... and realized that I needed to get better shoes.
When you see a penny lying on the ground...
... you pick it up, and ask everyone you meet if it's theirs until someone claims it! (But that doesn't happen as often anymore since the Canadian government fairly recently eliminated the penny from our currency; our smallest coin is now the five-cent nickel.)
On a rainy Monday afternoon ...
"Polly knew at once that it was the Cabby's wife, fetched out of our world not by any tiresome magic rings, but quickly, simply and sweetly as a bird flies to its nest."
(The Magician's Nephew, Chapter 11)
Real life daughter to johobbit!
NW niece to ramagut.
NW Hobbit cousin to coracle.
pennies became collectors' items in 1966.
When you walk through a storm....
... hold your head up high and don't be afraid of the dark because what you should really be scared of is the lightning.
They say that April showers...
...happen all the year round in Britain. (Sigh)
The memories of a man in his old age...
...result in entertaining stories he tells to his grandchildren.
When Mickey Mouse found the end of the rainbow...
"Polly knew at once that it was the Cabby's wife, fetched out of our world not by any tiresome magic rings, but quickly, simply and sweetly as a bird flies to its nest."
(The Magician's Nephew, Chapter 11)
Real life daughter to johobbit!
NW niece to ramagut.
NW Hobbit cousin to coracle.
...tell us that dragons can be killed.
All roads lead to...
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
...traffic queues.
When I was a child, I had a...
rope I called Gullwhacker.
I think squirrels are...
"In the end, there is something to which we say: 'This I must do.'"
- Gordon T. Smith
avi by Flambeau
...quite cheeky.
It's like the old saying: "Garbage in, ..."
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
... garbage out, unless Oscar decides to keep it for himself."
When raiding the refrigerator...
...be certain your dog doesn't nose his way into the goodies first.
You're one book away from...
We have nothing, if not belief.
—C.S. Lewis
...from finishing a series.
For breakfast, I had...
Some days you battle yourself and other monsters. Some days you just make soup.
...a bowl of No-Added-Sugar Alpen (muesli) and a cup of tea, while watching a tacky game show on TV.
This weekend, I'm looking forward to...