Sharing Spring in Fort Bragg April 22, 2009

Great day for walking and seeing the pretty flowers and these cute birds in the second photo from the top. Click on the photos to see them closer, too. :-)

High Temperatures Today

Today is a hot one here in Fort Bragg. Usually it is cool and breezy so this is a big change. It is 73 degrees in the house now and it is after 10 pm. That is hot for here. I do like this though. Always love the warmth. Seems the older I get the more I love heat. I even wore a warmer shirt today to increase the warmth, but it did get to be too much and I had to change to a lighter weight one. I will enjoy the heat while we have it.

Glass Table Shattering Mystery

Well, I was just sitting downstairs reading and all of a sudden I heard a loud glass breaking sound upstairs. I quickly ran upstairs to see what happened. And here in these photos are the results. Our glass table just shattered to pieces. Nothing even fell on it. Seriously! So it is still a mystery as to how it happened.

Then we looked up glass shattering and found out that lots of glass tables can do this for no reason. Maybe they have a little scratch here and there and then all of a sudden they just shatter to pieces! It is so horrible. I am so glad no one got hurt, too. I never would have ever thought that would happen. It was a thick piece of tempered glass on top of this table, too. The benefit of the tempered glass had the pieces of glass not being as sharp as just regular non-tempered glass would have been.

It took me quite a long while to clean up this mess! So weird these kinds of things can happen! Anyone with little kids need to certainly not have these kinds of tables in their houses. Well, any adults for that matter as well. Better to stick with wood. I just am so glad that no one got hurt. And I got this at a yard sale of a family with little children, so I am so glad it didn't happen to them because if it would have happened around little kids they really could have gotten hurt.

Fort Bragg Sunset Photos FromThis Evening

Glass Beach area.

Another Amazing Lion Video With Man Friend

I really enjoyed listening to this news story. :-)

Thoughts On The News

I took a little news break and only read the headlines online, not delving into reading the articles or watching the news. But I watched lots of news yesterday and it all was really depressing. Those pirates taking over ships, horrible crimes done to small children, the bad economy, violence, war and that was enough for me to want to quit watching the news again!

I think it is true about what we fill our minds with. When it is filled with all this bad stuff it certainly does us no good. So hopefully I will venture into reading more positive things like starting a garden, recycling tips, ways to make the planet a better place to live and filling my mind with these things can surely be more helpful for me and for others. Because when we are agitated and upset, it does no good for those around us either.

So I will look into reading more optimistic and inspiring things. Not that I will be like an ostrich with its head buried in the sand, I can still read the headlines, but delving into the stories and reading more and more about negative and horrible things is just doing me no good, so I will focus more on the positive and good things of the world instead.

Happy Easter To All Who Celebrate It

Happy Easter to all who celebrate it and Happy Spring to everyone else. :-) Well, Happy Spring to the Happy Easter people too, LOL Take care all.

Movie: The First of May - Great Movie!

I watched this older movie on DVD the other day called "The First of May". It was so wonderful. About a little foster child and a lady in a nursing home and their adventures. What a wonderful story! Probably one of the best movies I have seen in a long while. Very heartwarming like those old Hallmark movies from years back. Here is a link to a website about it: http://www.firstofmay.com/

One Year Of Blogging For Me

Well, I started this blog one year ago. I certainly wrote lots on this blog at first and put lots of stuff here. Over the months some things have vanished as in Youtube not allowing certain music videos online any more, but at least lots of my other things have remained here. It has been a long winter it seems. I can't wait to get out more for outings like I did the other day. It was so nice to go on a long walk by the beach on our Haul Road and enjoy seeing our birds and waiting to catch a glimpse of deer in the meadows, too. So I am in a happier mood now that it is spring and summer will be coming up. I hope to make it another year as a blogger and look forward to even more of a variety of things to add to my blog. This blog is not really promoted anywhere accept perhaps by a random search at google or just stumbling across it, or perhaps I gave you the address of it, so if you find it, thanks for stopping by. And for all of you who have visited and commented, I appreciate it. :-)

Our Good Weather Is Upon Us

It was a great day to be out in nature in Fort Bragg today.

