What a terrible draw for the US men’s football team – Germany (ranked #2), Portugal (#5 and Ronaldo) and Ghana,who have sent the States home from the past two Cups. What’s more, the Stars and Stripes travel something like 9,000 miles. But wait! There’s more! They play Portugal in Manaus at 3:00PM. This is like playing in Houston TX in July at 3:00 PM – 33 degrees and 90 percent humidity.
This could be ugly.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner. -Nelson Mandela, activist, South African president, Nobel Peace Prize (1918-2013)
A great, great man is gone. He leaves a legacy and an example of forgiveness and of tolerance that all of us – black, white, brown, red, Republican, Democrat, Tory, Liberal, man,woman – that each of us should strive to emulate
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We had some minor excitement this morning. When the mantel clock chimed 5:00 we stirred and Faye said ‘We have no hydro.’ It turned out that not only we had no hydro, nor did the whole street, now did the entire town.
There was an ‘equipment problem’ according to Hydro One. No matter and no big deal. Faye retrieved the coffee perk from the shed so we enjoyed our coffee and heated our oatmeal.
Today’s sunrise was subtle, understated, not spectacular. I was compelled to stop and admire for a moment.
Today I humg up some Christmas lights outside and inside. I still have many lights to go, not sure all of them will get put up. The chili pepper and Santa boot lights will go up to work along with some desktop decorations. We also did photo shoots with the dogs inside and outside. A review of the PlayBook photos confirmed that surprisingly Kendal was by the most photogenic during the outdoors shoot. More photos to come.
I came across this photo of Kendal and Stella sharing one of the dog beds. They do not often do so, Stella tends to be protective of her space while Kendal takes little notice of who may be there and simply flops or throws himself down where the notion strikes him. He is very much a dog, with great dog-ness, in the sense that he lives in the moment.
Taken with my Windows phone.
This morning is quite chilly, about -11. Fog settled in shortly before I left home. It was patchy and very dense in a few areas. At one point the sun peeked out so I stopped to capture the scene.
I do not mind sharing.
A very happy and safe Thanksgiving to all of my US readers. I wish you safe travels, convivial companionship, good food and drink, good football, and peace.
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