Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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And if made properly with real cream, a Kitty Ambrosia!
Breakfast in bed…exactly as it should be.💕
Mom is always left out … worth a click, I promise, a festive kitty holiday of lights
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/etkjWg8Fpvc
Worth a view also, many more photos at the link:
The Ancient Salt Ponds of Maras: Perfection of Historical Engineering
Wow , that is Astounding ,
Nim ! I knew nothing about the Salt Ponds .
The Description and Photos are Great !
I’m still having a hard time even imagining the work , over time , that went into this !
Really Enjoyed this ,, I like looking and wondering about *Ancient Anything*
Thanks , Nim 😊 I bookmarked the site 🙂
As I fear we’ll find ourselves saying more and more frequently in this formerly great nation of ours, Ryder:
“De nada”
Glad you enjoyed it – so did I
Dead pools. Nothing can grow there.
Wonder how far downstream before the water can be used for irrigation?
The effects of all that salt on the drainage is mitigated by capturing it.
Beats working in the salt mines ……😺
Read the Wikipedia entry for this. The resource is not for irrigation. It’s for salt…. without needing any mines.
I did read this.
The question is about down stream effects of all that salt. The pools are capturing a lot and that’s good.
Still gotta wonder how far downstream plant life is affected.
There are lots of effects that come into play in any drainage basin.
This is a perfect example of how humans develop new technologies to deal with pressing problems. Environmentalists and climate change advocates, on the other hand, hate new technologies and look to controlling behavior—they’d tell us to ration available amounts of salt or simply stop eating salt because it was “unsustainable”.
Wow, just proves there’s life on Mars, uh, er, Maras …
Ay Carumba!
Ay !
This couple has the cutest cat vignettes on YouTube. Funny!
Morning Ya’ll 🙂
Good mornin’ jay 🙂
Howdy Garrison 🙂
Goooooood morning, Mr jay. (Oh my…..)
Maidin Mhaith Betsy 🇺🇸🥶🇺🇸
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Morning jay!
Howdy Gramps 🇺🇸🥶🇺🇸
Ladyva can really tickle the ivories!
Suddenly it’s 1941 . . .
Good morning Garrison
Glenn Milker always puts me “ in the mood”
Good tunes
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Good morning, my friend.
#meetoo…love those big band sounds.
Mornin’ Bet. When I was in HS one of my buds was a talented trumpet player. One summer he was invited—age 16—to tour with the Glenn Miller Band. At summer’s end, the band gave a free concert in our park. My friend performed several trumpet solos. 16 and he fit right in with a band—they basically treated him as a mascot— of traveling professional musicians. Did he ever have some stories to tell of that adventure!
Oh wow!!!! Similar to your experiences…I bet he rightly dined out on that for the rest of his life. I know I would have!❤
Good morning Bet
Don’t you wish there was more hours in a day and you could just sit and talk with friends
I do big time
I can’t always do that but
I find myself reading this thread over and over
So much good here
It’s wonderful
I copy the days thread at night so I can go back and look again and play different songs , read different proms etc
So good
So good
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I do absolutely! And I love everyone here. And what each brings to share…Scripture, music, thoughts, life experiences…everything which connects us all in our journeys in this life, and our fervent faith and hope for the life after. Good hearts every single one. No other place like it.🤗
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Good morning friend!
Good morning Grandpa
Been thinking about you
Getting older brings things
Things change
Time rolls on
The new comes in
Like your underlines
But time doesn’t slow down
Things change
Coffee – no coffee
This pill , that pill
This doc that doc
Ticcitty toc
Old blood new blood
Blood thinners
Just thinkin
Peace kind sir
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As a young child, I recal listening to In the Mood on the radio… it was far and away my favorite song… it still remains among the favorites.
Always gets my get tapping…
feet tapping…see what happens when I haven’t had my caffeine infusion yet??
Your “get tapping” was my yesterday’s “duct something or other”—whatever … it amazes me what our fingers produce regardless of what our minds are intending.
Yes it was, Lorrie!! 😂😂😂
My wife and I both I have great memories from these pieces – big band swing was THE music of our parents’ generation. Not the only music, but the most popular in its day. My mom played piano on weekends for some local swing bands in the late 30’s/early 40’s. Needless to say I heard a lot of it when I came along, and my folks still played their Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey 78’s in the 1950s on their 1949 RCA Orthophonic Console…. My wife’s mother could play swing piano too, and both of my parents-in-law could dance like pros to any of this music.
Thanks for the trip in the Music Wayback Machine today, Garrison!
