Monday, December 27, 2010
Blizzard, Dec. 27, 2010
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WHAT CHRISTMAS MEANS TO ME----by Mary Baker Eddy
I love to observe Christmas in quietude, humility, benevolence, charity, letting good will towards man, eloquent silence, prayer, and praise express my conception of Truth's appearing.
The splendor of this nativity of Christ reveals infinite meanings and gives manifold blessings. Material gifts and pastimes tend to obliterate the spiritual idea in consciousness, leaving one alone and without His glory.
----From The Ladies Home Journal
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Snow for Christmas!
Snow for Christmas!
Originally uploaded by anslatadams-So busy!!!
This snowy scene taken from our back porch today!
Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
This "kid" wants snow for Christmas!
What's more disheartening is when you say to the cab driver or anyone in this town, oh I think it's going to snow, or, "I hope we have snow for Christmas!" They all whine and say "Ohhh, I hope we DON'T!!!" These are the very people with their NEGATIVE PRAYERS that are keeping the snow away from here!!! LOL! I really BELIEVE it! Even Dr. Wayne Dyer says, "What you think about, expands!" I'm thinking about snowfall hoping it will "expand" while working against me is probably more than 100 people thinking about NO SNOWFALL which seems to be expanding!!! Last night I looked on the radar, there was a storm off the coast of Massachusetts that had bands like you see on a hurricane! A GUARANTEED NOR'EASTER! Saw videos of a man in Cape Cod, bragging with his video camera, "We're having a blizzard!" "We have at least a foot of snow on the ground!!" The "snow bands" were sweeping right TOWARDS us!! No way this one was going to miss us, right?? Ha! ha!! Finally I was able to get my childlike excitement down and go to sleep. Before that, I played music that was titled "Snowfall" and "Snowdance" and mentally pictured the snow coming down and swirling all around me! I pictured myself grabbing a tube or anything and going sliding down a hill! I pictured myself ice skating outdoors with snow coming down. And then I thanked God for snow. I thought, "Well, certainly when I wake up, it will be snowing and a lot of snow on the ground!" HA!!! I wake up this morning and what do I see? NOTHING. Just grey skies. I can't describe to you how unbearable this is for me. It's like an itch that you can't scratch!! I am restless. I'm driving my husband and my pets mad, because I don't have snow to play in! lol As I get older on the outside, the child inside of me wants to come out and play!! We don't have a car so we can't DRIVE to where the snow is. We don't have spending money to go to a ski resort that's just down the road to go tubing!! (BUT THEY HAVE SNOW BECAUSE IT'S COLD ENOUGH TO STICK!!) They are steady making snow!! Isn't it sad that people have to pay to play in it?? I told my husband, I think I would like to get a snow-making machine!! I mean, they've finally come out with the technology to MAKE SNOW! He laughes at me, an almost "you're insane" laugh. Yes I'm most likely insane! So what?
I'd say 90% of the people around here are insane! I should fit right in! But wouldn't it be so fun to have one of those machines. When I lived in the hot southeast where it wouldn't snow, even if you had a snow making machine, I was restless. Only if it snowed did I feel a sense of relief. So I decided I wanted to live WHERE IT SNOWS IN WINTER. My family wanted to go, too. (Maybe if someone had paid my way to go to a ski resort, I wouldn't have forced them to come with me! LOL!). My sister and her husband would go skiing up in the mountains. Goody, goody for them, must be nice! But here, Marlene finally makes it to New England, perhaps, only MY dream and not my family's. Perhaps I am being punished for being so selfish.
That COULD be it...? I don't know. But it snows ALL AROUND US except here!! Explain that?? I can't even get the weatherman to admit it's kind of WEIRD! Okay.....I've accepted my lot in life. Inside of me there's a little child that wants to play in the snow, get AWAY from apartment living, go up in the mountains and commune with God all day. The walls in this apartment are so thin, you can hear when someone sneezes or passes gas. That's pretty pathetic. I know I should be grateful to have a roof over my head. So many people are homeless, but for some weird reason, I wouldn't mind having a tent IN THE SNOW. One of those Cabella tents where you can put a wood stove in them. You can live all winter, IN THE SNOW, in one of those suckers and NOT BE AROUND ANNOYING PEOPLE 24/7!!
