Pumpkins and Fall in New Hampshire

New Hampshire
Originally uploaded by GloGurL

This was the most Thanksgivingish type photo I had on Flickr hence its use in this blog post. I was so proud of this photo at the time I took it because it was taken the day the gulf war broke out that very day and the American flag is proudly displayed on the side of a barn and is prevalent.

Thanksgiving is a time when time is spent in gratitude and celebration. A brief history of Thanksgiving as you remember from elementary school.

In 1620 over a hundred people who had begun to question the beliefs of the Church of England sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on the Mayflower to settle in the New World. These pilgrims who settled in the New World (now known as Massachusetts) found the New World very difficult as they had arrived too late in the season and were unable to grow various crops to ensure their survival.

The following spring Indians taught the survivors how to grow corn, which was a revelation to the colonists and also how to fish and hunt. By the autumn of 1621 they revealed bountiful crops of corn, beans, and pumpkins. The colonists now had plenty to be thankful for. A feast, which lasted for three days, was planned in which 90 Indians and the local chief was invited.

After the United States became an independent country Congress recommended that one day should be celebrated as Thanksgiving Day by the entire nation, George Washington suggested November 26th. When the bloody civil war ended in 1863, Abraham Lincoln asked all Americans to set aside the last Thursday in the month of November each year to celebrate Thanksgiving.

Having said all that; what does Thanksgiving mean to most people now? It means almost the same thing. A celebration of family and friends and people we appreciate all getting together to break bread. The menu is almost the same and everyone has a good time. I only wish the celebration could last for three days like the pilgrim's did. This year I will be thinking of my parents, this being the first year both of them will not be around for the holidays. Yet I will still be grateful for the family and friends I have. Please allow me to extend my heartfelt wishes for a very happy holiday season for you and yours.

Visitor From Massacusetts ~ Sort of Related: Why did I drink all that wine?

Not sure why the Perrier is in the photo, we didn't drink that.

I'm extremely excited about my guest coming tomorrow. I've missed him very much and we're going to have so much fun while he’s here. His flight arrives at TIA at 5PM but I'm leaving to go to the airport at noon. I’m going to take the long way to the airport and do a bit of shopping in the Clearwater/St. Petersburg area to keep me busy so I don't explode with excitement.

Rough day yesterday being the anniversary of my mom's passing. I got together with my sister and we drank two entire bottles of Sterling cabernet sauvignon without eating dinner. I'm not feeling so good today and missed my workout because of my antics. Now I hope I can prepare for my guest. I need to go grocery shopping and get some good food, ie: red meat. I rarely eat red meat and have mostly vegetables in the house at the moment. I'm exhausted and am paying the price for drinking all that wine last night. Appears that it did the trick, dulled the bad feelings and we laughed a lot.

~Pisces Women: Yes It's True~

Photo: unknown

Pisces Women
From the website: Lovetoknow.com

The Pisces world is one of dreams; this couldn't be truer of me.

Pisces are emotionally complex people. When a Pisces woman falls in love she protects herself by hiding her feelings until she feels it’s safe to share. Don’t bruise her feelings because she won’t ever trust you with them again. Well, she might if she evokes one of the qualities she possesses in abundance – compassion.

A Pisces woman is very intuitive and sensitive to feelings. Her empathy is so strong, it’s no wonder that when she’s upset, she cries buckets of tears and claims the world will soon come to a disastrous end. She isn’t being melodramatic. She just feels everything intensely. Disappointments and harsh words can slash her tender heart to shreds.

Pisces turns lovemaking into a mystical sensual experience. Her love has no depth and some signs will bask in her adoration.

Memorial Day; A heartfelt thank you to all currently serving and to all veterans.

Each year I think of this poem, I recited it when in the fourth grade
at the Memorial Day ceremonies.

Polis Is This | Movie

Charles Olson

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Listening to In My Life by The Beatles

Because I think it's a beautiful song.

Photo: by GloGurL taken in Rockport, MA


If You Forget Me
by Pablo Neruda

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.

If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine

BabyBunny

BabyBunny
Originally uploaded by GloGurL

Spring has sprung and the babies are showing up. This little bunny was on my property today.

ChatRoulette with Jon Stewart "Next!"

Fernando Botero Exhibit

Fine Arts Museum, St Petersburg, FL
Originally uploaded by GloGurL

Fernando Botero's, a Columbian figurative painter, hand sculpture. The exhibit was interesting. We were not allowed to take photos of his private collection inside the exhibit. If you'd like to see more of his work visit his website at http://www.fernandobotero.com/index.php,

What is a Birthday?

Birthday, the most important day in a person's life, the day you were born. It has to be because without it all the rest of the days would not exist, right? Yet some how the anniversary of my birth means little to me. Wait, that's not the whole truth. I do like to hear people extend their birthday greetings towards me. It feels good when someone you care about remembers you and thinks enough of you to say Happy Birthday. But when they forget or don't even know when your birthday is, well that's painful. Therefor I try very hard to remember everyone's birthday whom I care about or love. What is the purpose of this blog you ask? I have a brand new niece who is just one week old, I told her Happy Birthday little one, I'm so glad you're here. This is why I've been thinking a lot about birthdays. Alright... But I needed something to go with that cake photo. Eh I grow tired of this story already, I want to say "Happy Birthday" to you today even though chances are it's not your birthday. Go forth and celebrate each day as if it is your birthday.