Happy Caterday, Treeper friends. Pet your kitties for me . . . 🙂 I may have a foundling kitty who is trying to adopt me. I kept hearing a small kitty crying for food but when I went outside the kitty had disappeared. I began putting out some food which was promptly and discretely consumed . . . but still no kitty.
An issue was whether or not little ‘Tink my tiny little house and yard kitty would get along with a newcomer. This morning that was readily solved. ‘Tink wanted to stay outside last night so when I opened the door to bring her in for some food, there was this little black kitty in the back yard. He/She was still skittish but didn’t run-away this time, instead simply going to the other side of our metal fence.
So. It looks like ‘Tink doesn’t mind a new kitty in the back yard. That being the case I’m going to continue leaving food and water out so that I can determine if the newcomer is comfortable around people. Watch this space for updates . . . 🙂
It must feel Wonderful to Know a Precious Foundling is Looking for You , Garrison and Tink , to Fill a Space in Your Hearts 💘
Well hungry kitties are sort of any-port-in-a-storm kind of felines. I’m happy to get him/her fed for now. We’ll just have to see how this goes. My late wife and I had a long history of finding lost, hungry foundlings who came to stay, became our kitties, and lived long happy lives with us. We’ll see what happens. Don’t mind having an extra kitty around at all . . . 🙂
I have a similar history to yours about cats. I’ve never paid for one, but they always seem to know where I am. I think they tell each other about us via some sort of mysterious feral messaging network. Cats are the only known wild species that chose to self-domesticate with humans. All our other pets came from human-initiated breeding and domestication efforts.
My wife has the same connection with wild birds. The same individuals keep coming back, to the point of perching on the deck table if we are outside.
Food is the big common denominator. If you provide it, “they” will come.
They absolutely do tell, Mikey. The word gets out, as it did for us in our rural Welsh home. Sometimes I thought they had erected a neon sign somewhere pointing to our house.
All were welcome, all were billeted, all were very much loved.
And it was a thing for us to discover other woodland creatures were partial to what we fed our moggies. The little hedgehogs who thrived on wet cat food, and our magnificent peacock, Joey, who apparently overheard the chatter that the Jones’ household was THE place to be, with his preference being for dry.
He would stroll up to the house and peep into the kitchen to let me know when it was breakfast, lunch, or supper time. Of course I would attend straight away, and he rewarded us with a magnificent display of his feathered finery. Yep, we provided, and they all came.
Good morning Bet! I think they leave secret signs. Some perfectly natural looking arrangement with sticks and stones… ❤️
Bless-ed morning, my brother.💕 Hahaha!! I would not be surprised. I can just see it now😂
God Bless You , Garrison 🙂
Garrison, your kitty might be sent from Heaven?
Related to Joe 12 Packs post….you could name the kitty ‘Moonshadow’. Star, Comet, Rion….
Aggiegirl…a thought which has crossed my mind as well…immediately!❤
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Oh yes…first time you mentioned this little love🤗🙏🏻
I am a bit surprised that little ‘Tink, who tends to be territorial about “her” house, didn’t object to having another kitty in the back yard. We’re in the negotiation stage with the little, possibly human oriented, little stray. We’ll see how it goes.
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This sounds like the start of a beautiful friendship, Garrison. God bless you for feeding this little waif. I think the waters are being tested. Keep it up, my friend.💕
As long as little Tink’s face doesn’t look like this, I’m pretty sure all will be well🙏🏻😘
For some reason I can hear in my head, “just you wait, Henry Higgins, just you wait”… Or more accurately, Enry Iggins. 😂
Now I’ll have that playing in my head all day long, G. Complete with the Cockney accent…😂
It would be a brave soul who didn’t leave it a few minutes before venturing back inside.
😂 😂 😂 😂
🙂 That was “Tuffy” our late street-wise scrapper He was a fearless protector of our little domain.
Love that appropriate name! Our Welsh bruiser we named “Buster”…couldn’t think of anything else.
But somehow every name which we chose for our lot seemed to ironically suit their personalities. 😁
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Morning Garrison, that’s great that Tink doesn’t mind sharing her human. 😁
Mornin’ Gramps. You may recall that she was the tiny little kitten that “Tuffy” our late yard defender found and led to his food bowl.
Perhaps the Spirit of Tuffy has done the same for your newest little one? Who’s to say not…
Sounds like Tink is paying it forward.
2/24/2023
Isaiah 53:1 “Who has believed our report? and to whom is the Arm of the LORD revealed?”
Matthew 11:12,16-19 “And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force . . . But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling to their fellows, and saying, We have piped to you, and you have not danced; we have mourned to you, and you have not lamented. For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a devil. The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a gluttonous man and a wine-tippler, a friend of tax-gatherers and sinners. But wisdom is justified of her children.”