Okay, now I have bored you all to death, with my wishes and childish dreams!! lol! If you kind of like me, or if you love me or even if you hate me, will you do JUST ONE FAVOR, for me?? WILL YOU PLEASE PRAY FOR IT TO SNOW AT LEAST 1FOOT OR MORE IN CLARKSBURG, MA BEFORE CHRISTMAS?? You will make a little child happy, and her poor husband won't have to listen to her whine about NOT having snow. Poor man. I bet he regrets marrying me now! LOL!
LOVE YOU ALL! MERRRY CHRISTMAS!! AND I MEAN CHRIST-MASS! I COULD GO ON ABOUT THAT ONE WHERE PEOPLE SAY X-MAS! But that's a topic for another time!!!
ARENT' YOU GLAD???!!! MWAHAHAHAHA!!!
Original vintage late 1940s early 1950s cardboard village house
Original vintage late 1940s early 1950s cardboard village house
Originally uploaded by anslatadams-So busy!!!
I have had this since I was a child and I think it was my sister's before I got it. You can see the original paper or cellophane windows.
Christmas lights in our neighborhood
Christmas lights in our neighborhood
Originally uploaded by anslatadams-So busy!!!
We got a dusting of snow on the ground,too.
Bugaboo the Red-Nosed kitty cat!!!
Bugaboo the Red-Nosed kitty cat!!!
Originally uploaded by anslatadams-So busy!!!
Bugaboo wishes everyone a very Merry Christmas!
Our Christmas tree!
Our Christmas tree!
Originally uploaded by anslatadams-So busy!!!
We always have an unusual tree! This year the tip of the tree is WAY above the body of the tree so the star is WAY up there! lol! But... I guess the star SHOULD be higher! We have the "twinkiling" c-7 kind of lights. We tried miniature lights one year and it just wasn't the same!! So we stick with the clear multicolored twinkling C-7 lights! Traditionalists I guess. Probably if I want replacement "twinkling" C-7s I will have to special order them. I don't see them ANYWHERE in stores!! :-( Merry Christmas everyone! Peace on Earth, Good Will to ALL MANKIND!
Uploaded by anslatadams-So busy!!! on 20 Dec 10, 12.12AM EST.
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One Solitary Life
He worked in a carpenter shop until he was about thirty.
He then became an itinerant preacher.
He never held an office.
He never had a family or owned a house.
He didn't go to college.
He had no credentials but Himself.
After preaching three years, the public turned against Him.
His friends ran away.
He was turned over to His enemies and went through the mockery of a trial.
He was nailed to a cross between two thieves.
While He was dying, His executioners gambled for His clothing, the only property He had on earth.
He was laid in a borrowed grave.
Nineteen centuries have come and gone,
and today He is the central figure of the human race.
All the armies that ever marched,
all the navies that ever sailed,
all the parliaments that ever sat, and
all the kings that ever reigned
have not affected the life of man on the earth as much as that ONE SOLITARY LIFE.
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And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people."--The Bible Luke 2:10
And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people."--The Bible Luke 2:10
Originally uploaded by anslatadams-So busy!!!
A tapestry near our tree.
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Kings College Choir, Cambridge - In the bleak midwinter Darke Carols fro...
Lisa Lynne & George Tortorelli - Windham Hill Live
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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Snow after Thanksgiving
Orchid
Orchid
Originally uploaded by anslatadams
I saw this gorgeous Orchid and couldn't resist taking a photo of it!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sunny Gold
Sunny Gold
Originally uploaded by anslatadams
The trees looked like they were glowing with their own light!
Heaven and Nature sing
Heaven and Nature sing
Originally uploaded by anslatadams
Now you see why I felt like I was in heaven!