Flower Of The Day Award Goes To This One

I was so happy to encounter this beauty on my walk today.

Fort Bragg, California Flowers March 2009

Some pretty flowers seen around Fort Bragg today.

Windy Day

Today I took a walk to the beach with a friend. It was so windy. We brought some bread for the seagulls and got a bit away from the cliffs so the seagulls would have an easier time landing in the wind. Today you could surely call Fort Bragg "The Windy City". It still wasn't that cold though and I liked getting out. I did bring a nice cap to cover my head and ears though and that helped things out without getting too cold. I love how fun it is to see the seagulls hovering over our heads and just waiting for us to throw bread up in the air to them. I am grateful for where I live. I hope to go to the duck pond soon and perhaps catch a glimpse of baby ducks, too.

My American Idol Favorites

Watched American Idol tonight. My favorites are Adam Lambert, Kris Allen and Allison Iraheta. All three of them did so well tonight. I hope they stay in the competition until toward the end of the show so I can hear their good singing. I like watching this show. Probably because I can't sing, I really do appreciate it when I hear good singers. :-)

From A Learn To Watercolor Book

Just tried out an exercise in a learn to watercolor kit my friend gave me. I used watercolor pencils for this as they seem easier for me to handle. It was relaxing doing this the other day.

Great Day For A Walk

Today was real nice weather in Fort Bragg. Went for a walk kind of away from the ocean area today and it was so sunny and warm. Saw a little deer in a meadow. Perfect day for walking. I am looking forward to all this better weather we will have ahead of us.

Movies Lately

Movies I have seen lately were: Revolutionary Road at the movies and I really liked it. Good depiction of a struggling couple in the 50's with their marriage and their life plans. Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet did a great job at it. I think they both are such great actors! The movie was dramatic and emotional, but I did like it.

On a lighter note, I watched the DVD "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2" and at first I was thinking it was probably just for teens, but it isn't. It had good messages in the movie and was glad I finished watching it. It too was touching in many parts of it.

Then I saw an old 70's film called "The Passenger". Jack Nicholson starred in this and it was interesting to take a look back to that era. The movie was interesting, too. It seemed the movie moved slowly, but I still liked it and it seemed to depict the 70's outlook on stuff. Loved seeing Jack Nicholson again in how he looked back then. As I have always known, he is a great actor. It is so amazing he has been an actor all these years and a great one at that! One of my favorites.

Now of course I didn't give anything away on these movies as I am not a critic, but just posting some movies I saw lately. I think "Revolutionary Road" was the best of these.

Happy Spring

Pink and White Flower Tree at Spring

Overlooking Pudding Creek Area - Turkey Vulture Flying

This is a quick couple photos of a turkey vulture flying overhead. Usually they are cruising so quickly spying on prey it is tough to get them on camera, but I did get this one in these photos.

Spring Time At Glass Beach Area

This is a pretty scene of the cliff areas at spring. Nice place to walk along the paths. This is the best time of the year here. Although we did have a storm last night, but when the storms clear, it winds up being real nice out. Just have to make sure you get out there when it is nice. If you see the sun, get out while it lasts. That is my motto for living here as the weather does vary. Still, I love it here.

Crayon Art Work Just For Fun - Easter

The creative art prompt at the Inspire Me Thursday site was "Swirl". I just sat listening to music last night and this is what I came up with. I think I will always like coloring no matter how old I get. :-)

Overlooking The Harbor Area Today

Some March 2009 Flowers

Ocean Today

It was a real nice day at the ocean today.

Weekend

Just posting that I had a good weekend. Spent time with my family and with some friends. It was nice. I look forward to a good week ahead.

More Photos From Fort Bragg, California

Just some more photos from around town. Lots of the big trees were by the cemetery. Actually the cemetery often has lots of life going on in it. A few times I have seen deer having a nice snack on the flowers. And the day I was there lots of robins were hopping all over the place. And of course little squirrels love to scurry around here, too.

When I was learning to drive my mom took me to a huge cemetery in the early morning hours. She said, "Don't worry you can't hurt anyone here." She did have a funny sense of humor - my mom. I like remembering those good memories more than the tough ones with my mom. :-)