Bobby Layne

Robert Lawrence Layne was an American football quarterback who played for 15 seasons in the National Football League. He played for the Chicago Bears in 1948, the New York Bulldogs in 1949, the Detroit Lions from 1950–1958, and the Pittsburgh Steelers from 1958–1962.

Football at its best for the purest.

Can u see me now?

Oh yes...me favorite

enjoy!!

Happy Thanksgiving

Jpr : safe travels

Famous who believed in God

Newton and Gauss....arguably the preminant scientists of all of time (both Catholic) openly  professed their faith in God.

Denisovans

When our ancestors first migrated out of Africa around 60,000 years ago, they were not alone. At least two of our hominid cousins had made the same journey—Neanderthals and Denisovans. Neanderthals, the better known of the two species, left Africa about 300,000 years ago and settled in Europe and parts of western Asia. The Denisovans are a much more recent addition to the human family tree. In 2008, paleoanthropologists digging in a cave in southern Siberia unearthed a 40,000-year-old adult tooth and an exquisitely preserved fossilized pinkie bone that had belonged to a young girl who was between five and seven years old when she died.

Recently, scientists successfully extracted nuclear DNA from the pinkie bone and conducted comparison studies with the genomes of modern humans and Neanderthals. Studies show the girl was closely related to Neanderthals, yet distinct enough to merit classification as a new species of archaic humans, which scientists named “Denisovan” after the cave where the pinkie bone was found. The Denisovan genome also suggests the young girl had brown hair, eyes, and skin.

You Do

Do more than exist, LIVE.
Do more than touch, FEEL.
Do more than look, OBSERVE.
Do more than read, ABSORB.
Do more than hear, LISTEN.
Do more than listen, UNDERSTAND,
Do more than think, PONDER.
Do more than talk, SAY SOMETHING.

- John H. Rhoades

Teenage lv letter

You are

treasured
loved
cherished
respected
honored
longed for and...
missed.

I lv u

Stuck?

Poka dots...no stripes

Young zebra

Basilica De La Sagarda Familia p2.

Regina Caeli. Academy ..home schooling

Regina Caeli is a private, independent university-style hybrid™ academy operating in the Catholic tradition. We offer accredited classical academic and extracurricular classes to preschool - 12th grade students two days a week. The parent remains the primary educator by homeschooling the other three days a week, following the same classical curriculum. 

Now in 11 states and 16 cities as well as in the U K. 

Basilica De La Sagarda Familia p1

Construction began in 1882 and is expected to finish in 2026.

The Sagrada Familia church is Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí's greatest masterpiece, but he never lived to see his most legendary creation come fully to life. He used natural designs in his work. Seven of his projects are designated world heritage sites including Sagarda Familia.

Doctors Prescribe Gregorian Chant

Research has established the health benefits of regular Gregorian Chanting.  It lowers blood pressure, improves heart rate,  reduces tension, restores emotional balance, improves efficiency in the workplace, and is an effective team builder.  And hospitals report positive results in reducing pain and  healing time when patients listen to Gregorian Chants, and its positive influence in calming the acting out mentally ill has been well known  for ages. And I have long used it as background during difficult student exams.  

Listen free http://www.last.fm/tag/gregorian%20chant

image of Saturn"s rings

Some cosmic art

The variation in the colour of the rings arises from the differences in their composition. Turquoise-hued rings contain particles of nearly pure water ice, whereas reddish rings contain ice particles with more contaminants.

Night snow near interstate

Jpr: looks like another world as in "the creature from Planet-X".

art?

by jpr

Sign of the times

new bridge from Wellsburg, Wv to Brillant, Ohio depiction. Means lots of economic growth in rust belt. No one there would have dreamed of this actually happening  3 yrs ago.

nawh!

Not yet quite ready.

Ancient Indian Proverb

"Treat the earth well.
It was not given to you by your parents,
it was loaned to you by your children.
We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,
we borrow it from our Children."