A clearing in the woods
A clearing in the woods
Originally uploaded by anslatadams
Some more of my "Woodland" photos. Sometimes I would rather live in the woods with nature, than around the noise of man!!
Sunlight through the Trees
Originally uploaded by anslatadams
I took these photos in the woods near where we live back in October. It was such a beautiful day with the sunshine and the glowing leaves!
I hope this will brighten your Thanksgiving. Let thank our Maker for all the beauty on earth that He has given us and vow to protect it!
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum
Originally uploaded by anslatadams
Another of Autumn's symbols, the beautiful Chrysanthemums and their spicy fragrance!
Harvest
Harvest
Originally uploaded by anslatadams
I couldn't resist taking this photo of a basket turned over with pumpkins spilling out of it! Pumpkins are one of the very essential signs of Autumn and harvest. I hope your Autumn is filled with beauty and peace this year!
The Autumn Woods
Originally uploaded by anslatadams
Here is more of the breathtaking beauty I encountered! Look how the beautiful blue spruce stands out among all the colors. It was so beautiful I literally got tears in my eyes and prayed to God to always let this place stay this way!
The Autumn Woods
Originally uploaded by anslatadams
These woods were so beautiful one Autumn afternoon here in Massachusetts, I just gasped at the beauty. I felt God's presence with us and a peace came over me that I can't describe. Truly this is what the Native Americans must have felt when they looked at God's creations all around them. No roads, no buildings, no shopping malls or urban sprawl, just Gods beauty laid out before them. They knew how to live WITH the land, not try to conquer it. I wish America still looked this way, EVERYWHERE!! We must preserve our woodlands. If we don't wildlife will take over where we don't want them to. I think I wouldn't mind living Native American style. Close to God's creatures and no light pollution to block out the stars! Please remember to help protect America's forests.
Taken in Western Massachusetts near the Mohawk Trail.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Tuesday, September 14, 2010
Easter Lily opening up just in time for 9/11. I felt it was a sign!!
Easter Lily opening up just in time for 9/11. I felt it was a sign!!
Originally uploaded by anslatadams
Easter Lily opening up just in time for 9/11. I felt it was a sign!!
Fully opened on 9-11. I nearly cried. What a beautiful symbol!!
Easter Lily opening up just in time for 9/11. I felt it was a sign!!
Easter Lily opening up just in time for 9/11. I felt it was a sign!!
Originally uploaded by anslatadams
Easter Lily opening up just in time for 9/11. I felt it was a sign!!
This was it opening getting ready to open the night before 9/11.
In the spring, the flower pot had dirt in it and I KNEW the Easter lily bulb was buried under that dirt. I took it outside when the weather got warm and put some fresh soil in it and gave it some fertilizer and watered it regularly. It came up and throughout the summer got taller and taller. I was amazed. And then the night before 9-11-2010, it started opening!!! On 9/11 it was in full bloom. Tell me this wasn't a sign from God. I am a person that believes that God talks to us all the time and especially through His creation. I was so humbled when I saw it, I started crying. For awhile I put it on the front porch next to our flag so that passerbys would see it. Then I brought it inside. As of September 13th and now the 14th it is STILL IN FULL BLOOM AND THE FRAGRANCE FILLS OUR APARTMENT.
The boss of my computer, Bugaboo! LOL!!
The boss of my computer, Bugaboo! LOL!!
Originally uploaded by anslatadams
Somehow, Bugaboo can sense when I am on the Siamese Cats and Their Feline Brothers, group on Flickr, lol!! He gets on my lap and will try to "paw" the keys while I'm trying to work! lol! Look at this face!! He KNOWS he's boss! I wish it had come out a little clearer, but still, I like it. Photo taken by me from my Flickr photostream. Look at that face! lol! So cute!
The Cougar
The Cougar
Originally uploaded by Cgilden58
Beautiful big cat!!
