Winter Cardinals



The Cardinal

The cardinal perched upon the limb
And chirped his song most gaily;
Welcoming a new sunrise
As was his custom daily...

by Marianne Coyne 

sideways santa

Does someone want to explain to me

why these pictures came out sideways?

Santa's Helper

Christmas in Miami!

Love the deer in this picture.

It's begining to look ....

 experimenting with ornaments

A touch of Christmas.

Chicken Pen

I was walking around a chicken pen

and these chickens were following me

everywhere I went. They had such 

personalities that I had to take their pictures.

treasure hunter

A Little Squirrel

All summer long he collected his nuts
Burying them here and there
When it came to dig them up
He couldn’t remember where
He hid his treasure store

The moral of this tale
Be sure, there is one indeed
If you want to bury your treasures
And you ain’t that smart
Draw a little map, that will help for a start

David Harris



Humbly I give to You

I Give To You, My Son
I held him as an infant; I hugged him as a boy
and through the years he has become my greatest pride and joy.

I love him more than I can say, his life more precious than my own,
but gone are the whims and notions of the little boy that I had known.

For the years have passed so quickly since the time it all began
and now he stands before me with the conviction of a man.

He wants to serve his country, he states aloud with pride
as I try to sort out the emotions that I'm feeling deep inside...

a union of the uncertain fear, which I cannot control
and the allegiance which lies deep within my patriotic soul.

I trust that my years of guidance will serve as a strong foundation
as he performs the duties requested from his beloved nation.

God please guide him as he travels to the places our soldiers have bled
and walk with him through pathways where those heroes' feet have tread.

Oh Sweet Land of Liberty, humbly I give to you, my son
praying you'll return him safely home when his work for you is done.

---Author unknown---

Classic Cars

 Get your motor running
Head out on the highway
Looking for adventure
In whatever comes our way

Yeah, darling
Gonna make it happen
Take the world in a love embrace
Fire all of your guns at once and
Explode into space

 I like smoke and lightning
Heavy metal thunder
Racing in the wind
And the feeling that I'm under

Yeah, darling

Gonna make it happen

Take the world in a love embrace

Fire all of your guns at once and

Explode into space

Like a true nature child

We were born

Born to be wild

We have climbed so high

Never want to die

Born to be wild

Born to be wild

Where it all began......

Every year our University has what is called "The Walk-Around.  The Fraternities and sororities start in September working on these Displays. They start out has metal frames

And slowing tissue paper is added to chicken wire to create a work of art!

There is a lot of welding pieces together. Every single bit of the Display is tissue paper. there are moving parts and water features. Everyone starts with the same theme and then they make their creations come to life literally in hours.

Homecoming OSU 2011

Football team coming onto the field

 

Our mascot Pistol Pete

moving parts

Finished product!

I'll be back

spinal taps and blood patches
are the greates things to do
but when it's over
and I'm back to normal
I'll be getting back to you.

midday stillness

 

midday stillness pinned in place by  a dragonfly

Share the Knowledge

Hey can someone tell me how to
show what your bloggers are blogging?

ex:
Sharon

Share the Knowledge

Jane

Once upon a time

Do you get what I am trying to say?

Bear with Me

Bear with Me
while I experiment
with the dynamics
of this blog! 

Hmmmmm!
this could get interesting!

My Window

A tree is a lens,
a viewfinder, a window.
I wait below
for a message
of what is yet to come.

A New State In A Day

To become a home staker,
Free land for any taker,
Fee, just twelve bits an acre.

Horses racing,
  Wagons tracing,
  Men on foot chasing.

Many who came that way,
  Started a new life with little delay,
  Had a new home to live and pray.

A new state was born that day,
  A state built a winning way,
  One State, One Day.
                                      Oklahoma Land Run
     A New State In Nne day
         

Neighbors

“A good neighbor is a fellow who smiles at you over the back fence, but doesn't climb over it”
Arthur Baer

The Journey

No one can take this journey but you.
There comes a time, in each of our lives,
when we are given the choice to follow this path.
Should we decide to embark on this journey,
we can never turn back.... Our lives are changed forever
On this journey, there are many different places we can
choose to slip into and hide. But the path goes on.
Spiritual Warrior

the Long and Winding road

The long and winding road
That leads to your door
Will never disappear
I've seen that road before
It always leads me here
Lead me to you door

Sweep me Away

Sweep me away

on looms the ominous ship.

Wild thing,

I think I love you!

"Living" with Art.

Where has time gone?

Happy Birthday Son,
We miss you!

watertowers

towers of water

majestic and high

flowing, downward

into a vast blueness

off into a mist of sunshine.

The Stone Bowl

when you hear the splash

Of the water drops that fall.

Into the stone bowl

You will feel that all the dust

Of your mind is washed away

Sen-No-Rikyu

Birds of a different feather