...wish I was there with you, B, it sounds magnificent.  Thank you for sharing this beautiful scene . . .

Fresh Chinook Salmon for dinner. . . ummmmm . . . it doesn't get any better than that!!!

It was a beautiful portrait early this morning...I have hills and ocean as a backdrop and the sun sparkled over everything...It seemed pretty amazing..

btw...I have begun to write...just impressions, some of them in a notebook...going to buy a computer just for my writing..
I know that as I begin to dwell in that place, remembering and sensing will become more alive....Consistency is key..

Imagine that? from the ocean to the plate...
pretty great stuff!

Your words have painted a beautiful picture in my mind, my birdie girl! I can just see it all...I'd love to be near the ocean again...the majestic roar of it...sigh....
I read down under that you have started writing again; this is a great thing...I need to get back to it...I am in such a funk always, lately...
I really enjoyed your blog...way to go!
bonz

Well.........

you aren't alone Bonnie..
The funk spreads from time to time and a good soldier learns how to to disable funk so that funk becomes defunct.
can't let terrorism win.


Bonzo.....................let's paint!

Did my flavourful funky talk make you smile just a little?
My goal was also majestic..you smiling..thinking happy thoughts.
Hey....let's practice adjectives.
all good writers need adje..ctives Ms. Bonz.

If we don't use flavorful feasts of fantastic fruit for our flower festival, the festival will just be fabulously full of frolic flowers!

luz you
and yes, you made me smile as you are so adept at doing, my friend!
bonnielassie

Oh .............now I feel just frolicky and flowerly fruity...
lol
Hey Bon....I am here just moments after you..
Just got home...I am about to get ready for slumber...
Tomorrow is pie day...Check out fine cooking mag....Pear with cherry and struedel topping and spiced rum pumpkin...Those are the ones I shall make..Three of them..
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving my friend..
smiles.

I mean................
Have a great Columbus Day...What sorts of things do you do on Columbus Day?

(Almost forgot that your Thanksgiving is a month away)

I am glad I enthused u, my friend!
And Happy happy happy Thanksgiving...are you spending it with friends?
Don't do anything on that day...my hubby and many others still work. Probably the only ones off will be banks and post offices...government jobs!
But I hope your Thanksgiving is wonderful....and don't forget to give thanks...God is soooooo good...I thank my Lord in remembrance of you, my Birdie friend!
bonz....
Oh yes, those pies sound delicous...almost forgot...I LOVE pastry and especially when mixed with fruit! num....

I had a sort of epiphany moment recently when the word "bread" sank into my heart...

Jesus is our "bread"..In Asia...Jesus would be their "rice" but the point is............Everything else you don't need for fullness of life...but we need our "bread" to feel fed..
so....it hit me..

I need my friend Jesus each and EVERY day in order to be fed...We don't stop eating and feel strong...We need some
food.."bread" daily....It hit me...I need his food every day...and I will remain strong...Every day..Every Day...not just one day...but food every day...so I will give thanks...for he wants me to have a full stomach and love and abundance of every kind...That's what I think...
btw...I will be in Arizona for Christmas..I rented a place for 5 months...have a lease.

I am celebrating with two groups...Sunday, my ex husband is cooking his turkey...lol
yes...and my son and his girlfriend and my ex and I will share dinner...
We are friendly....I even have him as my financial advisor again...I guess I trust him more which is nice..We are different people but we respect each other..We were always kind to each other even in the midst of divorce, none of us had attorneys involved.

Monday I am going to a friends home...with my son and his girlfriend again....large group of 14...so I shall have had my fill of turkey by the end of this long weekend.
Have a good one...the fruit pie is fresh pear pie with dried cherries and brown sugar struesel...I can hardly wait for the pie...lol

Very happy for your day in paradise !!          Timberwolf +++

TW...it is so comforting to behold beauty, isn't it?
How was your morning? Is your mind at peace I hope.
Have you ever been salmon fishing Wolfie?

It is B!

Morning is always good when I wake up. It means another day of life. My mind is peacefull.

Never went salmon fishing. I go for Northen Pike, Walley, Large Mouth bass and crappie.

Timberwolf +++

 

I do not like the looks of a Northern Pike...aren't they really a sort of cat fish?
What's a crappie?
TW, you have a great attitude..and I agree...

