No One Expected Me

I dreamt death came the other night and Heaven’s gate opened wide;

With kindly grace an angel came and ushered me inside.

And there to my astonishment stood folks I’d known on earth;

Some I’d judged unfit; of little worth.

Indignant words rose to my lips, but never were set free;

For every face showed stunned surprise. Not one expected me!

~~Anonymous

The image, Forlorn, was originally uploaded by Claudecf. It is posted here from Neddy’s favorites.

Robert Burns’ Birthday

Robert Burns was born 25 January 1756. This, his famous poem, is commemorated upon the wall of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood, Edinburgh. There is more about the beloved bard, Rabbie Burns, at “Neddy’s Palaver”.

The image, Wisdom of Burns, was originally uploaded by stonefaction. It was posted here from Neddy’s Flickr Account.

Cat at the Window

“In 1830 it was a snug collection of modest one- and two- story frame dwellings, whose whitewashed exteriors were almost concealed from sight by climbing tangles of rose vines, honeysuckles, and morning glories. Each of these pretty homes had a garden in front fenced with white palings and opulently stocked with hollyhocks, marigolds, touch-me-nots, prince’s-feathers, and other old-fashioned flowers; while on the windowsills of the houses stood wooden boxes containing moss rose plants and terra-cotta pots in which grew a breed of geranium whose spread of intensely red blossoms accented the prevailing pink tint of the rose-clad house-front like an explosion of flame. When there was room on the ledge outside of the pots and boxes for a cat, the cat was there– in sunny weather–stretched at full length, asleep and blissful, with her furry belly to the sun and a paw curved over her nose. Then that house was complete, and its contentment and peace were made manifest to the world by this symbol, whose testimony is infallible. A home without a cat–and a well-fed, well-petted, and properly revered cat– may be a perfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?�? ~~Mark Twain, “THE TRAGEDY OF PUDD’NHEAD WILSON�?, 1893.

The image, El Me Mira asi – edit, was originally uploaded by caro…, and chosen as a FAV by Neddy at .

Winter Peace

Somewhere in this wide world there is tranquility.

“Go placidly amid the noise and the haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence….” ~~Desiderata

/°\, Originally uploaded by Al-Pin.