tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.comments2023-08-29T06:28:14.152-05:00Dragonfly's Poetry & ProlixityMarionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comBlogger6938125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-77203448161407663912022-08-01T14:22:46.694-05:002022-08-01T14:22:46.694-05:00A lovely post, it's most colourful, sensible a...A lovely post, it's most colourful, sensible and the Buddha quotes meaningful. Trusting you are feeling reasonably good in mind and body. Love Philip xPhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-14397508300452131182022-07-27T21:17:07.628-05:002022-07-27T21:17:07.628-05:00Thank you, Kelly! I had a pint of “Bride Cake” ic...Thank you, Kelly! I had a pint of “Bride Cake” ice cream. It was worth every calorie. 🥳🥳 Hope you’re feeling better and staying cool! I almost had a heart attack today when I opened my electric bill. It was $176 last month and $450 😱😱😱😱 this month. I already keep the A/C near 80 during the day and 75 at night and use fans. We have nowhere else to cut back. We’re eating cheap TV dinners from Dollar General, going nowhere to save gas, not eating meat or buying milk, and feeding our pets cheap food, sadly. Bidenflation is killing us… I hope y’all are faring better! ☀️🌻<br /><br />Thank you, Snow. We’ve been in a drought with 100+ degree heat for a while now. I fill my 4 feeders about halfway every other afternoon. One feeder I can see from my den. It’s full at bedtime and nearly empty by 7 in the mornings, so I’m assuming they’re eating at night or right before dawn. Even though they’re in shade, the water gets very hot during the day. This is my 30th year feeding them. My wasps don’t seem to bother the ones with yellow flowers, but my bees do try to eat from the feeders. I don’t use any poison in my yard, so we have lots of creatures. I even leave the big wasp nests under my carport. We’ve never been stung & they don’t bother us..<br /><br />I put large clay plant saucers on the ground I fill nightly for the frogs, dirt daubers, lizards, turtles. squirrels, raccoons, possums, bugs, etc & a Tupperware bowl full for the larger animals. I have a huge, old bird bath that holds 5 gallons of water under a shade tree where my bigger birds bathe and drink. I have 2 shallow concrete birdbaths shaped like sunflowers in the shade that I fill with a gallon of water every day for the dragonflies & butterflies. I’m keeping the neighborhood critters hydrated. 💦 I’ve never asked anyone to not visit my blog, Snow. You’re welcome just like anyone who wants to visit. I hope you & Peggy are well. xoMarionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-30960620333791092022022-07-24T13:53:18.524-05:002022-07-24T13:53:18.524-05:00Lovely post. I had no idea that hummingbirds would...Lovely post. I had no idea that hummingbirds would feed at night regardless of the weather, so, just to be clear, you're not just seeing them NEAR sunset but when it's actually dark? Here--at our house--we have two kinds of hummingbirds at our feeder. Sometimes, wasps run the birds off, so when I read that the yellow color on the feeder openings (openings that are shaped to look like flowers) can't be seen by hummingbirds, but that it does attract wasps, I painted the openings red. I also keep a basin of water under the feeder, and that too helps keep the wasps away--plus it gives the squirrels a place to drink and the scrub jays a place to bathe.<br /><br />I offered to respond to your long email, but you didn't say what you wanted, so I haven't. In fact, I don't even know if you want me to visit your blog, so would appreciate hearing from you regarding what you would like. If I don't hear from you at all, I'll neither write to you nor visit your blog.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-37505387233919161492022-07-22T09:18:57.978-05:002022-07-22T09:18:57.978-05:00I love to see and hear birds. For awhile I heard ...I love to see and hear birds. For awhile I heard a whipoorwill each evening when I put the dogs to bed. Lovely photos, Marion. I hope you had a nice birthday!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-16879602737597623482022-06-25T12:44:42.901-05:002022-06-25T12:44:42.901-05:00Kelly, we fought like dogs. 😝😂🤣 I have an older...Kelly, we fought like dogs. 😝😂🤣 I have an older sister, too. I don’t think I could have handled 6! My dental hygienist has 6 daughters & her husband absconded when they were small. She’s a tough cookie, for sure. <br /><br />Thanks, Philip. No, you’re 100% right. I’m feeling nostalgic and old & still fighting my horrific chronic pain. My Mom is 93 and fragile and I worry about her. She still has all her marbles and that’s a blessing. I talk to her weekly. No one warns you about how it feels when most of your life is behind you, not in front. It’s a sobering feeling as I’m sure you know. It’s also strange to literally have to consider & prepare for your own death. I prefer imagination to reality, so it’s super difficult for me. I hope you’re doing well. If you have any advice, I’ll take it. 