SHE IS LIKE A BOWL OF JIGGLY JELLO AND A NATURAL BORN MUSICIAN

It wasn't until late this afternoon when Pheebs took me for a walk that I thought about doing a post tonight.  I took my camera along this time and it wasn't long before Mother Nature convinced me to try my hand at a few photos.

 A NICE AFTERNOON FOR A WALK AROUND THE PARK'S POND AND BACK THROUGH THE FOREST

 A DANDELION GONE TO SEED

 I THINK THIS MIGHT BE PHLOX

 A SMALL ANIMAL PATHWAY CAN BE SEEN LEADING THROUGH THE TALL GROWTH TO THE POND

 PERIWINKLE

 DRAGONFLY

Ellen's Groove::  You gotta see this as Ellen goes 'LIVE' with a band.  And then, she goes 'LIVE AGAIN' a second time.  The music just bubbles out of her.  Some of the other band members are kinda stiff, but not Ellen, she is like a bowl of jiggly jello and a natural-born musician.  These two videos brought laughter out of me as well as welling up some emotional tears of happiness for her.  Most unusual for me but by golly it actually happened.  Like I have said previously, I once knew a very special little girl like this years ago and we would take almost every opportunity to drive her mother absolutely bonkers.  Ellen so much reminds me of her and especially when in some of the videos she makes monkey faces at the camera when her dad's not looking.  Ohhhh, the memories:))  

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Only in America::

Only in America... can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance....

Only in America... do people order double cheese burgers, a large fry and A diet coke...

Only in America... do banks leave both doors open and then chain the pens To the counters...

Only in America... do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and leave useless things and junk in boxes in the garage...

Only in America... do we use answering machines to screen calls and then Have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place...

Only in America... do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight...

Only in America... do we use the word politics to describe the process so well. Poli in Latin meaning many and tics meaning blood sucking creatures...

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An old couple is on a walk, when a pigeon flies by and deposits a poopy little present on the woman's head.  "Yech!" says the woman. "Get some toilet paper."  "What for? He must be half-a-mile away by now."

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- "Doctor, one day I think I'm a wigwam, another day a tepee."  "The trouble with you is, you're two tents."

- A Jewish guy walks into a bar with a parrot on his shoulder. The bartender says, "Hey where'd you get that?" Parrot says, "In Brooklyn, they're everywhere."

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ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE DAYS

Sorry folks, it looks like I've had another one of those days.  Here's one of my favorite guitar players...... Mark Knopfler

GROANER'S CORNER:(( A little boy came home from the playground with a bloody nose, black eye, and torn clothing. It was obvious he'd been in a bad fight and lost. While his father was patching him up, he asked his son what happened.  "Well, Dad," said the boy, "I challenged Larry to a duel. And, you know, I gave him his choice of weapons."  "Uh-huh," said the father, "that seems fair."  "I know, but I never thought he'd choose his big sister!"

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PHEEBS AND I WILL SOON BE HOLDING DOWN THE FORT FOR A SHORT WHILE AGAIN

PHEEBS AND I TOOK SCOOTER OUT FOR A SPIN THIS MORNING

There really isn't much going on these days folks so it's a bit of a stretch some days to come up with something interesting to write about.  Our usual walk earlier this morning and then later Pheebs and I took Scooter out for a spin around half a dozen country blocks.  Kelly's Mother's memorial is coming up on June 4th in Spencerport New York so Kelly is heading out this coming Sunday morning for the memorial and will spend a week there.  We had talked a while back about all three of us going in the motorhome but with Kelly's medical condition causing her unpredictable bad days she didn't want to have to stay in the small motorhome for a whole week.  She already has a place booked to stay near Spencerport so it looks like Pheebs and I will be holding down the fort here at home.  And we're a couple of pretty darned good experienced guys at doing just that too:))

 ALL LOADED UP  PHEEBS WAS RARIN TO GO

 SO AWAY WE WENT

 AREA ROADS ARE BUSY WITH FARMERS AND THEIR FARM MACHINERY

 I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MOSSMAGATOR PIECE OF MACHINERY IS OR HOW IT WORKS BUT FOR SURE THE FARMER WILL KNOW

 SCUFFLING UP LAST YEAR'S CORNFIELD

 A BIG WAVE FROM A FRIENDLY FARMER

NO THIS IS NOT A RURAL IDEA OF AN OLD McDONALDS SIGN

 THIS FELLOW IS FLYING A CANADIAN FLAG AND I THINK HE MIGHT BE PLANTING SOMETHING

 IT IS QUITE AN ARRAY OF TRACTORS AND MACHINERY THESE LOCAL FARMERS HAVE

I THINK THAT IS CORN I SEE GROWING OUT THERE

 HERE' S PHEEBS SITTING BY THE OPEN WINDOW 'FLYING HER EARS'

 AND HERE SHE IS TAKING A BREAK FROM 'FLYING HER EARS'

Ellen's Groove:: A surprise for Ellen from Mayones Custom Guitars.  Watch until the end when she rattles off a Motown beat:))

 THESE GUYS TRY THEIR VERY BEST EVERY DAY TO DRIVE ME TOTALLY BONKERS BUT THAT'S OK BECAUSE I DO ENJOY FEEDING THEM.....WELL, THAT DIDN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE DID IT!!

