Sunrise and a Space Shuttle

Space Shuttle Discovery flew over us at Beverly Beach

on Tuesday, 17 April 2012.

This was her last flight and she was on the back of a 747,

headed for the National Air and Space Museum in

Chantilly, Virginia.

I was so happy to have taken this shot and to have witnessed

a bit of history. 

And this was the morning's sunrise.

Beverly Beach, Florida

It was a great morning!

 

Endless Love

Photo taken at Beverly Beach - April 2012

A Granddaughter's Ponderation

Beach Couple, Hand-in-Hand

This couple was on the beach this morning

and went into the water hand-in-hand.

I thought it was so sweet.

When they came out, I told them I had taken their picture

because they reminded me of a quote I recently saw online.

An older couple, holding hands, was asked how

they had stayed together so long.

The reply was,

"We came from a time when, if it was broke

you fixed it, you didn't throw it away."

The wife in the photo above told me it so happens that they were celebrating their own Fiftieth Anniversary this weekend.

So, I came back to the RV and printed out this picture for them.  I walked down to their RV and she was sitting outside

and I gave it to her.  Her eyes welled up, then she said 

that she had told her husband what a gift my words

to them had been this morning, 

a perfect gift for their anniversary.

Now they have a photo, too, of their special weekend.

My Magic Bubble-Gun

The Magic Bubble-Gun

The boy sat with his Grandpa 

By a fountain in the sun,

Creating iridescent orbs

With his magic Bubble-Gun.

I watched him pull the trigger

As he set the bubbles free,

Intriguing him, his Grandpa,

And captivating me.

I watched the beaming older man,

I watched the little boy,

Then recognized that they had bought

A little slice of joy!

My heart and lips were unconstrained,

Embarrassing but true:

I locked eyes with the Grandpa

And said, "I want one, too!"

But the Grandpa spoke no English,

And my efforts were in vain;

Just where one purchased Bubble-Guns

I could not ascertain.

But I was on a mission now

To find where joy was sold!

I asked a store proprietor

And very soon was told

To find the shop on St. George Street,

Down by the water wheel;

I walked those ancient streets again

With purpose and with zeal!

I walked into the little shop,

I bought a bit of mirth!

And there are those who understand

Exactly what that's worth!

And now, perhaps, you'll see me, too,

Sitting in the sun,

Creating streams of colored orbs

With MY magic Bubble-Gun!

Linda Moser Winebrenner

April 10, 2012
(Written after our trip to St. Augustine ~ and, yes, my granddaughter, Jessi, understood!) 

"Never have I enjoyed youth 
so thoroughly
as I have in my old age."
George Santayana

March Gifts

The gift of understanding something in a new way...

The gift of feeling comfortable and completely at ease with someone...

The gift of spring breezes, spring green, and sunlight...

The gift of fragrance found in a single gardenia bloom...

The gift that came to me, unsought, from a child's heart...

The gift of giving something to someone

without one iota of expectation in return...

The gift of serenity found in the relinquishment of

having my own way or having the last word...

And the gift of remembering that it is in my power

to give someone else the gift of serenity, too.

lmw

Blessed

Twenty years ago this month

I had surgery for cancer.

How could I ever take for granted

the gift of another Spring?

I wasn't at all certain then

that another Spring would be mine.

Twenty more were given me.

Thank You, Lord.