Category Inspire

Supermoon – Does it change your mood?

brilliantviewpoint 7 Comments

The other night, I stepped outside and was surprised to see the full moon. It was so bright, my first thought, before I saw the moon, was that a spot light was shinning down on me. Then I looked UP!

LOL – It was God about to talk… me feeling like a spot light was on me, laugh a little.

I didn’t know it was a supermoon until I Googled it. I was able to capture this picture.

Interesting, the IPhone usually takes clear night sky photos, but the ones I took were all a bit blurry.

Still, you can see how bright the moon was. Really a treat to see.

Go out tonight if you remember, you’ll be amazed! Oh, and I do think this is why I’ve been moody these past few days. Could be?

Book swaps, Puzzle swaps… A PLANT swap?

brilliantviewpoint 14 Comments

I saw this Plant Swap. While the idea was nice, the plants available were interesting. All in water?

It reminded me of book and puzzle swaps. You go with ideas of grandeur and then you see what some people have brought and your heart sinks. Is this the best they can do?

Now, before you say, “I’ve been to GREAT book/puzzle swaps, etc.”. We know it’s hit or miss. You go and take your chances on what people bring.

So, with these plants it’s the same thing. Someone who really loves plants will want to bring the two on the left back to life. They would enjoy the challenge. The one on the right looks hearty.

Happy Gardening!

Halloween Hotline — May I help you?

brilliantviewpoint 10 Comments

This was funny. I have a friend whose birthday is on Halloween. Imagine that!!

I was at the store and came across this Halloween phone. A shame, I think it needed a battery, so that the skeleton’s head would light up while dialing/calling someone.

Dialing the phone was fun, like the “old days,” when as you dial, you hear a clicking sound.

I imagined being in a haunted house, finding this phone and calling GHOST BUSTERS!

H-E-L-P —> Get me out of here!

I’ve seen a Ghost! 👻

I leave you with the Halloween Hotline!

Cheers to a great weekend!

Weekend Plans… A New Puzzle!

brilliantviewpoint 21 Comments

Life can be interesting. I’ve never been to Mt Rushmore, but I think it’s beautiful.

A friend was just traveling and she went there and sent photos.

THEN… I was at a thrift store looking at puzzles and LOOK what I found. YES, Mt Rushmore.

Puzzling is perfect right now as the weather has gotten cold and the days are getting shorter.

I hope all the pieces are there.

What are your plans for the weekend?

The last of the summer flowers and sailing!

brilliantviewpoint 7 Comments

Wow – FALL arrived quickly! Cooler temps, days are noticeably darker in the morning and evening.

As I was out walking, I noticed there are still a few summer flowers blooming, but soon they will be gone, replaced by Fall flowers.

In the stores… Halloween stuff will soon be on SALE, because they’ve already brought Christmas stuff out.

Ah, it all happens so quickly, we need to SLOW down and ENJOY the new season.

Have a great weekend! Time to cozy up with a good book.

Speed Puzzling – So much fun!

brilliantviewpoint 15 Comments

I was on Meetup.com looking at different events and found a speed puzzling one. I signed up. It was fun.

You could sign up Solo or in Teams of 2-4.

When I got there, there were two puzzles on the table. The 100 piece was for practice while we waited for other participants to arrive.

The 500 was for the competition. This was my FIRST time doing this. There was a time limit on completing the puzzle, I forgot what that was. As I was Solo, I wasn’t going to win.

I focused on 1) Making sure pieces didn’t fly all over and 2) I completed part of the puzzle.

Somehow, when I opened my bag, ONE piece flew into the open box. Of course, I didn’t see that until the end. The host laughed when he told me HE had seen it, but rules are rules, he could not alert me to this.

That was definitely a “newbie / rookie” puzzling mistake.

I believe the first and second teams won two Ravensburger puzzles each. Then those teams would have to flip a coin on WHO brings a puzzle home.

So, if you are getting bored at home, sign into Meetup.com or EventBrite, lots of activities out there.

Fun events at museums too. I haven’t been to a museum in ages, that will be NEXT.

Have a nice Labor Day weekend!

Games Shows — CASH CAB!

brilliantviewpoint 7 Comments

I’ve never been a big Game Show person, ie Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, The Price is Right, etc.

However, recently I was visiting my Mom, 85, and she’s started watching Game Shows.

One morning, as I made her some oatmeal, Cash Cab came on. Wow, such a FUN show!

Basically, Host – Stand up Comedian Bill Bailey, drives a cab. People get in the cab, not knowing it’s a game show until flashing lights goes off on the ceiling. He drives them to their destination, asking questions. They have two shout outs, one to a person on the street, one to a person they call. Three strikes they are out. If they lose, he boots them out of cab BEFORE their final destination. If they win, they get cash.

Here’s a Youtube clip… ENJOY!

Have a great weekend!

Is this a sign? You are LOVED!

brilliantviewpoint 8 Comments

My daughter was out walking, listening to a podcast when she saw “something” on the ground.

Here’s how it looked on the sidewalk.

As she bent down and looked closer, it was a LOVE token. Looks like it had fallen off a key chain maybe?

She picked up this love token inspecting it and as she looked up she saw the top of the church.

Sometimes when we go through challenges, it’s nice to have a sign…

We are LOVED, all will be well!

Summer Puzzling…

brilliantviewpoint 17 Comments

I was at Hobby Lobby recently. They were having a puzzle sale, 40% off. Now, that was a good deal. So, I looked at my options. I found this one by Brother Sister Design Studio. I was curious about the “soft touch.”

This was a fabulous puzzle. First off, it’s so cheerful. I was surprised at how huge the puzzle pieces were. I give a comparison, see the blue puzzle piece, it’s from a 1,000 piece puzzle I’m working on. Then to the right was a puzzle piece from this puzzle. Fun, but it did feel a little bit like going back to grade school.

Finally, the finished product. HOWEVER, it’s hard to fit the pieces in the box, see photo. I mean, who wants to “carefully” stack puzzle pieces in a box, so they will fit?? Not me, but I do LOVE this puzzle.

So, I guess I’ll have to stack them nicely… LOL

Cheers to more puzzling.