Flag Day/ Father's Day/Blue Monday/Love Is...

June 14, 2014 Flag Day. Did you hang your flag outside ?
 I do most everyday except when high winds or terrible weather looms. There is an auto repair shop near my home. He never takes that flag down and it is ragged and worn. I think he should remove it every evening and hang it up fresh each day.

Some quotes to ponder.

June 15, 2014: Father's Day. I miss my own father terribly during this weekend. He always loved the simple gifts we gave him because he loved cologne and we always bought him the latest favorites and when I close my eyes, I can remember all his favorite scents. I bought my hubby a new scent because, like my father, he likes good cologne too.

A favorite quote by a wonderful Major League baseball player:

 We have too many people trying to control our children in our society. We need two parents to raise them. If that is impossible than one good parent will often be able to get the job done. Children need to learn from good role models. They should be trained up by a parent or parents who follow simple parenting:

If you don't believe this, look at the condition of society. Look at the broken children, with demons instead of role models. Such a sadness. So many broken children, eating disorders, drug abuse, violence. We have to love our children but we also have to teach them respect:

 I hope you came over to share your favorite Love is....

Love is a beautiful thing. Sharing it with someone you love is even better. Having a house full of love makes your life perfect.

Now I hope you are searching for lots of blues here today. Here is a Father's Day 2014 photo of my silly phamily. It was so hot today that I slipped into old "house only" shorts and never changed them when we started too take photos. I am usually very better at color coordination! LOL! I just love taking phamily shots. Makes me smile and we enjoyed a beautiful Father's Day.  My birthday twin Julie Tucker-Wolek  shares a phoot of herself with her two kids each month. It is in honor of Aleida, her friend who passed away in a car accident way too soon and left her children with a photo of two of of them together. Julie honors her friend each month by taking photos. I love it and started a phamily holiday photo. But I think I am going to joy Julie and do the monthly photos. After all I am not getting any younger and having those memories from my own childhood make me smile. I can not find a photo of myself alone with my dad. Sad but I do have lots of other ones. I am in the process of  sorting through years of photos. Eventually I will have it all organized.

The hubby and I shared a nice Texas Roadhouse lunch and I made him a homemade chocolate pie. His sister use to make those boxed pudding pies and they aren't very good for you so I went  away from the box and  made it from scratch. Except the pie crust. I could never make one that is not as hard as a rock. I blame the high altitude. The kids made chicken fajitas for dinner and the weather was perfect.

Visit Sally and share some blues today.