GOING GREEN!

(pic from internet - can't believe I didn't have my camera today!!)

"Never iron a four-leaf clover, 

because you don't want to press your luck."

~Author Unknown

JPE & I went to the 4:15 movie 

at the Palm Theater to see 

"The Last Station" 

with Christopher Plummer 

(as Leo Tolstoy, Russian author).

Tolstoy wrote the epic,

War & Peace 

I never read it!!

Beautiful, talented,  
Helen Mirren

played his wife.

Helen Mirren 

was nominated for 

Best Actress 

but lost to 

Sandra Bullock 

(for her role in The Blind Side)...

An 

"apples to oranges"

comparison...

Helen should have won the Oscar!

Anyway, JPE & I loved the storyline - 

I don't understand why the movie reviewers didn't?

Bring your kleenex!

I was a "lazy" Irish daughter... sorry, Mom!

We didn't eat corned beef, cabbage or boiled potatoes.

I hope I'm not "pressing my LUCK"

JPE & I ate a

bowl of Cheerios!!

Happy Pattie's Day!

DID YOU CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS?

 (pic - "random" decorative ornament)

Daylight Savings Time 

T R I V I A

To keep to their published timetables, 

Amtrak trains cannot leave a station 

before the scheduled time. 

So, when the clocks fall back one hour in the Fall, 

all trains that are running on time

stop at 2:00am & wait

one hour before resuming. 

It's been reported that 

Amtrak passengers are often 

surprised to find their train at a dead stop

& their travel time 

an hour LONGER than expected. 

When changing to Daylight Saving Time 

in the spring, 

trains instantaneously 

become an hour behind schedule at 2:00am;

but they just keep going & 

do their best to make up the time.

REASONS

 to appreciate DST...

(DST = Daylight Saving Time)

1. I'm not driving home (from work) in the dark

2.  I exercise more in the Spring

3.  I can spend more time outside in the evening

to dislike DST...

1.  I have a hard time getting up in the morning

2.  I procrastinate more (see #2)

3.  Mosquitoes love me! (see #3)

4.  We eat dinner later!!! 

I'm thinking I should take an Amtrak ride 

to test this trivia fact...

Did you change your smoke alarm batteries?

 

BE-DAZZLING VISIT!

(pics taken 3/12/10 ~ AP's Arcadia Garden)

JPE & I stopped to visit 

a dear, dear friend 

on Friday afternoon.

I snapped a few pics of her flowers

(still experimenting with my new camera)

before the sun disappeared

behind the neighbor's house.

We'll be scheduling a return visit & 

I'll capture some pics of her "garden spaces"...

For now... 

I M A G I N E

chartreuse, emerald & yellow-green foliage

sweetly, perfumed flowers

soft ferns, prickly roses

crunchy, pebbled paths

moist, spongy moss 

a romantically, cozy rattan chair

creating... 

an "intimate" sitting area 

Ummmm - I can't wait for a return visit...

and a glass of ice tea w/lemon slices! 

"Just living is not enough... 

One must have 

Sunshine,

Freedom,

and a little

Flower."
~ Hans Christian Andersen, Danish author 

RED LADY!

(pic taken April 2009 ~ Mendocino)

"Start every day off 

with a SMILE

and

get it over with."

~ W.C. Fields,  American comedian

Did you know W.C. Field's 

real name was

William Claude Dukenfield?

He got his start as a juggler in vaudeville shows!

So what does W.C. have to do 

with the picture posted
for today?

Nothing, actually!

...other than this "red lady" 
makes me SMILE!

...and W.C. authored this quote!?!?? 

What makes you S M I L E?

 

TGIF QUESTION...

(pic taken at Farmer's Market, Berkeley ~ 11/21/09)

FRUIT?

VEGETABLE?

WHAT IS THIS CALLED?

HOW IS IT USED IN COOKING?

IS IT FROM THE CITRUS FAMILY?

Send me an

answer 
to my question. 

"Don't knock the weather; 

nine-tenths of the people 
couldn't start a conversation 

if it didn't change once in a while."

~ Frank "Kin" Hubbard, American cartoonist

HUH? 

IT'S 

R A I N I N G 

AGAIN!

I looked outside!

D R I Z Z L I N G

S P I T T I N G   W A T E R 

????

  

Whoo! Hoo!

TRIVIA ?!!

(pic taken at ACE's 2/28/10)

"A host of golden daffodils;

Besides the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze."

~ William Wordsworth, English Romantic poet 

HAVE YOU EVER READ...

 

THE FARMER'S ALMANAC?

It's loaded with  

"tidbits" about:

weather

gardening

moon & sun

March 1, 2010 posting

"To remove warts, blow on them nine times during a full Moon" 

nature

cooking & recipes

puzzle of the day

March 3, 2010 posting

"What pierces yet leaves no hole"

answer at: 

http://www.almanac.com/calendar/puzzle 

http://www.almanac.com 

DAFFODILS!

GROWN BY ACE!!!