Day 3750: Thankful and Tryptophan

"Fragmented": digital collage

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2GN2S ...

I posted a great video on FB once (here).

I found it cute, then sweet, then touching.

The lady who posted the video labeled it "her love bird didn't like her short tail."

It seems most of us think we are either too much or not enough. There was a time many years, in fact eons ago when I added eyelashes. Also acrylic nails. And one time ... a hairpiece! I guess I am not so different than that bird. 

 

 

 

                               File this under ...

I hope you and your family and friends had a wonderful Thanksgiving yesterday. None of us have to look beyond the news to know how blessed we are. Shelter, food, water, electricity, safety denied to too many.

I spent the day with family, and more than my allotted food consumption, which I will blame for my lateness in posting this blog today, but it is still Friday so I am only late compared to normal. You see, I found my self extra tired when I got home last evening and with unusual common sense I went to bed at 8pm. I really thought I might wake up near midnight and do the blog. However my body seem to have other priorities and I woke wide awake at 6:04 am. So I am starting this post at a leisurely 8 am! Nobody cares.

 

I will post some random photos. All family photos are by WonderWoman. Superman, WonderWoman and granddog Zoey drove in from Nevada on Tuesday. Zoey went to Dogtopia, her happy place, where we can check on her ...

 

I didn't see the superheroes till Thanksgiving, as they had many stops to make while they were here. The family gathered at Jimmy (SM's younger brother) and Lauren's beautiful home in Anaheim Hills. I think we were 19 in total, not sure as we didn't get a group photo? In fact we were all in one place only once for SM to say grace.

 

Meet Cooper, master of his domain! We were informed that to leave our plates unattended would result in an empty plate.

  

Mike,Cousin, Lauren, Hoda, Jimmy, Superman, WonderWoman, George

Mike, Hoda, Cousin, Jimmy, Lauren, Tarek

  

George, GH#3 (Zack 22), Grandma-no-posture, GH#2 (Jake24)

Mom, WonderWoman

GM#3, Gma, GM#2

I can never get enough of the great grandsons!

GH#3  Tryptophan Coma

SM & GH#1 (Jordan 25) 2021

And we were all missing Jordan, who was working, EMT duty. His brothers, SM and WW packed up a food package and delivered to him at the station.

All in all, a wonderful Thanksgiving with family.

 

 

 

A 5-minute video, puppy rescue, here.

 

Just because ...

 

Turkey

 

 

Smiles for Friday ...

 

 

  

 

 

  

 

  

 

 

                             Thanks for coming by today

Day 3025: A gift at just the right time.

 

 

"Patricia": old photo, collage and digital.

 

 

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Update:

I was dragging a bit today. The shoulder is acting up and making   sleep an obstacle to get through. I didn't check my mail yesterday,      so I walked out today and found ...

and inside ... wrapped beautifully ...

was the book, new to me ...

      A whimsical book that would appeal to kids, adults and me.               I am almost finished with a wonderful, architectural book ...

 

 but I started reading my new book from dear friend and artist,    Carrol, and before I knew it I had read the entire lovely book. 

 

 

Wonderful illustrations and such a soulful text that made me           sigh and re-read.  

 

 

 

A really wonderful gift. Thank you Carrol Wolf.

 

 

 

TMI Dept.

I come from a family of teachers. Really good teachers.

We also have engineers, but this is about teachers.

 

Aunt Fern, Aunt Martha, Aunt Pauline, Aunt Vonda, Mom

Four Aunts and an Uncle all outstanding teachers.

The kind that talk about school even in the summer!

Enough so that I was pretty sure I didn't want to be a teacher.

But then I married a coach/teacher and became a teacher.

Now after forty five years of teaching ...

I have determined that I was a pretty good teacher.

You see I do believe in angels. I do.

And if at anytime I wasn't a good teacher,

I believe one of my angels would nudge me back into place.

So, I guess I had to be a teacher.

 

 

So there.

 

 

 

 

 

•   A sweet 3-minute video, cat visitor, here.

•   A fascinating 3+minute video, vibrations, here.

•  A super-sweet 12-minute video, rescue, here.

 

 

Just because ...

Vermillion Flycatcher

 

                        

Smiles for Saturday ...

 

 

 

 

 

Health Message 

As I was lying in bed pondering the problems of the world,

I rapidly realized that I don't really give a rat's hiney.

It’s the tortoise life for me!

 

1. If walking is good for your health, the postman would be immortal.

2. A whale swims all day, only eats fish, drinks water, and is fat.

3. A rabbit runs and hops and only lives 15 years.

4. A tortoise doesn't run and does nothing, yet it lives for 450 years.

And you tell me to exercise? I don't think so.

I'm retired. Go around me.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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