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The 04/28/13 Joy Jar

27 Apr

 

The past several days have been sunny in Seattle. Today and for the next couple of days there will be a series of Spring storms coming through. Today there was a spurt of wind which caught moi. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the wind.

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward

Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.
John Ruskin

Notice that the stiffest tree is most easily cracked, while the bamboo or willow survives by bending with the wind.
Bruce Lee

When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it.
Henry Ford

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Having a clear faith, based on the creed of the church is often labeled today as fundamentalism. Whereas relativism, which is letting oneself be tossed and swept along by every wind of teaching, look like the only attitude acceptable to today’s standards.
Pope Benedict XVI

The fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all direction.
Chanakya

I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.
Jimmy Dean

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The 04/27/13 Joy Jar

26 Apr

 

Rhododendrons and azaleas grow in most parts of the world, but they grow especially well in Seattle. Gardens all over the city are adorned with these beautiful flowers. They are a sure sign of the arrival of Spring and early summer. Today;s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ are the beautiful rhododendrons and azaleas.

And in the woods a fragrance rare
Of wild azaleas fills the air,
And richly tangled overhead
We see their blossoms sweet and red.
Dora Read Goodale—Spring Scatters Far and Wide.

“The earth laughs in flowers.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson

“I must have flowers, always, and always.”
Claude Monet

“In joy or sadness flowers are our constant friends.”
Kakuzō Okakura, The Book Of Tea

“A flower blossoms for its own joy.”
Oscar Wilde

Now Spring returns with leaf and blade,
Some seek the garden, some the glade;
And all to Nature turn, but I
To the fresh fields of Poetry,

Sweet are the first green leaves, and sweet
The scents, and genial the first heat;
And backed by pine or cypress glooms
How rich the rhododendron blooms!

Yet rich or sweet as these appear,
They were as wonderful last year;
And all as then move without pause
Through the same course by the same laws….

Archibald Young Campbell

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The 04/26/13 Joy Jar

25 Apr

 

Today was another glorious day in Seattle. Spring and summer are especially nice. The ice cream tuck or an ice cream shop just make the day even better. Nothing says summer quite like an ice cream cone. No ice cream cone today, but there are plenty of ice cream cones in moi’s future. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the first ice cream cone of the season.

Ice-cream is exquisite. What a pity it isn’t illegal.

Voltaire

Ice cream goes with springtime.

Susan Hill

Ice cream is happiness condensed.

Jessi Lane Adams

I don’t cry over spilt milk, but a fallen scoop of ice cream is enough to ruin my whole day.

Terri Guillemets

I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure with ice cream.

Heywood C. Broun

If you like ice cream, why stop at one scoop? Have two, have three. Too much is never enough.

Morris Lapidus

I go running when I have to. When the ice cream truck is doing sixty.

Wendy Liebman

I had always thought that once you grew up you could do anything you wanted — stay up all night or eat ice-cream straight out of the container.

Bill Bryson

An ice cream cone can solve any problem— even if it’s only for a few minutes.

Anonymous

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The 04/25/13 Joy Jar

25 Apr

 

Moi read this story about 72,000 Ladybugs Released in Mall of America and she was immediately intrigued because Ladybugs are one of the few bugs that moi actually likes. Not only are Ladybugs helpful bugs, but they are cute. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the Ladybug.

Little red bug, oh so cute,
Here’s a black spot for your suit…
Susan M. Paprocki

How brave a ladybug must be!
Each drop of rain is big as she.
Can you imagine what you’d do,
If raindrops fell as big as you?
Aileen Fisher

The Ladybug wears no disguises.
She is just what she advertises.
A speckled spectacle of spring,
A fashion statement on the wing….
A miniature orange kite.
A tiny dot-to-dot delight.
J. Patrick Lewis, “The Little Buggers”

Never hurt a ladybug
We need them in the garden
Ladybugs help flowers grow
So we must give them pardon!
Unknown

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The 04/24/13 Joy Jar

23 Apr

 

It’s going to be nearly 70 degrees in Seattle and that means not only nice weather, but putting the winter hats away and bringing out the Spring and Summer hats. At one time women had a collection of hats. The hat was a finishing touch. Moi still thinks a nice hat is a finishing touch. Today’s deposit in the ‘Joy Jar’ is a hat which fits the mood.