Do you know that there is such a thing as, becoming immune to the Gospel? that because of having heard, and heard, and doing nothing, the heart is hardened, and the conscience calloused and dead, so that one is no longer affected by the Holy Spirit’s influences? Do you understand, that at a certain point, God will judge, and there will be no remedy and no healing? Do you ever wonder, or seriously consider, what the Scripture means, “Of how much sorer punishment, do you suppose, shall he be thought worthy, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and has done despite unto the Spirit of grace?” (Hebrews 10:29) Is there a difference between having contempt for the blood of Jesus, and blaspheming the Holy Spirit?
Who are they, who came in stealthily, and by well turned words and sleight of hand, have cunningly worked to deceive, and to pervert the Word of God’s grace, into a license to sin with impunity? Do you ever wonder how the great falling away has happened so imperceptively, and the famine of hearing God’s words is by the vast multitude UNSEEN?
There is an answer to all these questions in the Scriptures. In Isaiah 8:20 it says, “To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.” And the word translated into the English, “light,” literally means, a dawning, as being up early to a task; in other words, there is no urgency and enthusiasm to be about doing all that Jesus says; so, the result is, that they do not speak according to the word; they do not speak, they do not believe, they do not PERIOD, according to the Word.
What does Jesus mean by, The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force? What also did the apostles mean by, Contend earnestly for the faith once delivered to the saints? or, fighting the good fight? Does it mean constantly having to be comforted and reassured, while sitting week after week, only taking and taking, but never doing what the Lord says? Or does it rather mean, that we are engaged in a life or death war in the spiritual realms, that demands our most earnest and continual vigilance? The separations and contentions that arise for the word’s sake, the hostilities and shunning that come from formerly friendly relatives and neighbors, all are outward expressions of what is happening spiritually.
God has made us children of light in Christ; and has severed us from other people that we should be His. We have been taken out of the world, and begotten of God; therefore the world hates us, just like they hate Jesus; because we are not of the world even as He is not of the world; and as He is the LIGHT which exposes the evil of their doings, so do we by being in Him; and because of this they will not come to Jesus, and do not receive what we have to say. This is the law of God for man’s relation to man in this life, from the very first day that Adam sinned, and the Messiah was announced to come; that there be a enmity between the two kinds of people in the world. If we are paralyzed with fear of men’s disapproval, or ashamed to go out to the Lord Jesus Christ “outside the camp,” then we will not be allowed to enter the kingdom of heaven.
How can God more reason with people, before they will take to heart the gravity of their matter with God? He has piped to you, and you still sat there; unwilling and ashamed to get up and dance! When He came in the flesh announcing the Glad Tidings of the kingdom of heaven; you didn’t rejoice, but instead sat there in your pride, embarrassed about those who did rejoice! When He has mourned to you over the abominations that are done in the world, and has shown you of all the woes coming upon the disobedient, where were your hearts? Did you actually examine yourselves, and with all fear and dread, work out with tears to set in order your account with God?
These things ought to be what Christians are thinking about in these days; and understanding that God has commanded the times to be just what they are for a reason. The time is so short, and He will not hold the door open for ever. At one point He rises up to shut the door, and then it will be too late! We all know so well what the Lord said about, “In what measure you estimate, it will be measured again to you;” and how that “He that is forgiven much, loves much; but he that is forgiven little (in his own mind), the same loves little.” We will not get another chance at our day of visitation: it is truly Now Or Never, in every sense.
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Why will you do without Him? Is He not kind indeed?
Did He not die to save you? Is He not all you need?
Do you not want a Saviour? Do you not want a Friend?
One who will love you faithfully, And love you to the end?
Why will you do without Him? The word of God is true,
The world is passing to its doom – And you are passing too.
It may be no tomorrow shall dawn on you or me;
Why will you run the awful risk of all eternity?
What will you do without Him in the long and dreary day
Of trouble and perplexity, when you do not know the way,
And no one else can help you, and no one guides you right,
And hopes come not with morning, and rest comes not with night?
You could not do without Him, if once He made you see
The fetters that enchain you, till He hath set you free:
If once you saw the fearful load of sin upon your soul –
The hidden plague that ends in death, unless He makes you whole.
What will you do without Him when death is drawing near?
Without His love – the only love that casts out every fear;
When the shadow-valley opens, unlighted and unknown,
And the terrors of its darkness must all be passed alone!
What will you do without Him, when the great white throne is set,
And the Judge who never can mistake, and never can forget –
The Judge, whom you have never here as Friend and Saviour sought,
Shall summon you to give account of deed and word and thought?
What will you do without Him, when He has shut the door,
And you are left outside, because you would not come before?
