Friday, June 28, 2019

Late Friday Fun

Hello. I was needing some funnies today.
Here are some I found.

Q: What did the first stoplight say to the second stoplight?
A: Don’t look I’m changing!!


What Rock Group has four men that don't sing ????
Mount Rushmore


What do you call a group of musical pigs?
An oinkestra!


An old man decides to go into town one day to run some errands. On the way back, his wife calls his cell phone.
"Look out honey, I just saw on the news that there's a car driving the wrong way on the interstate." "Not just one car, they all are!”




That's all.
Did any funny strike your funny?

Tuesday, June 25, 2019

Trivia Tuesday

The potato is originally from Peru, and there are over 3,000 different varieties. Proud Peruvians use the phrase “Soy mas Peruano que la papa” (I am more Peruvian than the potato). Modern scientists are even reverting back to Ancient Peruvian planting methods in order to prevent strains of genetically modified potatoes from losing their resistance to famine.


On June 24 1949 - The first television western, “Hopalong Cassidy”, aired on NBC starring William Boyd.


What was the first book sold on
Um. That doesn't strike my fancy.
Maybe the title is too long?








The longest recorded flight of a chicken is thirteen seconds.


Hawaii is the only US state that grows coffee.

That is all for today.
Have a great week.

Sunday, June 23, 2019

So you can't see God?

Some people say they can't believe in a god they cannot see.

(Um. I used to doubt God all the time: that there was one, and that maybe he loved me.)
(After reading my post I inserted that sentence just there. I don't EVER want to belittle folks for doubting God. That is so human. And I am human.)

On to the original post...
Well, when I see a sand castle I figure it didn't just happen.
Or when I see anything manmade, like a toy, a chair, a Thanksgiving dinner, etc., I don't ever, ever assume they just 'came about'.

And think about gravity, wind, wifi, love, anger, magnetism, etc., etc.
Can you see them?




 And there's this: All astrophysicists are theists.
There's this article I like very much, "Christian-astrophysicist-has-5-unconvincing-reasons-shes-no-longer-an-atheist".


And there are these verses...





That is my post for today.
I hope you have a great week.

Thursday, June 20, 2019

Rest in peace, John.

Before I tell you about John, let me tell you this...
When I was in the second grade (in Indianola, MS) I liked a boy in my second grade class. His name was Nick. I guess he was my very first 'crush'. My parents had to break it to me, though, that he was Catholic, so 'off limits'. (We were staunch Southern Baptists.)

Ah, but years later I guess I rebelled in my own way - I dated a Catholic boy!
Ah, but he wasn't a rebel kind of guy. He was so sweet. And I liked him. And I went to the junior/senior prom with him my junior year. And my twin Peggy went to that same prom with another Catholic boy: Arthur Weber.
Those young men were so sweet. 

As of Tuesday I am the last one of those four who is still living.

Tuesday, June 18, John died of cancer.
That is his Facebook profile pic.

Years before that Arthur died from the result of a horrible motorcycle accident.
And Peggy died in 1989 of cancer.

I'm thinking they might be having a high school reunion in heaven.
I hope so.

About this Catholic boy, John. His family lived in a house behind the Baptist Church I spent my life at. I remember looking at that house and wondering if he was looking out the window when we walked to our car in the church parking lot.

I hadn't thought about that in years.

But now lots of memories come back.
And they are making me pensive.

This is a picture in the MISSION TIMES years ago (1970).
You can see John in the front, second from the left.
(I'm in the back, third from left.)
(far left) is there as are many of my dear Mission High School friends.)

Sadly John's dear wife died four years ago, so he was a widower.
But he was faithful in his faith. And was a part of the Knights of Columbus in Georgia where he lived. (He was an editor for years for PROGRESSIVE FARMER magazine.)

I want to say that my own husband, dear Sam, is like John in many ways. Only Sam was (well, is) among other things, a Southern Baptist (!).

I've heard that who you date through the years gets you ready for who you marry.
And John did that.
Thank you, John.

May you rest in peace.

(You can click HERE for his obituary.)

Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Trivia Tuesday

Glen Campbell was the seventh of 12 children born to sharecroppers in tiny Delight, Arkansas. He learned guitar as a boy and played in his uncle’s band as a teenager.


A snail can sleep for three years.

This is about Panda Express - which I like. (I took this picture in their location on Glade, near 121 in Euless, TX.)  


In June of 1916 - Mary Pickford became the first female film star to sign a million dollar contract (with Adolph Zukor/Paramount).








An ostrich's brain is approximately the same size as its eyeball.


A standard 3x3 Rubik's Cube has 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 different possible configurations.



That's all for today.
Have a great week!





Monday, June 17, 2019

Over 4 Decades Ago!!

Sam and I went on our honeymoon...
41 years ago today (June 17,1978) I married my best friend.

Where did we honeymoon?
At CALLAWAY GARDENS near Pineville, Georgia.
(Sam's sister and her family had been there, so that's how we knew about it.)
It was a WONDERFUL place to honeymoon.
We've talked about going back. Someday maybe.

Well, that's really all I have today.


Oh, I'll leave you with this...

Saturday, June 15, 2019

Celebrating imperfection and mediocrity


Take the site right behind our kitchen nook window.

Then I got tired.
Too much to do.


Sometimes I get blind to that green box.
Now I've just let it be a part of the landscape.
Why fight them?
Let them speak to me!!!
And will NEVER be perfect.
Let's celebrate that!

And there's this...


So it takes courage to be imperfect.

Wednesday, June 12, 2019

Wednesday Whimsy

from LoneStar Antiques, 5605 Denton Highway, Fort Worth, TX...


That's all for today.
Have a great rest-of-the-week.

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Trivia Tuesday

Arnold Schwarzenegger was called by the Guinness Book of World Records, "the most perfectly developed man in the history of the world."
I'm not sure what year that was, but I think it could be any year?

The Great Pyramids were not built by slaves. Many people believe the pyramids were being built by slaves, but that is not the case. They were paid laborers, and most of them built with great honor towards the Pharaoh and those who died were buried in the tombs near the sacred pyramids.


THE JETSONS (1962-1963) was the first program ever to be broadcast in color on ABC-TV. 


The ancient Egyptians regarded the honeydew as sacred and it was only reserved for society’s elite. Famous historical figures who loved the fruit include Cleopatra, Napoleon Bonaparte and Pope Paul II. Fortunately, widespread cultivation of honeydew has made it available for everyone today.

John Wayne once made a cameo appearance on "The Beverly Hillbillies" (1962), in episode, "The Beverly Hillbillies: The Indians Are Coming "(1967). And when asked how he wanted to be paid, his answer, in return, was "Give me a fifth of bourbon - that'll square it."


Siberia covers 77 per cent of Russia.


On June 11, 1949 - Hank Williams, Sr. debuted at the Grand Ole Opry. 


Sesame Street was almost called 123 Avenue B, but the rhythmic title was changed after producers found out there was a real location in New York City with that address.

That's all for today.
Have a great week.