Glenn Beck Friday Sept 9 Comments

Here is Glenn beck...I decided to take a little movie of him...before this, he talked a lot about 9 11, often unable to speak because of being choked up. I finally went and got my camera to capture just a small portion of his monologue this morning.

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On Friday morning, I continued to watch Glenn beck on our lap top..talking about America and 9 11.

Bird Calls and the Wind

This morning I was folding a blanket in the bedroom and through the open sliding glass doors of that room, I heard a bird call. Not a blue jay, but it reminded me of the blue jays I always heard from my upstairs bedroom when I lived at home. Then I heard the wind and my heart thrilled. I love to hear the wind rustling leaves on the trees...I love to feel the wind on my skin. It makes me feel more alive. The seasons are changing and I love it!

I am sad for my mom. Last conversation with her she said:" I miss birds chirping." I am sure she misses a lot more. I KNOW she misses a lot more. She has told me she misses the garden and going out there to see what was ready to eat.

I know she misses just stepping out on to the porch to water a hanging plant or just survey the neighborhood, get some sunshine or feel the wind on her face. I know she misses

her kitty.

I wish I had the money and the know how and the determination to have built a very wonderful apartment place for seniors where they have a porch to sit on and where they can keep a cat!

Where older folks aren't separated from the delights of nature...the bird calls and the wind.

Temari Balls

http://www.sewhereblog.com/sewing-books/temari-balls/

tells about this craft. We first learned about it on a PBS show today. This 88, almost 89, year old Japanese lady makes them...has been making them as gifts for 20 years. Just gorgeous. She had a lot hanging from her ceiling with tassels under them. What a craft! Amazing!

Amazing Stone Sculptor

His name is Lu Huan. We learned about him on a PBS TV show today. It takes him usually several months to complete a sculpture. Some take years. He uses no paint...just the natural traits of the rock. He does not work from a photo because a photo is too flat. he goes and procures or buys the live specimen and studies it for a long time before he starts to sculpt. By the way, when he chooses aspecial rock, he spends much time studying it and contemplating it before he decides what to carve.

These carvings are superb representations of different species of reptiles, insects, and amphibians found in the animal kingdom. Each animal is carved out from a single piece of stone in exquisite detail. The stones used are found in China and Inner Mongolia, and belong to the pyrophyllite classification. From...

http://www.c-c-c.org/1996/06/15/stone-carvings-and-paintings-by-lu-huan-and-an-lu/

I Do Love Porches

So..here is a picture of one from the Internet. I imagine the smell of evergreens, the sound of birds chirping merrily, the fresh breezes. Aaahhhhh...
I believe "Porch Therapy" is the way to go!

Loggia

I came across this word in the newspaper today. It was in reference to a mansion on sale in Beverly Hills..."French doors open to a loggia."

I realized I had a picture of something like this from my trip to Getty Villa:

log·gi·a (lôj-, lj-)
n.
1. An open-sided, roofed or vaulted gallery, either free-standing or along the front or side of a building, often at an upper level.
2. An open balcony in a theater.
[Italian, from Old Italian, from Old French loge; see loge