"Blessed are they who have the gift of making friends, for it is one of God's best gifts. It involves many things, but above all, the power of going out of one's self, and appreciating whatever is noble and loving in another." - Helen Keller




"To have a good friend is one of the highest delights of life." - Ralph Waldo Emerson




"There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship." - St. Thomas Aquinas




"Each friend represents a world in us, a world possibly not born until they arrive, and it is only by this meeting that a new world is born." - Anais Nin




"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best that we find in our travels is an honest friend." - Robert Louis Stevenson


The many faces of friendship!

I'm so very thankful for my friends...life would dull indeed without them! Thursday, I met Megan for a drink and afterward we wandered the mall. She spread good cheer wherever she went; amazing the power of positivity! Friday, I met my cousin, her husband & her daughter for a birthday dinner in Concord, NH; I think we all had a good time! Saturday, Michelle and I met for an impromptu movie (Running With Scissors, such a disappointment) and quick bite; while at dinner, poor Michelle got an earful of my woes. Today, Krista and I saw two scary movies from "HorrorFest - 8 Films To Die For"; Wicked Little Things and The Hamiltons (vampires!) while eating a nutrious and delicious supper of a hotdog (me), nachos (her), popcorn (both) and for dessert Reece's Pieces (her) and a chocolate wafer bar (me), washed down, natch, with two HUGE medium diet cokes. Don't go to the movies on an empty stomach!

What a fabulous bunch of photos! (Was the top one taken at Niagra Falls?) Sounds like a bunch o' fun stuff you've been up to too!

Friends you choose, family you inherit ! Isn't that true ?

big hugs

"Running With Scissors" was such a disappointment. The book was so much better, but that's often the case.

I love the shot with the tribute to Munch's "The Scream"- hilarious!

What good looking friends you have! lol. Sounds like another busy jam-packed full of fun weekend.. and now we bring you... MONDAY. BLEH...

Dinner was wicked fun! I loved the food, the company, even more and felt so loved by you guys!
I'm looking forward to spending time with you this week, and...
I loved Harry Potter 4!!!!!!! I'm thinking it may be the best one yet!!!

What a wonderful post! Friends are amazing! Great photo style post too...and, yes Running with Scissors was so disappointing after the book :-(

you and your friends look like you have so much fun. :)

thanks for the coveted friend award! (and for the far away you almost can't see the double chin shot most of all)

What a great post! A nice reminder of how important friends are in our lives ;) hugs

Mawah :) That's a nice post! I'm so very thankful for you too...you are very inspiring! Shuddup...i know what you will say...so blah ;)

What beautiful - inside and out - friends you have. You truly are blessed. xo

What a wonderful tribute to your friends -- looks like you have a great bunch :)

What a wonderful posting. B4P.

You guys look like a fun bunch. ;) I'm jealous...I've been up here a year and I barely know anybody!

What a great bunch of friends you've got. You are truly blessed!

Friends are the best, as long as they behave properly. ;) hehe.

oh wasnt that swwwweeeeet!

We are very lucky, indeed.

and for the record I still have a belly ache.

There's nothing better than good friends.

What a lovely post...and I'm so happy to realise that other people imitate statue poses in photos ;)

What a wonderful post! Friends are definitely a very very important aspect of life.