Conversation – 17

A Hazy Shade of Winter
Song by Simon & Garfunkel

Time, time time, see what’s become of me
While I looked around for my possibilities
I was so hard to please
Don’t look around
The leaves are brown
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
Hear the Salvation Army band
Down by the riverside’s, there’s bound to be a better ride
Than what you’ve got planned
Carry your cup in your hand
And look around
Leaves are brown, now
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
Hang on to your hopes, my friend
That’s an easy thing to say
But if your hopes should pass away
Simply pretend that you can build them again
Look around
The grass is high
The fields are ripe
It’s the springtime of my life
Seasons change with the scenery
Weaving time in a tapestry
Won’t you stop and remember me
At any convenient time?
Funny how my memory skips while looking over manuscripts
Of unpublished rhyme
Drinking my vodka and lime
I look around
Leaves are brown, now
And the sky is a hazy shade of winter
Look around
Leaves are brown
There’s a patch of snow on the ground
Look around
Leaves are brown
There’s a patch of snow on the ground
Look around
Leaves are brown
There’s a patch of snow on the ground

Club Sheba New Year’s Edition. 😎🌹

@sheba2011

Hi there, what day is this?🙄 I am so confused this week with company here and running around. Thought all day that this was Friday. Company came around 2:00 yesterday, we ate at 3:00 because I didn’t want to put out a lot of snacks. Since we ate dinner early I figured they would leave between 6-7. Stayed until 9:00! Then gone for four hours today for lunch with other friends. My ears need about three days off.😲 Other than stopping at mom’s tomorrow, I am in for the rest of the year (I hope).

It was like summer today at 55 degrees. They said on our news today with wind chills factored in that there was a ninety degree difference from last weekend. Hard to believe. We will hit 60 over the weekend, yay!

Hockey team must have holiday hangovers. Good luck to your team this weekend.🏈 Happy New Year to you, Mr. Sheba, Poppy, Charlie and your whole family.🍾🥂✨💖

@sheba2011

i surmise hubby is geeling better. At 3am I was awakened by noise of things clanging together, something going under the bed, clothes being thrown everywhere. Hubby could not find his car keys and wouldn’t sleep until they were found. They had to be in a piece of clothing. My dilemma was to figure out what piece. It wasn’t until 6 am that he found his keys. Not in a piece of clothing, but somehow way in the middle of the box spring. How it got there is anyone’s guess. Gremlin??? perhaps. Ghost?? Maybe. This was not the first time that we have searched for things and found them in the oddest of places. No recollection of putting them there ourselves. Funny now, not so funny in the wee hours of the am. Yes, I got some much needed sleep once the storm had passed.

We are warming up. Had to bring the garbage and the blue recycle to the foot of the driveway. Last time I looked, around 2 pm, the garbage went and the recycle is still out there. It is so much fun to be able to get rid of clutter. I have a small pile near our dining room table and more in our living room. I hope to do a drop off either tomorrow or sometime next week. Our clutter may find a new home and a good use somewhere. I certainly hope so.

About two years ago I purchased a stuffed Yorkshire Terrier. It looks like the real thing. He sits on the top shelf of our bookcase. Every morning my hubby inquires how we got the cat. Cannot fathom it’s a pooch until he gets up close. I also have a terrier. Hubby is waiting for that thing to start barking. Hmm…..wonder if I should purchase a small bag of dog food????

We will probably go out for dinner New Years Eve. Since our den and lanai are sort of non existent, I think we will take some chairs out to the lawn to watch the firework displays from all angles across the lake and then some. These usually begin around 9 pm and will go straight through to sometime after midnight. So pretty to watch. And yes, you can hear the oohs and aahs across the lake. Fingers crossed that the weather holds up. Weathermen are predicting rain and fog.

After the snow, ice, sleet, rain and cold temps, it looks like it will be pretty quiet at the start of the New Year. Still have not heard from the roofer, but will not contact them until after this weekend. The time is really helping me to slowly put the house in order. The electrician will be here next week sometime. They will contact us for a time and day. At least they will call first.

@taci,

Just Beautiful. ✨✨😘

Rain

On the next rainy day, imagine the rain washing away and cleansing your emotional body.
There are times when we might feel the need to wash away all of our troubles and call forth freshness into our lives. Since perhaps the most cleansing substance on this earth is water, we can think of the joy rain brings as an energetic bath, rejuvenating our minds, bodies and souls. Just being able to spend a few moments every time it rains to become aware of the healing powers water brings to us can renew us in so many ways. As we do this we will find that the more we appreciate the universe’s gift to us in the form of rain, the more we can see that a gentle rain shower is a strong reflective tool that has the ability to cleanse our entire being.

The next time it rains might be a good chance to experience the rain through all of your senses, allowing you to truly understand just how truly important each and every drop of water is. First, take a few minutes to look outside and notice how each individual raindrop seems to come down in a continual stream. By noticing this you can contemplate how it takes many small accomplishments to create the whole of your existence, for nothing exists in isolation. Then you might wish to focus your attention on the sound of the rainfall, letting the sounds of drops penetrate into the innermost recesses of your self. Listening in this way may bring you a greater sense of connection with nature and the world around you, knowing that the sounds you hear are an integral part of not just the physical sustenance you require but also nourish your spirit as well.

Consciously using our senses to feel nature’s healing energy as it comes to us in the form of rain is an act of internal cleansing. Just as the rain physically washes over the earth and rinses out any impurities and imperfections, so it also bathes our spirit in the joy that comes from knowing that we are in fact one with the world around us. AMEN! ✨✨

@kittengirl,

Good morning in California I hope this post finds you doing well. Kitten you are in
my thoughts and prayers. ✨💕🌹

@shoelady60,

Good afternoon in the ‘burgh. I hope you are enjoying this season. I have a feeling
everyone had a good time yesterday. 😘💕😎

Just want to say Happy New Year’s Eve and Happy New Year. 😘💕

Blowing a kiss to you and Jake’s Canvas. 😘✨

@taci,

Good morning in S. California we are doing well temperature wise in OZ today. 😎✨

Enjoy this last week of 2022. 😜😎✨

Happy Trails to you. 🎶🎶

@defg,

@oodiebom,

Good afternoon on Gulf Coast of Florida. ✨Oodie let me know how your day is going.
I am getting items ready for trash pick up day tomorrow due to the weather we can put
out 14 bags I may have 10 due to stuff I want to get rid of. 😎

My niece made it safely back to Georgia from visiting her mother and my mother she arrived
at 2:00 a.m. Niece had been at the Airport since 6:00p.m. This was a crazy time to travel
still many did not reach their destination. I pray everyone gets home safely.

Well you know what day tomorrow is so rest up and I hope your husband is not in too much
pain. How is your back?