Today we celebrate the anniversary of our dear and beloved Menagerie’s 29th birthday! Many of you do not know that Menagerie is famous – she single-handedly pulled the Jack Daniels Distillery out of hard times many years ago, much like her friends Waltzing Mtilda and WeeWeed saved Coors Light from calamity.
But here in the treehouse, she is a fearless and hardworking admin who more than carries her weight in responsibilities, postings, and convivial bantering with visitors. Oh, and if you’re feeling down or lost and need a bit of prayer, Menagerie’s your girl. Her faith is constant, glowing softly like a candle or blazing like an inferno, depending on the requirements of the situation, but always, always shining.
Here is Menagerie’s reaction when Sundance asked her to be an administrator the first day of the Tree House:
She’s also a major stockholder in Reynolds Metals, ’cause she gets all tin-foilly like y’all do.
But we’ve started a new business in tin-foil clothing – lotza call for that, especially the fancy formal wear. Her latest design is this one, super-effective against liberal probes: we call it “the dress” since it’s not quite yet on the market.
Laugh all ya want! Kate Middleton ordered one for some occasion coming up.
Of course, there will be cake – 
And other goodies. And more cake.
Of course, Menagerie needs a comfy place to sit and observe all of her admirers on her special day!
And a baby to kiss -
And a dog or two to snuggle with -
And last, but not least, friends to celebrate with!
Puddy started without the rest of us! Hey Puddy!
¡Ay, caramba!
And now that her birthday’s arrived, I’m gonna have to let this cat outta the bag! Remember all those nights when Menage said she was “working late”? Well, she was burning the midnight oil all right…..or should I say “purifying the waters through distillation”…..ahem.
Today, prepare to have your mind blown. The Treehouse is proud to announce the fruits of Menage’s labors….something the world has not beheld since those most regretful days of Prohibition……her very own “White Dog Whiskey”. Yes…white whiskey is no longer for the under dogs!
I want some.
Don’t tell Menage I caught her playin’ dress up!
(Reminds one of a ZZ Top song don’t it?)
And…..she’s got the transportation of the “goods” nailed down too.
And so was Granny Menagerie….
I just had to put this here Puddy, so it wouldn’t get lost in the thread. That was always Granny’s favorite picture. I takes after her, doncha think?
Aye….that little drop o’hooch didn’t splash far from the still!
I’m dyin’ here…… and you know it!!!
Hey! Where did you find those? I was told they were destroyed, if I paid up!
Tsk….tsk…..nothing ever really goes away on the internetz. (Answer…..someone else prolly paid up MORE….LOL!)
I always gotz plenty! Have some in yer coffee. I guarantee it’ll make your day better! Thanks, Wee for such birthday, ahem, I meant anniversary fun. What a fine thing it is to have friends like you guys!
When the hard times come, Menagarie has promised Access To The Woods where these treasures are concealed for yer enjoyment.
Sure ’nuff. But only for the Treepers. And you have to have your secret decoder ring to get the co-ordinates to find the place.
Yup. And trespassers will be filled with lead on sight.
Hope you have a splendiferous day, M!
Thanks so much Sharon, I have big plans involving two of my favorite girls.
Happy Day and many more, and thanks for your great work here
Think I replied to Sharon instead, and yes, I’m sucking up. See post below.
Thanks so much. Grab cake and er, refreshments .
Please.Send.Map. or decoder ring, just read that!:)
Happy 29th (ahem) Birthday !
On the way! Tha is again.
YAY
Puddy! I knew I should never have let you have that fourteenth shot! What fun to wake up to on my anniversary day. I see you put lots and lots of work and used your many talents to help produce this masterpiece. Thanks so much, have some cake and Jack, but don;t pass out before all the party guests get here. Oh, and please don’t fall in the cake! Grazie.
Nothing is too good for my favorite distiller of all whit and wisdom! No chance of passing out early either…..am having too much fun enjoying my hangover!
Gotz another pair of those? I think I need some!
Let me know the size and I’ll run ya up a pair….
