Julanne's Village Jewels

                                                                                                BEES It is such a delight to see BEES on the flowers! It is such a necessity for NATURE! Recently a friend and I went for  drive around town to peruse neighborhoods and see the Christmas lights and decorations on people's lawns. It was way  too much fun! We saw two spectacular decorations that left us in awe!  They were filled with huge blow-up figures of all sorts, blinking lights, color, absolute magic from end to end! So much creativity and ingenuity and joy, beyond our wildest dreams! We became childlike in our admiration and wonder of it all! It was like something 'out of this world'! We were taking it all in when the other one would exclaim,"Look at this!!!" Before us we'd see yet another wonder and we'd swoon! I have never personally decorated my front lawn beyond a wreathe on the door so to see the extent people had gone to to thrill and delight themselv

                                                                                                CANYON REFRAIN REFRAINING is a holding back of action or reaction; a cautionary  AWARENESS to be AWAKE! Have you ever had the urge  to say something to someone or do something to someone that you knew  would not be kind or helpful? This can arise in me if I am hurt by someone or annoyed or feel dismissed. I have come away from a situation both relieved and possibly still bothered by what just transpired. I have always been grateful I didn't  react (the way I 'm sure I would have) in the long run.  It seems perplexing to me that even though I REFRAINED from reacting, I still can feel the sting of what happened. I eventually  remember that that person has been conditioned from the past to respond like that.I try to be COMPASSIONATE and realize that the person usually is unconscious  about what happened. I'm also learning about particular character traits that warrants this realizat