🙂 xoMarionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-22689282049614812152022-06-25T11:49:02.245-05:002022-06-25T11:49:02.245-05:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Marionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-38960550488487104382022-06-25T10:42:09.240-05:002022-06-25T10:42:09.240-05:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-20770142824435079332022-06-24T12:46:38.383-05:002022-06-24T12:46:38.383-05:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.PhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-5798332785519251262022-06-23T14:20:16.395-05:002022-06-23T14:20:16.395-05:00I enjoyed the video and thanks for including the l...I enjoyed the video and thanks for including the lyrics as well.<br /><br />A soulful song. So many people, both men and women, can relate to these wistful and sorrowful dreamlike memories.<br /><br />Great photo too, or you and Sis; really lovely. I do hope you are as well as can be although I sense some wistfulness in a way? I'm probably wrong; as usual.<br /><br />Best wishes, Philip xPhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-59800147721373619322022-06-23T09:35:46.976-05:002022-06-23T09:35:46.976-05:00I bet having a sibling (especially of the same sex...I bet having a sibling (especially of the same sex) that close in age had its good points AND bad ones! My brother's first three kids all came within the first 4 years of marriage. I have friend whose mother had two sets of twins less than a year apart, then her alcoholic husband left them. I admired that woman raising six kids alone. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-38791277824741445272022-06-06T09:16:45.099-05:002022-06-06T09:16:45.099-05:00Some good stuff here, Ms. Marion! Good quote abou...Some good stuff here, Ms. Marion! Good quote about the church, too. I'm borrowing it.....Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-38572796114436424342022-05-17T08:22:38.545-05:002022-05-17T08:22:38.545-05:00I'm stealing (borrowing) that "Chronic Il...I'm stealing (borrowing) that "Chronic Illness" pic. Truth!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-12481419242885945812022-05-16T23:05:31.247-05:002022-05-16T23:05:31.247-05:00Yes, 1984 is Biden's playbook; it is horrifyin...Yes, 1984 is Biden's playbook; it is horrifying that he is actually setting up a Ministry of Truth, devoted to lies of course. Did he not learn from a study of history that dictatorships set up ministries like that? I hope your day and year are looking up; that is a glorious moon flower.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-27335588879191311932022-04-25T12:37:38.108-05:002022-04-25T12:37:38.108-05:00I'm going to leave my last comment again just ...I'm going to leave my last comment again just to be doubly sure that it reaches you:<br /><br />Several days ago, I left two long comments on your blog, both of which you have thus far blocked just as you often block my comments. One of those two comments was in response to your complaint about "Communists" censoring your comments. Why then, if you're opposed to censoring comments, do you censor over half of my comments? Are you saying that "Communist" censorship is not okay, but your censorship is okay? If you're going to block my comments as inappropriate, not because they're abusive, but simply because I sometimes disagree with you, I see no point in visiting your blog. Because you have long told me how much you care for me, I always expect that, this time, things will be different, that, this time, you won't insult me by blocking my comments. I feel like Charlie Brown who consistently gets suckered into believing that, this time, Nancy is sincere, that, this time, Nancy won't yank the football away when he tries to kick it.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-76637535096434077122022-04-21T13:50:12.611-05:002022-04-21T13:50:12.611-05:00I would like to know more about this Commie censor...I would like to know more about this Commie censorship because I live, as you know, in a left-wing area, yet I don't know--not have I ever known--a single Communist in Oregon. I know socialists, of course, and I strongly lean in that direction myself, but Joe McCarthy's hearings in the 1950s notwithstanding, Communism hasn't been widely popular among left-wingers since the Great Depression. If it were otherwise, the Communist Party would be running candidates. The Progressive Party (which owes its creation to Teddy Roosevelt) is often represented in elections at various levels, but I would guess that most left-leaning socialists (as opposed to right-leaning socialists) are contained within the Democratic Party, politics having become so polarized that most people are going to vote for one of the two main party candidates for fear that their vote will be otherwise wasted.