Oh, finally something to wake us out of our Obama doldrums. Happy Birthday!
Wheeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks so much! I’ll take any brief distraction I can get.
Happy Birthday Menegarie!!!
I know its a bit early but never too early to have some cake with Jack…er Jack with cake…er Jack Cake!!
That is a bee-yut-i-FULL cake! Thanks so much. Two of my favorites together – Jack and chocolate. A moment of silence for the awesomeness!
I volunteer to be your taste tester!
Happy Happy Birthday to you……. happy birthday to you…… O.K. I’ll stop singing… I know you still need your hearing ! Happy Birthday Menegarie ! I hope you have a wonderful day and many many more to come.
You have a beautiful voice! Thanks for the song, and the wishes.
Happy Birthday, Menagarie! You’re the best, and we wish you the best on this good day, and the days to come. May you have some unexpected joys and all the blessings you need during the next year.
Yer a fine Wolverine, and it’s a pleasure to tromp the hills with ya.
Happy Birthday!
I believe this bit of music is by a friend of yours.
Nothing like a laugh early on your birthday! Sharon, this dog could be a part of my menagerie. As you know, we live out in the country, and my dogs are not used to many things “them city dwellin’” doggies put up with. Every time they hear a siren or a plane flies over, they all howl just like that dog. I guess it hurts their ears. Anyhow, sounds like home and my babies. Thanks so much.
Happy, happy birthday, dear Dawg!!! May you have many, many more. Whenya gonna break open that Rye up yonder??
Oooohh, I forgot!! I found ya’s that lamp table for to put by yer chair!
Ooh, I need about five of those. Otherwise the menfolks will fight.
Poor old Notre Dame…. just look at the bright side, somebody had to play Alabammy.
What’s really sad, is I watched the ESPN replay the next day, and Bama scored two more touchdowns than they did live!
Cheer up Menage….ya coulda been an SC fan!
Crooked zebras, I’m thinkin’…….
Ouch! E, that’s pretty rough on the girl’s birfday!
Hic. cough. Tail thump. Iz in the coffee as we speak. Have a nip. It’ll make yas sling that reptile clean outta the state of Texas! Thanks so much Wee!
Happy birthday, dear Puppy! May all your dreams come true.
Found this for you:
Thank you! Nothing like having friends share your cake.
Crap!! Run, everybody!! She smells the cake!!!
LOL
CATZILLA to the rescue!!!
Wish teh hell that wuz MY city……
……
Hah! Wish Catzilla lived in my neck of woods!!
I am not at liberty to discuss this any further, other than to tell you Happy Birthday Menage! As the bikers say – Live it like ya stole it!
Thanks Tex. That picture might resemble a classified part of my past. Where did you and Puddy find these? I thought they were burned!
I shall not discuss top-secret info in public, but suffice it to say your efforts of suppressing ALL those old pictures was unsuccessful.
(Good….good…..I was afraid I would have to intervene.
)
Man, I musta been in bad shape…… I don’t remember him being there…..
I gotz one word for ya’z – drones.
LOL….why would anybody quite smokin’ and drinkin’ if THAT’S what they do to ya???
I highly recommend – and encourage it.
I got a few of my mates back together to sing you a song!
Sadly, you are quite correct that my vocal abilities do challenge the best of the best karaoke hosts around the globe. Fortunately, I do not have to be ironed yet.
Happy Birthday!
Thanks so much dawndoe. Hope you will share the cake.
Happy Birthday Menagerie!!!
Thank you very much!
Happy Birthday Menagerie!
Thank you so much for the good wishes.
This is how I will be spending my day. I am having lunch in the Tea Room in my world famous little town with this young lady and her lovely mother.
Well then…… this should be one of the mostest awesomest birthdays ever.
That is one of the most beautiful smiles I’ve ever seen .
Thanks so much. I think so too!
Such a “Deere”….in more ways than one!
Happy Birthday, dear girl. Love you.
XOXO
Love ya back. Thanks so very much.
