Laine's Blog, Thinking Out Loud

Can You Guess?

 

What's this?

 

 

 

 

And The Answer is...

 

It's CeCe,

the little dog who runs in very tight circles,

doing the

"So happy to see you" dance!

 

 

She is much cuter than in this photo!

 

 

 

 

Can You Guess? #2

 

What is this?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember This?

 

Can you guess?

 

 

What is it?

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Winner Is...

 

Just kidding, (you know who you are.)

 

Now yesterday's choices,

Saint Augustine or Szentendre?

 

Well, it might have been Harry's on the bayfront here is St. Augustine,

or possibly even The Riverside in Savannah,

but it was

Szentendre, Hungary on the Danube river.

 

Thanks for playing everyone,

it was fun!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losing Streak Ended!

 

 

Poker with the girls last night (not pictured here!),

and you know you're in good company when you offer to lose

just to balance things out and the dealer says,

"Oh, no, we'll pick your pockets clean next time, don't worry!"

 

The yin and yang of life.

Sometimes you win

and it feels really good!

 

 

Sculpture of card players found in apparent scrap yard in Key West, Florida

 

 

Reprinted from LainesBlog, May 2012, with different title! May is a good month for winning!

The Rain Doesn't Need Us

 

 

Rainy days at the beach -

they're challenging for the shop owners in this tourist town, but what can you do?

Complain?

 

As kids we would complain, then play cards and laugh and complain some more.

Now we might walk in between the raindrops, enjoying the wind and the wild sea,

or use the weather as a good excuse to stay indoors and start that book.

 

Rainy days - some people love them, others not so much.

 

It's a good thing that the rain doesn't need us, or we might hurt its feelings,

and then it might not ever rain again.

 

 

 

The Spider's Web

 

 

Is the spider who spun this web waiting in ambush in the vortex at the center, or is she so confident

that dinner will come sooner or later that she is napping there?

This web is very close to the ground. The filaments are probably very sticky.

If you were a little thing and got caught in it, you might not escape.

 

Our demons seem to wait in ambush for us. They set little traps and just when we get comfortable in the world,

they wake up from their naps and pounce on us, or laugh as we struggle in their sticky webs.

What to do? Run and hide? Stay and fight?

Ideally, we could play a game with them...

"Whack the demon!"

WHACK! WHACK! WHACK!

"Bye, bye, demon, until the next time."

If that doesn't work, go for a long walk in the wind or to the gym.

That usually helps. Eventually they go away and you remember what a swell person you really, truly are.

It can be sticky though. So, if you find yourself in a demon's clutches, hang in there and

try not to be too serious!