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-7659482069347849042022-04-21T13:33:55.750-05:002022-04-21T13:33:55.750-05:00Revival. I used to love them as a teenager partly ...Revival. I used to love them as a teenager partly because I was so religious, but also because a great many girls would be there in their best clothes. This left me in the ironic situation of riding high on the spirit of God in one minute and then, a minute later, wishing I could be riding on the body of a girl while at the same time feeling guilty that my thoughts were divided. I was so into Church of Christ revivals, that I not only attended the ones near where I lived, but also in Eldorado, Arkansas; Bowling Green, KY; and as far north as Bloomington, Indiana (I was being groomed for the ministry, so preachers invited me to go with them).. About this time, my father employed an aging black preacher/carpenter named Truly Westbrook (he was born in 1900, so he would have been in his fifties, which, of course, seemed old), and Truly "prophesied" that I would would grow into "a great man of God." I respected Truly himself as a great man, and his belief in me helped me to believe in myself. Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-45521999172157567552022-04-19T17:30:11.002-05:002022-04-19T17:30:11.002-05:00Thank you, Kelly. No thanks to me. Just yesterda...Thank you, Kelly. No thanks to me. Just yesterday I cut off all the choking weeds and deadheaded the old branches. I’ve been a pain-zombie for years, only recently trying to fight through the pain. The Roses were calling me. ❤️🔥 Thanks for stopping by. I appreciate you! xoMarionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-55950503182817691892022-04-19T15:17:13.887-05:002022-04-19T15:17:13.887-05:00Your roses are beautiful, Marion!Your roses are beautiful, Marion!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-9444318185588320312022-04-02T15:44:41.214-05:002022-04-02T15:44:41.214-05:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-4771105225444744512022-03-17T11:12:09.411-05:002022-03-17T11:12:09.411-05:00A beautiful young woman, at that. I remember whe...A beautiful young woman, at that. I remember when she was a little girl. Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00859017153454691633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-56153043093743737962022-03-16T21:06:36.380-05:002022-03-16T21:06:36.380-05:00Hey, Terra! Yes, the machines will definitely des...Hey, Terra! Yes, the machines will definitely destroy us first, probably before the cockroaches! “The Terminator” is coming true and Elon Musk has Skylink already working! Movie-Future predicting. LOL! Thanks for stopping by. xo<br /><br />Philip, Hi, yourself! Glad to see you’re okay and survived the Wuhan Flu plague. So much for depopulation, Bill Gates! LOL! I’m so happy you stopped by. I’m doing okay, still suffering greatly, but hanging in there. Not moving much helps since the government took over pain management and I quit, cold turkey a year ago. I have good days and bad, but I’m grateful for life. God helps me handle the suffering. He knows all about it…<br /><br />Thank you for admiring my wonderful quotes! I picked them up over a lifetime of reading and keeping a quote notebook. I’m glad you enjoyed them. I come here for solace, often, and for the sweet memories of the wonderful people I’ve met through the years. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I really appreciate it. Blessings, love & good health, my friend. xoMarionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14786883679294446945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-69502158160744349372022-03-16T15:00:50.801-05:002022-03-16T15:00:50.801-05:00Hi M. Hope your troubled and often painful life i...Hi M. Hope your troubled and often painful life is so much smoother nowadays. I frequently wander thru' your occasional post and much enjoy scrolling through all the left hand quotes and photos. <br /><br />You put a lot of thought and time into such compilations. Jolly well done, you. Best to you, Philip.PhilipHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06811831703263176415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-61104897147608600942022-03-16T12:02:14.380-05:002022-03-16T12:02:14.380-05:00Morning glorious, Godlight aglow, lovely. Your poe...Morning glorious, Godlight aglow, lovely. Your poem is beautiful and carries a warning, what if the machines no longer need us and think we need to be eliminated.Terra https://www.blogger.com/profile/04396481049075747940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4356162479428337180.post-4399212685744401922022-03-14T22:56:55.914-05:002022-03-14T22:56:55.914-05:00Thanks for nice information
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