Life and Random Thinking

Happiness is a response

Posted on June 30, 2014 by dfolstad58

Happiness is a warm puppy Charles Schultz said, and in a sense he was right. But what is a warm puppy to you?

I think for most part we are all people people, meaning that we are happiest when we are with people, people that love us, and love our time and attention.

Today I looked into the eyes of my family and I felt the warm puppy happiness Charles Schultz was talking about. The feeling in your heart that your cup is full, that you are missed when you are absent, and much more that words are so poor in describing.

I hope you have a warm puppy, full heart moment today. Life is so full of little things that take our time, washing dishes, and tidying up – the stuff that needs to be done. But life also has those moments that fly by like birds on the wing, so grab them and enjoy them when they happen, they are the most important times of our lives.

Today your day will be happier than a seagull with a french fry!

Top Ten Ways You KNOW You’re a Texan

Posted on June 25, 2014 by dfolstad58

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and Texas style tacos recipes available here, and provided with the texas amount of wit and charm. Enjoy and surprise your family with breakfast tacos, for extra karma – comment to the blogger how it all turned out!

Texana's Kitchen

So, the top ten ways to know that you are a Texan are thus:

10. It is February, you’re A/C is running. In fact, you’re A/C runs every day, except for 12 minutes in early January.

9. You see a snake. Your first thought is whether it would make a better belt or hatband.

8. The Larry Joe Taylor Music Festival is on your bucket list.

7. You consider RC Cola and Moon Pie haute cuisine

6. You plan your wedding for the one weekend toward the end of October between dove season and whitetail season, because you want the groom to be there too.

5. You have memorized every rule, of every stage of the drought restrictions. You are watering at midnight. You share a beer with your neighbor whilst doing it, because he is also watering his lawn…

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Savannah’s Tiny Cottages: Total Charm in 300 Square Feet

Posted on June 24, 2014 by dfolstad58

Simple living, I think this idea needs to catch on.

GALLIVANCE

I’ve had a lifelong fascination with tiny abodes. Tree houses, gypsy wagons, log cabins, and Airstream Bambis have all sparked my imagination over the years.

When we lived in London

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Pho Thai

Posted on June 24, 2014 by dfolstad58

The pictures in this post are so bright, my mouth watered – I admit it, this recipe made me drool! 🙂

Cooking with a Wallflower

Vietnamese pho noodles in Thai spicy and sour soup with shrimp, mushrooms, and refreshing basil, a quick and easy recipe for a cold dreary day.

Vietnamese pho + Thai Tom Yum = Pho Thai

This Vietnamese and Thai fusion noodle soup is so delicious I have to share it with everyone at Fiesta Friday!

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Beach Cruise – Part TWO

Posted on June 24, 2014 by dfolstad58

After I wrote my post “Tourist Town” I decided to act as your roving reporter and take some pictures on your behalf. Click on the images to enlarge ! 🙂

It was a wonderful weekend for the Beach Cruise event, more than 700 cars, paint jobs like works of art, these car owners lavish attention on their vehicles and it shows.

I could not take pictures of all the cars, and honestly I did not see all of them either but I was gobsmacked by some of them and hope you like my images.

I also added some other pictures of the lakeside etc and trust you will be tempted to contemplate visiting next week and doing your own stroll and seaside rendezvous with all these rolling works of art.

Elvis Presley events on during the weekend also and it was kind of funny as Saturday night we could hear Elvis music along the lakeshore from the concert at the hotel. My very first record was an Elvis record, many moons ago. Elvis still rocks the house in the Okanagan.

: slick but simple style

: Nice day to sit on lakeshore bench

: wood sculptures lakeside

: seaside rendezvous

: one of many awesome cars

: love this colour

: stylish

: Mayor’s choice award

: great colour and roomy!

: makes me think of Beach Boys music

: special car called an Apache

: nice day on Okanagan lake

: strolling along hand in hand

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Tourist in your own Town

Posted on June 20, 2014 by dfolstad58

The town where I live relies on events, events and volunteers, to entice tourists to our beautiful spot.

It is a lovely city, nestled in a valley, two different lakes at each end, you can walk the length of the city in an hour. A Place to Live Forever, and where Elvis lives on.

I think Elvis will be here this weekend, along with lots of other 50’s and 60’s music celebrities and music. You see this is our weekend for classic cars, it’s a three day event, over 600 cars this year and they parade tonight, and you can view them everywhere in town it seems but especially lined up along lakeshore drive.

So being a tourist in your own town is fun, and it’s affordable. You can sleep in your own bed at night, drink your morning java from your favorite cuppa.

Since most of my readers are “away”, you have to come here to meet Elvis, see the cars, visit the wineries which are perched on the sides of the valley looking down on beautiful lakes, Okanagan and Skaha.

Yes, I like being a tourist in my own town, and I like sticking my toes in the lake, and feeling all comfy at home.