Adopt City Dog Blanche

04/02/2024

For some reason my mind keeps going back to this movie from 1987, "Broadcast News." James L. Brooks wrote and directed the film. A big cast - William Hurt and Holly Hunter, in their prime. Jack Nicholson. A rare serious role for comedian Albert Brooks. And this one scene that never leaves me for long. "What do you do when your real life exceeds your dreams?" is the question that William Hurt's character asks aloud. Albert Brooks, leaning in towards Hurt, quietly responds to his question. "Keep it to yourself." I don't know why I've been thinking of that scene so often these days, perhaps one reason lies here in this picture below, for it is one of Blanche taken in her home. In her forever home. She's fitting in magically and is so well-loved. I couldn't keep that to myself if I tried. Have a beautiful day.

03/24/2024

It seems that it is time to say so long, for my friend found her forever home on this lovely day - the news coming as the sun continues to make the cold start of this morning seem so distant and a beautiful afternoon rises. I am thankful that I had the chance to do the little that I have done to help my friend. Have a beautiful life, my friend.

"The strangest thought came to me on this morning, as I awoke to greet the coming dawn.
The sun was hardly peeking through the garden, it felt that with everything I was one.
Then I wished that I could come back as a flower, as a flower.
How I wished that I could come back as a flower, to spread the sweetness of love."

03/22/2024

"When I wake up in the morning and the sunlight hurts my eyes, and something without warning bears heavy on my mind,
Then I look at you and the world's alright with me.
Just one look at you and I know it's gonna be a lovely day."

03/21/2024

"I can hear her heart beat from a thousand miles and the heaven opens everytime she smiles."

03/20/2024

"Every morning when I rise, I wipe the sleep out from my eyes.
Ask myself the question - why, oh why, was I born?
I got up; I saw them all. All God's creatures, great and small.
It came in clear as a local call, why I was born. I was born to love you.

I was born to love you. I was born for love."

03/19/2024

"I close my eyes at night, wondering where would I be without you in my life."

03/18/2024

"I never thought I'd be in this situation, it seems wherever I go I'm with you,
And though I never seem to find my place, at every turn I see your face."

03/15/2024

"When the world is ready to fall on your little shoulders, and when you're feeling lonely and small - if you need somebody there to hold you, you can call out my name."

A wish for a happy St. Patrick's Day to you and yours. Have a beautiful weekend.

03/14/2024

"Let me say that since, since we've been together, loving you forever is what I need.
Let me be the one you come running to, I'll never be untrue."

03/13/2024

"I didn't think she could hear my S.O.S, but she appeared like an angel of tenderness."

03/12/2024

Just one song I can't honestly expect anyone to recognize its lyrics, but one of my all-time favorite bands, and one hell of an album if you're ever curious.

"Watching the rain through a crack in the window, it's the little things that get you through.
Like the same sun rising on me is rising over you."

Sun breaks I can't waitTill I'll be on my way againI'm sick and tired of waitingWith nothing to doWatching the rain through a crack in the windowIt's the lit...

03/12/2024

"Throw off the covers, open the windows - I don't care what we do.
I've been standing for days, now I get to fall down with you."

03/11/2024

"So lift your eyes if you feel you can, reach for a star and I'll show you a plan.
I figured it out, what I needed was someone to show me."

03/08/2024

"And when the rain is beating upon the windowpane, and when the night it gets so cold, when I can't sleep - you come to me.
I hold you tight, the rain disappears."

03/07/2024

"I have danced inside your eyes; how can I be real?"

03/06/2024

"You brought your Sunday morning sunshine here into my Monday morning rain.
You taught me happiness just one time, it keeps on coming back again."

03/05/2024

"The morning came so swiftly as I held her in my arms, but she slept like a baby, snug and safe from harm."

Not quite snug and asleep, and certainly not the greatest photo you'll ever see but I think that it's in what the photo captures that is far more important than perfection. Blanche, so happy and playfully sharing a couch with a friend - a picture that, in its imperfection, leaves so much to the imagination.

03/04/2024

Long one of my favorite artists, J.D. Souther hasn't always put out albums in prolific fashion - the man made a fortune thanks to The Eagles having hits with some of his writing - rather, it seems, the guy puts an album out about once every 5 years or so. The Dixie Chicks covered this on that beautiful debut album of theirs so many years back, the original having been on Souther's 1984 lp "Home By Dawn." I never expected anyone to guess where the lyrics in today's post came from and I love this song.

Provided to YouTube by Rhino/Warner RecordsI'll Take Care of You · JD SoutherHome By Dawn℗ 1984 Warner Records Inc.Producer: David MalloyGuitar, Vocals: J. D...