Hail......Noooooo!!!

      I'll start this post by telling you that all of the photos you'll be seeing can be found on WWLP (dot) com's website HERE. They're the photos taken by people all over western Massachusetts after the severe thunderstorm that came through over the weekend.
        I have to admit that when they said we were going to get a short thunderstorm in the late afternoon...I didn't even give it much thought. But all of a sudden Sunday afternoon it got dark...Really dark! And then it started pouring rain! And then...
 

     ...HAIL!!! O_O
 

      The balls of ice started pelting our windows so hard that we thought somebody was throwing something at the windows!...We hadn't heard anything about hail! O_O Funny how the weather people left that 'little' detail out!!...We thought it was just gonna be a familiar thunderstorm. You know...with rain, darkness, and a few lightening strikes! But nooooooooo!

     I was thankful that my hummingbirds were apparently alerted, because I sure didn't want to be subjected to seeing my little 'babies' flitting back and forth, dodging ice pellets!! O_O That would've been terrible!!...We've had quite enough 'near-misses' this week!!
     If you look at all of the photos above it seems as if we were captured in our homes with this storm! But the truth is...it went by sooooooo quick! In fact, hubby tried to get outside to the hailstones right after the storm, so that I could get some photos of them up close for the blog...but they had melted by the time he got to them!! :-) It was still very warm outside.
    About an hour or two after the storm the only semblance that we had even had a thunderstorm was these photos!...Good Job, quick picture takers!! :-) ... My hummingbirds have been back to business as usual ever since then! They're keeping hubby busier than usual making nectar for them. He has to change the feeder twice a week...at least!
      Okay...no more hail photos for at least a year! ^_^ I'm sticking to flowers and other goodies...See you with some of that tomorrow maybe! Right now my stomach is singing to me again! :-) Have a good day, Everybody!

Hungry Stomach

My empty stomach's grumbling
was as noisy as could be!
So demanding in it's urging,
and it's "Hungry" symphony.

I awakened to it's music,
and the fluttering that it caused.
I tried to just ignore it,
with its twist and turning gnaws!

Like a 'stick-in-hand' conductor,
setting music to a riot,
I'll direct some food into it,
so that it will just be QUIET!

Okay, So Here's The Story........

 (Panda Cookie Dunk Mug by LennyMud)

     It's another Monday...another week. And for me...another story to tell you! :-) Or I should say...I can finally tell you the story! I already mentioned to you that something happened, but that I'd tell you the story later. Well...now is the time.

     Since it's a story of an attempted 'mugging' I thought the mug in the header photo was appropriate! ^_^ Sorry. That's my silly sense of humor...which is finally able to be silly about this particular subject...which was no laughing matter the other day when it happened!! O_O

      I did end up having some chocolate chip and almond cookies to help me calm my nerves though. So...I could've used this mug! LOL

