A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....03-30-05....Signs of Spring at the Finest

Mama_Bear

[Mama_Bear]

A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day

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"Winds wander, and dews drip earthward;
Rains fall, suns rise and set;
Earth whirls, and all but to prosper
A poor little violet." ~ James Russell Lowell,











"The first day of spring is one thing,
and the first spring day is another.
The difference between them is
sometimes as great as a month."
~ Henry Van Dyke














"Science has never drummed up quite as effective
a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day."
~ W. Earl Hall















Spring shows what God can do
with a drab and dirty world. ~ Virgil A. Kraft












"Is it so small a thing
To have enjoy'd the sun,
To have lived light in the spring,
To have loved, to have thought, to have done..."
~ Matthew Arnold











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Have a wonderful Wednesday!

THIS WEEK'S THREADS 03-28-05 Military Monday 03-29-05 Hall of Fame #11

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Hall of Fame #11 ~ 03-29-05

[MEG33]

How cute!

[Mama_Bear]

....thanks, sistah Lori, for a Spring post that is so pretty and refreshing and ....SPRINGY!

Well, thank you.

You are a hard act to follow, Billie. But, your lovely "Spring Has Sprung" post last week inspired me to post another tribute to Spring....(that and I didn't have another state post ready, so I had to post something, LOL). But, can't have too much Spring, can we?

Happy day to you, Billie.

[tuliptree76]

Thanks. :-)

[Mama_Bear]

Good morning, dear Maggie. You are always a breath of Spring here....even on the darkest winter day. :-)

Hugs, and thank you for the sweet compliments.

[tuliptree76]

LOL! I like that term - "springier." :-)

[LadyX]

"The time will be changing this Sunday. I love the longer days!"

As a light dependent Sunshine Gal from Florida, I was in my glory in Fairbanks, Alaska when from the middle of May until the middle of August every year the sun never really set!!

Around midnight was a bit of brief "twilight," and then the sun was strongly out again.
Leaving there at 0001 on 1 June of 1966, by 2 a.m. we had to put on sunglasses driving toward the Yukon Territory of Canada....

[Pippin]

((((LOUIE))))!

Don't get to "see" you much anymore :o(

[Pippin]

((((LORI)))!

Is Louie flirting with you?

[Billie]

Thanks, Meg. You, too! I LOOOOOOOVE Springtime!

[Mama_Bear]

Beautiful flowers!

This is my lilac, taken a couple years ago. It bloomed already this year, but the flowers came and went so quickly that I didn't get a photograph of them. The many storms that have come through destroyed the blossoms as soon as they opened.

[Pippin]

((((BILLIE))))!!!!!

Happy Spring!

[Mama_Bear]

Is Louie flirting with you?

LOL....I believe so! Very uncharacteristic of him, isn't it? ;-)

What would we do without our sweet talking wolfie who keeps us all feeling so special and appreciated?

Happy day to you, Pippin!

[Pippin]

Yep!

we love our wolfie! :o)

[Billie]

But, can't have too much Spring, can we?

Nope! Not at all! Hard to do a Spring post that isn't pretty and fun and sweet and light-hearted. Can't go wrong with bluebirds and butterflies and puppy love! :)

I love your new Military Prayer graphic - makes me want to do a new one - since mine's posted 3 times a week, a new look would be good. :)

[Billie]

LOL! I like that term - "springier." :-)

:) Thanks, tulip! Kinda make you wanna skip or something? :)

[Mama_Bear]

(((((Weinie!))))), I love kites too!

Here is a pretty one, but I notice it doesn't have a tail. You probably like the ones with the long tails.

[Mama_Bear]

I love your new Military Prayer graphic - makes me want to do a new one - since mine's posted 3 times a week, a new look would be good. :)

Thanks. I am happy with it too. As Maggie pointed out, the other one was a bit hard to read with the dark background.....AND, it was difficult to add names to because the names were part of the graphic. This one is much easier to read and to keep current.

[Billie]

Thank you for the big ole hug and the Happy Spring wish, Pip!

((((((((((( ippin ))))))))))))))

[Mama_Bear]

Wow! That aircraft carrier is awesome! At first I thought it was old and ready for the scrap heap, but I see it is the new George H.W. Bush carrier. After it is finished and painted it will be another amazing vessel added to our fleet.

[Mama_Bear]

Mornin' jwfiv. Welcome home. I thought about you often while you were away visiting your ancestral homeland.

*sigh*.....Ireland. I must visit Ireland before God calls me home. It is the ancestral home of 1/4 of me, England and Scotland making up the other 3/4.