[Billie]

[Billie]

Gah, I think I forgot how to post a thread.

Today's our Warm Fuzzy Wednesday thread, and reading the poem above that I got in my email last week made me think of my own grandma and warm fuzzy memories of visits to their farm in the hill country when I was a little girl.

[ConorMacNessa]

Happy Warm and Fuzzy Wednesday to Finest FRiends!

[Lady Jag]

With Liberty and Justice for All

[Mama_Bear]

What a sweet story about Grandma's hands.

Good morning, Billie. We are preparing to take Chachi up to Sacramento for back surgery scheduled for tomorrow afternoon. We are just tied up in knots over this, but it has to be done and we have found a top-notch veterinary neurosurgeon who will be doing the surgery. It's in God's hands and the surgeons. As a mutual friend said...."God, and a great vet.....can’t beat the combination. : )"

Hope you are having a good day. We have a typical gray January day here. Guess I had better quit playing around and start getting packed up to leave.

[Kitty Mittens]

Oh, Billie, this is an Absolutely Beautiful Thread, and Brings back So Many Memories of my Grandma and Grandmother! Thank you for this Blessing!

Everyone Always Posts the Neatest Graphics! I Wish I was at my House where my New Squirrel Pics are at, Lol!

Have a Beautiful Warm and Fuzzy Wednesday!

[rdb3]

Billie! How are ya?

[NicknamedBob]

You may remember this one ...

... your story about Grandma's hands reminded me of my Dad's hands.

Gnarled

The hands reach out, once more again,
Adept at dealing with tasks at hand.
Gnarled, and twisted, but so strong,
And used to setting right what’s wrong.

Could he have been a surgeon? No,
Though dextrous, these fingers were not so,
With delicate strength of fine control,
And subtle movements in a larger whole.

His were the hands that swung a pick,
Or axe, and metal tools held by a stick,
The swinging arm, the muscles bunched,
No music from the things he crunched.

He beat the world down all around,
To make his place, and stand his ground.
No task was easy from his birth,
His was a world of stubborn earth.

And yet, in gross examples of his art,
He showed the love deep in his heart.
His strength was guided in its course,
By limits to the use of force.

And when the oak was split, and planed,
He felt the smoothness that he’d gained.
Removing roughness was his art,
He practiced it upon his heart.

He could have held a wolf at bay,
And yet I well recall the day,
His little dog was taken ill,
The tears from every eye did spill.

And though his strength was that of ten,
He could not work his magic then,
No tools he had would fill the bill,
His gnarled and twisted hands lay still.

The roughness of the world struck back,
And proved that it could still attack.
How like a splinter one small pet,
Will not allow one to forget.

His work is done now, his hands rest.
It’s now my turn to pass the test.
I’ve set out on my own grand quest.
His work is done now. His hands rest.

NicknamedBob . . . . February 20, 2005

[JustAmy]

Wonderful story for Warm Fuzzy Wednesday, Billie. Thank you!!

[DollyCali]

Late for the party .. but not too late it appears as JH2 is still not chatting at us..

Thank you Billie for this great thread. I too received the email & you presented it so well.. Love the pledge also. Funny in FIrefox I could not read it as it was black lettering on the dark background. Went to IE & it was white/readable. It seems on my computer Firefox distorts a lot of the colors. One of the last threads I posted at Firefox looked pretty good. When a few hours later I looked at it at IE, it was NOT properly formatted & the colors appeard differently. Not sure if this is the way it should be or if I have some sort of corruption in one or both programs

I have been doing a lot of graphic work for church. We meet in a movie theater & the worship/sermon is full of big screen material.

Interesting for that all must be huge files & the top pixel resolution. When I send material for comments, review etc a pix that I would post here at 100 or less kb w/jpg is 18,000kb in a png file.

It is quite different seeing your material on a HUGE theater screen than on a computer monitor. believe me!

If they ever had time I would love to bring some of my pix to just look at a slide show on big screen.

I do have my video debut this Sunday on big screen. There will be no cosmetic editing I am pretty sure.. drat. Will let you all know how it turns out.