It’s Monday…
Go ahead and show your “true” colors!

Just a few interesting facts for Presidents’ Day (mistergworld.com):
George Washington 1789-1797: Teeth were made from elephant and walrus tusks, not wood.
Andrew Jackson 1829-1837: First president to ride in a train.
William Henry Harrison 1841: President for only 31 days, died of pneumonia.
John Tyler 1841-1845: Loved kids, had 15 children.
James Buchanan 1857-1861: Never married, his niece was White House hostess.
Rutherford B. Hayes 1877-1881: First President to use a phone – his phone number was 1.
Chester Arthur 1881-1885: Changed his pants several times a day – he owned 80 pairs of pants.
Warren G. Harding 1921-1923: Gambled away a set of White House china.
Herbert Hoover 1929-1933: Spoke Chinese to his wife to keep their stories private.
Harry S. Truman 1945-1953: Read every book in his hometown library.
Jimmy Carter 1977-1981: First President born in a hospital.
George Bush 1989-1993: Survived 4 plane crashes during WW II.
For more fun facts to know and tell, click on the link below:
http://www.mistergworld.com/12-002.htm
~ The Beatles

The couple captured in this image appear so passionate for one another and oblivious to the world around them. Photo was taken in Salamanca, Spain with a little point and shoot camera. Nothing fancy. Blended in Photoshop CS5 with prairie grasses captured against the summer sun.
Yep… all you need is love.
Life can be harsh for the disabled begging on the church steps of the Cathedral de San Gervasio in Valladolid, Mexico. This is the real deal and not a scam as the locals also give money to these individuals according to Mark Moxon’s Travel Writing.
In turn, life can be harsh for the working class protecting their modest stucco homes and belongings with broken glass ledges in Playa del Carmen, Mexico.
By the grace of God…

The past has floated away like fluff on a dandelion as the prairie winds blow across the old abandoned yard. The young girl’s grandmother has long since passed away, but the old house from her childhood still stands as if to be a testament to her very existence.
The skeleton of a house is what remains, but in the mind are memories… laughter, tears, struggle and joy are carried by the wind as it flows through the empty windows. Heat radiating from the wood burning stove, smells of fresh baked bread permeating the air, the cluck of chickens in the coop to the sound of chicken sizzling as it fries in the old cast iron skillet…
Where does the time go? A few of my favorite images from 2014:
https://animoto.com/play/QZmn9rbzC8AgRQHz406WHg
All images by Joyce Meyer (O.K., the spider web is Randy’s, but other than that…)