tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:53:09 +0000summer flowerThe landscape changes... Dreams become realities... As footholds appearhttp://njgraves.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Nancy)Blogger303125Copyright 2008 ngravesnoreply@blogger.comnoThe landscape changes... Dreams become realities... As footholds appearThe landscape changes... Dreams become realities... As footholds appeartag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-8493549334722754281Sun, 29 Jan 2012 03:48:00 +00002012-01-28T20:48:58.548-07:00 comments pleasehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/v77Ymq9TaL0/watercolor-prickly-pear.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/v77Ymq9TaL0" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2012/01/watercolor-prickly-pear.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-1870405856843308670Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:11:00 +00002011-10-15T22:11:56.487-07:00Borne in jealousy Thoroughly ego driven Justifiable?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/9V1zooKeTf4/thoughts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/9V1zooKeTf4" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/10/thoughts.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-191372975346239899Mon, 03 Oct 2011 02:07:00 +00002011-10-02T19:07:01.186-07:00This edge of winter Echos within the brisk wind The promise of snow In the meantime, there was a couple of rainbows in the canyon: enjoy. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/_KC11ox4KTs/happy-october.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/_KC11ox4KTs" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/10/happy-october.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-4966208735779569026Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:09:00 +00002011-09-30T11:09:47.613-07:00sudden dispositions dragonflies and butterflies emotions roll onhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/9CESCS4ThNY/dispositions.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/9CESCS4ThNY" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/09/dispositions.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-826160286399366199Sat, 10 Sep 2011 16:50:00 +00002011-09-10T09:50:14.411-07:00Words traveling in A basket full of randomness Poetic Motionhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/3-Yt21mTTps/words.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/3-Yt21mTTps" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/09/words.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-8927732794849703879Sat, 27 Aug 2011 22:12:00 +00002011-08-27T15:14:35.484-07:00Smoking that is. Day 5 and I have gone cold turkey (gobble gobble) - I have earned superhuman abilities - I make Spider Man look like a wuss in climbing walls. HAHA. Actually I'm okay; it sneaks upon me when I least expect it and it takes my breath away. Literally. Almost like heartbreak. "It" being a craving, fix, need, wish or whatever label fits at the moment.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/7clzLcCY5lM/quitting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/7clzLcCY5lM" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/08/quitting.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-6601625172213077769Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:58:00 +00002011-08-23T02:02:46.788-07:00In loving memory; Mada Lynn Caudle 4/16/88-8/23/03 On gossamer wings My heart breaks a thousand times As she flies away. Some days, it feels like yesterday....http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/QrGBJzgAgPI/dedication.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/QrGBJzgAgPI" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/08/dedication.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-5068070510252776278Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:56:00 +00002011-08-23T01:56:54.361-07:00These were taken last night at Mohave Point. In the last picture there is a red light on the lower right side, that is currently the fire burning at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. **Two weeks ago someone was hit by lightening at the spot we were at and killed**** If you or someone you know is going to go out in harsh weather; be PREPARED and DO NOT take unncessary risks. We were at a "safehttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/SEYgJdzcJkk/lightening.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/SEYgJdzcJkk" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/08/lightening.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-3608811162215783682Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:56:00 +00002011-08-23T01:56:37.074-07:00summer flower http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/YUQUhsUSLmk/summer-flower.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/YUQUhsUSLmk" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/08/summer-flower.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-7963090840365272385Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:56:00 +00002011-08-23T01:56:22.678-07:00Oh that's right it's only JUNE! Though the Neil Diamond song keeps going through my mind as it certainly feels like August, in the 90's. Whew! Whether it's a dry heat or a moist heat - its HOT! Enjoy your summerhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/upqK4HWrDxg/hoooot-ausgust-nights-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/upqK4HWrDxg" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/08/hoooot-ausgust-nights-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-7051912948129970114Sun, 22 May 2011 02:21:00 +00002011-05-21T19:24:33.445-07:00Today I hiked. Not much, but a journey begins with a single step; that is what the old ones say. So I started walking down the Bright Angel Trail. Didn't go very far but it was enough to realize I will start out much earlier next time, and perhaps get a little farther.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/pBHRpsuOSSU/getting-reaquainted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/pBHRpsuOSSU" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/05/getting-reaquainted.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-3226075090246199725Wed, 18 May 2011 21:48:00 +00002011-05-18T14:51:06.962-07:00Once arriving at the rim, one could smell the pine in the air. As the clouds shifted through out the canyon I caught the dream sequences:Then my battery went dead.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/fjNQmaqK6RA/dream-scapes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/fjNQmaqK6RA" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/05/dream-scapes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-1420590168952958844Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:15:00 +00002011-03-31T15:22:51.538-07:00There are moments when one hears worlds within words: "I hate this state", meaning literally one hates the state in which one resides. However a shiver goes through me as I view the world in the minds eye of the state of conciousness, state of how one is living and the state of ones environment.I certainly look forward to the change in my literal environment; selfish? Maybe so, it is a part of http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/xmgISgfCoa0/state.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/xmgISgfCoa0" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/03/state.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-6325301529680406716Sat, 01 Jan 2011 23:26:00 +00002011-01-01T16:42:52.416-07:00Today I went to Sawgrass park; and was treated with a bounty of beautiful birds of which posed magnificently.My dear friends at the canyon suffered 16 degree temps last night, and here I am enjoying 78 degree days. I am grateful for that.A new year begins again; asked what is my resolution, my answer is only one sentence:To have a better year.So I think and wonder as I will have the apartment http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/-BBSgltP0Mg/another-year-begins.