The Power of Love....

The power of love is a curious thing
make a one man weep, make another man sing
Change a hawk to a little white dove
more than a feeling that's the power of love

Tougher than diamonds, rich like cream
Stronger and harder than a bad girl's dream
make a bad one good make a wrong one right
power of love that keeps you home at night

You don't need money, don't take fame
Don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden and it's cruel sometimes
but it might just save your life
That's the power of love
That's the power of love

First time you feel it, it might make you sad
Next time you feel it it might make you mad
But you'll be glad baby when you've found
that's the power makes the world go'round

And it don't take money, don't take fame
don't need no credit card to ride this train
It's strong and it's sudden it can be cruel sometimes
but it might just save your life

They say that all in love is fair
yeah, but you don't care
But you know what to do
when it gets hold of you
and with a little help from above
you feel the power of love
you feel the power of love
Can you feel it ?
Hmmm

It don't take money and it don't take fame
don't need no credit card to ride this train
Tougher than diamonds and stronger than steel
you won't feel nothin' till you feel
you feel the power, just the power of love
That's the power, that's the power of love
You feel the power of love
you feel the power of love
feel the power of love

For him....

Shawn
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Thank you very much for asking....

Happy Will You Marry Me Day, too.

June 30, 2005

Loving you, A&F, NMW, XOXOXO, ETC...!!!
Shawn
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Might as well jump

...over the moon

(photo courtesy of the Recorder.com, Greenfield, Massachusetts. Thanks, Flower!)

Shawn
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I want you..........to know...

I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy.
I'll be your hope
I'll be your love
Be everything that you need.
I love you more with every breath
Truly madly deeply do..
I will be strong I will be faithful
'Cos I'm counting on a new beginning.
A reason for living.
A deeper meaning.


I want to stand with you on a mountain.
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever.
Until the sky falls down on me...


And when the stars are shining brightly
In the velvet sky,
I'll make a wish
Send it to heaven
Then make you want to cry...
The tears of joy
For all the pleasure and the certainty.
That we're surrounded
By the comfort and protection of..
The Highest Power
In lonely hours.
The tears devour you...
I want to stand with you on a mountain,
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever,
Until the sky falls down on me...


Oh can't you see it baby?
You don't have to close your eyes
'Cos it's standing right before you.

All that you need will surely come...

I'll be your dream
I'll be your wish
I'll be your fantasy.
I'll be your hope
I'll be your love
Be everything that you need.
I'll love you more with every breath
Truly madly deeply do...

I want to stand with you on a mountain.
I want to bathe with you in the sea.
I want to lay like this forever.
Until the sky falls down on me...



----<--<-@ "I feel like I've just stepped off into space"...two years later, only more so.
A&F...NMW...

Shawn
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Billy says 'bye...

"Ruth Bell Graham"
1920-2007

A beautiful lily named for a beautiful lady.



(John Shooter 2004, photo courtesy of Marietta Gardens, NC)

Shawn
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Flag Day in the USA

I went searching for something to post about Flag Day and ended up with something else entirely. It's quite apropos, however, since both SGTex and I are currently doing the mental stretching necessary to adjust to new platforms in our work situation. It's funny how that worked out. We're in the same business, have a real working home office, and we're simultaneously in the throes of vocational evolution. I think we'll both breathe a sigh of relief when we've got this bit behind us and our "weekend" is within reach.

Anyway, I thought this was pretty interesting...Any of these sound familiar?

New Job Lingo: What it really means... (and why I prefer working from home--my comments are italicized)

JOIN OUR FAST-PACED COMPANY - We have no time to train you. (We get good training, actually)

CASUAL WORK ATMOSPHERE - We don't pay enough to expect that you'll dress up. (I prefer working in, well....let's call 'em pajamas. I shan't speak for SGTex)

MUST BE DEADLINE ORIENTED - You'll be six months behind schedule on your first day (Always have the TAT looming in our biz)

SOME OVERTIME REQUIRED – You’ll work nights and weekends. (BTDT)

DUTIES WILL VARY - Anyone in the office can, and will, boss you around. (LOL. No comment, except to say there's just the two of us in this office. Oh, and that I'm madly in love with The Boss)

MUST HAVE AN EYE FOR DETAIL - We have no quality control. (In our case, it's all about quality control).

Work happy!

Shawn
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Photo: Clearwater, Florida

Song in the night....

It seems that every day I come across another wonderful thing about Texas, and here's the latest:

Long after the sun has set and everything is quiet, we're blessed to hear the loveliest bird song, and it goes on and on. We're pretty certain it is an unmated male mockingbird. SGTex says, "With a song like that, he won't be unmated for long!"

I know it's not really fair, but I'm kinda hoping he's in no hurry, as I never could have imagined anything so beautiful. Then again, I guess the only thing that would be nicer is for him to find her, and then they might settle down in our oak tree.

It's all very, very romantic.....

Shawn
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Photo: The mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) is the state bird of Texas, adopted by the Legislature 1927 at the request of the Texas Federation of Women's Clubs. Courtesy of SHG Resources

Sharing a lovely song.

SGTex & Shawn
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Maol Ceanntre

Mull of Kintyre, oh mist rolling in from the sea
My desire is always to be here, oh Mull of Kintyre

Far have I travelled and much have I seen
Dark distant mountains with valleys of green
Past painted deserts the sun sets on fire
As he carries me home to the Mull of Kintyre

Mull of Kintyre, oh mist rolling in from the sea
My desire is always to be here, oh Mull of Kintyre

Sweep through the heather like deer in the glen
Carry me back to the days I knew then
Nights when we sang like a heavenly choir
Of the life and the times of the Mull of Kintyre

Mull of Kintyre, oh mist rolling in from the sea
My desire is always to be here, oh Mull of Kintyre

Smiles in the sunshine and tears in the rain
Still take me back where my memories remain
Flickering embers grow higher and higher
As they carry me back to the Mull of Kintyre

Mull of Kintyre, oh mist rolling in from the sea
My desire is always to be here, oh Mull of Kintyre