Believe in yourself...

...and the world will be at your feet.

They say...

 

..."I want to buy lots of pretty things." "I want more followers on social media." "I want to race cars." 

But, me... I just want to save all the animals.

Big cats like boxes too...

 

Staying in a house in Japan,...

 

...when suddenly.

While the world drives you crazy, ...

 

...there's someone waiting impatiently to heal you and make you happy.

Santa & Coca Cola...

We would always leave Santa a bottle of Coke on Christmas Eve...👉

 

When life gives you a hundred reasons to break down and cry,...

 

...show it that you have a million reasons to smile and laugh. Stay strong. 

A Nisse...

A nisse is a...

 

Santa is...

 

...us close to the heart of what it means to be a human being. 

"The Night The Animals Talked," --- sweet old animated Christmas film...

...Precious and rare old film... 💖😍💖

Part 2, above

 Part 1, above

An Old Photo...

 

Sometimes it's the smallest things that take up the most room in your heart...

 

A Sweet Family Of Owls...

 

That Famous Story, --- "A Christmas Carol," By Charles Dickens...

 

Aspen, Colorado...

 

"OOOOOO!!!... IT SNOWED!!!!!..."

 

A Highland Cow...

 

...Or, a "Heeland Cew". 

Indy says...

 

"It's not the years, Honey. It's the milage."

"Daddy, you'll always be my hero!:...

 

The History Of Dragons...

 

Were The Roaring 20s really that wild???...

For instance, ten years earlier women were wearing their skirts down to their ankles in 1910 and their hair uncut, maybe to their hips. Then, in 1920 skirts were tight and above the knees, --- hair bobbed, cut off at the ears... Then, there was Prohibition, --- from 1920-1933, a time when many average citizens of the United States broke the law. Prohibition also directly led to the rise of Organized Crime. I can hardly believe that lawmakers and other groups who encouraged no-drinking would think that making alcohol illegal would stop people from imbibing. REALLY... Did They expect folks not to drink a little wine or beer in their parlors, or maybe more than a little??? 

Above, from "Legends Of The Fall,"--- Tristan thinks about going into bootlegging: "Good money in bootlegging, if you know what you're doing."

Above, "What It Was Like To Be A Bootlegger".

 

This one doesn't have a list...

 

He just wants to sit on your lap. 😺😻😇😻💖

Awww...

 

From, --- "The Velveteen Rabbit"...

 

"Generally, by the time you are real, most of your hair has been loved off, and your eyes drop out and you get loose in the joints and very shabby. But, these things don't matter at all. Because once you are real you can't be ugly. Except, to people who don't understand."

And, if you remember the story... The Velveteen Rabbit was thrown outside onto the lawn to be burned because the poor toy had been hugged by the boy all during his bout with a contagious disease. But, a good faerie was listening and watching... The kind faerie transformed the faithful toy into a real rabbit and made him immortal. Years passed. The now live rabbit lived happily in the backyard, doing all the things that live rabbits do. Then, one day, the boy, all grown up, noticed the rabbit peacefully eating grass... He said, --- "How strange. Doesn't that rabbit look like my old bunny toy?" Because, you see, the rabbit had markings, like the seams of a stuffed toy, on his fur.

Josephine's Roses...

Josephine Bonaparte, Empress Of The French, loved her roses. She had beautiful rose gardens at her estate, Malmaison. When British General Wellington came through the area he gave orders that Josephine's roses were not to be harmed. The hardened old soldier appreciated great beauty. Some of Josephine's roses have endured till today. We have their descendants.

 

What Did They Eat, --- Passengers On The Titanic And Old Roman Soldiers?...