Thoughtful Thursday - Dance As If No One Is Watching!

              I cannot dance upon my Toes by Emily Dickinson

              I cannot dance upon my Toes --

              No Man instructed me --

              But oftentimes, among my mind,

              A Glee possesseth me,

              That had I Ballet knowledge --

              Would put itself abroad

              In Pirouette to blanch a Troupe --

              Or lay a Prima, mad,

And though I had no Gown of Gauze --

No Ringlet, to my Hair,

Nor hopped to Audiences -- like Birds,

One Claw upon the Air,

    Nor tossed my shape in Eider Balls,

    Nor rolled on wheels of snow

    Till I was out of sight, in sound,

    The House encore me so --

Nor any know I know the Art

                                                          I mention -- easy -- Here --

                                                          Nor any Placard boast me --

                                                          It's full as Opera -- 

“When other little girls wanted to be ballet dancers I kind of wanted to be a vampire.” - Angelina Jolie

                              “I wanted so badly to study ballet, but it was

                        really all about wearing the tutu.” - Elle Macpherson

Thoughtful Thursdays...One for the money, two for the show, three to get ready, now go cat go!!

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Do anything that you want to do, but uh-uh,

Honey, lay off of my shoes

Don't you step on my blue suede shoes.

Well you can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes!

                                                                                  Elvis

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whatever shoes you're wearing... make it a great day!

Love, Elvis

Gerber Daisies & Thoughts on Thursday!

sorry friends
today is a day of feeling overwhelmed

like there is not enough time
in the day - the week

to do what I want - need
to get done

i'm a positive person
hope for the best
believe in good vs. evil
the power of prayer

today is a tough day for me
blah
blah

so i'm working, really working on images

thoughts of things that bring me joy

it works for me... and i remember how blessed i am

i'm pushing, fighting, trying, losing, winning...

do you understand - are you having a day like me

what do you do?

Spring is coming... I pray it is soon!

gerbers, lol - i think of gerbers and a big hug from someone that cares

jenn

      perky bright colorful symmetrical alive humorous spring

                                           The heart takes perseverance

As something most essential

To bring down

God's Compassion-Satisfaction

Into the heart-pocket of the seeker.

                                Sri Chinmoy

    i believe i believe i believe i believe i believe

Tuesday's Thoughts of a Gentle Soul

“But tomorrow, dawn will come the way I picture her,

barefoot and disheveled, standing outside my window
in one of the fragile cotton dresses of the poor.
She will look in at me with her thin arms extended,
offering a handful of birdsong and a small cup of light.”
                                                           William Collins

to dream to wander to fly to believe to love to hope to cherish to hold to be free to touch

Thursday Decorating Pick Me Up!!! Dollar Store Design!

melting snow is yucky! oil, gravel, salt. my dogs are tracking in mud....ewww. my car needs a good washing, only to be sprayed on again...I work in a high school health room where kids are chomping at the bit to be outdoors again....

so

cheering up was needed!

to the dollar store i went!

i bought beach pails

in bright primary colors

perky parasols!

flip flops in rainbow colors!

and...

I went wild and decorated

the HEALTH ROOM!!!

flip flops hanging on door handles and from the ceiling, beach pails to put private personal girl things in in the bathrooms, parasols on various surfaces, flowers here and there.....

next....

come the eggs and bunnies!

Thoughtful Thursday Elegance and Fairyland

Elegance definition

el·egance (el′ə gəns)
noun
the quality of being elegant; specif.,
dignified richness and grace, as of design
polished fastidiousness or refined grace, as in manners
clever aptness and simplicity
anything elegant
Etymology: Fr élégance < L elegantia

Elegance

by Lucille van Onselen-Zunckel

A Double Acrostic Poem in reverse

Elegantly turned out, so much style

Ladylike to the core, classic

Eau-de-cologne daintily applied, like poetry in motion

Gem was definitely of another era

Ariel another one, now, all agog

Naiad, the Faerie Queene

Casting their magic spells, ever graceful

Emerald is her name, very fashionable

I'm scooting around with the fairies today...have to run!

In search of my own elegance! Jennifer