“Some hats can only be worn if you’re willing to be jaunty, to set them at an angle and to walk beneath them with a spring in your stride as if you’re only a step away from dancing. They demand a lot of you.”
Neil Gaiman, Anansi Boys

A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
Carl Sandburg

If a woman rebels against high heeled shoes, she should take care to do it in a very smart hat.

George Bernard Shaw

Grab your coat, and get your hat, Leave your worry on the doorstep, Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street.

Dorothy Fields, ‘On the Sunny Side of the Street’.

The way you wear your hat, The way you sip your tea, The mem’ry of all that No, no! They can’t take that away from me!

Ira originally Israel Gershowitz Gershwin
‘They Can’t  Take That  Away from Me’, song from the film musical Shall We Dance? (music by George Gershwin).

Women who love hats don’t get jealous.  It makes them happy to see a hat that looks good on someone else.  Women who wear hats know who they are.

Unknown

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The 04/23/13 Joy Jar

22 Apr

 

It helps to have a glide path toward sleep. A cup of tea and soothing music, the kind of relaxation music moi likes many refer to as ‘background music.’ It is smoothing and helps one’s mind rest. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar is soothing bedtime music.

“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”

Plato

“Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without”

Confucius

“Music takes us out of the actual and whispers to us dim secrets that startle our wonder as to who we are, and for what, whence, and whereto.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter – a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue.
Henri Matisse

“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”

Berthold Auerbach

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The 04/22/13 Joy Jar

21 Apr

You know people lived before microwave ovens were invented. They ate real food and waited a long time for it to be done until they ate it. There are cook books which tell one how to cook EVERYTHING in a microwave including a turkey. All moi knows is whatever it is, you can heat it up quicker and eat sooner. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar is the microwave oven.

The radiation left over from the Big Bang is the same as that in your microwave oven but very much less powerful. It would heat your pizza only to minus 271.3*C – not much good for defrosting the pizza, let alone cooking it.
Stephen Hawking

The New Age? It’s just the old age stuck in a microwave oven for fifteen seconds.
James Randi

I hate when the microwave decides to heat my plate, but not my food.

Unknown

I like to accomplish things before the microwave beeps.

Brandi Issacs

It is ludicrous to read the microwave direction on the boxes of food you buy, as each one will have a disclaimer: “THIS WILL VARY WITH YOUR microwave.” Loosely translated, this means, “You’re on your own, Bernice.”

Erma Bombeck

My sense of humor is a turkey, and I pull it out of the oven and baste it in reality.
Tracy Morgan

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The 04/21/13 Joy Jar

21 Apr

 

Even though April showers bring May flowers, April is still cool in Seattle amd one needs a coat. A raincoat fills the bill nicely. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is moi’s raincoat.

Raincoats are not invented to stay indoors.

Loesje

Honor wears different coats to different eyes.
Barbara Tuchman

I pity the man who wants a coat so cheap that the man or woman who produces the cloth will starve in the process.
Benjamin Harrison

He that respects himself is safe from others. He wears a coat of mail that none can pierce.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“With an evening coat and a white tie, anybody, even a stockbroker, can gain a reputation for being civilized”

Oscar Wilde

“I’m an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat”

Harold Wilson

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The 04/20/13 Joy Jar

19 Apr

Like many, has been watching the events in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon Terror Bombing. She has been switching back and forth between channels using her remote. Today’s deposit into the ‘Joy Jar’ is the television remote.

Television is the most perfect democracy. You sit there with your remote control and vote.

Aaron Brown

If life had a remote control, I would:

PAUSE the beautiful moments
REWIND my mistakes.
FASTFORWARD through the heartbreak
STOP the drama.
PLAY the rest.

Unknown

Don’t let negative pictures play on the movie screen of your mind. You own the remote control. All you have to do is change the channel.

Unknown

He who controls the remote, controls the world

Julie Garwood

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The 04/19/13 Joy Jar

18 Apr

The Boston Marathon Terrorist event is still fresh in the memory and tonight a police officer at MIT was killed. Despite the turmoil of the world, moi is trying to cultivate a sense of calm no matter what is going on in the world, Today’s deposit into the Joy Jar is a sense of calm.

Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
Saint Francis de Sales

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
Plato

Calm can solve all issues.
Pope Shenouda III

“A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.”

Chris Bradford, The Way of the Sword

There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm.
Willa Cather

People look at me and see a calm, cool guy on the sidelines and I want them to know that my Christian faith affects my coaching and everything I do.
Tony Dungy

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