Nonnie's Observations

Inspirations: flute concert speaking Japanese fluently the shakuhachi by Jane Reichhold sultry night the sound of the shakuhachi deepens the silence by Chevrefeuille My Haiku: warm memories of yore crickets serenading us delight of fireflies   sharing with Rebecca's HAIKU MY HEART and  Kristjaan's CARPE DIEM SUMMERTIME Hoosier Quote: “When people hear good music,  it makes them homesick  for something they never had and never will have.” ~Edgar W. Howe~

inspiration from Rallentanda: a beautiful peace I sit quietly with them   feeling their presence  This is in Vincennes, Indiana, at the Old Cathedral Cemetery the peace of our Lord felt here among those long gone will you pass it on? shared with Kristjaan's CARPE DIEM SPECIAL # 153 H oosier Quote: “When I say that peace must be planned on a world basis,  I mean quite literally that it must embrace the earth…  It is inescapable that there can be no peace  for any part of the world  unless the foundations of peace  are made secure throughout all parts of the world.” ~Wendell L. Willkie~ 

optical clinic providing “better vision for downtown Muncie”  more signs at Lesley's SIGNS, SIGNS Hoosier Quote: “If the government was as afraid of disturbing the consumer as it is of disturbing business, this would be some democracy.” ~ Frank McKinney Hubbard ~

xanthophyll brings change during my fav’rite season- exquisite autumn! joining others  at ABC WEDNESDAY  created by Mrs. Nesbitt maintained by the ever faithful Roger and hosted this week by Joy Information found at-  http://en.mimi.hu/biology/xanthophyll.html Xanthophyll (originally phylloxanthin) is the yellow pigment found in the leaves of most plants.  It is involved in photosynthesis along with green chlorophyll, which typically covers up the yellow except in autumn. Hoosier Quote: “No town can fail of beauty,  though its walks be gutters and its houses hovels,  if venerable trees make a magnificent colonnade along its streets.” ~Henry Ward Beecher~

Inspiration from Chevrefeuille: bonsai like the islands of Matsushima covered with pines pine tree- safe harbor momma robin’s brood ensconced  ever ravenous sharing with Kristjaan's CARPE DIEM SUMMERTIME Hoosier Quote: “A baby is a mother’s anchor.  She cannot swing far from her moorings.” ~Henry Ward Beecher~

Traditions , customs hold there’s a time of grieving then…time to move on. Commercials wander across the screen… evoking tremulous memories.  The woman never knows what will spark the remember mode, things forgotten , return. Who truly perceives the architecture of minds- the city of love ? How to separate the warm memories that make her smile from the ones that bring on a torrent of tears? Even nine years later, this widow has no answers except to continue living and loving. linking for the first time with Magical Mystical Teacher's SUNDAY'S WHIRLIGIG -12 Hoosier Quote: “Life happens too fast for you ever to think about it.   If you could just persuade people of this,  but they insist on amassing information.” ~Kurt Vonnegut~