Leia Lola Oreo

Ah puppies! They are so cute. Just seeing that sweet little face makes me smile. What about you?

It has been more than four years since we have had a dog in our house. We waited a long time. To be honest I was the last hold out. I was still working through the fact that our much loved dog was gone and I wasn’t sure about replacing him.

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Today was simply just a gorgeous day. I could smell spring in the air. The sun was shining and it was just balmy out. The kids kicked off the boots and slipped on the crocs ( no socks). How great was that. If you are like me and live in a place that gets snow and cold temperatures during the winter you know what I mean when I say it is great to finally shake off the winter.

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Love is a Verb 

By Ruth Kaiser
a.k.a. The Smiley Lady of www.SpontaneousSmiley.com


Beatles Smileys

It’s easy to recognize that love
is a feeling, a really, really good feeling. Poets write rhymes, musicians sing
songs and we all can recall the intense surges of emotion that accompany
feelings of love.

Clarinet Smiley

Yeah, so that’s easy. We all get that. What a lot of people don’t
get is that love is also a verb–a thing you do and with the doing,

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What do you see in the clouds in the picture?

Just imagine you are lying on the soft green grass on a small hill at the park staring up to the beautiful sky. What do you see?

Well I see a turtle in the clouds above. Do you see it too?

When was the last time you took a few minutes to wonder at the sky and use your imagination?

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