Hi friends and happy Wednesday...
I am in the middle of transitioning the blog here to an autumn theme. It has a way to go but should be finished in a couple of days.
Temperatures here in the Garden State are cool in the daytime and downright chilly at night moving down into the low 50°s at night. I know so many are sweltering in the heat and I wish I could send you some relief.
1. How do you define beauty?
The simple definition:Beauty is a quality of a person, place, or thing that gives pleasure, joy, or deep satisfaction to the senses and the mind. It's not complicated.
2. Have you ever taken a trip by train? If so where did you go and what did you think of the experience? If not do you have any desire to do so? Where would you like to go?
I have commuted by train and I am a rail fan who loves all things trains and have since I was a small toddler spending time watching trains with my grandfather.
I used to want to take a long trip on a train. The Orient Express would be nice but now I think I would pass and just stay home. There are lovely trips across Canada and of course many day trips on steam locomotives in many towns in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
3. Shell shocked, bombshell, bandshell, shellacking, in a nutshell, walking on eggshells...choose one and tell us why you chose it, or how it relates to your life in some way currently.
I choose the word bombshell because I read some articles by famous actors on why Marilyn Monroe was a pain in the neck to others by holding up entire work days , just not showing up, her lack of concern or care about others she worked with and for, etc. She may have been a bombshell but she was not a very nice person in many ways. Most of her co-stars and those who worked on the movie sets found she left a lot to be desired.
4. Tacos, pistachios, oysters, clams, eggs...your favorite food on the list that comes in/with a shell?
Tacos are the favorite from this little list. They are just so delicious.
5. Are birthdays a big deal in your house? Is your own birthday a big deal in some way? Elaborate.
No. Birthdays are not a big deal in my family at all. A s[ecial dinner and a cake maybe but mostly just a present given without much fanfare.
6. Insert your own random thought here.
My thoughts today are of two ladies who brought the nation class and quiet elegance. I admired both of these ladies.
Here is a photo of Jacqueline Kennedy (Jacqueline Lee Bouvier) who commissioned the Rose Garden back in more refined times.
Mrs. Kennedy also brought back all the original furnishings that had been sold off from the White House and decorated it with ultimate taste and class because she understood what it meant to be "the people's house."
And my favorite first lady, Lady Bird Johnson (Claudia Alta Taylor Johnson) whom I so admired.
What a great lady she was. She championed beauty and environmental stewardship.
"And the Almighty took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it." Genesis 2:15
The deeper meaning of the original language is to beautify, enhance, embellish, and improve the raw product, along with maintaining it and inhibiting its decay and degeneration.
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| Mrs. Johnson in the Rose Garden |
Mrs. Johnson loved flowers and commissioned the huge state wide project of seeding Bluebells all along Texas highways and empty fields. Though she was a consummate lady, Lady Bird was a formidable woman and every bit a match for the tough Lyndon Johnson.
