Strength .....

Normally I would post this in my other blog but it is so beautiful I thought I might share it here instead. One of our friends Estelle posted it on FB
Thanks Estelle,

Some funny quotes

I always wondered why somebody doesn't do something about that. Then I realized I was somebody.Lily Tomlin

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis and I don't deserve that either.Jack Benny

My mother used to say that there are no strangers, only friends you haven't met yet. She's now in a maximum security twilight home in Australia.Dame Edna Everage

Men who consistently leave the toilet seat up secretly want women to get up to go the bathroom in the middle of the night and fall in.Rita Rudner

Summer is the season when a man thinks he can cook better on an outdoor grill than his wife can on an indoor stove.Anonymous

I don't drink coffee at work. It keeps me awake.Judy Brown

Wise People's Quotes

This selection of Quotes come from the back of little sugar sackets, so I sure they won't mind me sharing it with you.

Your legacy should be that you made it better than it was when you got it.

Be the change you want to see in the world.
Mohatma Ghandi

Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.
Ernest Hemingway

Never accept failure, no matter how often it visits you. Keep on going. Never give up. Never.
Dr Michael Smurfit

You should always keep your word. All the setbacks in life come only because you don't keep your word.
Sivananda

Use no harmful deceit; think innocently amd justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.
Benjamin Franklin

If you purpose to speak, always ask yourself - is it true, is it necessary, is it kind?...
Gaulama Buddha

It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.
Samuel Johnson

Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you will help them become what they are capable of becoming.
Johann Wolfgang Von Geothe

Everything's a circle. We're each responsible for our own actions. It will come back.
Betty Laverdure

If you've only one breath left, use it to say thank you.
Pam Brown

Hope you found a quote or two you liked.
My father used to have a quote of the day in his office, and this just reminders me of a lovely man and great father he was to me. Love you Dad. Passed on Sept1999.

Food for thought

Getting older and maybe a bit wiser ....... Something we all going to go through, if we lucky. I turned 50 this year, so I am getting there or rather on my way there. Recently I spend 2 weeks overseas visiting my Mom. She lives in a retirement complex, not as modern as the new ones where every need is catered for, residents all have their own little self contained units and most still drive everywhere. In a newsletter with all activities and news I found this great bit that I would like to share with you ...... for us grandmothers out there.

Grandmothers
(by an eight yr old schoolboy)

A grandmother is a women, who has no children of her own
so she loves the boys and girls of other people.
Grandmothers have nothing to do, they only have to be there.
If they take you for a walk, they go slowly past
beautiful leaves and caterpillars.
They never say "Come along quickly," or
Hurry up for goodness sake"
They are usually fat, but not too fat to tie up my shoe laces.
They wear spectacles and sometimes take out their teeth.
They can answer any question, for instance why dogs hate cats
and why God is not married.
When they read to us, they never leave anything out.
They do not mind if its always the same story.
Everybody should have a grandmother especially
Those who do not have a television.
Grandmothers are the only grown ups who have plenty of time.


Hope you loved it as much as I do.






This is my beautiful grandsons Cobi and Luke feeding ducks at a local park in Brisbane.