Each moment of life is the greatest blessing..Breath..sight..touch..feeling and expressing emotions..

I don't take any of it for granted..
Do you have a peaceful countenance TW? Would I feel peaceful in your presence?

Yes Pike is a mean looking fish, big teeth and all. Crappie is more of a pan fish. Really good eating. I do have a peaceful countenance, and yes you would feel at ease and very peaceful in my presence.  Timberwolf +++

I don't want to eat any fish with big long snouts...lol
Pikes are not tasty looking...I like fish with wider bodies and mouths...long and narrow..........no...I shall not eat you...

TW...Some people feel peaceful in each other's presence...there is no need to fill the silence with words since words are communicated in the quiet of the moment....silence is not a void but a sanctuary.
I think when you are able to make people feel safe and at ease in your presence without words, you have a gift..
I enjoy communication but I am always grateful for the company of those with whom I can just "be"...in the stillness of the moment.

We can say so very much when we are silent; yet present.

I had to read this 3 times. It finally kicked in on what you were saying. And I agree on eveything you said. Just looking in each others eyes without saing anything can mean so much. I do understand B...      Timberwolf +++

LOL...You had to read it 3 times because I was practising my non communication skills..(joke)

What I meant was that I feel peaceful when I don't have to talk, when I don't feel the pressure to fill every quiet moment with words...
I enjoy just sharing quiet moments with someone special as much as conversation..
I know you understand.

I do understand !           Timberwolf +++

...be sure and buy an external hard drive to back up all of your entries when you begin...that way you don't run the risk of losing anything in case of a crash.

Right out of the water is the best way to enjoy fish...I use to love to catch it, clean it and cook it right out in the open...now, that's good eatin'   

yes...I know...I must buy an external hard drive...I have already lost files a couple of times and it would be devastating to do it again.

You clean the fish right after catching it....yourself? I am able to rip off prawn legs and I have cut off a fish head but don't ask me to clean a fish...nope...oh no...not me..

You sounds happy and that's good. Wish I could be there.

Happy?..I am grateful..
My goal is happiness..
Love is necessary for completeness...
I work at happy...with each thought..in each moment..
It is easy to fall into focussing on what we don't have...who we don't love...the life we don't have...but instead...
we must strive to focus on joy and beauty in this moment..
that is how happiness is achieved.
I strive........Tweaty.
Always ...we are works in progress...........until the end.
hugs

I'm still working on that. Things have been out of plan lately. It's pretty frustrating.

 

Sometimes I feel ok with life and next minute I feel very suffering...sometimes angry... I don't know if I got this bipolar disorder. I have a friend who has a sister who, out of the blue, snapped of her consiousness one day because of all stress she had, turned to be a total paranoid woman that her family cannot let her be alone in any circumstance. That scares me. I don't want to be like that.

 

I just want to be happy with what I have, again.

I think if the mind is given what it needs...it will operate much smoother..
Even with BiPolar....A bipolar minds needs more simplicity..less stress...more consistency...less stress...more love...more faith..more nutrition...more exercise...more vitamins/minerals, routine.

Don't worry sweetie...We all have sad moments but that our inner selves telling us that we are doing something out of balance...it is a guidance system...and yes...if we don't listen......we could move further out of balance...
Try to move your mind from frustrating, worrisome, angry thoughts to happy thoughts...I think we all must give structure to our thinking until happy thoughts become automatic..

Let's encourage each other..
Tweaty...even if you had bipolar, it's not so bad.....but.....you have to stay on track with feeding your brain.............good stuff hon...just good stuff..
hugs to you.
a kiss for your head.
PS...You are happy with what you have...Great things are presenting themselves in your life..Meditate on the beauty you see....see it!

Love that "kiss for your head" part.

 It makes me think...wonder if I've ever had any goodnight kiss.

The answer is no. Hugs and kisses is not Thai traditional way to express love when I was young. And when I was young I was not with mom and dad. I moved in with my mom's house when I was in college years, too old and couldn't care less to beg for goodnight kiss and I was a little bit scarry young woman. lol. I bet my mom didn't know how to do with me.

 

So, do I want a goodnight kiss?

Oh, I already got it, from you.