Other than zoos, the only encounters I have had with big cats is this:
(1) I came face to face with a Bob Cat when I lived in Georgia when I was about 10 or 12 years old. There were still a lot of woods around us, but they were developing a subdivision behind ours. I hated it. I was hoping we would always have wilderness around us. Anyway, I guess the Bob Cat was just as bewildered as I was upon meeting me!
We just stared at each other. I thought at first it was a very HUGE domesticated cat, lol! But I noticed the ear tufts and the tufts around its face and finally he turned and ran in the other direction and that's when I saw his bobbed tail!
We used to have a lot of them around where we lived when I was growing up, but development drove them away. So sad.
(2) I HEARD a Cougar or Mountain Lion roaring or "screaming" when we were camping in the Berkshire mountains of Western Massachusetts!! I think these beautiful cats and all wildlife deserve to have some room for them to still live wild. So sad when they end up in cages in zoos, etc. Man is developing so much, animals are running out of room to live and then the ultimate problem arises when they start encountering humans!
Now I kind of think I know how the Native Americans must have felt when the white man came along!!
This photo was taken by :Uploaded by Cgilden58 on 12 Sep 10, 6.23PM EDT ON FLICKR.
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Where were you on 9/11/2001??
Originally uploaded by anslatadams-Never forget!
We were camping in Massachusetts and my husband was working, hadn't found a place to live yet, when 9-11 happened. Not being near a tv and didn't have the radio on, I didn't know what had happened and had just woke up. I went to the contact station at the campsite and one of the campground workers had his computer on streaming live pictures of the towers burning and people yelling in I think it was arabic. I looked at him and said "Who is that talking??" He said "We're under attack!!!" Not having coffee and just woke up, it seemed very surreal to me. Then he showed me the photos on the computer of the twin towers and then he told me the Pentagon had been hit. I was in total shock. And, yes, like today up here. It was gorgeous, beautiful September morn. Who would have thought. Those planes flew over us on their way to each site, I think. Really makes you think.
God bless America!
Uploaded by anslatadams-Never forget!
9-11-2010
Friday, September 10, 2010
My Hero!! Larry for President :-)
Run That Thar By Me Agin
Originally uploaded by thegreatlandoni
Run That Thar By Me Agin
237-3-41 ... Tell me again how that thar health care reform thing is gonna work ... in plain English.
(Photo came in an email, hopefully public domain.)
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Misty
Misty
Originally uploaded by Cat's Eye View (Dawn Marie)
Misty
Misty is an absolutely gorgeous kitten with very unique coloring. I've only seen 3 other kittens like her in the 6 years I've been involved in rescue work - and the other 3 were all in the same litter. She's got a lot of black and silver in her - making you think of royalty when you see her. She also has some peach coloring ... very very pretty.
She's sweet, loving, and playful! Purrrrfect kitty!
If you are in Orlando Florida and interested in adopting - contact Kathy and John at john_kathycole@comcast.net
Uploaded by Cat's Eye View (Dawn Marie) on 9 Sep 10, 2.50PM EDT.
Hamilton
Hamilton
Originally uploaded by Cat's Eye View (Dawn Marie)
I just adore the little white line on Hamiltons nose ... he's such a sweet and playful kitty!
If you are in Orlando Florida and interested in adopting Hamilton contact Kathy and John at john_kathycole@comcast.net
Uploaded by Cat's Eye View (Dawn Marie) on 9 Sep 10, 5.34PM EDT.
Jerash or Gerasa, also referred to as Antioch on the Golden River.
Jerash or Gerasa, also referred to as Antioch on the Golden River.
Originally uploaded by mrfauxpa
Jerash or Gerasa, also referred to as Antioch on the Golden River.
Chariot race demonstration.
My friend Mrfauxpa went to Ancient Egypt and Jordan, all over the middle east and WOW!! This looks like right out of "Gladiator" or "Ben Hur"!!!
Uploaded by mrfauxpa on 2 Sep 10, 12.27AM EDT.
