~Choice~

My bare feet kiss the ground with every footfall,
Joyous but bittersweet, my heart races,
I'm spellbound, my body heeding the earth's timeless call.
The awe all around me my longing embraces.

The wind pours through the moss,
Whispering, whispering. Talking to me.
Telling me secrets so very like candyfloss.
Worthless, useless, beautiful secrets. My key to set minds free.

Panting, I slow to a halt. The sunlight dapples the road behind me.
Shadows embrace the path before.
I know the road behind me, "I am safe." it guarantees.
But I choose to walk forward, and not bask in the light of the past. I am not afraid anymore.

Ugliest Dog

This is kinda scary:

Quoting from the news:

"A Chihuahua's oddly curved back and legs and closed-up left eye earned the 4-year-old rescue dog top honours at the World's Ugliest Dog contest at a Northern California fair on Friday.

Sporting a grey, brown and black coat, Princess Abby Francis beat a rough-looking slate of candidates for the prize, including Pabst, a teeth-bearing boxer mix who won last year.

Princess Abby shivered in the cool breeze after her win Friday night while nestled in the arms of her owner, Kathleen Francis, who received a $1,000 check at the 22nd annual contest held at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Petaluma.

The victory was a surprise to Francis.

“I don't think she's ugly at all,” she said. “I think she's the most beautiful dog.”

Francis says she adopted Princess Abby from her veterinarian about five months ago. This was the dog's first such contest since she was found running through the street.

Celebrity vet Karen “Doc” Halligan says the Chihuahua's problematic back, legs and eye may be due to being inbred.

“She's a poster child to spay and neuter your pets,” she said."

I think that this is scary and kinda funny. I guess that it is probably one of the few dogs to win that ISN'T a mexican hairless, though. Those things are just frightening!

So, anyway... I'm done :)

The Girl Who Could Fly

The Girl Who Could Fly
By Victoria Forester

As tons of people like to quote, "The Girl Who Could Fly is the sweetest, oddest mix of Little House on the Prairie and X-Men." (Stephanie Mayer, author of Twilight)
I loved it, especially the characters. On shelfari (a social networking site revolving around books) I have persuaded several people to read it, all of whom loved the story and the characters, just as I did.

The story revolves around Piper McCloud, a young girl with an incredible power: she has the ability to fly. Piper lives in Lowland Country, and unfortunately, the neighboring people are afraid of her. So, as her mother and father really have no idea about flying, she decides to attend a top-secret, maximum security school for special children. Here she meets several interesting children: Daisy, who is super-strong, Smitty, who has x-ray vision, and most importantly, Conrad, who is the genius with a mean streak.

The school seems great! However, there may be several secrets that may change the way the children see it forever..... if they survive, that is....

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HOT

I am sooooooooooooooooo hot, it's 100 degrees here! It's really bad, I sure hope the temperature doesn't go up as July and August come! Yipes!

Sunburns :(

I got an AWFUL sunburn yesterday.... we slathered ourselves in defective sun-lotion.
I'm going to have to sue whoever made that stuff......

Wolf Haikus

Here's a pretty cool blog written from the view of a wolf, completely in haiku! :)
http://haikuwolves.blogspot.com/

Something.....

I was bored, so I drew the top one, copying from this painting called "The Reader” by Fragonard.

An Observation:

Hey, I just studied the Iliad and the Odyssey in school, and I realized that the two stories had to be the inspiration for book 2 and book 5 of the Percy Jackson series!
Percy Jackson: The Sea of Monsters is pretty much the Odyssey modernized, and with new characters. Percy and his friends must sail through the sea and encounter Circe, Polyphemus, and Scylla and Charybdis. There is even the little part about stalling a wedding, using the weaving of a bridal train!
The final book of P.J. and the Iliad also share striking similarities, sometimes right down to the little details! I won't give any examples..... but let me just say some major plot pieces are stolen right from Homer's work!
I just thought that was really cool, for you Percy Jackson fans.....

Franz Marc

Deer in the Woods II


Large Blue Horses



This artist did one of my favorite paintings of all time: Large Blue horses. Another painting of his that I like is Deer in the Woods II. He always chooses cool colors, all of it is so bright!

Google Translator

I've been having a lot of fun with Google Translate recently. It can translate just about anything I throw at it, so I've been doing rather interesting things, like translating the Hail Mary into French, for example.

Another thing I did: I was writing a story with dragons, so used a weird language for Dragonish, the dragon language :)

Google Translate

Another Poem....

