New bloggie blog

I think I'm all out of little frogs to make so go here
http://alice6things.blogspot.com/

and let's try this on for size...new address, new name, let's see if an app with help me get into this again...

Upgraded!!

Yeah, that's right, I'm upwardly mobile & have been moved to business class for my 6 hour flight to LaLaLand (and straight on till morning) -I got to stretch out, sleep (which was desperately needed as I was already grumpy from only sleeping a bare hour), enjoy a real breakfast (with a glass of champagne) - ooh it was cushy! When I got called up to the podium when they were boarding, the United lady said in a whisper "looks like you won the lottery". Indeed. I consider it an goodness omen, an excellent sign of things to come!

Here I am swathed in my down alternative blanket ... merci beaucoup,oh ye travel gods!!

Karma Repair Kit by Richard Brautigan

1.Get enough food to eat, and eat it.

2. Find a place to sleep where it is quiet, and sleep there.

3. Reduce intellectual and emotional noise until you arrive at the silence of yourself, and listen to it.

4.

This was how I spent my looooooong Independence Day Weekend - I did #4. And you know what? I loved it. I didn't do a whole lot and yet, much was accomplished. Mostly that means I had a set of tasks set out and I ticked most of them off as "done", walked around DESPITE the overbearing heat, street fairs, sitting in the park, people-watching, street fairing, netbook purchasing, Sephora goodie stops - that sort of thing. Mostly it was me getting ready to head to California on Saturday and be by my beloved ocean ooooh she can't wait to dip her toes in the sand and sea. I just need to live through this week, I have FAR too much going on - this week is just a continuation of last week where I felt I was forgetting to breathe and man, do I hate that feeling. I'm gonna do my best - to breathe, yet, but also smile - sometimes I forget to do that too, in my grumpitude.

You too - yes YOU - don't forget:

1. Breathing
2. Smiling

Do it now - feel better?

Celebrate YOUR Independence..

listen to the mustnts, child,
listen to the donts
listen to the shouldnts,
the impossibles,
the wonts
listen to the never haves,
then listen close to me…
anything can happen, child,
anything can be.

— Shel Silverstein

(this was supposed to be my July 4th post but the pic got all screwy so now that I've corrected it, it's dated today - anyhoo...also, I totally forgot the source of the supercool pic so I apologize to whoever created it - it's lovely and makes me wish I had a head made from butterfly wings!!)

"The moment one gives close attention to any thing, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself." — Henry Miller

Mazes! Gnomes! Lavender!

If only Austraila were closer - I'd spend a LOT of time HERE:

http://ashcombemaze.com.au/

They have a hedge maze (with a hidden gnome!), a rose maze, a lavender maze, gardens...sigh...

Then, I'd have to go HERE as well - this sounds even MORE up my alley:

http://www.enchantedmaze.com.au/enchantedmazes

Enchanted mazes? The Amazing Lolly Shop? Fantasy Gardens? COME ON!!!!!!!

Life's a bowl of cherries-or sometimes just a handful

"Life is just a bowl of cherries
Don't take it serious
Life's too mysterious
Life is just a bowl of cherries,
So live and laugh at it all."

Creepy Philly Photos

I forgot to post these from the Philly trip - aren't they freaky?

She looks at her reflection in the mirror, glass dusty and tarnished with disuse. She notices a girl on the other side, forlorn, transparent.There are fingerprints all along the edges and she begins to wonder: am I trying to get in or is she trying to get out? Before she can ask, the girl on the other side catches her eye, gives a wink and a sly smile and is gone...

Let me keep my mind on what matters, which is mostly standing still and learning to be astonished, which is gratitude.
~Mary Oliver

First on the gratitude list this morning? MY OH MY do I make good coffee. I honestly do. Buying Bustelo instead of the cheaper espresso helps (yes, I do lean towards thirfty, much to my dismay, but I'm learning to spend more when it's meaningful and appropriate, i.e. whenever I want) but wow! for some reason, this current cup stands out as scrumdidiliumptious... and here it is in all its glory

I find it odd that every time I look at the clock in the evening, the
time is 10:08 (my birthdate) ... does that mean something? Can I make
up a meaning for it? Or someone out there, if you care to - tell me
what to think about it

;-)

Also, on a side note: call me strange (hee - too late) but I love the
way the 42nd St stop on the 6 train smells - like a woodburning
fireplace or oven - from the market above?? It's quite yummy, even in
the swelter of summertime.

Caterpillar Days

"Whenever you go out of doors, draw the chin in, carry the crown of the head high, and fill the lungs to the utmost, drink in the sunshine; greet your friends with a smile, and put soul into every handclasp. Do not fear being misunderstood and do not waste a minute thinking about your enemies. Try to fix firmly in your mind what you would like to do; and then, without veering off direction, you will move straight to the goal. Keep your mind on the great and splendid things you would like to do, and then, as the days go gliding away, you will find yourself unconsciously seizing upon the opportunities that are required for the fulfillment of your desire, just as the coral insect takes from the running tide the element it needs. Picture in your mind the able, earnest and useful person you desire to be, and the thought you hold is hourly transforming you into that particular individual....Thought is supreme. Preserve a right mental attitude-the attitude of courage, frankness and good cheer. To think rightly is to create. All things come through desire and every sincere prayer is answered. We become like that on which our hearts are fixed. Whenever you go out of doors, carry your chin in and the crown of your head high.

We are gods in the chrysalis."

~Elbert Hubbard

"And then you break through
And dry before my eyes
Take me with you, where you hide tonight
Did you feel the beat in a fetal curl
Could you be original caterpillar girl
Crawling up the vine, splitting your spine
Flowing through the motion, leave a shell behind...
The birds, like me, want you now
We want you now
Caterpillar come out..."

~Lou Barlow

Touchstone Word for the Week? Simplify.

Sometimes I go about pitying myself, and all the time I am being carried on great winds across the sky.
~ Chippewa, translated by Robert Bly

My niece is THE COOLEST!!!

and she's so much like me...

Ugh, What a Week...

I'm beyond exhausted, drained, all those things - drama at work, sadness for Dear Veronica, some highs & now a good Saturday planned: Mermaid Parade time!! Then a Brooklyn Cyclones vs. Staten Island Yankees game, hot dogs, a beer, Coney Island, beachy breezes and hopefully, onto a better next week. Okay, last time I went to the Mermaid Parade, I took about 200 pics - let's see if I exercise some restraint tomorrow. Now that I do believe I've figured out the Bloggie to Facebook thingamajig, I'm going home, to rest, read, eat kale, meditation time, then to SLEEP!!!


I do believe - by the way - this to be a terribly written post, but I'm really very tired and annoyed so I'm just trying to determine if the Facebook thing is figured out and then I WANT TO LEAVE MY OFFICE!!!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!

Big hugs all week to my teacup friend...

Testing Testing

I'm just seeing if how to update Bloggie then share on Facebook... did I do it? Let's see...

Someone is having fun with the Red Giant Plastic Bullet app on her iPhone - it makes the mundane magical! This is just a plant in my office, the actual photo is quite dull - but shake a fairy wand at it and BRRNNGG!!! Ta da!

"Your imagination is your preview of life's coming attractions." ~Albert Einstein

The view from my bench ...