     Anyway!...What happened was my hubby witnessed a 'mugging'!...(The attack or robbing of  someone in a public place)...while it was in progress!! O_O...Yeah! Really!!! O_O It happened while he was doing one of his 'pick-ups' the other day.
       He was waiting outside of a building, for an elder gentleman that he transports to a center in town, to be brought downstairs to his van. The gentleman's sister, who doesn't live with him, had come by to get him ready, and to bring him downstairs to the van. Hubby was waiting in the van for quite a while, because his previous passenger had cancelled, and so he was early to this gentleman's building.
      All of a sudden he saw, out of the corner of his eye, a man holding a bicycle handle with one hand, and some money in the other, being threatened by a guy with what looked like a gun! O_O The man holding the bicycle dropped it, and, in Spanish, was trying to get the guy to leave him alone!
     Hubby says he was frozen at first, because he said he couldn't tell whether they were playing around or what was going on. He said it was as if it was a tv show or something. O_O One thing was clear though, the man being threatened was not going down without a fight!!
     When the threatened man kept refusing to give the attacker whatever he was asking for...his bike, money, whatever!...the attacker lunged at him! That's when the threatened man swung back, and knocked the gun out of his hand...Hubby says the gun clip fell out of it as it was going to the ground. That's when hubby realized: "HEY!! THIS IS REAL!!! HE"S BEING MUGGED!!!!" O_O
      Hubby didn't know what to do, because he already had a passenger on the van, an elderly woman (101 years old!)...who thankfully was totally oblivious to the whole thing!...and he was still waiting for the elder gentleman and her sister who he knew would be popping out of the door any minute!! O_O YIKES!!
      As he was quickly pondering..."WHAT DO I DO? WHAT DO I DO?!!""...the mugger went into his jacket pocket and pulled out a knife and was swinging it at the threatened man!!!!!! O_O Hubby says he thinks he actually hit him once with it!...That's when hubby realized...I HAVE A CELL PHONE! I'LL CALL THE POLICE!!...And as he was trying to slow his brain down and control the high volume of adrenaline that was coursing through his body by now too, enough to remember how to use his fingers, someone started yelling, in Spanish, at the mugger from one of the apartment building windows!
     The mugger took off running!!...Hubby went to find out if the threatened man was alright. For the most part, he was. Of course, he was kinda wound up by now too...and angry that the guy had tried to mug him!!...Shortly after that the police came. Hubby had to give them his name and information in case they needed him later to recount what he had witnessed. YIKES!! O_O
      We just found out a couple of days ago that they caught the mugger. PHEW!!! And so far hubby hasn't gotten a call...which the police officer told him probably wouldn't have to happen.
      Needless to say, hubby was a wreck when he got home!! He was upset with himself that he hadn't acted quicker, and terrified to think what would have happened if someone had gotten shot or killed!! O_O I assured him that his reaction was normal. The brain does some weird things when emergencies happen!
     It was funny....later. MUCH later!...listening to hubby talk about all of the things he should have done...blow the horn, yell "HEY!", drive the van toward him, call the police immediately!...and laughing about how he was holding a cell phone in his hand the whole time and never even thought about it!! ^_^
     Once hubby's nerves were back to normal, he called his boss to find out what protocol was in cases like that...in case there ever is another time...which he hopes there never is!!! O_O In this case, everybody got to the center safely, albeit a little late! ^_^ And the threatened man was still alive...albeit a LOT angry that anybody would dare mess with him like that! He was pounding his chest and saying: "I'm Puerto Rican!!!!"
      Okay...hmmmm...I think he missed the memo that Puerto Rican's, just like all other humans, get attacked!!!...Anyway!! :-)) I guess I would've been a little angry too! Especially since it was in the daylight of early morning...Don't muggers sleep anymore?! :-)) .........Sorry.
      Now I need some breakfast and a cup of coffee. My adrenaline started running again just telling you the story! O_O ...I'll save the story of our freak thunderstorm yesterday afternoon...

     ...and it's HAILSTONES!!!! (those are the little white balls in the photo below)...

    ...for another time!! O_O

      To end today's post I'll bring it back to calm...and crochet!! :-)

      I finished these this weekend, and will probably put them in the online Wuglyees shop later today.

     Okay, have a good...mug free...day, Everybody! :-) Be prepared for all emergencies....and pray that there isn't any!!! ^_^

Just When You Think...

Just when you think you've got it bad
you see that someone's got it worse!
You complain: "My aches and pains...",
but see that some folks need a nurse!

Just when the weather's got you mad
and the snow's too deep to run,
you see the melting everywhere...
And look again!...and there's the sun!

Just when you think: "I'll just move on,
and find something else to do",
there's another blog post finished...
and another poem too! :-]

Pancake Sunday!...'Colorful and Different' Style!