"I'll tell you how the leaves came down,"
The great tree to his children said,
"You're getting sleepy, Yellow and Brown,
Yes, very sleepy, little Red.
It is quite time to go to bed."

"Ah!" begged each silly, pouting leaf,
"Let us a little longer stay;
Dear Father Tree, behold our grief;
Tis such a very pleasant day
We do not want to go away."

So, for just one more merry day
To the great tree the leaflets clung,
Frolicked and danced, and had their way,
Upon the autumn breezes swung,
Whispering all their sports among,--

"Perhaps the great tree will forget,
And let us stay until the spring,
If we all beg, and coax, and fret."
But the great tree did no such thing;
He smiled to hear their whispering.

"Come, children, all to bed," he cried;
And ere the leaves could urge their prayer,
He shook his head, and far and wide,
Fluttering and rustling everywhere,
Down sped the leaflets through the air.

I saw them; on the ground they lay,
Golden and red, a huddled swarm,
Waiting till one from far away,
White bedclothes heaped upon her arm,
Should come to wrap them safe and warm.

The great bare tree looked down and smiled,
"Good-night, dear little leaves," he said.
And from below each sleepy child
Replied, "Good-night," and murmured,
"It is so nice to go to bed!"

Trick Question

I love this Calvin and Hobbes strip. Very funny..... but I really feel for Calvin's Mom.

A Poem

She licks her chops,
Silently she goes and stops.
Carefully she stalks her prey,
Quietly she walks it's way,
With a yowl she leaps
As she grabs, it squeaks.
She has caught the rubber mouse,
She must be leader of the house.
Proudly she walks away,
With the air that she has saved the day.

By ME!
Thank you, thank you. (I bow deeply)

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer
somebody else up.

~Mark Twain

Some of my drawings... horses...

This one is Kievan's horse in a game we play. She was dubbed "Athena"......

This horse is my favorite, but I think it's funny how the horse looks like it has highlights. :)

This horse is the drawing of my horse in the game that "Athena" came from.... only his name was "Zeus." Can you tell what the theme was?

This horse is another of my favorites, because I love her mane and tail.

Calvin and Hobbes

I love this clip out of Calvin and Hobbes. It's so funny!

Some movies of the year

New Movies: My Family's Favorites
How to Train Your Dragon: I loved the animation on this movie... and the characters were done amazingly well. The facial expressions were great too... they were so realistic and sometimes quite hilarious, and they helped move story along well too. The story was also great, it was very believable and there wasn't a single dull part.
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Avatar: Amazing animation... everything looks so real and, well, alien. The story is pretty good, although it has a lot to do with "Mother Nature" and stuff. All the actors were really great, and the villain was absolutely horrible.
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The Family Movie Awards: Most Watched Movies of Sep. 09- Apr. 10



The Incredibles: Action-packed and an amazingly good plotline, The Incredibles is one of my family's favorite movies. The characters, animation, plot, and especially the plots-within-a-plot were exceptionally good, and the script really kept everything moving well. Very fun, and a good movie for all ages.
☺☺☺☺☺ Rated 5 Smiles



An Anna Claire-Nominated Movie
Finding Nemo: As my Father pointed out: "It's incredible hard to make people relate to a fish, but somehow Finding Nemo does it." It is very cute and funny, and it really makes you care about the characters.
☺☺☺☺☺ Rated 5 Smiles



An Anna Claire-Nominated Movie
The Lion King: The songs and characters are really nice, and the plot is very good.... and (Random fact of the day!!) it was based off one of Shakespeare's plays. The lions move like lions, which is a fact I really enjoy. I especially love the scene where Mufasa's spirit talks to Simba, telling him he must remember who he is.
☺☺☺☺ Rated 4 Smiles



*Sorry for lack of picture*
Shrek: The story is great, and the cast was AWESOME! This is a great movie, but the sequels really ruined it. Not the greatest of animation, in my opinion, but the characters really made the movie flow.
☺☺☺☺ Rated 4 Smiles

A poem about not littering

Let no one say,
And say to your shame,
"This was a place of beauty....
Until YOU came."

I finally finished this book last night after having people tell me to read it for about five months. I loved the ending, and I also loved Mrs. Granger's letter to Nick. It was a really cool book.

The Riches of Pre-Blogger Archives......

The yeast roll recipe I really wanted!!!

My Mom's Old Blog....