A Heavenly Autumn day

 Oh What a beautiful day it was today! And, I am glad that I was able to get outside to enjoy this wonderful day by going horseback riding thru the countryside. It was so much FUN and EXCITING! I created the graphic page above from my visit to the Horse pasture/Barn.

I read an interesting article on the CNN web site regarding "Brown Babies search for family and Identity" A little clip of the article reads " Cardwell was a “brown baby” – one of thousands of children born to African-American GIs and white German women in the years after World War II. Inter-racial relationships still weren't common or accepted among most in the United States or Germany, and they weren't supported by the military brass, either."


Another article on CNN web site, Informs of the possible extinction of Rhinos.." Africa's western black rhino is now officially extinct, according to a review of animals and plants published last week in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species."


 And, The Ravens beat out the Bengals-Love that Purple Pride! Go Ravens Go!! According to an article in the Baltimore Sun Online Edition, " There were some anxious moments late but the Ravens held on to their 17-point fourth-quarter lead to beat the Cincinnati Bengals, 31-24, in front of announced 71,320 at M&T Bank Stadium."


And, On the ESPN web site,  " Flacco threw for 270 yards and two touchdowns, rookie Torrey Smith had six catches for 165 yards, and Baltimore moved into first place in the AFC North with a nerve-racking 31-24 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday."


I am so Happy the Ravens won today's game-Hooray for that Purple Pride! 





I was perusing Craigslist when I found this beautiful house For Sale in Hawaii. The asking price is only $519,000! Hmm, I guess for now this house will remain a dream of mine...But I really fell in love with the house! More photos of the house below.


   

In closing, I would like to leave you with a delightful story. I enjoyed reading this story and it has a good lesson to the story. The title is " The Elephant's Nose" Enjoy and have a Blessed Day!

                                                          The Elephant's Nose

There was a time, when the elephant's nose was no bigger than a boot that he could wriggle from side to side. But an elephant's child changed all that.

He was a curious fellow who asked ever so many questions.

He asked the ostrich why her tail feathers grew just so.

He asked the giraffe what made his skin spotty.

He asked the hippo why his eyes were red, and the baboonwhy melons tasted as they did.

"What does a crocodile have for dinner?" he asked one day.

"Shushh" said all the animals in a scared voice.

But he would not shushh.

By and by he met the Kolokolo bird. She told him where he could find an answer.

"Go to the grey, green, greasy Limpopo river," said she.

So off he went, carrying a load of bananas and sugarcane and melons. He'd be hungry on the way, you see.

After a week of trudging and budging he reached where he had to reach.

At the edge of the river he stepped on what he thought was a log of wood. It winked one eye.

"Excuse me, but have you seen a crocodile in these parts?" asked the elephant's child politely.

The creature winked the other eye and half lifted his tail out of the mud.

"I am the crocodile," he said.

The elephant's child grew excited and kneeled down.

"I have been looking for you all these days," he said. "Will you please tell me what you have for dinner."

SPLATH! Went the crocodile's tail back into the oozy mud.

"Come nearer little one, come nearer and I'll whisper," said the crocodile.

The elephant's child put his head down close to the crocodile's musky tusky mouth.

And the crocodile caught him by his little nose.

The elephant's child knew he was in BIG trouble. He sat back on his haunches. And he pulled and pulled.

The crocodile splashed in the water and pulled and pulled.

They both pulled and pulled. And the elephant's nose kept stretching and stretching. At last the crocodile let go.

Bfuddudd!! Fell the elephant, right on his big broad back.

He looked at his nose. He could not see where it ended! It was loooong! So long, he could swish it around. But it hurt him awfully.

So he wrapped the nose in cool banana leaves and waited for it to shrink.

He waited and waited. But nothing happened. He could still swish it all around.

And so it remains to this day.

LooooooonG!