Things That Made Me Smile Last Week

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A few things that made me smile this week...........

Our new friend Christian applauding himself after blowing out the candles on his birthday cheesecake. Christian was a tugboat captain and played a big part in the building of The Panama Canal. What an interesting man he is, and that's his beautiful wife Michelle there with him. She hand makes stunning jewelry out of semiprecious stones and rocks.


In the forefront here, is another new friend Andreas and his pup Buddy. Andreas is a Professor of Chemistry at the University of Auburn. He cooked a wonderful meal of smoked chicken, beef and pork short ribs, grilled fresh veggies and a smoked cabbage fresh from his garden that was out of this world. Another very interesting new friend who I can't wait to get to know better. That's our great friends the Foster Failures and Prince and I at the back of the table..........


My Border Collie Miss Roxie always makes me smile. I showed pictures of the day I picked up Roxie a few months ago when she was abused and skin and bones. Now she is so beautiful with her shiny healthy coat and she's such a sweet darling girl............


My handsome boy Gus. Gus had the ole "fix" this week, poor guy. I hope he doesn't mind me putting his business out here like this. He is the most lovable oaf and I adore him..........


My beautiful girl Sophie our Rag doll cat. She too is a rescue who was about to be put down if someone didn't take her. She is such a loving girl...........


The next two shots are artwork I received from my gal, beautiful soulbrush, in London. I inquired about her beautiful art and she sent me these pictures from across the pond. I LOVE them and will show them again when I have them framed. Thanks again soulbrush. You're awesome........



I saw this cool old truck beside a dirt road that begged a snapshot........


I passed this old church and couldn't resist a quick snap. Such character..........


I had my hands treated with warm paraffin at the Wellness Fair I participated in Saturday. After coating my hands with warm wax they were wrapped in bags to dry. It felt so warm and wonderful...............



It's going to be another great week at our house!!! Pursue happiness each and every day............it's a decision you won't regret. If you look for beauty in everything, you're sure to find it.

******"When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you"*******


Steady On
Reggie Girl

Flowers, Protests, Signs and Stained Glass

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What georgeous weather we've been having here in Newnan, Georgia!! I was out and about a good deal this week and I love the beautiful flowers that are blooming everywhere and the fact that we can all get outdoors again (and back to capri's and flip flops!).

Today I have to go to the doctor for more blood work. I'm a person who pretty much despises going to the doctor and lately feel like I live from one medical appointment to the next. It's autopilot these days. I find that I listen to Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" a lot these days where she sings about clouds and ice cream ant not knowing life at all...........

Tomorrow's "Friday Shoot-Out" subject is : MY HOMETOWN NATIVE FOODS AND RESTURANTS.
Please join us if you haven't..........our "gang" will be spotlighting foods, resturants and watering holes in our town. I can't wait to see everyone's snaphots.....Friday has become one of my favorite days of the week for more than the obvious usual reason.

A close up of a beautiful white miniature Azalea that I saw yesterday.....


A close up of a "Pride Of Mobile" Azalea that I saw. I'm orginally from Mobile and whenever these bloom it brings back so many childhood memorie's. There is a big area there called The Azalea Trail that is a place of great beauty when in bloom.....


I was in town yesterday delivering lunches when I went by City Hall and saw the crowd protesting the stimulus plan and yet more spending. I spoke to this lady who said that she home schools her children and was teaching them about government so she brought them out for an interactive lesson. It seems to me that right now we are calling ALL spending "stimulas spending" and that phrase seems a tad desperate me.........


Protester's lined the outside with signs. Read Our Lips............





A sign in the Alpha and Omega house for youth. Don't you wish that you really could charge $5.00 per whine? I could take a lil vacation to see GingerV in Rio with that money. It would probably only take a couple of weeks if I got to collect it per whine (if our kiddos are reading this, yes of course I mean you, lol)......


A close up shot of some beautiful stained glass in one of our beautiful churches.....


The entire picture of the stained glass behind the baptistry in the above shot. WOW!! Isn't that awesome? I do so love stained glass...........


Thank you all for your lovely comments!! I'm sorry that I'm so incredibly behind on mine and answering your's. Just know that I read them all and they all make me smile and feel cared for. I never dreamed that when I began blogging that I would meet much wonderful and loving people from all around this beautiful world. I promise to catch up soon.

