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Love come softly, brush against my heart
Yearning for its closeness, not ever to depart
In God’s Infinite Wisdom, I place my life,
And trust for tomorrow, what be, what might
Whatever path this love may go
It carries with it the willingness,
to let it go
And hope that one day, it will again, brush against my heart ....
To stay forever.
Karen A. 05/30/06 
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I'M JUMPING ON THE BAND WAGON
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Jun 4, 2009 3:15 pm
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Robyn5 [post 105606] has given us a challenge to take back our blogs and I am up for the challenge. Honeyb0404 Can you say EXTRAVAGANZA??? also has posted a blog about Robyn5's challenge and made some good suggestions for what to blog about. Check them both out.
Let's get our light side out. I love the picture above. We need to put a twinkle to our wrinkles. The wrinkles are bound to come, we can' stop them .... so why not make them twinkle!
Here are a few other blogs I saw on the front page that I thought were worthy of mention. This is just a random pick. We have some really good bloggers out there, and I miss the light-hearted, story telling ones the most. I admit I haven't been on SFF much lately, and I've missed reading. I am going to do my best to start commenting on the good blogs, the great reads, the fun ones .... and leave the dark, depressing, mean-spirited ones to rot in the dust.
Check out the "Spring in the Maritime" blogs of Gentleben. I liked this one specially Spring in the Maritimes #3 - Lobster A very unique photo.
Starphysh has been posting her artwork. A very talented artist she is. Here is one of them [post 105588]
I also liked this blog from gisthespot. The picture was cute, and the message a great one. Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
And, last but certainly not least, is Gets blog [post 105572] I love blogs like these where there can be a lot of participation and good laughs.
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POSTING PICTURES
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May 29, 2009 6:58 am
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A few of you asked me to share what I did to downsize the photos I recently posted in my blogs. I am not even close to being knowledgeable about these things, but I will pass on some information to you that should be very helpful.
If you haven't already read them, you might want to check out a couple of other blogs on the subject. Gentleben4 commented on one blog, and then posted his own, with steps a person can take to adjust their photos.
He left comments on lovelyladu08's blog WHAT THE HECK IS UP WITH POSTING PICS WITH BLOG?????
and posted follow up to that one Photo Experiment #2
What I personally ended up doing was going back to my photos on my pc files. I opened the photo up using the photo program I have and clicked on edit. In the edit features was an option to "resize" and I clicked on that. Then I had some options that included "for email" and "for website/blogs" and I chose the website one. It then resized the photo appropriately and voila! I didn't have to do any of the math. It was done for me.
Gentleben goes into more detail and I encourage you to check out the blogs linked above.
Classybaglady also gave some good information. She uses a free photo editing program you can get on line. It's called Picasa. If you do a search using the big "G" search engine, you should find it without any problem.
Hope this helps.
Here is another picture of Lake Shasta that I took on Mother's Day.
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FRESH EMERALD WOULD YOU PLEASE SOLVE A MYSTERY FOR ME
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May 28, 2009 9:58 pm
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I have tried and tried to figure out what the picture is that you have up as your profile pic right now. I am bewildered. The most I can make out is a pair of boots but then the "thing" looks like it has a tail too?
I wonder if anyone else has an idea what it is .... anyone up for guessing?
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ANOTHER PICTURE AND DAY OF ADVENTURE
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May 28, 2009 2:59 pm
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Now that I've received some good advice from a couple of people about resizing photos, I'm going to give it a try with this blog.
On Mother's Day, my folks and I went out for brunch, and then we took a drive up to Shasta Lake Dam. It was a beautiful drive. We wanted to see how the waters were, since we recently had a couple of weeks of good rain. Our fire season is approaching, and it wouldn't be good to have the water levels too low.
This is a picture of me and my lovely Mom. As you can see from the background, the Dam is up to good levels.
I recently had a fellow SFF'er share with me some photos taken of the Wyangala Dam located 45km east of Cowra in the heart of NSW, Australia, and it was unbelievable how low the waters were. It was like looking at a patch of land with mud puddles. Very sad situation, and I pray that they will get plenty of rain this winter season to bring the water levels back up.
Back to Mother's Day ... as I said, it was a beautiful drive, and peaceful as well. There were a few others who had the same idea as we did, but not enough to make it "touristy" or crowded.
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I AM IN LOVE
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May 27, 2009 1:16 pm
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With two of the sweetest little boys.
Being that I did not have any kids of my own, I have not had much of a chance to display my nurturing side. I have a good friend here who happens to have two grandsons that I am now able to bestow some of that bent up motherly/grandmotherly nurturing and I am happy as a clam.
Ebin is the oldest, he is five, and his little brother, Ayden is three. Sometimes they come to me and ask for hugs and kisses so freely .... and then they say "I love you." Oh, man ... does my heart melt!
The picture here was taken Memorial Day when we got together for a BBQ. The kids had big gigantic (monstrous actually) squirt guns, but fortunately, even though they were instructed to, they didn't go after me. The weather was pretty hot, which meant staying inside where it was cooler most of the time, and also was the safety zone!
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TREASUREHUNTER4 ~ MY SPECIAL KING OF BAD
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May 4, 2009 11:24 pm
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Classy_baglady posted a blog earlier today letting us know the sad news of one of our own passing [post 104256]
I left a comment on her blog, but wanted to pay a special tribute to him myself with this blog. I got to know Dave more personally after he and I were bestowed the esteem titles of SFF King and Queen of Bad. Bad would turn out the be the farthest from the truth with this man.
