Clay Aiken Smiles

Clay Aiken has the most sincere and infectious smile.
He puts a smile on my face and sunshine in my heart.





Always remember to be happy because you never know who's falling in love with your smile.
~Author Unknown~



Looking through my archives I realized how little Clay has changed these past years, except now he's even cuter and the smile is bigger.


2003


2004

Keep smiling - it makes people wonder what you've been up to. ~Author Unknown



A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you're at home. ~Author Unknown~


October 2008

A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes lasts forever. None is so rich or mighty that he cannot get along without it and none is so poor that he cannot be made rich by it. Yet a smile cannot be bought, begged, borrowed, or stolen, for it is something that is of no value to anyone until it is given away. Some people are too tired to give you a smile. Give them one of yours, as none needs a smile so much as he who has no more to give.
~Author Unknown~

The video of WISYS is delightful. This version includes the prebanter, and "Flat Clay" by Nortigar.




This WISYS version is of the song without the banter, by SLL

WISYS YouTube w-banter SLL




In a previous post "Unconditionally" is a fun SALLYROX puzzle--Clay Blogs.
See SR Clay Puzzle in Unconditionally

Here is the solution for it :) Better late than never!

clickable

Happy Thanksgiving Canada

It's Thanksgiving weekend in Canada.
I wish all my family and friends the very best for this Thanksgiving.

All my friends around the world are invited to join us.









The Grace of God

T for time to be together,turkey, talk, and tangy weather.
H for harvest stored away, home, and hearth,and holiday.
A for autumn's frosty art, and abundance in the heart.
N for neighbours, and October, nice things, new things to remember.
K for kitchen, kettles' croon, kith and kin expected soon.
S for sizzles, sights,and sounds,and something special that abounds.

In Canada Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Unlike the American tradition of remembering Pilgrims and settling in the New World, Canadians give thanks for a successful harvest. The harvest season falls earlier in Canada compared to the United States due to the simple fact that Canada is further north.

This year Thanksgiving will fall on Monday, October 13, 2008.

Thanksgiving in Canada has generally thought to come from three traditions.

European farmers in Europe held celebrations at harvest time to give thanks for their good fortune of a good harvest and abundance of food. They would often fill a curved goat's horn with fruits and grains. This was known as a cornucopia or horn of good plenty. When Europeans came to Canada it is thought to have become an influence on the Canadian Thanksgiving tradition.

Around 1578 English navigator Martin Frobisher, held a ceremony, in what is now called the province of Newfoundland to give thanks for surviving his journey there. Other settlers later arrived and continued these "thankful" ceremonies. This was also thought to be an influence on the Canadian Thanksgiving tradition.

The third influence happened in 1621 in what was to become the United States. Pilgrims celebrated their first harvest in the “New World”. Around 1750 this celebration of harvest was brought to Nova Scotia by American settlers from the south. At the same time, French settlers arriving were also holding feasts of "thanksgiving". These celebrations and offerings of "Thanks" influenced the Canadian Thanksgiving.

In 1879 Canadian Parliament declared November 6th a day of Thanksgiving and a national holiday. Over the years the date of Thanksgiving changed several times until on January 31st, 1957 Parliament proclaimed....."that the 2nd Monday in October...be a Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed".











"Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree." (Emily Bronte)


Help yourself to a piece of fresh baked pumpkin pie..you choose your topping, whipped cream or ice cream :)



Better have some coffee to go with the pie.



Canada's Federal election is on Tuesday, October 14, don't forget to vote!

Unconditionally

I Can't Help Falling in Love With You
- Clay Aiken - Greenville JBT


























NEW Puzzle from SALLYROX~Bsrefrong




Here is the solution to the last puzzle--posted in Clay Aiken Ventures-Sept 22
Knights of the Round Table.
clickable

A Definition of Unconditional Love

I love as you are, as you seek to find your own special way to relate to the world, or the way YOU feel that is right for you.
It is important that you are the person YOU want to be and not someone that I or others think you should be.

I realize that I cannot know what is best for you although perhaps sometimes I think I do.
I've not been where you have been, viewing life from that angle you have.
I do not know what you have learned, how you have learned it, or in what time period.
I have not walked life looking through your eyes so how can I know what you need.

I see no error in the things you say and do, in this place where I am (loving you). I see that there are many ways to perceive and experience the different facets of our world.
As I love YOU so I shall be loved.
I love you Unconditionally.

Unknown Author

Getting a new computer to be set up the way I like it is much the same as moving into a new house and getting everything in place. Most things fit well, a few don't--at first. By putting the problems aside and trying again another day with fresh eyes and mind, things fall into place.

Hmm, that's rather like life itself.

This computer move came totally without warning---now that was a shock! My local computer company is wonderful,they tried replacing everything that could have made this happen, nothing worked, until on close examination showed a heat crack in the motherboard. The last thing to be expected, but if anything weird is going to happen, I'm the one that seems to always get the experience, LOL. So for six days I was on my own, living one day at a time--but I survived thanks to a ton of clack on CD and DVD for TV viewing.