GROANER'S CORNER:(( You might be a Redneck if::

You take a fishing pole to Sea World.

The hood and one door are a different color from the rest of your car.

Santa Claus refuses to let your kids sit on his lap.

You think mud rasslin' should be an Olympic sport.

You list your parole officer as a reference.

There are more fish on your wall than pictures.

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Q: Why do little melons have to have big weddings?  

A: Because they "cantaloupe."

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So Moses is up on Mount Sinai and he says to God, "God, I have a pounding headache!"  And God says, "Here, take these two tablets."

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A FEW PICS

GROANER'S CORNER:((  An American businessman goes to Japan on a business trip. He hates Japanese food, so he asks the concierge at his hotel if there's any place where he can get a pizza.  The concierge tells him he will call for delivery to his room and takes his order.  Thirty minutes later, the delivery guy shows up. The businessman takes the pizza and starts sneezing uncontrollably.  He asks the delivery man, What the heck did you put on this pizza?  The delivery man bows deeply and says, Just what you ordered -- pepper only.

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I SEE THE SUB COMMITTEE'S FINDINGS AS ANOTHER BABY STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION

 BILLIE BUMBLE WAS A BUSY LITTLE FELLOW AGAIN TODAY

The tune in my head this morning while walking along our country road was Blue Skies by Willie Nelson.  And why that tune you might ask.  Well, we had big blue skies over our heads to start the day and I have always liked that uplifting song:))

 MORNING'S BLUE SKY

Home again after our walk I mulled around for a while trying to get myself interested in something productive to do.  Started off by polishing up the passenger's side of the overhead cap on our Class C.  Climbing up and down my tall ladder was causing my right leg a bunch of grief so I finished that and decided to wash Kelly's car instead and give it a good spring clean-up inside and out.  And that is what I did.

 SPRING CLEAN-UP FOR KELLY'S PONTIAC SUNFIRE

 I THINK MY CAMERA SNEAKED UP ON ME WHILE I WAS VACUUMING

 I WAS UP AND DOWN THAT TALL STEP-LADDER ONE TOO MANY TIMES TODAY

 HERE'S OUR RESIDENT HANDY PERSON PUTTING A NEW BATTERY IN MY WATCH FOR ME:))

Pheebs loves her afternoon walks so despite my troublesome right leg off we went.  It wasn't a long walk but at least we got out for about half an hour or so.

Short on pics for tonight's post I again took a walk around our front yard taking a few photos here and there.  It sure is a nice time of the year right now despite frost warnings Saturday night and the heater on in the Jeep early this morning.       

 THINGS ARE REALLY GROWING IN OUR FLOWERBEDS

I did watch the entire meeting of the C3 Subcommittee Hearing on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena last week.  I found it interesting of course but a little dry.  I see the sub committee's findings as another baby step in the right direction but I do emphasize the words 'baby step'.  I am currently reading, Meet The Hybrids by Miguel Mendonca and Barbara Lamb.  Another fascinating book requiring an open mind on the part of the reader.  If the phrase 'food for thought' means anything, then this book, along with many others I have read related to this subject......is a real smorgasbord of questionable information.

 OUR RHODODENDRON IS BEGINNING TO BUD OUT

Ellen's Groove:: Here's Ellen practicing with a metronome and having a fun time stumbling her way through a Stevie Wonder tune.  Sometimes, when she stumbles, she laughs and says something to her Dad that is not understandable.  I've noticed this before and I think she might be speaking Armenian because her dad, Hovak is from Armenia.  So she just might have a second language going for her as well.  Oh, and she is quite the artist too.  Next time I see some of her drawings I will post them.

GROANER'S CORNER:((  Doctor Bloomfield, who was known for extraordinary treatment of arthritis, had a waiting room full of people when a little old lady, almost bent over in half, shuffled in slowly, leaning on her cane. When her turn came, she went into the doctor's office, and, amazingly, emerged within 5 minutes walking completely erect with her head held high. A woman in the waiting room who had seen all this rushed up to the little old lady and said, "It's a miracle! You walked in bent in half and now you're walking erect. What did that doctor do?"  "Gave me a longer cane."

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10 Things You Never Hear in Church
1. Hey! It's my turn to sit in the front pew!

2. I was so enthralled, I never noticed your sermon went 25 minutes over time.

3. Personally I find witnessing much more enjoyable than golf.
4. I've decided to give our church the $500 a month I used to send to TV evangelists.

5. I volunteer to be the permanent teacher for the Junior High Sunday School class.

6. Forget the denominational minimum salary. Let's pay our pastor so he can live like we do.

7. I love it when we sing hymns I've never heard before!

8. Since we're all here, let's start the service early.

9. Pastor, we'd like to send you to this Bible seminar in the Bahamas.

10. Nothing inspires me and strengthens my commitment like our annual stewardship campaign!

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