Be so good they can’t ignore you.
~ Steve Martin
Bison Scratching, National Bison Range, Charlo, Montana 2018
12-08 Sol Shine
If I have any beliefs about immortality, it is that certain dogs I have known will go to heaven – and very, very few persons.
~ James Thurber
Dog Fetching Ball, Pacific City, Oregon 2018
I’m a Pomeranian!
Since I was adopted it has always been a guessing game as to my ethnicity. Using my basic physical characteristics combined with where I was born it was presumed I was Scandinavian with a touch of German. I was born with red hair (which turned blonde when I was a toddler), I’m relatively tall, with a wee bit of a temper.
Fast forward to the miracles of DNA testing. I just received my results tonight and it turns out I am less than 10% Scandinavian and roughly a quarter Germanic. However, the majority of my heritage is centered on the south shore of the Baltic Sea, an area known as Pomerania (from po more, Slavic for “by the sea”). Fascinating!
Funny Friday
Our Oregon Coast version of the Loch Ness Monster…
Road’s End, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018
12-07 Sol Shine
We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.
~ Thornton Wilder
Haystack Rock, Pacific City, Oregon 2018
12-06 Sol Shine
Experience is not what happens to you; it’s what you do with what happens to you.
~ Aldous Huxley
Mexican Tarantula Hawk Dragging Tarantula, Tucson, Arizona 2014
12-05 Sol Shine
Only a fool trips on what’s behind him.
~ Anonymous
Sandy Footprints, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018
Moonwake
Cloud and fog free nights are rare out here on the Oregon Coast so when I spotted this scene I grabbed my little camera and dashed out in my pajamas. In hindsight, I should’ve taken my big camera…still alluring though.
Moonwake, Lincoln City, Oregon 2018
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12-04 Sol Shine
When dreams die, life is a broken winged bird that cannot fly.
~ Langston Hughes
White-crowned Sparrow, Monahans Sandhills State Park, Monahans, Texas 2007
12-03 Sol Shine
There is only one happiness in life, to love and be loved.
~ George Sand
Entwined Skinks, Savannah, Georgia 2007
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