The Eyes Have It!

 I'm off to my retina specialist this morning to check on the progress of my damaged retina.  There is a split or hole in  my retina that may eventually need some sort of surgery. 

 Neither my optometrist or the retina guy can figure out why I continue to see as well as I do. I, however, will continue to be positive about this.  Losing my eyesight is something so horrible I cannot begin to envision it.

Meanwhile. I feel like a flamingo in the snow.........discombobulated at the very least.........anxious, angry, and sad, if I stop and think about it.

It's winter and I and the world are not in a happy place!

Continue to make good trouble,  and, as always, thanks for topping by.............*s*

Shakespeare

 Now is the winter of our discontent

Made glorious by this sun of York.

The opening lines of Richard III openly laid out in a plan filled with jealousy, hate, and revenge.

I generally start my morning with one of the Bard's Sonnets, but his morning I also read Richard's opening soliloquy. It fells appropriate. for these times we live in.

Please, no lectures about how this is not the real Richard.  Do you think Amadeus is about the real Mozart?

It's taken me a while to realize that I am feeling the same way I did on 9/11.

So I retreat into art, literature, and music.  I get my news in small doses from sources I trust, but definitely not first thing in the morning.  This is a time for tea and. kitties.

It's snowing, sightly unexpected, but since I am not going anywhere it's okay.  I'll look at a weather report later.

Make good trouble......and as always, thanks for stopping by....*s*

Twelfth Night

 Old Christmas is past,

Twelfth tide is the last.

As we bid you adieu

Great health in the new.

Twelfth night was traditionally a Feast of Fools where everything was reversed.  Servants became master, masters served. It feels like it's going to be a very long Twelfth Night.

As always, stay strong, and thanks for stopping by..............*s*

ALREADY?! 2026

 Celebrations occur among the most unlikely of us!

Never a Christmas morning,

Never an old year's end,

But some one thinks of someone,

Old days, Old times, Old friends!

Wishing everyone peaceful and prosperous 2026!

As always, stay strong, and thanks for stopping by..................*s*

Hope

This morning on what promises to be another cold, dreary December day, when I went out to feed the birds, these morning glories were blooming away in their  pot by the door. With all the sadness and horrors of the past days it gives me such a sense of hope to see that flowers go on blooming and spreading small moments of joy.

Say safe and strong in these troubled times.  Thanks for stopping by.............*s*

Snow

 It's snowing in a rather half-hearted way.  It's what my mother, and thus I, called a 'sugar snow' because it looks like a ton of icing sugar had been dumped on the world.

It's. pretty to look at, but I am oh-so-glad I don't have to go out in it today.

Probably everyone has read, heard of the shooting in Providence at Brown University.  I am having a lot of trouble thinking that this could happen in an area I once lived in. Right now I cannot say more. We live about forty miles south, so are not in any danger.  

My heart is with students and their loved ones.

As always, stay safe, and thanks for stopping by...............*s*

Christmastide

 These very small Dwarf Alberta Spruce were on sale at our local market.  I purchased two and decided that it is not too early for a few decorations.  I have them in the sunroom where I have my winter studio,  May even buy a few more lights for them.

I will need to find a cool spot to winter over after the holidays.

The dragons have been gathering.  I think they may arrive soon.

Good yule to all.  As always thanks for stopping by.............*s*