Ozark Oddments: I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day…

Thursday, September 09, 2010

I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day…

This has been a gray, gloomy day, but am I gray and gloomy? Well, may be a little bit gray, but certainly not gloomy.

Blessed rain is falling, all day long.

I’ve got sunshine in my soul today (yes, I do!!) and I have these suns to remind me in case I forget…

This one, which I bought for next to nothing at a huge pottery outlet near the home place when we were visiting my family in California.

It reminds me of the actor Dustin Hoffman.

And then there is this one, which I bought at a junk shop outside of Eureka Springs a couple of weeks ago.

It caught my eye, hanging outside with a jumble of other dangly things as we were pulling out of the parking lot. I told him to stop. So he did. I hopped out and looked at the price on the back, and I bought it.

I am not very comfortable spending money on souvenirs, but I am happy to have these hanging around….

4 comments:

Oklahoma Granny said...: That 1st sun of yours does look like Dustin Hoffman! LOL; 10:04 PM
Paula said...: You've had better luck with your suns then I did. My first one I bought at Garden Ridge pottery and hung it high on over the garage door. One day the wind was blowing hard and the door slammed and sun fell and broke into a million pieces. Of course I replace it and someone stole it. They had to have driven up to the garage and stood on the cab to reach it so I decided I didn't want to hurt anymore suns but I'm happy you have your's.; 10:49 PM
Cloudia said...: Dustin, LOL!

Warm Aloha from Waikiki

Comfort Spiral; 11:35 PM
The Weaver of Grass said...: I have a little golden plaster sun hanging in my kitchen and it cheers me on gloomy days too.; 12:52 PM

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Most of us go through life so absorbed in the cocoon of ourselves that we rarely stop to consider the other. Of course, we think that we do; indeed, we may pride ourselves on our capacity for empathy; we may be considerate and thoughtful in our dealings with others, but how often do we stand before them. so to speak, and experience what it is to be them?--Domenica Macdonald

The Unbearable Lightness of Scones, by Alexander McCall
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Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering -- because you can't take it in all at once. --Audrey Hepburn

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I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all, I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.--Agatha Christie

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Life can be wildly tragic at times, and I've had my share. But whatever happens to you, you have to keep a slightly comic attitude. In the final analysis, you have got not to forget to laugh.--Katharine Hepburn

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One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.”
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