Monday, September 6, 2010
Congressional Candidate LTC Allen West At The Revolution / American Free...
I'll vote for him if he runs for President!! But I am definitely VOTING FOR HIM IN NOV.
Bottom line. We DO NEED TO TAKE OUR COUNTRY BACK!!
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Morning Glory
Morning Glory
Originally uploaded by anslatadams-I want the old Flickr layout back!!
I can't believe it! For the first time in years I planted my Morning Glories early enough in the spring so they would bloom before frost. In previous years, they would just be at the point of blooming and then we would get frost. We have had warmer- than- normal temperatures since Spring. The Farmer's Almanac says we're supposed to have a bitterly cold winter here in the Northeastern USA, but I will believe it when I see it! lol
Today here in Western Massachusetts, we were only a few degrees cooler than Georgia!! Incredible!!
Uploaded by anslatadams-I want the old Flickr layout back!! on 1 Sep 10, 7.44PM EDT.
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Early Autumn??
Today has been mostly overcast. The last few days have been very blustery! Very high winds and rain. A few days ago David and I took a walk and were astonished to see that the trees look like they are starting to turn colors ALREADY! And August isn't even over with! Especially on the mountains, you can faintly see some subtle color changes!! Which begs the question: Are we in for a historically early fall? A contact of mine on Flickr that lives in Australia said that their willow trees are already starting to leaf out, one month early!! Australia is having THEIR SPRING EARLY, wonder if our fall will be early? And what will the winter ahead be like?? I wonder if it will be shorter?? More snow, but earlier and over earlier?? David and I have been discussing this and it makes me think that since it's the tilt of the earth that changes the seasons...perhaps that "tilting" is happening at a more rapid pace? And if this is true, why? What could be causing it? This, I don't think has anything to do with global warming, but more with the rotation and tilt of the earth. I wonder if any scientists have mentioned anything about this. I will have to look it up and see! Seems like as David and I get older, we do THINK more about things that most people don't when they are very busy. Thoughts that perhaps, scientists think about!
It will be interesting to see if anybody else mentions noticing this!
Clarksburg, MA-The trees are already slightly starting to turn colors!
Clarksburg, MA-The trees are already slightly starting to turn colors!
Originally uploaded by anslatadams-New Flickr Layout running very slow!
On our last outing we notice many trees are starting turn colors already! Wonder if we're going to have an early fall??
Uploaded by anslatadams-New Flickr Layout running very slow! on 25 Aug 10, 4.45PM EDT.
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Monarch Butterfly on a Burdock flower
Monarch Butterfly on a Burdock flower
Originally uploaded by anslatadams-New Flickr Layout running very slow!
I finally got a photo of one of my favorite butterflies!! Also the Tiger Swallowtail is one of my favorites, but they're rarely seen around here! But I was thrilled!
Uploaded by anslatadams-New Flickr Layout running very slow! on 20 Aug 10, 12.00AM EDT.
Friday, August 6, 2010
Brandon and Jet
Brandon and Jet
Originally uploaded by anslatadams-Hate the new Flickr version!
At the Boshears Air Show, 1996.
I miss those days! Too bad they have to grow up! Brandon is in his Cub Scout uniform here. He and his dad camped overnight with the Cub Scouts at the Air show!
Friday, July 30, 2010
Ate Owner's Tax Return
Ate Owner's Tax Return
Originally uploaded by caprimulgiformes
Found this smiling doggy on Flickr and couldn't resist posting it! I like the caption, too! lol!
Uploaded by caprimulgiformes on 24 Apr 08, 10.07AM EDT.
About Me
- anslatadams
- I can be very social, but then a recluse. I like my privacy when I'm working in my flower garden. I like to meditate there with God and the birds and the flowers. I love animals, all God's creatures and I can't stand people that abuse them! I strongly urge anyone that wants a pet to adopt from your local animal shelter. There are many loving animals that are at shelters waiting for a loving home. You can find me most of the time on Flickr where I have a photostream!
