Sunflower at Sundown
Janna Hill
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Look at this Cat
Look at this blasted cat. This is reason #17 for not getting anything done today. 😀
I’m falling off my stool here. Would you just look at this cat!
No, seriously, look at him. Look. At. This Cat.
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Celebrating More than His Music
As you all know Tom Petty died Monday.
I was going through my playlist and realized his music was more than just music for me. (Hang on while I get a tissue)
Snort. Honk. Sigh.
I sat up late last night burning through my hard-drive and YouTube videos– singing along and remembering…
So many memories were made with Tom Petty doing his thing in the background.
The song that strums my heart strings even this morning and makes me have to blow my nose [again] is Built to Last. It is not in the top ranks of his repertoire but… sniff, sniff..
I can’t tell you how many times the husband and I have drank to it, danced [our own dance] by the water and watched the sun go down to the beat of that tune.
Each time the song subtly reminded me that I … that we are in this for the long run… that we are built to last.
So here’s to you honey: 
You don’t have to say anything — I know you’re there.
Here’s to us: 
and to sunsets and Tom Petty – all things I love more than I knew.
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Who’d a thunk it?
I don’t think I knew Cecilia was a Roman martyr (2nd or 3rd century) until I moused over the name while reading Cloud Wrangler on Kindle. Who’d a thunk it? 😉
Check out the free Kindle preview and then buy Cloud Wrangler at your favorite store.
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Florida Dew
Florida Dew
(from Getting Me Back)
Three flights of stairs leave me winded
Still I light a cigarette, lean against the railing and look out over the salt ponds.
The Florida dew is still wet on my soles, mingled with imported white sand.
The grit clings to my swollen crooked feet like scared children.
It is early February and another spring like day at the southernmost point.
Roaming tourists’ cheerily fill the parking lot
A timeworn man with white hair tells a joke, refers to himself as a snowbird and the crowd cackles like the game fowl that live on the key.
Inside, the black girl from Jamaica pushes a cart loaded with towels and toiletries and yells toward the ceiling of an empty hall
Do you see my sweat!
I want to tell her yes,
Yes, I see your sweat!
Yours and every other soul’s that has bled life into this place! I see their tears and perspiration that filled the salty oceans and the ponds that surround us… that hold us here.
Instead I stare at my swollen gritty feet still wet with the Florida dew.
Remember Florida in her time of need... in the wake of Irma.
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The Bidding has Ended (Sold!)
The painting Texas Flood sold for $212 to Anonymous Stevie Ray Vaughan fan.
Thanks and congratulations to “Anonymous Stevie Ray Vaughan Fan from Texas”.
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Thankful Thursday (Auction Update Q & A)
Sooo …
The top bid for the painting so far is $100 in the form of gift cards and the painting to be donated to any person or institute we choose. Stop laughing 😉 Hey people can use gift cards especially to places like Wal Mart and Home Depot, so I am thankful for the offer.
There have been a few questions and rightfully so. This one I will answer here:
Q: “Are you trying to raise money for yourself?”
A: No.
A month ago I posted another Thankful Thursday, thankful our little fishing shack had been spared with minimal damage, so no, the proceeds are not for our benefit.
Last week I posted photos of [just some] of the devastation we witnessed mostly in Rockport, a community still struggling. Our little place is essentially a second home; the people I want to help lost their only home!
I realize many people along the entire Gulf Coast of the USA need assistance. I also see the tragedy in Mexico, Puerto Rico and the other islands affected but Rockport doesn’t seem to be getting much attention or government aid so that community is where my heart is focused at the moment.
Another question I will answer here:
Q: “Why don’t you just donate your own money?”
A: I have. And I have delivered a few care packages. The problem is I have bills and a budget and printing counterfeit money is against the law. 
A sincere thank you to the ones bidding, liking and sharing this post.
Bless the ones pouring their own money, blood, sweat and tears into helping their fellowman.
Maybe some of you would like to help Rockport-Fulton aka Rockport directly. That would be awesome!
The bidding ends tomorrow, September 29th at 5 PM.
Frame is a digital addition and not part of the portrait.
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Wordless Wednesday (Silent Auction – Art for a Cause)
Texas Flood original 11×14 acrylic on canvas. This is a silent auction. Bidding ends Friday at 5pm September 29th. Photo of painting displayed in natural light. Proceeds will be used for persons affected by recent hurricane(s) Send bids and questions to jannahill@rocketmail.com
Original post edited. The lighting gave impression of yellow hues.
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Summer Adieu
Summer Adieu
It’s out of the flip-flops
, and back in the Reeboks and long pants dug out of the dust
So long to the tank tops, bikinis and cut offs and lawn chairs left lying to rust
Adieu to the sand dune, the pelican and plain loon
My loves, we’ll see you `fore long
Leaves drop as trees swoon, long past the crop moon
With the scent of a sweet autumn song
Let’s all take a big swill
to ward off the night chill
Winter’s a season away
Crank up the camp fire; avoid the ole quagmire
With children perched high on the hay
More about the Autumn Equinox at National Geographic
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