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Grandmere

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About Me

I am a retired Southern Baptist Missionary who served in Southeast Asia and Germany and France. I taught piano and other music courses, and led handbell choirs in all the places we lived.Now I live with my husband of 52 years, and enjoy our large family. We live in a rural area where there are horses and deer and many kinds of birds to watch
You Are Sunset
Even though you still may be young, you already feel like you've accomplished a lot in life.
And you feel free to pave your own path now, and you're not even sure where it will take you.
Maybe you'll pursue higher education in a subject you enjoy - or travel the world for a few years.
Either way, you approach life with a relaxed, open attitude. And that will take you far! What Time Of Day Are You?
Your Aura is Blue
Spiritual and calm, you tend to live a quiet but enriching life.
You are very giving of yourself. And it's hard for you to let go of relationships.
The purpose of your life: showing love to other people
Famous blues include: Angelina Jolie, the Dali Lama, Oprah
Careers for you to try: Psychic, Peace Corps Volunteer, Counselor What Color Is Your Aura?
You Are Romanticism
You are likely to see the world as it should be, not as it is.
You prefer to celebrate the great things people do... not the horrors they're capable of.
For you, there is nothing more inspiring than a great hero.
You believe that great art reflects the artist's imagination and true ideals. What Art Movement Are You?
Your Brain's Pattern
Your mind is an incubator for good ideas, it just takes a while for them to develop.
But when you think of something, watch out!
Your thoughts tend to be huge, and they come on quickly - like an explosion.
You tend to be quiet around others, unless you're inspired by your next big idea. What Pattern Is Your Brain?
You Are a Peacemaker Soul
You strive to please others and compromise anyway you can.
War or conflict bothers you, and you would do anything to keep the peace.
You are a good mediator and a true negotiator.
Sometimes you do too much, trying so hard to make people happy.
While you keep the peace, you tend to be secretly judgmental.
You lose respect for people who don't like to both give and take.
On the flip side, you've got a graet sense of humor and wit.
You're always dimplomatic and able to give good advice.
Souls you are most compatible with: Warrior Soul, Hunter Soul and Visionary Soul What Kind of Soul Are You?
Your Hidden Talent
You're super sensitive and easily able to understand situations.
You tend to solve complex problems in a flash, without needing a lot of facts.
Decision making is easy for you. You have killer intuition.
The right path is always clear, and you're a bit of a visionary. What's Your Hidden Talent?
Your Personality Profile
You are nurturing, kind, and lucky.
Like mother nature, you want to help everyone.
You are good at keeping secrets and tend to be secretive.
A seeker of harmony, you are a natural peacemaker.
You are good natured and people enjoy your company.
You put people at ease and make them feel at home with you. The World's Shortest Personality Test======================================

My Interests

Piano; Digital Photography; Quilting; Nutrition, Physical Fitness; Oriental Languages - Chinese, Thai; .Renoir – Two Girls at the PianoRenoir – The Piano LessonRenoir – Two Girls Picking Flowers

I'd like to meet:

Family members. Friends from other lands, from the past...

Things I Love In Our Home

Music:

True Classical - Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, etc. All kinds of Piano music, especially Chopin and Pop.. Pop music of the 40's through the 70's.. Christian music, both traditional and contemporary. I also like Josh Groban and Sara Brightman.

Movies:

Lord of the Rings, all 3! Pirates of the Carribean, both; The Narnia movies; The Sound of Music, My Fair Lady, Dr. Zhivago, To Kill a Mockingbird, Seabiscuit; Some Like it Hot.

Television:

All BBC Series, such as the Jane Austen Classics, Charles Dickins Classics, etc. Little House on the Prairie; Agatha Christie; Murder She Wrote; The Forsythe Saga, etc.

Books:

The Bible; All books by C.S.Lewis; Books by Jennifer Kennedy Dean and Beth Moore; Mysteries by Mary Higgins Clark;

Heroes:

My Husband; My Children & their Spouses;


Richard E. Miller - The Pool -Monet's Flower Garden at GivernyMonet - Woman with a ParasolGainsborough - Blue BoyRenoir - Girl with a CatA Lovely GardenRenoir - Detail of ParapluiesFragonard - The SwingThe Lady of Shallott by ShadwaterFragonard - The Music LessonFragonard - The SEE-SAWDowning - An Idyllic AfternoonRenoir - Girl with a Watering Can

My Blog

MAY DAY

Someone gave me a May Day greeting today which reminded me of a May Day when I was about 6 years old.  My mother was a very creative teacher, and thought I wasn't in her class, she and my teacher...
Posted by Grandmere on Thu, 01 May 2008 02:28:00 PST