Quote: Perfection

Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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Thankfulness List, 6/25/08

soaker hoses
water timers
pulse sprinklers
running through sprinklers with a five year old
summer vacations
poison ivy killer
podcasts
Google
external motivations
early morning dew

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Cow Crossing

I couldn’t resist this picture.
I do miss living in an area where farms are prevalent.

Photo by De Shark

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Quote: Repetition

It’s not true that life is one damn thing after another; it is one damn thing over and over.

Edna St. Vincent Millay

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Thankfulness List, 6/18/2008

Warm sleeping bags
Warm dogs in warm sleeping bags
Campfires
Screech owls
Pileated woodpeckers
A break from technology
Toilet paper holders
Sunshine
Canoeing
Fresh lavender

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Backhanded comments

Why is it when someone says, “I don’t mean to be rude, but…” you can sure that they are going to be? The same applies to just about any sentence that starts with “I don’t mean to [fill in the blank] but…”
I have seen quite a bit of this in the blogging world, and [...]

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Quote: Change and Survival

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

W. Edwards Deming

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Thankfulness List, 6/11/2008

quiet evenings at home
reading with family
gazebos
camping trips
sunny afternoons
relaxing near water
chocolate bars
toasted marshmallows
graham crackers
s’mores

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Commando Squirrels

It was a nice spring morning, and I was feeling generous…I decided to fill the bird feeder and give my lazy cats something to do. So I went outside and poured the seed into the feeder.
The feeder is a simple one, holding about a half-gallon worth of seed. It has a tray that the [...]

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Quote: Life Goes On

In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.
Robert Frost

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