SKYWATCH FRIDAY

I can't remember where in NZ I took this but if you look carefully, you'll see a rainbow.





VIEW FROM UP HIGH FROM A VISIT TO HONG KONG.








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A Combined Effort

Hubby and I are both feeling creative today; a poem from each of us.






In this Electronic Age,
Friends are found, not made.
Attention wanted, freely given,
But you only know what is delivered.

The darker side of an electronic life,
Is the hurt it can cause, a human strife.
Withdrawal from reality to a fantasy world,
Where family is forgotten for the Internet word.

And when worlds collide as is oft the case,
Snakes and demons get a human face.
Real people revealed in a real world,
The fantasy ends, a double-edged sword.

The message here is that the 'net is a tool,
But it cannot separate men from fools.
Only friendships based on truth, trust and integrity
Are the ones to keep - where all is given freely.


Posted by HUBBY


QUOTE OF THE DAY


A friend is a present you give yourself.

- Robert Louis Stevenson


MOVING ON

I thought you were my closest friend.
Looking back; it was all pretend.
Knowing you, made me blind.
Out of sight, out of mind.

Hiding behind others to do your work.
Biding your time, in shadows you lurk.
You can't dream wishes into life.
People for cherishing, are worth the fight.

Questions answered, suspicions confirmed.
Funeral pyres built and burned.
Time to breathe freely, fog has cleared.
Aches and pains have disappeared.

I will miss my friend, this is true.
But you were not him.
I'm over you.


POSTED BY KB


Have a great/day night.

Love KB
xxx

OLD FRIENDS

QUOTE OF THE DAY

It does not do to leave a live dragon out of your calculations, if you live near him.

-J.R.R. Tolkien


Hubby bought me a copy of the movie Australia on DVD. I told him I had heard the cinematography was amazing but the story was average. He responded by informing me Hugh Jackman was in it so did it really matter? Good point hubby. Let the drooling begin.

It was a rather predictable story but I shed a few tears, drooled, laughed a bit, drooled, admired the scenery, Hugh put his shirt back on, I refocused on the story and cried some more.

I'm going to dinner with friends tonight. I've been in the banking industry all of my working life. There was one particular branch I worked for where it was a joy to go to work every day. The people moved on,(as they do in the banking world) but we have all kept in touch and meet for dinner every six months. I'm really looking forward to it.

Have a great day/night.

Love KB
xxx

BOOKS I'VE READ THIS YEAR

After noticing a huge decline in the number of books I read last year, I've decided to keep a tally here of books I've read, hoping it will inspire to read more. I'll be reviewing my favourite reads on a monthly basis.

As a member of bookcrossing.com, I share books I've read with friends, rather than leave them on my shelves to gather dust. I leave my books in public places, send them to friends or give them to charity. If there is a book listed which you are interested in reading, drop me a note and depending on availability, I'll see what I can do. I'd rather give a much loved book to someone I know who'd read it than leave it somewhere on the off chance a stranger will pick it up.


BOOK OF THE MONTH

Short Fat Chick to Marathon Runner - Kerre Woodham




When radio personality and columnist Kerre Woodham found herself fat, forty and depressed, she had two choices:

Do nothing and not make fifty.
Do something to get her life back.

I couldn't put this book down. Kerre had me LOL page after page. She writes about her journey from overweight party girl to completing the New York Marathon. There's hope for me yet, hehe.

Here's a sample from her story:

There you are, planning a quiet Wednesday evening in with the kids while your husband is away on business and a friend drops round on the way home from work. A couple of hours later, you've got Bryan Adams on at full blast, you're dancing round the living room, you've sent the oldest child out for McDonald's and the two of you have even polished off the bottle of creme de menthe that's been sitting in the booze cupboard for the last ten years. A night like that is never planned, and is certainly not wanted, but when the Piss Fairy sprinkles his dust, you're goners. So I'm constantly battling the Piss Fairy. He took the first decade of my adult years,I won back seven - and now we've reached an uneasy truce.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

QUOTE OF THE DAY

The wisest, the bravest, the richest, the most beautiful - will never make a crab walk straight.

- Aristophanes


HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY

I had a fantastic Mother's Day. Received thoughtful, loving messages from both of my step-daughters. Hubby cooked a delicious lunch on the barbeque. Shared the afternoon with both our mums and my brother and sister-in-law.

Happy Mother's Day to all you Mums out there.


BIRTHDAY FUN

I received this belated card from my brother and sister-in-law. I laughed so hard - it was definitely worth the wait.



The caption reads - As Karen bounced down the beach, many gentlemen were instantly captivated by her intelligence, personality and the fact that she did a lot of good work for charity.

CAMERA CRITTERS

Two tiger cubs playing at Auckland zoo.





Can somebody please move that boy's head???

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SKYWATCH FRIDAY - RUAKAKA, NZ

One of our favourite NZ holiday destinations. Not too far from home but far enough away from the hustle and bustle.




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QUOTE OF THE DAY


Men heap together the mistakes of their lives, and create a monster they call destiny.


- John Hobbs