuEPsksv69ujKbYJyVRdIqWp7oK-N2RzELe_GEpSTcMTxLWgwpozqCC8qjkYIQzJ6tcJirQlXMHqccQc6b6mnYPGJ1DmsO9yb-9FKpKoUJ0k/s1600-h/jug+and+hands+in+fountain.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373715097620121266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 340px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2zIj8fNJgABv-ggZF0lAURpV-NuaHz_SFVuEPsksv69ujKbYJyVRdIqWp7oK-N2RzELe_GEpSTcMTxLWgwpozqCC8qjkYIQzJ6tcJirQlXMHqccQc6b6mnYPGJ1DmsO9yb-9FKpKoUJ0k/s400/jug+and+hands+in+fountain.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">Sometimes, for a split second,</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">the world stops whirring and whirling,</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">and you get a chance to just catch a moment </span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">and privately savour it a second longer </span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;color:#000000;">before someone presses the fast forward button again.</span></div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span> </div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span> </div><div align="right"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:100%;"></span> </div><div align="right"> </div>Dirty Dolly Designhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11739728383902207247noreply@blogger.com1