Dog Days of Winter

The dog elevator - as Lorelei can't do steps with her hip issues.

The toy - it waits on the loading ramp.

The food lady is out - must stay vigilant.

I knew if I waited. . .

Enjoy it Larelei - this may be our last snow for the year.

Time for breakfast Dad!

Sourdough barley pancakes!

Ireland in Black and White - Happy St. Patrick's Day

 

On Chance

 Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

—  Seneca, 4 AD-65 AD, Roman philosopher

There are three attributes for which I am grateful to Fortune: that I was born, first, human and not animal; second, man and not woman; and third, Greek and not barbarian.

—  Thales of Miletus, 643-548 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher

If a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she is blind, she is not invisible.

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when He did not want to sign.

—  Théophile Gautier, 1811-1872, French poet & writer

God doesn't play dice with the world.

—  Albert Einstein, 1879-1955, German-Jewish physicist

I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.

—  Thomas Jefferson, 1749-1826, American President [1801-1809]

Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances...Strong men believe in cause and effect.

—  Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher

Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

—  Francis Bacon, 1561-1626, English philosopher

People who strongly want something are almost always well served by chance.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

 There is no such thing as luck; there is only adequate or inadequate preparation to cope with a statistical universe.

—  Robert Heinlein, 1907-1988, American sci-fi writer

Fortune favors the bold.

Audentes fortuna iuvat.

—  Virgil, 70-19 BC, Roman poet

Yu've gotta ask yourself one question: “Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"

—   Dirty Harry (1971)