Your probably a lot older than 150 in the BIG picture!

I Enjoy your wisdom and kind words...always.

Glad to share the earth with such good company.


Cheers ...Joy

Tena,

I would like to wish you a Happy Birthday too.

Bonnie

Congratulations on the move to a new-old house. They have a lot more personality than the new ones. There's something special about them with the craftsmanship that goes into them, and the fact that they were someone's home for so many years before. The other thing I like about old houses is the gardens are usually well estabilshed so as the seaons changes, there are the surprises out there for the first year or so to look forward to. Right now I live in a newish house (100 years newer than my other home), and there are no plantings around to speak of so now it's my turn to do something with the grounds as time and money permit.

Anyway, you don't look a day over 28

John

Tena,

The 44 going on 65 joke (I'm less than half your "PD age") always makes me laugh too... but it seems to fall flat for others. Do you think they (want to) get it?! Anyway, congrats on the new abode; I hope your tree is older than you and just as soulful.

Grant

Tena it is years ago now when we used to have our arguements that went on and on for pages really. You know I miss that time for it was in fact a good time when we were or at least you were young and carefree. Then our worlds exploded and here we are in the present. Me I don't like it but we do adapt and take from it what we can and you do this admirably. Me I intend to still get into trouble but the consequences are no longer in my hands.

I have just pulled up my picture that I use to drive away the funks I get into lately,

A woman/little girl sitting on her knees on the beach with the wind blowing her dark hair and looking so lonely and alone. There I feel the recognition of my self till I see she has on sunglasses and while her appearance seems so sad I feel she has put on the blinders to reality and behind the glasses is the personal Tina and the one I can see in the picture is the one she puts out for the world to see. Brave caring and full to the brim with this thing we call life.

I truly love this child and hope for her all that makes her happy even an old house and a really old woman who thinks of her often for inspiration.

Then I too put my glasses on and get about living.

You are all very full of humor, -it doesn't matter what we like that makes us
happy - or laugh - grin or have a what they used to call -a belly laugh,
as long as we continue to do so!

thank you all mostly for your wonderfully delightful -answers....
you are very kind hearted parkie's/ friends,
I believe I read that we/ mankind are the only species on earth with a sense of humor,
yet I would like to think otherwise...
my favorite dawggie used to smile at me -when I was a child -and even if he was only showing his teeth, it was still a funny (think) to see...

this is a picture of me reflected in the glass of the door into my home -
before the move -

I call the photo -
" Louise through the looking glass..."