In honor of my 15,000 post......a new pic of my stained glass window...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

This window was designed by my oldest daughter in honor of our 30th wedding anniversary...ten years ago....

It illuminates my life the way the Lounge illuminates my heart.....forever.....

I love you all.....

[GOPisEvil]

1. That is a beautiful window!

It's so nice that you have it as a permanent feature in your home.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. My dear Evil!

I thank you so much!

It makes me very happy to see it.......esp. after watching it get installed!

[miss_american_pie]

2. That is stunning

The pic and the window.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. I thank you so much, my dear miss_american_pie!

It is rather difficult to photograph ......

The walls are really white......

But the picture makes them look dark by comparison....

I'm glad you like the photo.....and the window!

[ZombieNixon]

4. WHOA!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. My dear ZombieNixon.......

Thanks for coming by.....

AND for admiring the window/pic!

[Crazy Guggenheim]

7. Wonderful again!! Congrats!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. My dear Crazy.......

Such a good friend you are to me.......Love you bunches, baby!

And thank you......

[Call Me Wesley]

9. Congratulations, my dear Peggy!

As I just said to Oeditpus Rex, all my favorite DUers seem to be milestoners today!

The illumination from the window is just gorgeous.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Isn't it weird? It's like a convergence of some sort.......

I thank you for your very kind comments!

It's amazing to stand there and see the illuminations in person....

Esp. when the sun is out, as it was when I took this one.....

[In_The_Wind]

10. That is beautiful Peggy! Congratulations!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Hi, Joani!

Good to see you today, my dear!

I thank you so much! I LOVE that champagne smiley.....You have the best ones!

[In_The_Wind]

13. I love stained glass. Thanks for the complement about my smilies.

I've collected a few Tiffany and Tiffany style lamps but I've not commissioned a piece.

You're a very lucky woman Peggy, to have so much love around you. Thanks for sharing this beautiful picture.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Thanks, Joani......

I know I'm lucky....I read about your loss of the love of your life, and it broke my heart.....

Thanks for the compliments.....I love to share what beauty I have in my life......

It is like breathing for me...without sharing, I would shrivel and die...

[In_The_Wind]

24. ...

There's a song that always comes to mind when I think about Teddy - Nothing Compares to You ~ Sinead O'Connor, it's so true no matter how you lose a loved one. www.links2love.com/love_lyrics_310.htm

Without sharing it's difficult for me not to shrivel and become cold inside. Sometimes I feel like what's the point and sometimes I feel like my heart has become hardened. Then the Springtime returns and I feel alive again for a while.

Thank you for your kind words of compassion. Sometimes it helps to cry. The tears always come when I talk about him. He spent the last few months of his life hospitalized, he loved life so much he didn't want to let go of it.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. I have always loved that song, Joani.......

Thanks for the link.....

[newyawker99]

14. WOO HOO!!

Congrats Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Thank you so much, my dear newyawker!

I appreciate your being here so much!

[newyawker99]

44. You're welcome!

[4morewars]

17. That is awsome !

You are really getting your money's worth from that camera !

[CaliforniaPeggy]

18. Ah, my dear 4morewars!

I thank you so much!

I am indeed getting my money's worth out of it! And I'm having a ball too...

Thanks for coming by today........

[SeattleGirl]

19. That's beautiful, Peggy!

And extra special because it was designed by your daughter!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. My dear SeattleGirl!

I'm so glad to see you, as always!

Thanks for your compliments too.......

My daughter has awesome artistic talents....I'm so glad I don't have to compete with her!

[fight4my3sons]

20. I love stained glass.

That is a beautiful window and a great picture of it! Congratulations!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. My dear fight4my3sons!

Thank you so much for your kind comments! I too think that stained glass is incredibly beautiful.....

I am so lucky to be able to have it permanently in my life!

I'm happy you came by today......

[djeseru]

23. Oh my, CaliforniaPeggy!

That's so nice (I know, the weakest word out there!) But that is really wonderful...and everyone else has found the bestest descriptive words already!

Thank you for sharing!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. My dear djeseru!

We all run out of words sooner or later, and become repetitive....

But it doesn't matter! What matters is the love inside the words.....

And that can NEVER be said too often!

I appreciate your kind comments a lot!

I love and live to share...it's like breathing to me....

When I stop sharing, I'm dead.......

[WritingIsMyReligion]

27. That is a fucking beautiful window, Peg.

Pardon my French.

Congrats on 15k!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

28. My dear WIMR!

Dahling.....windows don't fuck! Even when they are beautiful...

Thank you for your compliments!

[WritingIsMyReligion]

29. You are too funny!

But yeah, it's gorgeous.

[ralps]

30. Congratulations California Peggy. YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Very cool stained

glass window.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

32. My dear ralps!

Thank you so much for coming by today!