 (8x10 Print by bumblejack)

      Guess what?...Unlike last Sunday, when I decided not to actually have pancakes on Pancake Sunday (deciding to have catfish and grits instead!), this Sunday....it's PANCAKES, people!!!! ^_^

      I'm not having a ton of pancakes though. My stomach is still in a state of YUM from last night's dinner! :-) A dear friend of ours made us a homemade lasagne and collard greens!!! YUM!!! It was so good that we're looking forward to dinner leftovers, at the same time as we're getting ready for Sunday pancake breakfast! ^_^

      I'll show you my pancakes in a minute. First I wanna show you the colorful, wonderful, and different things I found in my Sunday morning Etsy search! :-) ... 

Such pretty planters!...

 (Bubble Ceramic Planter by bkbceramics)

Such different wine glasses!...

 (Pair of Hand-painted Animal Print Wine glasses by ourhousecraft)

...and wine bottle holder!...

 

  (Wine-O-Saur Wooden Dinosaur Wine Rack by TheBackPackShoppe)

Such a different necklace!...Great for cat lovers! :-) ...

(Custom Cat Necklace by FlowerLandShop)

 

Such a wonderful backpack!...

 (Lumberjack Waxed Canvas Backpack by WoolyBison)

...and a colorful backpack also, from the same shop!...

 (Nouveau Ikat Waxed Canvas Satchel by WoolyBison)

And last, but not least, BISCUITS!! :-)

(The Pioneer Woman Blog)

       I know....I know! They're not pancakes. :-) But after watching Trisha Yearwood and Ree Drummond's cooking shows yesterday morning....both of whom were making biscuits!...I just had to share! ^_^

     'These' are my pancakes!!...

     Butter on top, 'Aunt Jemima' syrup on the side, and drool coming down my chin! ^_^ I'm gonna sit quiet with my hubby this morning and enjoy!!! I hope you enjoy your breakfast too...whatever you have...or don't have! LOL

Sitting Quiet

I love just sitting quiet,
letting silence be my friend.
I'm not afraid to be alone,
and hear my breathing out and in.

With no T.V. on, or music,
just some thinking done, with me,
In a world where quiet reading
is now called "activity".

There's no reason to be scared,
or to need all kinds of noise,
to create some kind of chaos,
or to look for games and toys;

Just a quiet low lit room,
where I ponder my life course,
where I think of plans ahead,
but no thoughts I have to force.

Just me, still, and sitting quiet.
Nothing altering my mood.
No smoke wafting at my sinus,
no one mad or being rude.

Can you turn off all the gadgets?
Can you hear your own self sigh?
If you cannot take the quiet,
You should stop and wonder why!

Are they dying already?!!!

     I know...you're probably saying to yourself "Wug, why are you showing us dying leaves?!" ^_^ I know you're probably saying that because that's what I would be saying too!!...Well, let me tell you why.

     The reason is because I can't believe they're dying this fast?!! I mean...it's just the beginning of August! Summer isn't even over yet!...Yet already...while the hummingbirds are still chasing each other, and another set of hummingbird babies are no doubt in the works...the leaves are starting to show signs of Fall (Autumn)!!

     WOW! Out with the old, and in with the new....so fast!! O_O Is it just here in our area, I wonder?!
 

      Oh well...there's nothing I can do about it! That's the way life 'rolls'! ^_^ So, I'm just gonna get my mind ready to enjoy the un-obstructed view of my backyard trees, which are gonna be really easy to see pretty soon when the tree goes leaf-bare!! :-)

     And I'm gonna remember that no matter what happens, I'll still have foliage to look at...sorta. ^_^ Flower foliage!......of the crochet thread variety! ^_^ 

     Well!!...What kind of flowers did you think I'd be talking about?! LOL You know I'm practically allergic to the sound of my own voice!...not to mention being allergic to anything that's growing outside right now!!! ^_^
 

      Anyway! LOL...These are a few of my latest creations. I'm gonna list them in the shop later this afternoon.

     This morning I have some 'other', more spiritual, business to take care of! :-) If you lived in my area, or if I knew your phone number, you might have a personal visit! ^_^ So, I'm off to take care of that. I think it's gonna be a good day!...You have a good day too!!

