The moth hung out on my door for hours. He had no fear of me or my camera, or he thought if he sat still enough I would go away without hurting him. I’ve hear when they just stay for that long of a time it means they are close to death. I hope not. He was a beautiful creature.

Once upon a time I couldn’t wait to be…

16…..

21…..

Even during those times of wishing I was older, I never thought about what getting older meant.

I never thought about getting wrinkles on my forehead

I never thought about getting wrinkles around my nose

I never thought about the drooping & frown lines around my mouth

I never thought I would be one of those people who “NEEDED” a face lift.

So when those aches and pains and lapses in memory start getting me down……I remember two of my favorite sayings

“Age is just a number” and “You’re as young as you feel”

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday Dear Megabyte

Happy Birthday to you.

Love

Mom

Arashi fuku
Mimuro no yama no
Momijiba wa
Tatsuta no kawa no
Nishiki nari keri
- Noin Hoshi

By the wind storm’s blast
From Mimuro’s mountain slopes
Maple’s leaves are torn,
Which turn Tatsuta River
Into a rich brocade.
- Monk Noin

Zzzzzzzzzz’s

It just seems like a part of life for me now. Having gone from low income to doing pretty well for

a person without a college degree and back again. Being a person who has never had the best success with a savings account. (ok so money burns a whole in my pocket). The “change” has come in handy many times. Just like others have said, it gets heavy in my purse, so at the end of the day, I throw all of the

change in my money vase. I don’t seem to have a problem leaving it th

ere until the time comes when I am down and out. The

coin rollers come out and I wait in anticipation to see how much “real” money is in the vase. Then I start all over again. I don’t have years of history behind my money vase like the Karol and “The Mug”,  but it still made me think of how important a simple thing can be in my life.

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Here is the first image I have inserted into my blog. I changed themes once already but this one isn’t really what I was looking for either. I think ultimately I will need to learn how to self host a blog so I can make it look the way I want it to look.