Happy New Year

Happy New Year Everyone!

Well here we are at the end of 2011. Has it been a good year for you? I  hope so. It sure has for my Wife and me. We enjoy life and just move along with our lives. Before you ask, the flowers above are from Ireland. Here is a bit of Hemingway-esque about them:

We had gone that day up the road in the Mercedes with Jack asleep in the back seat with his Grandma Ann. It was a lovely day, and the countryside was as green as emeralds on a sunny day. We came into the village of Cloyne and immediately saw the enormous Round Tower there by the side of the road. What a surprise to see thousands (it seemed like thousands) of beautiful Bluebells blooming at the foot of the tower. How pleasant it was, bringing the beauty of the colors into our presence. Wonderful. Here is a quotation to consider: 

"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves."

       ---- Bill Vaughan

Which are you, an optimist or a pessimist? Well I will confess I am an optimist and look at each passing year as time gone by, now ready for the new experiences and adventures which 2012 holds. And it will be a wonderful year. See, that is what I mean being an optimist. It will be wonderful.

Do be an optimist and grab those adventures and experiences that you have coming before you. It makes life a magnificent experience!! Happy New Year all you optimists out there. 

Let's all have "A Grand Time Living," a title of a book by Don Blanding. Read it -- it is fantastic. Later from the Computer room. d