Hope you have a stupendously Happy Birthday, Menage!
Heaven knows you deserve it.
“Anniversary of your 29th”…excellent! Must remember that one.
So par-TAY!!! Jack and birthday cake…what could possibly go wrong?
Got it covered! Thanks so very much. Glad you came along for the party.
I hope you will have a blessed birthday.
It’s been wonderful so far. Thanks so much for the good wishes.
Happy Birthday, Menage!
You share your birthday with the Saint Day for William of Bourges. He was a reluctant warrior, but defended the rights of the clergy against the state, and prayed for the sick and lost.
http://saints.sqpn.com/saint-william-of-bourges/
His spirit lives on!
Have a wonderful Bug day. Hugs to you!
Happy birthday menagerie
It’s nice to know that today is a Saints birthday too I didn’t know that
Also today is my birthday.I am Honored to share the same birthday.Bon Anniversaire!
Hey…Happy Birthday! It’s MY birthday too!!!! I didn’t realize it was your birthday when I commented (below) cuz I hadn’t read the comments yet….so when you read it, just know that I meant You too!
Well well ! Happy Birthday to you two Canadacan and Omar may you both have a very special day also .
Thank you, Sha
And to you, too, dear Omar!!
Thanks you for the gorgeous cake and for the birthday wish!! Now….the cake is almost too pretty to cut, so I think I’ll go have some birthday bacon while I try to figure out the best way to cut the cake so all the treepers can have some!!
Happy Birthday!!
Why thank you, rumpole2!
Happy B-days all around!!! Yahoo!!!!! The Tree will be rockin’ into the wee hours!
Happy birthday, Canadacan!
Happy birthday, Canadacan! And many, many more!
Happy Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday to you as well canadacan. I hope your day is just wonderful!
Happy birthday, canadacan!
Bestest birthday wishes from teh kittehs too “canadacan”!
Thank you for that Yatz. What a wonderful thing to find out about my birthday. I knew something good must have happened on this day! Thanks for the good wishes. Sadie Bug is right beside me trying hard to get the laptop.
Happy Birthday, my friend! Enjoy a day of fun and pampering!
Actually PD, that’s just what I have done. Started with cake and Jack, then a massage! Now I have my Sadie girl.
Happy Birthday, Menagerie!
These cupcakes looked pretty swell. [Ain't just dad's who love their whiskey and dark chocolate.]
http://fieldsofcake.com/jack-daniels-dark-chocolate-cupcakes-recipes-archive/
Hey! I saved that recipe. Mmm, looks delicious. Thanks a lot.
Happy Birthday, Menagerie!! We share the same birthday
I hear that the most awesome people are born on this day. I really can’t name any right now, besides you and me, of course….but still. If they say it, it must be true!! I pray your day and your year are filled with everything wonderful, joyful, peaceful, and graceful. Be blessed!
Happy birthday, Omar!
Thank you, Stellap!!!
http://www.biography.com/people/groups/born-on-january-10/
Have fun with it. (George Foreman is one)
Thanks! This will be fun!
Birthday wishes to you as well Omar. Hoping your day is wonderful and blessings come your way. Awesome people must be born on this day fer sure!
In case you missed my note above–happy birthday to you! It’s an excellent day for a par-tay!
Thank you, Sharon!! It IS an excellent day for a par-tay….and no better place to have one than right here in our tree with the best folks on the planet!!
So who else has a B-day one 1/10 besides George Foreman, Omar?
Well, there is Pat Benitar and Rod Stewart and Lyle Menendez (yikes). The others I didn’t really recognize! LOL. However, I have been humming “If you want my body and you think…..” and “We are young…heart ache to heartache we stand…..” since I checked out the link you gave me. LOL.
Heh, Happy Birthday Omar!
Happy birthday, Omar!
Thank you, PD!! It’s a great day to swing from my branch and be with friends
Belated birthday wishes Omar…from me and a few pals!!! (It’s only 6 pm on the Left Coast.)