Light

I wait most every morning
to see soft light coming through the trees;
To see the darkness pierced by shadows,
making clarity a tease.

I wait most every morning,
knowing darkness will give way;
Hoping sunrise won't forget me,
and my night will soon be day.

I wait most every morning,
for the thick black blanket's night
to flip back and uncover
all the brilliant rested light!

I've never been disappointed.
Light always manages to appear.
And I always smile and wave and holler:
"Hello Light! I'm over here!"

Woohoo!...FRIDAY!!!!

 (Happy Sunshine Card by CraftyMushroomCards)

     I usually start every Friday post talking about how great it is that it's 'virtual' Friday date night, and telling you, in one form or another, about my preparations or plans for my date. But not today! Today I'm just gonna show you the great things I found on Etsy....Why, you ask?!...

     Well, because I've been on a date ever since my anniversary in the middle of the week! ^_^ We're enjoying the long, long, date night...right on into the weekend!! :-) Even though a few things have happened to try to derail our good time! O_O I may tell you about it on another day, but not today!

       The sun is shining...at least for now!...and hubby and I are about to eat breakfast together and do a little dancing...maybe! ^_^ I think it's gonna be a good Friday! :-) I hope your Friday is good too!...Maybe I can help your Friday start with a 'BANG!' by sharing a few of my favorite things from my morning Etsy scroll!...

 (Personalized Mug Made to Order by MissPottery)

 (Orange and Black Fire Agate and Double Strand Necklace by Flowerleaf)

 (Green Autumn Forest Quilted Kitchen Pot Holders by btaylorquilts)

 (Green Striped Boutique Roll Up Camping Bed by BoutiqueCamping)

(Platform Bed with Headboard and Bookshelf by KnotsandBiscuits)

       Not only are they all cool items, but they're all things that remind me of some of the activities of hubby and my week so far!...the GOOD stuff, I mean! :-] ENJOY!!...And have a good weekend, Everybody! :-)

All With You!

If money could take me anywhere,
where would I go? What would I do?
I could walk down sandy beaches
as long as it's done with you?

I could paint on the French Riviera,
and on the cliffs of Dover too.
I could dance to the wee wee hours.
As long as it's done with you.

I could write my first true novel,
with every where, when, what or who.
And if well received...or not,
I'd be fine as long as I'm with you.

I could travel to Hawaii,
and ride horseback through the crystal blue.
I could hula and eat, and hula some more,
as long as it's done with you.

I could make a lot of friend's lives better,
pay their bills and buy them something new.
But it wouldn't be nearly as much fun
as spending all my time with you!

So if money could take me anywhere,
what would I want to see and do?
Exactly what I see and do right now,
because I get to do it all with you! 

And Love Continues....?!

 (8x10 Love Typography Fine Art Original Photography Print by KneeDeepOriginals)

      Another anniversary has come and gone...31 years!...DONE! ^_^ Now what?!.....Hmmmm....I know, more crocheting!!...

     And more love!!! ^_^ My anniversary is kinda being prolonged because of it being so close to the weekend, and so close to 'virtual' Friday date night, and so close to...being not done yet!!! LOL
 

 (8X10 Wall Art Print by wmdesigns139)

    Just bare with me. My head will come out of the clouds soon, I promise! ^_^ In the meantime...

     Have a good day, Everybody! :-)

Describe The Sky

Evoking awe and bouts of wonder.
Such inspiration, you just want to cry.
With birds high-flying, and winds a blowing,
what words would you use to describe the sky?

Would you say, whether clouds are upon it,
that it blankets a wondrous space?
Or would you be more awed and humbled,
hoping there you would find God's face?

I would say that when standing quiet,
looking up at the sun or moon,
there's a feeling of peaceful oneness
that I hope won't go away too soon.

Evoking bouts of awe and wonder
was probably what it was designed to do;
That is, besides giving off light and weather,
and the most spectacular view!