It's interesting how, in some states, you have cities and towns that like to stick with a grid concept in their street and highway planning. If you go to, say, Oklahoma, you will find that many of that state's metropolises, large or small, tend to incorporate such a concept.

But in a place like Dallas, Texas, well, forget it. Grids just don't cut the mustard here. Heck, there aren't even any convergence points for block numbers (transitions from east/west...

Not that it matters to anyone but me and it really isn't that important I just thought I would mention it.
I will go sometime this coming week to have a manicure and new polish put on but this is not exactly first world problems or important.
It is Sunday and so far it has been a very lazy Sunday. I have crocheted and sat outside with the dog for a while.
Actually, that is news that we have not shared.
We have a new to us dog sharing our home.
He is 5 years old...

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, never hurry; in a word, to let the spiritual, unbidden and unconscious, grow up through the common—this is my symphony. - [William Henry Channing]

Oh I desperately want to do some stamp carving as seen below,I wish I could plan for things,do things instead...

Hebrews 2:1 - We must pay the most careful attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. - Years ago Paul Simon sang a song called "Slip Slidin' Away", and it kind of reminds me of this scripture, telling us that we could drift away from God if we're not careful just like the Israelites did in the old testament. They drifted away and began to worship idols when they knew better and it cost them big time (Numbers 32:13 - The Lord’s anger burned against Israel...

How right it is to love flowers and the greenery of pines and ivy and hawthorn hedges; they have been with us from the very beginning. - Van Gogh

Well I ended up thinking of red yesterday morning,I started to think we should run toward the things that feel most right and say goodbye to half-truths or things that don't quite feel right,that we'd be in our most true state of becoming if we did this.That we'd grow in the right direction.Red is the most certain thing I've ever known but...