Wordless Wednesday: Morro Bay at Dusk

Watery Wednesday

Around dusk, my husband and I arrived at Morro Bay. In the upper left corner, you can see the fog beginning to roll in. This huge Morro Rock is so massive and the channel is very peaceful. Morro Bay is a charming town and we enjoyed our stay, a very worthwhile resting place. Have you been there?

There are several children's books I recommend:

"The sounds of crashing or lapping waves and the smell of salt spray are familiar signs of the seashore. The water also helps shape the seashores. Along rocky shores, storms and giant waves crash on cliffs, breaking the rocks apart bit by bit. At sandy beaches mighty currents sweep along the shore. The currents move sand from one place to another. Howling winds build sand dunes and coat everything with salt spray... The shape of the seashore is always changing."

The Seashore: A Saltwater Web of Life (Wonderful Water Biomes)
The Seaside Switch

Outdoor Wednesday

While walking through the avocado grove, I came across this strange mushroom, fungus arrangement growing on top of an old stump. Have you seen anything this strange before?

Wordless Wednesday

"Samantha" (my mother-in-law's gorgeous Siamese cat), striking up a pose with her mesmerizing blue eyes!

Rednesday

Both of my grandson's request for the day is their own "Cars" pillowcases. What fun! If you know of a 'little someone' who likes to color, here's some free-coloring-pages-disney cars

Car Magazine Subscription

Hope you're having a wonderful Wednesday!
LadyD Books is participating in the following memes...

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Esperanza Spalding: Apple Blossoms

Pink Saturday is about having fun!

It gives us a chance to meet others in the blogging community and discover lovely pink items.

Flowers on Saturday is hosted by Ewa Kelly.

You will feast your eyes on gorgeous flowers from all around the world. The entries are always lovely to see.

Quote It Saturday is a weekly meme of famous quotes, poems or song lyrics, etc. Freda is the hostess.

Here's Mine:

Esperanza Spalding - Apple Blossom Lyrics

Artist: Esperanza Spalding
Album: Chamber Music Society

"Mother of the Spring*
Her branches cradle slipping,
Buds, yawning open,
Welcome by an aging man.
He greets them fondly
With memories of when
Her bows were arms that held him as a younger man.
Together, they would marvel at
The birth of Springtime.

Now he stands beneath the apple blossoms
Every year where they used to go walking.
And he tells Her about the summer and the autumn,
The winter in his heart,
And their Apple blossoms.

In summer they would dream
Of being three and smile,
Imagining how round,
As the apples on the ground.

That fall, they loved and waited.

But winter came too soon
Before their seed could bloom.
She wilted from the chill.
And all felt cold and still.

Now he stands beneath the apple blossoms
Every year where they use to go walking.

And he tells Her about the summer and the autumn,
The winter in his heart,
And their Apple blossoms.

As he opened the after, as she fell *****
He prayed heaven would be waiting to meet her.
He kisses her cold cheek goodbye,
But he couldn't surrender the hope of staying solace*****
So in her fallen hands he placed a seed from their favorite tree----
And he laid her to rest beneath the blanket of white
Til they'd meet again in the springtime.

Now he stands beneath the apple blossoms,
Every year where they used to go walking.
Walking:

And from above she's always watching
But her body lies beneath the apple blossoms.
Apple blossoms.
Blossom.
Blossom.
Blossom.

Mother of the Spring
The slipping bud she cradles,
Slowly, [they] unopen.
'Welcome, by an aging man'
He greets them fondly.
Fondly---- beneath the apple blossoms."

Esperanza's Lyrics

Apple Blossom lyrics and music video provided by SongLyrics.com

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Daybreak Skies

Sometimes life brings us to place of shadows and valleys. We have many doubts along the journey.

The way seems a little bit lighter and we begin to feel as though we can make it through any ordeal.

SKYWATCH FRIDAY

Suddenly, we experience a breakthrough, hope has arrived! A window of blessings opens just for you!

Now it's time for you to share your "Emotion" photos @ Foto Friday

Book Beginnings on Friday is a meme hosted by Katy from A Few More Pages. Anyone can participate; just share the opening sentence of your current read, making sure that you include the title and author so others know what you're reading.

West of everything: The Inner Life of Westerns by Jane Tompkins

"Tompkins, an English professor at Duke university, is a self proclaimed and unabashed lover of Western novels and films. Her book - more series of essays than a connected whole - attempts to understand the contradictions contained in that love: why Westerns are so violent, why animals are mistreated, why the land is so stark, why the men keep their emotions to themselves."

Very interesting read. This is an idea book, and the nice thing about it is that you don't have to agree with the ideas to enjoy what the author is saying.

The Friday 56

*Grab a book, any book.
*Turn to page 56.
*Find any sentence that grabs you.
*Post it.
*Add your link to The Friday 56

"Her discussion of Western films is also limited by the number of films she assesses, only 42 are listed, and her overly-heavy focus on John Wayne's later work. Nothing is said of the presence in Western's for many years of former cowboys who saw more money in careers as movie extras than in punching cows. Instead, Tompkins is primarily concerned with the issue of male sexuality and how that sexuality has been influenced by male roles in Western films."

West of Everything: The Inner Life of Westerns

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