I love love love all your smileys doing their various things.....

I have to stare at them to make sure I don't miss any!

I appreciate your congratulations and your appreciation of my wonderful window....

[Shine]

31. Wow, that's gorgeous, Peggy!

I absolutely love stained glass. We've got a lot of it in our house, too. I love how the design of your window has the three circles, within the circle. What a beautiful and meaningful gift for your 30th anniversary. I'm sure you'll cherish it forever.

Congrats on 15,000 posts!! See? I new you'd reach it before your 1 yr DU anniv.

BTW, it was great talking to you the other day. Thanks again for thinking of me. How'd your 10 min speech go? I thought of you all yesterday afternoon and wished you Brilliant Eloquence...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

34. My dear Shine!

Wow, where do I start to answer you? You are a sweetheart, you know that, right? Well, you are!

My husband and I do cherish our window a lot.....It will always be part of our lives here, as long as we live here.....hopefully FOREVAH!

And you were indeed correct about my reaching 15K posts before my first DU anniversary!

And the Speech! Well, I found out to my great relief, that it only had to be FIVE minutes!

It went very well! I had a nice round of applause after......of course, everyone did, but mine sounded louder, to me, at least!

There were two small criticisms....I needed to look at my audience...

And I needed to summarize my main points at the end......

Otherwise, they liked it a lot...They liked my passion, and my reasoning both.....Can't beat that!

And now I have a much better grasp of just what the Campaign for Clean Money means to us all......

Thanks for coming by today! It means a lot......

[Shine]

40. LOL!! So, what did you do with that extra 5 min. of speech material?

did you find out when you got there, or beforehand, so you could edit, appropriately? In any case, I'm happy to hear it went so well for you. Good job! I'm proud of you. Sounds like a great topic, too.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

42. Well, actually I did find out before I got there.....

But I hadn't actually gotten to 10 minutes worth of speech......

It was just over 5 minutes.....so, no problem!

It is a very interesting topic......If you want to know more, there is a website: www.CAclean.org .

I recommend it. If we get this thing passed, fundraising in politics will be forever changed.

And our elections will be as well.......

[qnr]

33. Truly an awesome work. All three. The design work by your daughter,

finding and staying with each other for forty years, and attaining 15,000 posts in such a universally appreciated manner.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

35. Well, you just succeeded in knocking my socks off, my dear qnr!

I am nearly speechless.....

Nearly.....My daughter brings me joy all the time...She is constantly amazing!

And of course my husband amazes me too.......His love honors me.....

I thank you for the lovely graceful words on all this, and on my getting to 15K posts in my first year here on DU......

[Ptah]

36. Your energy is like the morning sun on a mountain top.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

38. My dear Ptah......

How lovely to see you, and to read your sweet words.....

I love love love your picture!

Actually, I don't feel very energetic right now....but rather sleepy....

I will be having a nap here soon.....

Thank you for coming by today.....I'm always so happy to see you in my threads.....

[graywarrior]

37. Stunning!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. My dear graywarrior!

Glad you like it!

[Olney Blue]

39. Thank you for this beautiful oasis in DU today!

I have been so upset about Alito, Iran, etc. and this made my day!

Thanks, Calfornia Peggy!

And congratulations...

[CaliforniaPeggy]

43. I am so happy, my dear Olney Blue, to have provided you

with this oasis of beauty today....

I appreciate your congratulations as well.......Thank you!

[bigwillq]

45. Congrats on 15K!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. My dear bigwillq.......

I thank you so much!

[Fox Mulder]

47. That's an awesome window!

I love staind glass windows. I wish I had one.

Congrats on 15,000, btw.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

51. My dear Fox Mulder!

I have ALWAYS loved stained glass windows! And I have always wanted to have one....

It is a dream come true!

Thank you!

[Metta]

48. Sweet. So, talent runs in your family.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

52. My dear Metta......

I guess it does....mostly my daughter's art is better and more creative than mine......

For me, taking photos is much easier than designing something......

My mom is a painter and I believe I transmitted her abilities to my daughter.....

Only a little talent stuck here with me.....

Thanks for coming by and commenting today!

[Metta]

53. Always nicer when you're in the neighborhood.

So you were the gateless gate between your mother and daughter. How kind.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

49. *applause*

Bravo Peggy!! Happy Anniversary! Congrats on 15,000 posts! How proud you must be of your daughter, that's a beautiful window. She is truly talented.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

54. My dear SalmonChantedEvening!

I thank you for all your congratulations! Very kind of you! And yes, I am extremely proud of my daughter......her talents are amazing.....

[Cobalt Violet]

50. Beautiful window and photo! n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. My dear Cobalt Violet.......

I thank you for your very kind comments!

[KitchenWitch]

56. I love how the light dances through the window!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

58. Thanks! Can't wait to show it to you in person........

It's even more beautiful in person......

