tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post649543409302103460..comments2023-10-11T03:49:53.934-04:00Comments on The Gold Puppy: Just Passin' ThroughReya Mellickerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-6077807581796926252010-04-19T17:32:49.189-04:002010-04-19T17:32:49.189-04:00"In decline" is definitely not the phras..."In decline" is definitely not the phrase that comes to mind when I think of you, Reya!<br /><br />Maybe as the body declines, the spirit grows stronger and more youthful.Susan Carpenter Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13566372904106529839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-35522639493374572122010-04-19T11:57:36.886-04:002010-04-19T11:57:36.886-04:00the movement of the clouds is very cool.
I'...the movement of the clouds is very cool. <br /><br />I'm sorry you're missing Jake so much. I'm missing Maggie, my cat, terribly. Amazing the power of another creature over us...California Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12582691517303132274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-53239173556833311872010-04-18T18:37:12.274-04:002010-04-18T18:37:12.274-04:00Truly amazing cloud day you had. Round and round w...Truly amazing cloud day you had. Round and round we go!Ronda Laveenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03902846545309643023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-38134774453217636632010-04-18T14:40:54.449-04:002010-04-18T14:40:54.449-04:00I think I begin to understand the youth is about p...I think I begin to understand the youth is about physicality and age is about intellect.<br />I think longer, more easily and more productively now.<br />And I'm content with watching my kids do the moving. I still move, but I think it's usually with a purpose.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350532214928944088noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-52829635356444208192010-04-18T12:03:51.189-04:002010-04-18T12:03:51.189-04:00Just got back from walking Max. I was cloud gazing...Just got back from walking Max. I was cloud gazing and listening to the birds and thinking how lucky we are to have these moments of renewal--aging like change is part of the process --always moving onward--thanks for a beautiful post and photos. Btw, whatever your age, your wear it well!C.M. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06936560662110633442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-1733762724278696982010-04-18T10:57:35.444-04:002010-04-18T10:57:35.444-04:00Am loving the direction this is going in.....
seco...Am loving the direction this is going in.....<br />second childhood here I come<br /><br />not having to care if one is cool or glam<br />and not being jealous any more really<br /><br />how liberating it all is<br /><br />Yes, Reya the clouds stun!Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-14756834526799998942010-04-18T07:42:53.594-04:002010-04-18T07:42:53.594-04:00To everything there is a season...only at the rate...To everything there is a season...only at the rate the clouds sometimes pass over, the seasons sometimes seem in a big hurry.Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824632356834631279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-36139288413872620632010-04-17T20:27:30.533-04:002010-04-17T20:27:30.533-04:00All living things end, sooner or later. We can'...All living things end, sooner or later. We can't fight natural decline; we can accept and work with it to enjoy every minute we have.Rosaria Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03133147851332084180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-71373859926700862052010-04-17T20:03:57.412-04:002010-04-17T20:03:57.412-04:00In these few words and pictures you have said so m...In these few words and pictures you have said so much. And I just love your readers' comments. holy cow, I can't add anything as wise as they have already come up with.Kerryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15281288495129054688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-44430876398395752242010-04-17T18:33:50.282-04:002010-04-17T18:33:50.282-04:00Dan I DO NOT miss the hormones. Whew!! How GREAT o...Dan I DO NOT miss the hormones. Whew!! How GREAT of you to admit it!<br /><br />Those hormonal imperatives lead to all kinds of flopping around. Yep. I like being 57. I do.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-25302468794222759942010-04-17T18:18:07.158-04:002010-04-17T18:18:07.158-04:00reminds me of my Zen board where even a masterpiec...reminds me of my Zen board where even a masterpiece fades as the water dries...<br /><br />such lovely photos!Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-65859367170649921922010-04-17T18:08:59.104-04:002010-04-17T18:08:59.104-04:00Even with its aches and pains, I love being my age...Even with its aches and pains, I love being my age (58) and look forward happily to the years ahead, if they come. The added wisdom and equanimity more than compensates for the loss of vigor and energy. <br /><br />And, I'll admit it here in the comments section of your blog, I'm happy to have lost most of the intensity of the male sex drive I once suffered from. <br /><br />Am I the only person in America to notice that pre sexual children and post sexual elderly people seem generally a lot happier than sex-obsessed thirty somethings?<br /><br />I probably am.Dan Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11628603380292404658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-53431425675899014782010-04-17T16:44:32.730-04:002010-04-17T16:44:32.730-04:00Beautiful words & images. What you said about...Beautiful words & images. What you said about our society's view of aging is so right on:<br /><br />"Though no one I know would admit it, I believe the underlying thought-form about aging is that somehow it's unnatural, that it's a disorder which should be avoided at all costs."<br /><br />Great post--thanks!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15687192784861682991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-40901076253822230412010-04-17T12:02:31.758-04:002010-04-17T12:02:31.758-04:00yeah reya, you know we're so like clouds . . ....yeah reya, you know we're so like clouds . . . actually i was awake in the middle of last night as the wind rumpussed about outside and i was thinking how probably i'm just a cloud of energy billowing out from the one great cloud and coalescing in the form of me and then one day i'll melt back in and reappear as another cloud baby! i'm all good with that! stevenstevenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14132104804524716898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-7310970049111895742010-04-17T11:46:46.957-04:002010-04-17T11:46:46.957-04:00It is what it is...I feel frustrated with life whe...It is what it is...I feel frustrated with life when it is put on hold- like being in a huge amusement park and all the rides require something that I have not got...and it is dusk. Not much time left. Being imprisoned would be worse than death, I think.<br />Your clip of sky is wonderful , yup, it is what it is, there and gone, and there again but never identically the same.Linda Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070050388987072100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-61030856661023875012010-04-17T11:20:06.409-04:002010-04-17T11:20:06.409-04:00Ellen, me too - well - mostly I'm joyous. I ha...Ellen, me too - well - mostly I'm joyous. I have my days when I'm kind of shocked to realize my age.Reya Mellickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076092659507965666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-21141895177656252472010-04-17T11:17:36.104-04:002010-04-17T11:17:36.104-04:00clouds are so amazing.
birth, growth, decline, de...clouds are so amazing.<br /><br />birth, growth, decline, death, birth. <br /><br />no birth without death, no growth without decline.<br /><br />I am declining and I accept that, not ready for it to end, but joyful in this stage.ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-44146936226769585452010-04-17T11:13:39.598-04:002010-04-17T11:13:39.598-04:00Alas! The beauty
of the flowers has faded
and ...Alas! The beauty <br />of the flowers has faded <br />and come to nothing, <br />while I have watched the rain <br />lost in melancholy thought.<br /><br />-Ono no Komachi, on the fleetingness of beauty. She is the Japanese embodiment of the aging beauty. (9th century)Butternut Squashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14703748547994069092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2607471777855707790.post-6808277199986594632010-04-17T11:10:03.896-04:002010-04-17T11:10:03.896-04:00All of us have been caught lying on the ground gaz...All of us have been caught lying on the ground gazing at the passing clouds. There is beauty there at that moment and all around. I like how you caught this moment on a video too. Wonderful post!Paul Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01836602667355512504noreply@blogger.com