The Life of Mrs. Miles

TEA FOR TWO DOODLES
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My friend Gina tells me that doodles are all the rage. We went back and forth on this one - me telling her "but these are doodles... I do these when I'm yakking on the phone, for Heaven's sake! Surely no one wants my doodles?" She assures me that you may... So - are you fans of doodling? So, since Gina is a tea person - these first ones are dedicated to her. Should I be making more of these things? What theme would you like? You can just call me Barbara Jean the doodling machine!

My friend Mavis sent me this picture yesterday, of a brave little winter pansy in her garden. She also sent one of some snowdrop out too - but blogger ate that one and I dare'nt re-upload that one. I've found if you mess with Blogger, Blogger generally wins. So... Does this mean spring is on it's way? Oh, how I long for it. I get SAD in the winter and Miles in past winters would send me off to the tanning bed to give me a kick-start in the emotional department (in other words, I would nearly take his head off in crankiness, and since I wasn't tired, hungry or cold he would try this...) But this winter I decided to give my skin a break from the tanning. I feel like a lump of white pastry dough - and a few days have been hard enough for me to consider making an appointment. But perhaps our long, long winter is over. Thanks Mavis, for sharing a hopeful moment of spring with us.

THY HIDDEN ONES

Thick green leaves from the soft brown earth,
Happy springtime hath called them forth;
First faint promise of summer bloom
Breathes from the fragrent, sweet perfume,
Under the leaves.

Lift them! What marvelous beauty lies
Hidden beneath from thoughless eyes!
Mayflowers, rosy or purest white,
Lift their cups to the sudden light,
Under the leaves.

Are there no lives whose holy deeds-
Seen by no eye save His who reads
Motive and action - in silence grow
Into rare beauty, and bud and blow
Under the leaves?

Fair white flowers of faith and trust,
Springing from spirits bruised and crushed;
Blossoms of love, rose-tinted and bright,
Touched and painted with Heaven's own light
Under the leaves.

Full fresh clusters of duty borne,
Fairest of all in that shadow grown;
Wondrous the fragrance that sweet and rare
Comes from the flower-cups hidden there
Under the leaves.

Though unseen by our vision dim,
Bud and blossom are known to Him;
Wait we content for His heavenly ray -
Wait till our Master Himself one day
Lifteth the leaves.

Well - lookie here - here's the snowdrop picture skinched in where I could not see it. Ha! Blogger's messing with my mind!

See what my friend Rose is torturing me with in the meantime? While painting at her house the other day, she offered these to me not once, not twice but three times. How cruel. What strength I have. ha ha!

Just a short entry today as I have to carve a turkey bird for our Pot Luck at the Learning Center. You all have a good day.

Things You Would Never Know Without The Movies - part 1

All telephone numbers in America begin with the digits 555.

Most dogs are immortal.

If being chased through town, you can usually take cover in a passing St. Patrick's Day parade - at any time of the year.

All beds have special L-shaped cover sheets which reach up to the armpit level on a woman but only to waist level on the man lying beside her.

All grocery shopping bags contain at least one stick of French Bread.

It's easy for anyone to land a plane providing there is someone in the control tower to talk you down.

Once applied, lipstick will never rub off - even while scuba diving.

The ventilation system of any building is the perfect hiding place. No-one will ever think of looking for you in there and you can travel to any other part of the building you want without difficulty.

If you need to reload your gun, you will always have more ammunition - even if you haven't been carrying any before now.

You're very likely to survive any battle in any war unless you make the mistake of showing someone a picture of your sweetheart back home.

Should you wish to pass yourself off as a German officer, it will not be necessary to speak the language. A German accent will do.

If your town is threatened by an imminent natural disaster or killer beast, the mayor's first concern will be the tourist trade or his forthcoming art exhibition.

The Eiffel Tower can be seen from any window in Paris.

A man will show no pain while taking the most ferocious beating but will wince when a woman tries to clean his wounds.

If a large pane of glass is visible, someone will be thrown through it before long.

The Chief of Police is always black.

When paying for a taxi, don't look at your wallet as you take out a bill - just grab one at random and hand it over. It will always be the exact fare.

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