/blog/FreshEmerald/?pid=f7780 There are many jewels amongst us, carved most curiously..... /blog/2291/post_146663.html?pid=f7780&m= When event planners/designers get together at a convention, there is a table-top design competition.I took this picture at the San Diego convention (circa 2000). It was a wedding tablescape. I liked t Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:19:15 -0800 /blog/2291/post_146663.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_146502.html?pid=f7780&m= One day last week I turned on the six o'clock news. The header for the broadcast was "DISASTER AVERTED AT YVR. BOEING 737 DUMPS FUEL AND RETURNS TO AIRPORT AFTER BIRDSTRIKE."What "disaster?" The cre Sun, 05 Feb 2012 07:46:33 -0800 /blog/2291/post_146502.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_146463.html?pid=f7780&m= Been pretty busy lately with an upcoming event.The theme is "Hawaiian" - have been experimenting with the decor.I think the centrepieces will feature a real pineapple....with some other things added, Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:29:21 -0800 /blog/2291/post_146463.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_145606.html?pid=f7780&m= The weather has been really strange in Canada this past week: unseasonably mild with high winds. Good and bad for the airlines and those flying them.Good because the airplanes do not have to be deice Mon, 09 Jan 2012 23:21:48 -0800 /blog/2291/post_145606.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_145542.html?pid=f7780&m= A line of brand-new Airstream trailers. These trailers are now in their 80th year of production. The recession hammered the RV industry, but like the Eveready bunny, these iconic trailers go on....an Sat, 07 Jan 2012 09:11:35 -0800 /blog/2291/post_145542.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_145414.html?pid=f7780&m= I am going to be a pompous PITA and brag about my Christmas dinner. It started with pear, brie, and walnut salad. Crisp and refreshing.The main course consisted of turkey which had been slow roasted Mon, 02 Jan 2012 15:29:10 -0800 /blog/2291/post_145414.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_140934.html?pid=f7780&m= .....get onto the Yew___T****b place and type"ThomsonFly 757 bird strike & flames captured on video."It shows a Thomson Boeing-757's right engine ingesting a bird at the worse point possible - rotatio Sat, 03 Sep 2011 18:52:27 -0800 /blog/2291/post_140934.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_140256.html?pid=f7780&m= [image] Tue, 16 Aug 2011 09:17:54 -0800 /blog/2291/post_140256.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_138286.html?pid=f7780&m= ....because she loves waterfalls.On this first day of summer, I found these falls and had to stop and take a picture just for you. The mountains are melting....finally. [image] Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:40:11 -0800 /blog/2291/post_138286.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_137349.html?pid=f7780&m= Thanks again to those who helped with its purchase, or will always hold Paris' memory close to their Senior Friend Finders' heart.Dan Dee, thanks for the wonderful cyber funeral you conducted in one o Sun, 29 May 2011 11:04:57 -0800 /blog/2291/post_137349.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_137079.html?pid=f7780&m= simplelady's heartfelt video tribute to Erna and Rob....Classybaglady's talent with the camera, her blings, poetry, and kind words of wisdom.....Sycamaria's interesting Foto Friday submissions and her Sun, 22 May 2011 09:54:25 -0800 /blog/2291/post_137079.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_136473.html?pid=f7780&m= [image] Fri, 06 May 2011 14:13:59 -0800 /blog/2291/post_136473.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_135906.html?pid=f7780&m= Sorry for the absence, my darlings, but I am back today because the flyboy is enroute to Morocco. He wasn't scheduled to fly, but eagerly volunteered because he said he needed to get away from Ann "t Tue, 19 Apr 2011 13:24:40 -0800 /blog/2291/post_135906.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_135868.html?pid=f7780&m= .....could you please rephrase the question?Okay. Here goes: Why do people "in love" know everything? Everything. Absolutely everything.For the "in love" couples here, don't get yer feathers ruffl Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:26:29 -0800 /blog/2291/post_135868.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_135768.html?pid=f7780&m= We had snow on the cherry blossoms yesterday which has since melted, but it "inspired" me to stick 'em in some floral ice. [image] I don't think I like this much, bu Fri, 15 Apr 2011 13:55:27 -0800 /blog/2291/post_135768.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_135680.html?pid=f7780&m= ....what is the best home remedy for "Montezuma's revenge?"Besides that, my "backdoor" is sorer than a poofter's during gay pride week. Things are not going well here at all. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:18:16 -0800 /blog/2291/post_135680.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_135615.html?pid=f7780&m= Okey-doke. In point form:1. Why would someone post a dark, woe-is-me blog (a coroner's report would be "light reading" in comparison) then block all reply? *sigh*2. Why would someone "hug" everyone Mon, 11 Apr 2011 07:07:55 -0800 /blog/2291/post_135615.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_135465.html?pid=f7780&m= The long dissertations of those internet "psychiatrists" are always questionable and often amusing, but we can assign some credibility to certain behavioural landmarks in cyber.There is a bl Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:14:58 -0800 /blog/2291/post_135465.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_134174.html?pid=f7780&m= I ain't respondin', letter writin' or messagin' anyone (yet).I just want to BE PREPARED. Mon, 07 Mar 2011 09:59:46 -0800 /blog/2291/post_134174.html?pid=f7780&m= /blog/2291/post_129520.html?pid=f7780&m= ...ha! ha! Gottcha! (And thank-cripes I'm still on a computer without picture-posting capabilities - that would be too much of a temptation!)What I really wanted to post was a picture of my "I" Love Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:39:00 -0800 /blog/2291/post_129520.html?pid=f7780&m=