Hi everyone!I know it is Memorial Day, but we are still hopping.We are joining Comedy Plus’ Awww…Mondays, and Mewsic Moves Me (hosted by Curious as a Cathy, Xmas Dolly, JAmerican Spice and Stacy Uncorked.) We are also still doing a Spark.
My spark is a quote by Gandhi- ‘ Speak only if it improves upon the silence.’ I m not sure if it is just me, but it sure seems like there is too much talking everywhere and so much of it is just babble. It drives me crazy to see drivers on their cell phones, people walking and texting. Pardon my rant.
This week is our choice for the Mewsic Hop so I chose a song that goes with my spark.
Neon Trees- Everybody Talks-
And here is another photo of Joanie from her photo shoot with The Great One.
Hi Ellen,
I see we have vectors of insanity in common. People texting while driving need to get tickets, but not to the movies….
I agree 🙂
We love the Ghandi quote you shared, dear friends. There’s a whole lot of senseless noise going on, isn’t there?
Thank you, yes, there is.
That’s a great Spark, Joanie <3 I think people have lost themselves along the way with all those technologies and forgot what really matters. Pawkisses for a Happy Memorial Day 🙂 <3
Thank you. XO
If humans took that Gandhi quote to heart, nobody would say much!
Very true.
We also like Ghandi’s quote.
Humans could learn a lot from we kitties too 😉
Purrs Georgia,Julie and JJ
Yes, kitties have much to teach us. XO
We love Joanie’s patriotic hat, we love your SPARK and agree with it (!), and we think the world could do without as much NOISE as it has especially the negative stuff. Have a PEACEFUL and QUIET Memorial Day!
Love, Teddy
Thank you. We did. XO and love to you both
That spark is great. We like that one. Have a great day.
Thank you We hope you had a good day too. XO
Happy Memorial Day, Ellen! I totally agree with you about those who text and/or chat on the phone while driving. They are a mega road hazard!
Thank you Yes, they are.
We love that Spark and wish most humans would do that!
Thank you.
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Thank you, that was sweet of you. XO
Love the spark and always love the kitties. I agree that some silence would be wonderful.
Have a purrfect Awww Monday and may your day be filled with wonderful Sparks and much silence. ♥
Thank you. XO
Happy Memorial Day to you all
Hugs madi and mom
Thank you, you too. XO
Great quote and cute picture. Happy Memorial Day! We owe so much to our veterans. Be well, my dears.
Thank you. I agree, we do owe them a lot.
Favorite is Joanie’s photo ~ what a darling ~ xxx
Peaceful Memorial Day to you,
C & Z
Thank you. We hope you had a nice day too. XO
Oh yes, way too much talking going on. Mom is an introvert and highly values her golden silence, which is why at home, it’s quiet more often than not. Joanie, you are looking so patriotic in that hat, and such a good sport to indulge the Great One. Has Trouble met her yet?
I am an introvert too 🙂 Trouble hides when she hears The Great One coming.
Awww your kitty is all dressed up for the occasion and adorable. Never heard that tune, but it’s definitely an eye opener! ~snicker-snicker~! HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY! HAVE FUN & BE SAFE! Thanks for rockin’ out with us! hugs
Thank you. XO
Mom says she can think of a lot of peeps who could learn a great lesson from that quote:)
Joanie, we think you look very patriotic with your colorful hat.
Woos – Lightning, Misty, and Timber
Joanie thanks you 🙂 XO
Love the quote! I hate it when people talk for the sake of talking. Great pick for the song as well 🙂
Thank you 🙂
That’s a great spark and fantastic photo!! We loved your song too!
Thank you. XO
That is such a great quote from Gandhi! A little less talking, especially the nonsensical type, would be nice 🙂
Yes, it would 🙂
Your Spark is perfect! I agree with you, and I wish people these days would take the time to enjoy some simple peace and quiet. Joanie, you look so adorably patriotic! We hope you are all enjoying Memorial Day.
I am glad you agree. Joanie thanks you. XO
We agree that sometimes there is wayyyyyy tooo much talk.
The Florida Furkids
Thank you 🙂
At 0:25, the yellow car with the tail fins is a ’59 Chevy Biscayne. We had one until Dad traded it in for a ’66 Ford Galaxie, which he didn’t get much of a chance to drive before he died. Then it was Mom’s car, and she didn’t know how to drive…
That looks like a nice car.
Your quote reminds me of a poem that my oldest sister taught me when I was young:
A wise old owl lived in an oak
The more he saw the less he spoke
The less he spoke the more he heard.
Why can’t we all be like that wise old bird?
Honoring our fallen servicepeople, today and every day.
That is a good poem.
Good job, Joannie! Not me. I’m not talking.
MOL! 🙂
We need more quiet and silence, i do agree.
That must have been some photo shoot!
Thank you 🙂
Aaaaaaaaaaw Joanie looks adorable. We so agree with your rant. Big hugs
Luv ya’
Dezi and Raena
Thank you. XO
I couldn’t agree with you more! I try to talk as little as possible. It’s when I start typing that I get chatty 🙂
Same here 🙂
Walking and texting is a pet peeve of mom’s! She hates it when people bump into her!
Same here 🙂
That Ghadi was very smart. 🙂 We hope you’re having an enjoyable Memorial Day.
Yes, he was.
Ellen,
I like the Gandhi quote. I’m so with you on people being on their phones at every turn, even while driving which is totally not safe. The bottom line is talking on the telephone distracts the driver even when he/she doesn’t think it is.
