2011 ~ A New Year

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, William !!

William, Audrey, Violet

(Cousins)

pjg

tears again today

thoughts of yet another place

you will never see

i tell myself that where you are now

you can see all the places we had

planned to visit together

it doesn't help

it doesn't feel the same

without you next to me

complaining of the cold

complaining of the heat

laughing behind my back

ever teasing

god, i miss you

"pjg" by audrey

Wordless Wednesday

Christmas Day

Cheers !!

Ducks in the Pond

Mallard Hen

After church on Christmas Day, I stopped at the pond we have in the center of town. It had snowed and there weren't any people around, so I thought I would take some photos. I was very surprised to see so many different kinds of ducks. Usually, when I stop there, I only see Mallard Ducks, Peking Ducks, and Gulls. There were some unusual and very pretty ducks there yesterday. I looked them up and there were a couple I couldn't identify. Isn't the Male Wood Duck a beauty? Be sure to click on the photos to enlarge and see them up close.

Enjoy!

Male Wood Duck
Female Wood Duck

Crested Peking Duck and Black Duck

Mallard

Crested Mallard

?

?

Peking Duck

Muscovy Duck

Ring-Billed Gull

Christmas 2010

Casey ~ December 1973

Friends and Loved Ones,

May the LOVE, PEACE, and JOY of this Season be with you the whole year through.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Love, Audrey ♥

'Tis the Season

Our 2010 Christmas Tree.

Our Nativity Scene in front of the fireplace.

Santa just hangin' around

downtown.

A nice reminder.



These beautiful reindeer and sleigh are in front of a house a few streets away. It is beautiful lit up at night.

A closer look.


Some deer in our neighborhood.

My frozen cactus.

And my frozen pumpkin!

Fail not to call to mind,

in the course of the twenty-fifth

day of this month, that the

Divinist Heart that ever walked

the earth was born on that day;

and then smile and enjoy yourselves

for the rest of it; for mirth is also

of Heaven's making.

~ Leigh Hunt

Christmas waves a magic

wand over this world,

and behold,

everything is softer

and more beautiful.

~ Norman Vincent Peale

Like snowflakes, Christmas

memories gather and dance

~ each beautiful, unique

and too soon gone.

~Deborah Whipp

It is Christmas

in the heart

that puts Christmas

in the air.

~ W. T. Ellis

There are
HOW MANY DAYS
left
before Christmas???