Thanks! You’re right on time, though! I still have 3 1/2 hours before my birthday passes!!
Happy B’day from someone who spends a lot of time keeping the George Dickel brand solvent. Sour mash is nectar to the redneck’s heart, par-tay on.
Absolutely. Thanks for the birthday wishes, from a kindred spirit.
My DH is your silent partner in keepin’ Dickel afloat, Zaub! Small world….
And a tasty one…
Hey Menagerie. A very Happy Birthday wish from me. Hope you will do something special to celebrate.
Thanks so much. I have spent the day having lots of fun and pleasure!
Happy Birthday, Menagerie!
I gottcha a present……
Hey thanks rumpole, Puddies are some of the best friends.
Heh..heh…heh….
And Happy Birthday to Canadacan and Omar, too!
I was going to comment on the party table up yonder, but thought better….. tee-hee.
I AM a guest, after all, and we suthern girlz DO have mannahs
Thanks so much!!
Happy Birthday Menagerie.
Thanks a lot!
Happy Birthday Menageriie, and a toast of a shot of Jack to many more.
That’s a mighty fine toast, and thanks so much.
…and judging from the photo, she has the sweetest little puppy-dog eyes.
Happy Birthday Menagerie!
You made my day! Thanks so much for the video.
Those are fun-nuns!
Happy Birthday Omar!
Thanks! This is great!!
Happy Birthday Canadacan!
Happy Birthday Menagerie and Canadacan !!
Y’all might not know this but Menagerie is the deep water of reflection round here. If you have ever heard the term “always let your conscience be your guide”, then you know who carries the compass on the daily journey…. that’s Menagerie.
Happy Birthday Menagerie, you deserve nothing but the bestest and finest ! Always.
Thanks Sundance. I have always found myself to be in good company here in the Tree, and it’s a fine, fine place to have friends who share my hopes and values.
i SHALL COME BAca later and thank EVeryine. righy now sADIE IS HERE! THanks for the good wishes. I am unabke to type right now. Grabby babty hands.
The grabby babty hands left some evidence in their sweet little trail!! That’s cute.
hehe!
Purdy girls and babies make me smile. Just don’t tell anyone, lest it ruin my image. Hope you had a great day. 
It was awesome. Thanks Tex. Best birthday yet. Ima keep practicing until I get perfect, which should require copious dosages of Jack. Both of us aged to perfection. Okay, maybe just one of us.
Yeah, I’m just aging. Like a Texas barn door.
Happy birthday menagerie and canadacan and omar too!!
Thank you, tessa
Thanks so much. It has been a very good day.
Happy birthday Menagerie, Canadacan, and Omar! Wow three in one!! Sorry I’m so late to the party – and I can’t stay, but I’m glad I didn’t miss the party completely.
Here’s some little presents – tons of good wishes for the best year ever to each of you!
Save some cake and I’ll be back tomorrow. Luv ya’s!
Oops – almost left with the presents:
Thanks so much!
Thanks so much Auntie Lib. We’ll have plenty of cake left tomorrow, but the Jack might be all gone. They only got me one keg of it. We Treepers are a drinking lot. Or is that a lot of drinking? I am a little confused right now.
Since it’s late, they ran out of cakes so, for Omar and Canadacan, I found this. Hope ya’z enjoy!
http://i170.photobucket.com/albums/u263/lordginger/ChocolateCoveredBacon.jpg
Holy crap, tex! How did you know that I wanted some chocolate covered bacon??? And NOW, my day is complete
Thank you!
It’s a gift. You’re welcome and enjoy.
Thanks to all for keeping me laughing throughout the day. A big thanks to Wee, Puddy, Sharon, Pat, PD, Tilda and Yatz for coming up with the hilarity, and being the bestest friends ever, and SD for putting up with all of us. Do we have a corporate jet yet?
If we do, nobody’s letting us know where it’s parked. Happy day, friend…
oh, happy, happy birthday Menage!! I’m sorry to be so late, but judging from all the goodies and fun vids, it’s been a fabulous birthday!!