***"The true bond with a dog is as lasting as the ties of this earth can ever be"***
~~~~Konrad Lorenz~~~~


Steady On
Reggie Girl

On Being Right Or Being Happy

Auntie Mom gave Prince and I this beautiful plate that I so love. I have it displayed on an antique dry storage table that I have and it's something that I tried to make a lovely display around. Dorothy is right.......there's no place like home.....




This is an old picture of my family that was made in 1964 that I treasure. We were a nice looking family and we looked so happy. I just don't know what went wrong. My brother's and I barely have a few things that belonged to my Dad and Mom. I don't know what happened to everything they had but I do treasure the few little trinkets that I have that belonged to them. Gold and silver have I none but these few little things that I do have of their's mean everything to me. I have my Dad's Bible and an old watch of his that is worth all of the gold and silver in the world to me. I have a few pieces of costume jewelry that belonged to my Mom. In this picture are my twin Big Bros whom I both love and cherish. Little Bro wasn't born yet. He's close to none of us and no one and I don't understand. I never give up hope that one day he will love us all back..........




The older I get, the more I realize that the things that I used to think were so very important have changed. I've learned that little trivial things are just that.....trivial things that don't make a hill of beans in the difference of the grand scheme of things. I think that in the past, sometimes I would get distracted by those small little things that seemed of such great importance and lose sight of that was really important.

I've learned not to save things for a special occasion because every day is a special occasion..........

I've learned that happiness is free...........

I've learned that if it's worth seeing, listening or doing then I want to see, listen or do it now..........

I've learned that every day is special enough to drink out of those vintage jewel-toned crystal wine stems that I used to display instead of use..........

I've learned that wearing that new outfit that I was saving is worth throwing on and going for just a walk in the park to admire flower's in or watch children play.......

I've learned how wonderful it is to sit on the deck with my hunny under the stars and not worry about anything...........

I've learned that the pursuit of happiness is the journey of a lifetime and I'm on it............

I've learned that riding the church bus to pick up kiddos to take to Awanas probably gives ME more joy than it provides a service. When those kiddos hug my neck when they get off the bus, it makes me feel all warm inside.........

I've learned that if you smile and hum while walking down the street, people will very often smile right back at you........

I've learned that going barefoot during the spring and summer gives me great pleasure......

I've learned that letting someone go ahead of you in line at the supermarket often makes their day.......

I've learned that buying an older couple dessert on a Sunday afternoon while out having lunch will make them smile and that their smile is priceless.......

I've learned that every day is special enough to wear for that perfume that I used to save for special occasions..........

I've learned that it is far more important to be happy than it is to be right.......

I've learned that I still have so much left to learn and that I'll willing and desire to learn more and more about life with a far more open mind than I had 20 years ago.........

I learned today that 5 member's from the group Doctor's Without Boarders" have been kidnapped in Darfur. What an awesome cause they are, each with an amazing heart. That is one of the saddest pieces of news that I have heard in quite some time and makes the 765 trillion dollar deficit seem insignificant.....

Tomorrow, Patty from Crisfield, Maryland and I are profiling people on our now weekly "Shoot-Out". I think that the beautiful Loida from 2L3Bs, Michelle,and hopefully Barry are joining us. I wish that Nick would join us and I just know that Debby from The Pink Bird House is going to join us when she can get around better. She recently had knee surgery and tells us that she is getting much better every day but if you get a chance drop in and wish her a speedy recovery. I wish that lots and lots more people would join us for our "Shoot-Out's". It's just so interesting and inspiring to see other peoples snapshots and see their angle and take on this sometimes crazy ride called life. You know, there is that old saying that a picture is worth a thousand words. I just wish that some of my picture's would be worth a thousand dollars instead, lol.

See you tomorrow........


********"Life's been good to me so far"********
~~~~Joe Walsh~~~~


Steady On
Reggie Girl

Saturdays Are For Just Chumping About

Saturday is here my friends and the weather is supposed to be splendid. It is supposed to be a beautiful and sunny 75 degrees. And to think that last Sunday it was snowing here in Newnan!

Today, Prince and I are working at the Rabies Clinic for tne Newnan-Coweta Humane Society. That's always a great afternoon and you meet so many nice pups, kittys' and their peeps. All of the other volunteers are super great people, many of whom we spend a lot of time outside of volunteering with because they're such great people.
Then we are going to till our organic garden again with a little horse poo. Can't get much more organic than that now can you? We get it from our friends the Foster Failures who are just the nicest people. The other gigi and her hunny Superfly are coming to help. It will be a great day and lots will be accomplished. Later this evening, we'll make a little Sangria and sit by the pool (although it's still covered) and just relax with friends after a long but wonderful day.

More signs of Spring........


A sign for tomatoes that will soon be ripening in the sun.......

A beautiful little patch of purple pansies that I spied this week.......




A beautiful bed of multi colored pansies with a funky orange and blue fire hydrant that I saw Thursday. I love the fire hydrant. Who says they all have to be just boring red? I mean, don't get me wrong.....I like red, but I do love the way they have perked this particular one up and made it a little art deco looking.




This is our historic courthouse on the square in downtown Newnan. It was used as a hopital during the War Between The States. She's just stunning and they are going to recopper that old top. The top holds a old, old clock that chimes on the hour. I love to hear that old clock crying out the time while I'm out and about downtown.




And lastly, a sign that I saw at Alamo Jacks. Hmmmm....St. Patricks Day is right around the corner. #1 - check....#2 - check.....#3 check because if there's going to be dancing with leprechauns going on then Reggie Girl and Prince are sooo there!!! I wonder if it's going to be real leprechauns? Maybe it will just be short people painted green and dancing about (and no, I'm not making fun of short people because I am one of them). I wonder if leprechauns drink green beer? Green Beer has to be better for you than plain old regular colored beer because it must have veggies in it right? At least I tell myself that every year. I just hope that I can follow at least one of those leprechauns home so that I can find that pot of gold!!

Here's hoping that everyone has a fantastic weekend. I hope you and yours chump about and have a little love, joy and laughter. I take that back....make that I hope that you have an abundance of love, joy and laughter in your homes this weekend!!


*****"Saturday's in the park, every day's the Fourth of July"*****
~~~~Chicago~~~~


Steady On
Reggie Girl