MOODling - from my sofa

  

I sat reading others posts and opened Cheerful Monk.     (follow the link to see her post for her thoughts.)

moodling — long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering.

–Brenda Ueland

I remembered that just a few minutes before I read her post, just about  4, I sat moodling on the sofa, idly tapping the screen on my phone to change the lighting of my view of the nook sparkling.

changing the light focus, lighter and lighter of what I see

Suddenly I tap compose text,send to myself, take a photo  to send, and when it asks, Remix? 

Why yes, I think I will, I aimed the lens at the same view and typed Add Beau great Dane,to this photo, 

Google AI did it and did it well...  I have been moodling and did not know it.

My Dive down the moodling rabbit hole, causes more hours of moodling.

Do you moodle? Are you a moodler? Which of the below are you?

Did you know moodling is a valid word? Even for Scrabble. Have you heard of it before now?

1. Moodling is a creative practice of aimless, imaginative daydreaming and idling, often used by writers for inspiration (as defined by Brenda Ueland),

2.  "Mindful moodling," a calm, doodling-focused activity for mental well-being, using stamps, stencils, and patterns without pressure for a final product. 

(this one fits me the best, but I am some of all)

3. Moodling is unstructured, happy dawdling, allowing ideas to surface, or simply relaxing and enjoying the process of creating without an agenda.

4.  moodler is a word and is a verb, meaning to doodle, or dawdle mindlessly

Christmas Leftovers for YOU

The weather on Christmas Eve, 80 F degrees

no need for heat/ac, blanket at night, shorts in day

Christmas Eve, looks just like the one from the day before

Nook Left Overs

The two photos above, were taken with my cell camera on full screen and below is the same shot with the camera on 3 x 6 size. It can be a 1x1  box, and a 9x16.

If you play you can change the photos by using different sizes. I take the full screen to make the close up look and crop off the ends.

My two little bears are candle climbers, and when I was younger, I was not afraid of burning the house down, and they rode candles for 40 years, now they climb Charlie Brown tree. 

New Years Eve, 2025

 

I wish you Sparkles in 2026.

I wish you a New Year  full  of Sparkling Things and Dreams,

A new year that nothing is ever as bad as it seems.

I wish you to make this year your year to sparkle and shine

Do what makes your heart sing, and your eyes sparkle, and your heart soar!

I found Sparkles on the shelf in my nook

I found sparkles in my kitchen

I found sparkles in a clock in the eye doctors office.

I found sparkles in sparks in the fire when I burned pine cones in Bob's melting pot

I found sparkles in the bubbles in a drainage ditch in the city park

I found sparkles in the coiled fairy lights when I plugged them in to check if they still light up and sparkle, remember, the darkest nights produce the brightest stars

I painted Sparkles using procreate

I even found sparkles on Beaus Old blog, from 2022 and 2024 

Beau makes my eyes sparkle with Joy, he is the sparkle of my heart

Three Bears, Santa Beau and THE MadSnapper

 I sat staring down at my gown, at the sweet little bears, some upside down, some right side up. The gown is covered in 5 different bears and the words, But bearly Awake and I'm a bear in the morning.

Suddenly I was Inspired to Grab the iPad... and

Christmas Past is something red and a Santa from the Past.. 

Santa Beau 2020, his first Christmas with us. He claimed our hearts on Oct 13, 2020 and on Oct 14 turned 7 years old. His first Christmas with us and this year was his 6th Christmas with us. 

 I was on a roll on September 22, 2022, in PicMonkey and I am still on a roll...... Right? Right? Who else do you know that draws bears they see on their gown? Anyone? 

this post has been Snapperfied by THE MadSnapper!

Merry Christmas 2025 enjoy your day, (comments off)

 

"Let all of heaven and earth rejoice,"

"Jesus Christ was born to save!"

Favorite Santa Part Two

 

I showed you my favorite Santa last week Prior Post . Look carefully at the photo above and see if you see anything new.

Scroll Down and down again and I will show you and tell you what it is. Let me know if you saw the new addition.

While digging out ornaments to give away, I found a small bag and inside the bag, were these glass beads, on a string and they are 81 years old, the age as I am. My mother bought these during WWII for my first Christmas tree in 1944. they were on every tree until she died in 1990 and then they came to live with me. I have put them out each year, sometimes on a tree sometimes in a cut glass bowl.

This year they are draped over Saint Nicolas Shoulders.

Yes, I did madly snap close up shots of them. Just for Me and Just for You.

Dear Santa,  I have been good all year. Well, most of the year. Some of the time. Oh, NEVER-MIND, I'll buy my own stuff.

Dear, Sandra Claus, don't forget the dog.

Both Santas fit Christmas Past 2025 perfectly.

my son David's first Santa, from 1965 and Santa Baby has been with us 60 years.

BeauSpeak on Christmas Eve, Eve

 

Today is BeauSpeak Day on Christmas Eve, Eve.  Mama put my picture in Google AI and did a remix..She said she loves me better In Real Time.

Since I can no longer jump on the bed, I get as close to Daddy as I can. This is a my 2nd best close. If only Mama did not wake me aiming the cell at me.

Last year, I always got close to Daddy to sleep 

and my favorite was ON him. Make that part of me On Him

this photo shows you how big I am, 

They know I am an angel...

I told Mama while I was asleep, I had a dream that Daddy and I were out in a forest of Christmas trees, and it was snowing and Daddy was walking again. She said that wasn't a dream it was mommy drawing on her iPad

Bob and Beau walking in the snow dream

Christmas Past, a Santa and something Red, all in one card.