Thanks for sharing Neo Tree with me. I’ve heard of the group before no doubt someone on 4M introduced them to me but I can’t say that I know this tune “Everybody Talks”. It’s high energy and got me boogieing in my chair this morning which I really need. I’m just dragging, dragging, dragging!
It’s great boogieing with you. Have an excellent week and thanks for hitting the dance floor with the Monday’s Mewsic Moves Me gang! 🙂
Glad you liked my song choice 🙂
We hope you enjoyed your Memorial Day ! Purrs
We did. XO
Watching everyone with their phones is quite amazing…while walking in a park…in a store…everywhere. In your home while visiting. What could possibly be THAT important? Carry it if you must, but does it have to be inches from your face 29 hours a day? By your face at night while you are supposed to asleep? On the dining table home and restaurants? In the doctor’s office? Is it THAT vital?
I really don’t know what anyone has to talk about that much. XO
Joanie is such a good kitty with The Great One.
She is 🙂
Hi Ellen,
I LOVE the photo of Joanie celebrating the holiday with her patriotism! She’s so pretty.
Thanks for sharing that song, “Everybody Talks”. What a great song — I never heard it (or the band) before. And it’s a perfect pairing with Ghandi’s quote.
Well done!
Enjoy the rest of the week,
Michele at Angels Bark
Thank you 🙂 XO
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Mee an LadyMum agree with you Aunty Ellen…too much mee-yowin/talkin…LadyMum sayss shee iss usin thee sayin. An shee iss curbin her dee-sire ‘to shoot her mouth off’ to sum peepull inn here. Mee iss so proud of her! Shee can get wound uppy purrty quiklee, mew mew mew…
***nose kissesss*** Siddhartha Henry xXx
When your Mum gets wound up, she has a good reason. A lot of people you live near are idiots. XO
Mew mew mew oh Aunty wee are laffin over yur commint!! LadyMum sayss yur rite…..bee-tween ‘Crazyman’ an ‘Crackheadwoman’ an nastee troll at thee top of thee stairss an sum others who fink they can just show uppy on thee patio without callin ferst…wee have our share of idiotss. An then there iss thee woman who was our furend butt now shee iss ‘mad’ at LadyMum fur not visitin aftur her knee surgery….when LadyMum was so icky sicky a few weekss ago. LadyMum called an leeved 4 times an leeved messages an sent an email butt Lady So an So iss all miffed!! Shee nevurr called knowin LadyMum’ss last ‘seizey’ lasted 1/2 hour….an Lady So an So used to have a furend with Eppylepsee….shee iss a REEL idiot inn mee bookss. PHOOEY! At leest wee have Aunty Reeni…
Fankss fur lissenin Aunty; yur so sweet!
WOW- your building has more crazies than I realized. That is awful. I would not like a patio door because it would be hard to hide and pretend not to be home if you don’t want to visit. XO
Mee-you we try not to dwell on all thee ‘craziess’ Aunty! An thee Lady uppystairss iss just berry self-fish. An thee troll does not bother us directlee; shee just stomps uppy an down thee back stairss. An thee other nosy nayburr iss just vishuss purrson who spiess on us….shee has no life LadyMum sayss! So wee reelly onlee have 2 ‘craziess’ plus a paw full of ‘idiotss’. An LadyMum sayss yur rite about thee patio door an not beein abull to hide. Mind you if shee iss fed uppy, shee just closess thee drapes an no one can see in! (Butt not when mee out inn Condo of course….)
I am sorry you and your Mum have so much to deal with. XO
Noise everywhere. I like peace and quiet. Too much technology and I am especially saddened when I see young children allowed to walk around with an ipad in their hands. U G H !
Great all around post and thank you.
HUGS
That bothers me too. Many kids don’t even know how to interact. XO
I am so right there with you on the driving while talking on the cell phone (or god forbid, texting while driving) and those walking and texting – because they are not paying attention to where they’re going! And block aisles at the store, or run into you without so much as a ‘sorry’ or ‘excuse me’.
Great song, thanks for the introduction!
And I love that picture of Joanie! 🙂
Thank you, glad you like my choice. 🙂
You are right…we need to listen way more…but we just seem to fill in the blank silence that promotes thinking into babble and chatter and gossip. It drives me nuts to see peeps eating together but no one is having a real conversation, they are all on the phones. UGH. I tell my menfolk to put those away when we are all together for dinner…they mostly comply:)
Joanie looks good inn that patriotic hat!
(I just realized that I can access and comment here in my regular browser…now that Iam using my wordpress link instead of the blogger one. Hmmm!)
Sorry you had trouble commenting.
Wee not sure what youss have in place down there butt where wee live there are BERRY FEW Psyche wardss or Hosspitalss to take care of mentally ill peepull. They are sorta worked on & then let loose an Hosuin says they are Man-Dated to take who efurr iss on thee list. It iss the Province (like a State) that has dun all this. So thee poor crazypantss unwell peepull try to live an they go off meddysinss an cause trubbull.
An Housin just says if wee not like it here wee can move an they will just put sumone else inn our apartmint. The situashun iss a vishuss cycull…like a Hamster on a treadmill…. **sighsss**
It is pretty much the same around here. XO
PHOOEY!!! That iss turribull Aunty. So many unwell peepull not copin on thee outside butt nowhere fur them to get propurr help. Berry sad inn-deed!