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

to 15,000 more Peggy!

and that window is stunning. your daughter is uber-talented!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

62. MAHNY, my love!

Thank you sweetie! I hope to be here for 15,000 more! What a thought....

I'm glad you like the window.....my daughter never ceases to amaze me!

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

64. hopefully longer

is your daughter an artist?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

68. Yes, she is a painter.....

She paints pointillism/impressionistic style....

I love her work.....I'll check and see if I have an example of her work in my Photobucket...... HERE IS MY DAUGHTER'S PAINTING...It is more luminous in real life......

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

70. pointillism is my most favorite impressionistic style.

it always fascinated me so much. In school I always tried doing work that was poitalistic in style. Seurat is one of my favorite artists...That would be cool If you had some work on hand, im really interested in seeing it

[MadAsHellNewYorker]

72. I really like her style

shes really talented. Thanks for sharing. The painting is just beautiful

[CaliforniaPeggy]

77. I'm so glad you like it, my dear MAHNY!

[hiaasenrocks]

57. Wow. That's fantastic. She has great talent. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

63. Thank you so much, my dear hiaasenrocks!

She is amazing in her abilities! I am a fortunate mom!

[swag]

59. Very beautiful, Peggy.

Congratulations.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

65. I am always honored by your presence in my threads, my dear swag...

Thank you!

[caty]

60. I love stained glass windows.

Your's if lovely!!!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

66. My dear caty!

I love them too, and am thrilled to have one at last! Thank you so much...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

61. That's breathtaking!

Congrats on 15,000!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

67. My dear GoddessofGuinness!

Thank you for your kind words, and for your congratulations!

[Redstone]

69. Gaw DAMN, that's a nice window!

Your daughter has some talent, she does.

I'm a sucker for stained glass, and can't wait until I can afford to put some in the windows in the front tower of our house...

Redstone

[CaliforniaPeggy]

71. My dear Redstone.....

I thank you so much!

She is very talented...and I'm not biased.....I'm going to post her painting that she loaned me, upthread, in a few minutes....

If you ever get to California, you must come visit.....and then you'll see it in person!

Good luck on your quest!

[Redstone]

78. Some day, I'll see it.

Redstone

[sakabatou]

73. Wow...

Wonder what she used for he lining between the glass.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

74. My artisan who made the window used foil-wrapped copper.....

And there's lead solder too....I've forgotten the details, now......

Glad you like it!

[sakabatou]

75. My brother made one

But the metal was pretty much lead, I think. I don't know where it is.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

76. That's too bad.......that you don't know where it is......

This one is three feet in diameter, and took about 6 years to make!

[huskerlaw]

79. It's even prettier

from that direction than it is hanging over the side of your balcony!

Congratulations on the 15,000 posts!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

80. My dear huskerlaw!

Where have you been, girl? I'm so happy to see you tonight!

One of these days you WILL get to see it in daylight.....

And thank you for the congratulations! Amazing, huh?

[huskerlaw]

81. Howdy :)

I've been around-ish.

I was going to ask why you didn't include some new beach pics, but I just saw the news. Is it as bad as it sounds??

I'm really impressed! I just passed 2000 about a week ago...I don't know how you do it!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

84. I didn't see the news!

What happened?

How do I do it?

EASY! I sit here for hour after hour, till my legs and feet are numb.....

And I talk to my friends! I am so fucking addicted that it's not even close to being funny.....

I plan my whole day around it....it's my new job!

THAT'S how!

[huskerlaw]

86. Raw sewage

dumped onto Manhattan Beach. Started at noon, still not under control. The story's on right now, so...

They're building huge sand berms to keep it from getting into the ocean.

Oh God...2 million gallons of shit. Literally.

Beaches (from the Manhattan Beach pier to Redondo) closed for a couple of days, at least.

It's seeping into the sand, so once they get the shit flow to stop they'll have to clean all the sand (god only knows how they'll do that).

[CaliforniaPeggy]

88. Omigod, how awful!

I haven't been down there in a couple of days......whew!

Wow, how truly awful......

The smell must be beyond belief! For once, I am so glad not to be living on the beach!

[Parrcrow]

82. Hey that's lovely

Congratulations on the 15,000 too.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

85. My dear Parrcrow!

I'm so glad that you like my window!

And I thank you for your congratulations!

[Heidi]

83. Beautiful, Peggy!

And congratulations!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

87. My dear Heidi!

Your morning and my evening meet here.......isn't it grand?

Thank you so much, my dear, for your compliments and congratulations both...

[REDKING]

89. Absolutely Beautiful.

Very talented...love the colours.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

90. My dear REDKING.........

What a pleasant surprise to see you today!

I thank you so much for your lovely comments......

How are you feeling today? I hope better than yesterday.......