The Ark

Quoting Ylee:


Was leaving you there part of the deal? ;-))

Hmmmm...

I never gave that any thought.
Worth considering.
Maybe I could claim some kind of Compensation.
Retribution, I think it's called ?

It's 95, with a heat index of 107.
This is not Florida or Georgia, you know ?
This is a small tropical island, with balmy breezes. Or it used to be....
I think Compensation for that, is in order as well.

Where's the Resident Lawyer?
Playing out in the Strawberry patch with the Serpents, probably.
What a life.
Beats golf, I guess.

Was someone looking for me? :)

I can always tell when you talk about me. Scary, huh?

Didn't see the little snaky snaky today. Good thing!

Didn't get the tractor back today either so I couldn't load up the wagon with the strawberry roots and stuff so I had to do it the old fashioned way. Dig them up with a shovel, throw it over the veggie garden fence, and then go rake all the stuff into the woods. Worked just fine matter of fact.

Nope, no pastries, we are dieting again here. Take tonights dinner for instance. Fried chicken, mashed potatoes with country gravy, green beans with onions, dinner rolls with butter, honey, and strawberry preserves.

Dieting you ask? Well sure, no ice cream for dessert.:)

No ice-cream for desert??

Good Heavens, my Dear Fellow, this is Serious Stuff.

Do be careful. You may whither away as a dry leaf upon the breeze, ending up within the confines of the compost heap of life, mingling magnanimously with the grubs and misfortunes of past grandeur and previous experiences, lamenting to yourself in mournful tones whilst those pulverised mushrooms that you have become so acquainted with recently become part of your genetic future.

Doesn't sound too bad, actually....
Sort of like Immortality, with a few new spirals in the DNA.

Quoting pottery:
No ice-cream for desert??

Good Heavens, my Dear Fellow, this is Serious Stuff.

Do be careful. You may whither away as a dry leaf upon the breeze, ending up within the confines of the compost heap of life, mingling magnanimously with the grubs and misfortunes of past grandeur and previous experiences, lamenting to yourself in mournful tones whilst those pulverised mushrooms that you have become so acquainted with recently become part of your genetic future.

Doesn't sound too bad, actually....
Sort of like Immortality, with a few new spirals in the DNA.

This was so wonderful my good man that I think the only way to honor you would be to share a large portion of Maple Walnut Ice Cream with you. Your portion will of course stay in the container until such time as you and the Lady Pott visit us here in the rolling hills of Macon, Georgia. SugarBear is already asleep you see. I never said I was participating in this diet business. If she wants to give up ice cream after dinner I shall not consume any in her presence. But once she goes to bed, well, that is an ice cream scoop of a different flavor is it not?

heh heh heh

HEY - WAKE UP YOU LAZY BONES - ITS MORNING ALREADY

oh, sorry, forgot its a holiday weekend.

we can sleep in, well, we could have.

i better sneak out of here while i can. :)

Quoting RTLSNK:
HEY - WAKE UP YOU LAZY BONES - ITS MORNING ALREADY

oh, sorry, forgot its a holiday weekend.

we can sleep in, well, we could have.

i better sneak out of here while i can. :)

Yep.
It's morning, and we are the only ones awake!
Better get some Icecream down the hatch, before you-know-who wakes up.

Family coming for lunch.
Have to do whatnot and stuff, before they get here, so.....,

Laters>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Whew !!

I'm full to the Grim.....

Lasagna, fresh bread, a large salad with plenty avocado (I LOVE avocado season,,,), some vino, some beer, some stuff, whatnot and for desert, coconut ice-cream.

My mind ran onto Snakeymon during the ice-cream part.
But fortunately I was quickly distracted and it didn't last long.
Thank Goodness!

:):))

Hmmm...

Good call with the beef strogo.
Haven't had that in years!

For dinner, I was told "I think there are some things in the fridge. Help yourself. I'm still full!"
Which suited me.
And encouraged me to have 2 rums instead of one.

So I had a liquid diet this evening.

Nice day here, but 95 again, with no breeze at all and narry a cloud in the sky.

Be vewey vewey quiet.

SugarBear is outside hunting wabbits in the gardens.

With a broom.

It seems that they have been eating her sweet potato vines.

I offered to let her use the shotgun.

She said: "I don't want to hurt the little things."

I said: "you want to use the dust pan to go with the broom?"

She didn't think that was funny!

I thought it was worth at least 3 points! :)

I thought it was worth at least 3 points! :)


Ah ! But was the broom loaded?
Therin lies something or other, you know.

And yeah, I think you should have got 3 points.
But with a minus in front.

HOHOHOHOHOHOHO,... aaakkccc, coffffcofffcoff, whew, ...
one should never laugh at ones own feeble jokes

:):))

f0r the wet and w001y

I've used a broom in the last year to shoo a pony from my garden. That's perfectly normal behavior:)

Seemed a little smokey today. Beautiful orange moon coming up now..

Good Morning and Happy Labor Day!

Hmmm, Labor Day, I thought today was a Holiday.
It seems that today is Work Day in the gardens.
Something about needing new netting for the sugar snap peas to climb.
Why can't they climb the netting the tomatoes climbed?
Because that is "old" netting. Well, there it is then. :)

Found out something about "Sweet Potato Vine".

Sweet potato vine is poisonous to animals and humans. According to the American Society of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals or ASPCA, the morning glory family has toxic principles that are known as indole alkaloids, which can cause adverse health effects if ingested. The seeds of this plant contain the most toxic containing hallucinogens closely related to LSD and toxic nitrate levels.