Dave wrote thought provoking blogs, and had a real talent for bling art.
Although I never had the pleasure of meeting him in person, I did get to know him through email correspondence outside of SFF. I could count on Dave sending emails that were usually interesting, and educational. On Fridays he would send his "bad boy" emails, which were never really out of line, but always good for a laugh.
Dave was a very kind and gentle man who contributed a lot of good will to this site.
I will miss you my King.
Treasurehunter4
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PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS
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Apr 30, 2009 1:30 pm
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You know that old idiom, right? It basically means that if you support something with your words, you need to also support it with your actions.
I do a lot of observing, and try to come to my own conclusions because of them, rather than take someones word for it, specially if what is being said can be very damaging. I was once told, many years ago, that I was "easily swayed" and I now try my darnedest to not be.
So, in observation, I read a lot of words about being a positive person, and not wanting to contribute to a negative situation and/or conversation, yet .... with some who make that statement, I don't see it in their actions.
Just an observation .... but people, please consider the fact that actions do speak louder than words. Your actions may just be the straw that breaks the camels back when another has to make a decision on whether to be a part, or not, of a group, an organization, or even a bunko club.
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SPICES ~ WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE?
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Apr 21, 2009 11:34 pm
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My Mom taught me to cook at an early age so that I could fix the evening meal on the days that she had to work through dinner time. I got really good at making hamburger patties, mashed potatoes and gravy, and serving a lettuce wedge with a blop of mayonnaise on it. I got really good at the gravy too ... no lumps!
I know my mother must have used other spices, but I wasn't really introduced to cooking with them until I was a young adult living on my own, and doing my own cooking all the time. Those dinners I cooked for my Dad and brothers usually were seasoned with just plain old salt and pepper and nothing else.
Now I have some favorite spices I like to cook with, but it seems that I am seasoning just about everything with them. For instance, I like to fix my eggs with curry and basil and cayenne pepper. I like to cook up a pork chop and season it with basil and cayenne pepper. I like to put lots of basil in my soups ... and cayenne pepper. See what I mean.
I need a change. What are some of your favorite spices, and what types of dishes do you season with them? I need some fresh ideas! 
Oh, I bought some turmeric last week ... never have used it before .... have you?
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THE WEEK AHEAD
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Apr 20, 2009 8:55 am
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It was a nice blogging weekend, thanks to you all. Hey, and just to clarify something .... I am all for blogs that create a discussion of different opinions. I just don't care for the personal attacks. Seems to me there is a way to express ourselves without creating turmoil. However, that most likely will never cease. It will always be an element to deal with. We are human, and thats the way humans are.
I enjoy the camaraderie that we CAN HAVE here on SFF, and I would prefer to be a part of the pack who encourages good will. I also want to feel comfortable about being able to express an opposing view, without the fear of a backlash. I respect another's disagreement with my opinions, and welcome their "slant" on the topic (whatever it may be). However, I do reserve the right to keep my opposing view.
The weather here in Redding has been up in the 80's the past few days and its creeping up into the low 90's today and tomorrow. The girls in the apartment next door turned their A/C on this last week. I'm going to try and live without it for a while yet. Fortunately I have a ceiling fan in my dining area, and one in my bedroom.
I've been helping a friend with some yard work the past couple of weeks, and plan to continue this week. Its been enjoyable. Only problem is that he is not an early person, and I am. If the heat continues, I may be wanting to sit in the shade and drink ice tea rather than doing any weeding!
Hope you all have a good week!
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BEHIND EVERY SUCCESSFUL WOMAN IS A GOOD FRIEND ~ CAN YOU SAY HONEYB0404?
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Apr 19, 2009 6:30 pm
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I want to add my biggest thanks to everyone who joined in the spirit of the weekend blogging and made a positive impression and influence through your blogs and comments.
Now I'd like to tell you a little story.
When I started blogging here on SFF I had just moved to Redding from Portland, Or. I wasn't running away from an "old life" but I was starting a new one, and it was socially pretty lonely at first. I found SFF to be my safe haven where I found friendship. When I got here to Redding all I knew were family members, who were (thankfully) enjoyable to be around, but they all had their own lives and so my social life was at a very low.
I thrived on here. You all made me feel welcomed and helped me get through the lonely times.
Many of you may remember that for about two years I was taking an in-home study for medical transcribing. That's how I came to know honeyb0404.
Being a medical transcriptionist herself, and quite proficient in it, she took me under her wing. She offered advice, provided me with helpful resource networking, and just basically became the encouragement behind the scenes to help me get through it.
When the idea for the SFF Queen of the Bad Girls campaign was announced, Honeyb was the one who talked me into running. She became my campaign manager. If it hadn't been for her enthusiastic "push" and great campaign ideas, I don't think I would have won the title.
Honeyb has also been behind a few of the other contests we have had, the body part contest for one. She also had a scavenger hunt, and spear-headed the famous SFF men and women's auctions.
Honeyb is one of those who works behind the scenes doing a lot of hard work while others reap the kudo's for them. She also was the one who suggested this weekend's free for all blogging.
The scuttlebutt around here also is that she is quite competitive in Sunday night trivia, and is a walking encyclopedia of trivial stuff!
Honeyb0404, thank you for your friendship. Thank you for your enthusiasm, and your sincere desire to bring the people here on SFF together to have fun!
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