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/-BBSgltP0Mg" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2011/01/another-year-begins.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-3148639795525446375Sun, 05 Dec 2010 15:04:00 +00002010-12-05T08:05:45.990-07:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/SjcUEsp5kuE/serene-moment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/SjcUEsp5kuE" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2010/12/serene-moment.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-532444977174932304Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:56:00 +00002010-12-04T15:00:52.331-07:00Here it is almost the middle of the month. Susan's got a new job working at Progress Energy - whoo hooo. Jackie isn't working so I'm going over there...at least its across the parking lot and not very far from work.So in the interum of moving, again; I'll continue to take pictures, play bejeweled (terribly addicted), read a lot, work at the Hilton, and let my hair grow out.Happy Christmas ya'llhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/UQjpCQPkir4/happy-december.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/UQjpCQPkir4" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2010/12/happy-december.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-4285345866950841192Sat, 09 Oct 2010 12:49:00 +00002010-10-09T05:57:25.196-07:00In the paper this morning I saw a quote from a lawyer talking about what a few banks are doing: putting on hold foreclosures. He stated (and I'm not going to quote because I already threw out the paper), about how this will greatly affect the mortgage forclosure industry. Well personally I think that is one industry that really needs to go bye-bye. Wishful thinking I know but it has gotten http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/oJsd7mV1G78/headlines.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/oJsd7mV1G78" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2010/10/headlines.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-8327912737427740527Tue, 17 Aug 2010 00:52:00 +00002010-08-16T17:56:31.701-07:00Rainbows and bluegrassA sultry summers eveningReflections on lighthttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/af9ar5u7X_M/summer-reflections-2.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)2<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/af9ar5u7X_M" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2010/08/summer-reflections-2.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-7129807636652156169Sat, 31 Jul 2010 20:56:00 +00002010-07-31T14:09:06.780-07:00It may not be the Grand Canyon, but I drove through the concrete jungle to Sawgrass State Park to commune with nature. A beautiful 400 acre park off of 62nd ave in St. Petersburg, Florida; a place to escape the heat of the concrete jungle and enjoy the dappled sunlight in a lot of welcoming shade. I didn't wander far and plan on going back for more exploration but here are a few things I saw:http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/v1Fsv_hjjVc/its-not-canyon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/v1Fsv_hjjVc" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2010/07/its-not-canyon.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-1070365128717082201Fri, 28 May 2010 14:05:00 +00002010-05-28T07:08:45.741-07:00As my ex used to say; another useless nut. Referring to the buckeye, that is what I am becoming. First word that comes to mind: GREEN! Next words: poison ivy, ahhh. Had to go to the hospital as it became horribly infected. So I am healing. When I look out back, there is no light polution, new word: pastural. I saw my first lightening bug last night. A single irrididecent floating. It http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/ikl3_U05F5Q/ohio.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/ikl3_U05F5Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2010/05/ohio.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-5140594700223115384Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:34:00 +00002010-04-22T20:49:02.026-07:00Moving day approaches.Yes. Several weeks ago I came to a decision with a dear friend who has adopted me as her daughter since I was pregnant with Brittany. She lives in Ohio and I hope she's realized what she's agreed to when she said she'd love to have me.So this next Tuesday I'm spending the night at Flagstaff, then heading East to Ohio on Wednesday morning. It is something I've been wantinghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/Ks8g92pkl0g/moving-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/Ks8g92pkl0g" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2010/04/moving-day.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-4361267378565891834Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:09:00 +00002010-04-22T20:33:14.713-07:00Well here it is the end of April already. It's snowed the last two days, though we're tired of snow it was still beautiful. I am already thinking of what I will miss when I leave the Canyon next week, but first let me back up to my birthday weekend. Ellen, Jen and I went to Zion National Park in Utah. Spring, a different time of year, the sun wasn't so hot, the flowers not yet in bloom, the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/gCbc62-XaH8/birthday-weekend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/gCbc62-XaH8" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2010/04/birthday-weekend.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-1396475781467327930Sun, 28 Mar 2010 04:06:00 +00002010-04-22T20:50:24.001-07:00Well March is almost gone but not forgotten. Spring breakers decended with a wallop, the sun is out more, the snow is melting (yeah!), the elk are back from where ever they migrated; and several people have asked me where do they go? I don't know, and why ask me and not a ranger? There's been a lot of site inspections this month, the one I'm happiest about is with a company I worked well with http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/lUCDzrxRmrQ/march-spring-forward.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/lUCDzrxRmrQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2010/03/march-spring-forward.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-5597890649948332842Sun, 21 Feb 2010 03:07:00 +00002010-02-20T20:19:26.853-07:00Well here it is past the middle sliding it's way to the end of this month already. The cell phone is here as am I. I was honored to go with a friend to the Second Mesa on the Hopi reservation a couple of weekends ago to experience the 'bean ceremony'. It's a weekend long celebration for the Native Americans of the Hopi clan which I have come to respect a lot. At the house of our native friendhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/jgrAuC5FKm0/february-2010-immersion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)0<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/jgrAuC5FKm0" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2010/02/february-2010-immersion.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24273865.post-3891405098022538552Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:20:00 +00002010-01-31T09:31:16.909-07:00Is off to a roaring start. I moved back into a dorm room at Colter Hall; this building was designed by Mary Colter in the 30's. As someone told me, you're going full circle. But with a few differences, I have single status so I don't have a room mate, my sister is not here, and I am considerably more aware of my direction - at least here. Later will be another story. Had the home phone and http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~3/8fYVMHr2J_k/2010.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Nancy)1<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/mpwo/~4/8fYVMHr2J_k" height="1" width="1"/>http://njgraves.blogspot.com/2010/01/2010.htmlen-usCopyright 2008 ngravesnonadult