Nonnie's Observations

shadows rest beneath albums full of memories others’ & my own sharing with others at radiant Rebecca's HAIKU MY HEART AND SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY 2 hosted by Gemma Hoosier Quote: “Two things are bad for the heart- running uphill and running down people.” ~ Bernard F. Gimbel ~

important notice pertaining to our safety note: exceptions sharing with Lesley's SIGNS, SIGNS Hoosier Quote: “Doing business without advertising is like winking at a girl in the dark;  you know what you are doing but nobody else does.” ~Edgar W. Howe~

Inspiration from Peggy Willis Lyles (1939-2010) mother’s scarf slides from shoulder… wild violets gray morning the weight of mist in Spanish moss inspired by Kristjaan: between green leaves a waterfall without sound Spanish mosses fall My haiku: newspaper clipping aged, fragile, fragmenting dear loved one’s obit more  at Kristjaan's  CARPE DIEM  MODERN TIMES HAIKU #1 Hoosier Quote: “I myself will get an obituary in an Indianapolis paper when I die because I am related to people who used to own a chain of hardware store.” ~Kurt Vonnegut~

 Voracious Despair gains its hold through news headlines  curative dose…  wee Sleeping Beauty... dear Miriam Jubilee cause for high spirits! sharing with Gillena's Monday WRites #23 Hoosier Quote: “Tears are often the telescopes by which men see far into heaven.” ~Henry Ward Beecher~

lovely verdant leaves the oak provides shade for me and paints art elsewhere sharing with SHADOW SHOT SUNDAY 2 hosted this week  by  Gemma Hoosier Quote-  About My State: “Indiana, a lovely name, musical and lingering upon the tongue. It is a beautiful state, in many ways the most typical of our entire country, or so I feel, when I am traveling through it.” ~Pearl Buck~

deformed reflection   misshaped tire, artsy image a visual treat more reflective treats at James' WEEKEND REFLECTIONS #305 Hoosier Quote: “Indianapolis is a big city  where the meters run faster than the cabs.” ~Herb Shriner~ meters= parking meters

youngest greeted me, “I have news!” Said I, “good, bad?”  more of a surprise Having no children by now, he figured there would be never be any. Wrong!  So off we went to the NICU of our local hospital for me to be introduced to his petite, preemie  daughter. Holding her, I felt my heart strings being plucked. Welcome, granddaughter! joining others at the radiant Rebecca's HAIKU MY HEART Hoosier Quote: “This industry (the movies) must have toward that sacred thing, the mind of a child, toward that clean virgin thing, that unmarked slate, the same responsibility, the same care about impressions made upon it that the best clergyman or the most inspired teacher of youth would have.” ~ Will H. Hays ~