Be wise....it's a free choice

The Nature of Wisdom

The spirit of Wisdom is intelligent and holy. It is of one nature but reveals itself in many ways. It is not made of any material substance, and it moves about freely. It is clear, clean, and confident; it cannot be harmed.[a] It loves what is good. It is sharp and unconquerable,23 kind, and a friend of humanity. It is dependable and sure, and has no worries. It has power over everything, and sees everything. It penetrates every spirit that is intelligent and pure, no matter how delicate its substance may be.

24 Wisdom moves more easily than motion itself; she is so pure that she penetrates everything. 25 She is a breath of God's power—a pure and radiant stream of glory from the Almighty. Nothing that is defiled can ever steal its way into Wisdom. 26 She is a reflection of eternal light, a perfect mirror of God's activity and goodness. 27 Even though Wisdom acts alone, she can do anything. She makes everything new, although she herself never changes. From generation to generation she enters the souls of holy people, and makes them God's friends and prophets. 28 There is nothing that God loves more than people who are at home with Wisdom. 29 Wisdom is more beautiful than the sun and all the constellations. She is better than light itself, 30 because night always follows day, but evil never overcomes Wisdom.

8 Her great power reaches into every part of the world, and she sets everything in useful order.

Chinese Water Deer

No antlers....are there tusk collectors???

kindergarten halloween

                                         https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g47eLT8-kVk

Coming to a neighborhood near you

irish stuff

Men mock the poet for his want of wit, Yet not the poet's is the fault of it;                                     Out of a little vessel you'll not gain More than a little vessel can contain.

Irish Epigram

'Is maith an scéalai an aimsir
Time is a great storyteller' - Irish Proverb



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmPP0lWDP6I

Rare Clouds Over Scotland

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These eye-catching rainbow colored clouds, nacreous clouds, (sometimes called mother of pearl clouds) are extremely rare.  They form in the Earth's stratosphere at around 70,000ft over polar regions , way above where other clouds are normally found and in much colder air.  The color comes from ice crystals refracting the sun's rays to give the rainbow effect.  

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Tap code

The tap code, sometimes called the knock code, is a way to encode text messages on a letter-by-letter basis in a very simple way. The message is transmitted using a series of tap sounds, hence its name.

The tap code has been commonly used by prisoners to communicate with each other. The method of communicating is usually by tapping either the metal bars, pipes or the walls inside a cell.

Nothing Better than finding a previously "unknown (to me)" writer like this Dude. Giggles and Grins...

Love Song

How can I keep my soul in me, so that
it doesn't touch your soul? How can I raise
it high enough, past you, to other things?
I would like to shelter it, among remote
lost objects, in some dark and silent place
that doesn't resonate when your depths resound.
Yet everything that touches us, me and you,
takes us together like a violin's bow,
which draws *one* voice out of two separate strings.
Upon what instrument are we two spanned?
And what musician holds us in his hand?
Oh sweetest song. 

Rainer Maria Rilke

for sale

Owner says it will yet play....after some work

Panhandle trail

me dwag....loves it when we visit.   Goes for 30 some miles I'm told. It's an old rail line...the railroad still owns the land I'm told!

Andy Worhola s grave

 Changed his name to Warhol. He grew up in South Side, Pittsburgh. Went to school with my bud s 88 yr old mother. Buried in catholic cemetery in Bethal Park section of Pittsburgh There is a camera watching his grave.

Excerpts from church bulletins from Unkie Willie

The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals.
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The sermon this morning: 'Jesus Walks on the Water.' The sermon tonight: 'Searching for Jesus.'
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Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
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Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community. Smile at someone who is hard to love. Say 'Hell' to someone who doesn't care much about you.

Sarah sanguin carter

A halmark chick...very talented

It's not too early

Rake leaves and shovel snow!

About that hobby horse

why not to worry

"For the sword outwears its sheath, and the soul wears out the breast. And the heart must pause to breathe, and love itself have rest."
~~ Lord Byron

living out his words

Birds in bare trees

http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/bald-eagles-perching-on-bare-trees-annapolis-valley-stock-footage/85187075
Who needs leaves?

Log art

Any thing is fair game!

Leaf pile

Afterwards

Can't resist