Oh great, now we have stoned out rabbits. :)

Happy Labor Day.



And being it's "day"time and I'm still at my daughter's new house for the makeover...guess it's time to "labor" some more. It's ceiling fan day today.

:)

"The seeds of this plant contain the most toxic containing hallucinogens closely related to LSD and toxic nitrate levels."


Remember the Trumpet Vine fad from a few years back.
Nasty stuff.
:(

mornin pinkie

work is sooooo dead i havent seen anybody else

Hi, Rob. Thought I would drop by and say hello to General Whatnot and Colonel Mustard.

I'am grillin in the rain, just grillin inthe rain, have my umbrella and restorative or anti snake bite venom v. About 0.2 in in ten min from Issac

Major Stuff? Very pleased to meet him.

After I tangled with General Nuisance, I tend to associate more with the lower ranks.

Somebody looking for Major Stuff? Here I am!

It wasn't the rain that was the problem this afternoon,
it was the lightning. Never seen one that bad.
One after the other all over the neighborhood.
Two of them hit close to the house. Didn't see which
tree they hit but the flash lit up the inside of the house.

That is too close.

Skipped the BBQ today and made Pasta with meat sauce.
Italian sweet sausage with roasted garlic and carmelized onions in a basil tomato sauce. YUM

I may need a nap before bedtime. :)

Hey Bogon!!!

I knew a Staff Sgt Major, and a lst Lt Major in the Army.

When he got promoted he became Captain Major and

then MAJOR MAJOR. What a riot.

And if the Staff Sgt made it all the way to Sgt Maj

he would be SgtMajor Major. :)

Nice to see General Whatnot live on here..

Fun, big family party today..I know..when is my family not partying.

Feel the end of summer crashing down. Phish summer tour ended lastnight..we were easing back into homeschooling but now it's full on starting tomorrow. Started band again last week. Already got slapped with a bunch of Christmas music (fav of those). Can't believe it's just around the corner.

Dang and I thought I was banned. Didn't even ding the ban meter, must be slacken.

Save the beer

ARRRRRRRRRRRRR General Wat Not, Liking it. Happy Belated Annaversarrry Of course this trouble maker is late to the party. and cheers to your lubbly Missus

Did you know there are actually "What Nots" out there?

:=P



And we must have some MuZaK too....

I hope everyone had a great weekend. I did, and really want to extend things, but know I can't.

Monday on a Tuesday, is gonna be fun (ª¿ª)

Make it a great week folks!

Good Morning !

There is thunder and stuff coming in.
Must be A Sign, right?

Yesterday was One Of Those Days.....
We got Ancient Person installed in a very nice Home (that word conjures up nasty visions), and really it is a Nice one.
But she was Confused, Horrified, and Distressed.
Lady Pott is suffering from guilt, angst, and all the feelings associated with 'abandonment' of one she loves.

My work is cut out for me, over the next few....
But all will be Well.

Keep the Laughter coming !

We had to make that same plan for my Mother last year Pottery and it is never an easy one. She is 93 now and is better watched and cared for by an entire staff than we could do at home. All three of us, myself, my brother, and my sister, all cared for her at home one after the other until we no longer felt it was safe to leave her alone without supervision.
She has adjusted now and has many people her own age to talk to and make friends with.

Lady Potts adjustment will take awhile also.
We will be thinking of the three of you.

Love can walk through darkened halls,
Like rainbows in the rain.

Thanks for the words of Comfort.
Duly passed on, with Appreciation.

Another Hot one here, but the Airport says Max 88, showers all day.
Not here though.
A little overcast, some distant rumbles, and 94F.....

Post 95. Yep. It helps just to get it off the chest sometimes.
And I know, from being around here for so long, that there is always a sympathetic ear or two. Thanks again.


Today, Lady Pott said "listen" so I did.
Heard a shrill squeeeek out in the bushes.
She says "Baby Chicken?"
I say "Nah. Bird. Or small critter"

We go to check.
Hard to get a direction, and I say "Up in this tree"
She says "Nope, on the ground somewhere"
Then, "OH WOW, come. Quick. Quick!"
I scramble over, and she is in the process of picking up a baby squirrel....

Body about 3" and tail another 3.
Fully covered in hair, eyes closed though.

We look around and see a bunch of leaves and twigs overhead.
With all the recent squeeeeeking, no sign of Momma. Strange.

Get a 20' ladder, climb tree.
On the way up, find another little fellow clinging to some branches.
Need to see what the situation is, with the nest. Snake? Hawk?
2 babies don't just jump out.

Cant get high enough on the ladder, and the tree is too delicate for me to risk climbing higher. It's swaying with my weight, and I need another 6' or so.

Just then tenants from cottage come to see what all the excitement is.
Sean (age 27, American, living/studying in Luxemburg) and his girl Fabienne develop "A Plan".
He will go as high as he can (he is lighter than me) with the camera at arms length so we can see what's what.

Photographic evidence is inconclusive.
We bring critters into the house.
Calls to all kinds of people result in making a brew of full cream milk, egg yolk, couple drops of oil.
Feed with dropper. Regularly.

Second feeding has been done.

We are in Tobago for the coming w/e.
Pyrate Alex and Princess Amy will take over the minding, on Friday.

It never stops.......
By the way. Anyone wants a squirrel ?

Hi all, just thought I would toss in a bit of WhatNot while the opportunity (time) existed.

I hope all is well with all>

I see Pottery has found a new security team.
Make sure you equip them properly my good man.