When it’s of no use knocking no use to stand and wait;
For the word of doom tolls through your heart, that terrible “Too late!”
You cannot do without Him! There is no other Name
By which you ever can be saved no way, no hope, no claim!
Without Him – everlasting loss of love, and life, and light!
Without Him – everlasting woe, and everlasting night.
But with Him – Oh! With Jesus! Are any words so blest?
With Jesus, everlasting joy and everlasting rest!
With Jesus – all the empty heart filled with His perfect love;
With Jesus – perfect peace below, and perfect bliss above.
Why should you do without Him? It is not yet too late;
He has not closed the day of grace, He has not shut the gate.
He calls you! hush! He calls you! He would not have you go
Another step without Him, Because He loves you so.
Francis Ridley Havergal – “Why Will You do Without Him?”
Russia launches rescue ship to save NASA astronaut, two cosmonauts after spacecraft leak
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/russia-launches-rescue-ship-save-nasa-astronaut-two-cosmonauts-after-spacecraft
Godspeed🙏🏻
High heating costs? No problem…
Good morning, dear Joe. And thank you for the sweetest thing I’ll probably see today. 😌
You’re welcome, Bet. And good morning. A little bit nippy outside, 31 degrees F and cloudy.
Stay warm, have a blessed day.
Yes, same here. Rain forecasted for later, or the chance of it. Thank you, sir. You do the same🤗
Morning Joe, 43 here. The rain forecast went from light rain today to none, and for tomorrow from rain to light rain so likely nothing. I’m so ready for God to flick LaNina away. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Another #metoo from me!!!
Good morning, GrandpaM. Warmed up a little in my area. 33F and cloudy. Supposed to be cloudy through Sunday; we might see some rain tomorrow night. Inside of a month until it’s officially spring.
The end of snow!
National Weather Service issues Blizzard warning for San Diego, CA for the first time in its history.
California Global Warming Crisis | Real Climate Science
Severe drought in S. California caused by climate change:
Record Snowpack In Southern California | Real Climate Science
You will be hearing that this record snow is due to “climate change”. That is as certain as them blaming Trump for anything bad that happens while Biden is in the White House.
Good morning all.
How many are blind to artifice?
Watching show when a character announces, “Getting on towards evening, time to turn in.” When the shadows in the shot show the sun to be at midday.
Its funny, not funny to realize the TV generation was hypnotized by the junk on the idiot box.
I hope it’s not a foreshock.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/6-1-magnitude-earthquake-hits-japan-s-hokkaido-island-no-tsunami-warning/ar-AA17VlPG
🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻!!!
I keep an eye on this website. They will post updates quicker than the usgs site.
Jazzy muzak playing in the background while people are monitoring from around the world.
Thanks , Joe. I’ll turn it down…
Hey Joe,
Here’s some jazz you might like.
Very cool for when I’m doing chores around the house. Jam on blast…LOL
Enjoy
2011 Japanese video showing tsunami up close and personal. The person who did the vid had to beat feet out of there.
The simplest accurate explanation of how CO2 and other “Green House Gases” work in the atmosphere. That image they like to show of a greenhouse reflecting UV back down is totally inaccurate grade school stuff and does not remotely explain how anything but a real green house works. Always has been and always will be. CO2 does not act as a blanket, holding in heat. It does not reflect energy back down towards the surface of the earth. It is physically impossible for it to do so.
The test that exonerates CO2 | Watts Up With That?
Good morning Treepers
Thank you for posting these. I first learned to play guitar from Cat Stevens songs, as these albums came out when I was in high school. Here’s the one that helped me develop technique the most:
Very nice. Great combination of picking and strumming chords.
I hadn’t heard Moon shadow in decades. What lovely scenes to accompany it. And what a distinctive voice he had.
Enjoyed listening to him until he converted to the religion of peace.
I still enjoy listening to some of his older songs; why he became a muslim, I’ll never know.
He fell in love with a Muslim girl and it was the only way to be accepted by her familu
While I tend to think of him as two different people, before and after, I find myself unable to dismiss his choice to (was going to say “convert”) revert.
I remember that . He just sort of faded away.
what a shame
Geisha the cocker spent her first night with my son and daughter-in-law. He has been sending Sherry pictures to alleviate her worries. He’s a great son. Always has been.
I’m so sure he is very happy to be able to do it, rah. I say this as someone who keeps our granddog, Maggie, for whatever reason for our daughter, and are always pleased to be able to help. We’ve got her now for a couple of days.
We’ll keep all of you firmly in our hopeful prayers.
Our son and our sweet daughter in law had to let go of their loving dog, Sidney, yesterday. She had been with our daughter in law well before she started at university and before she met our son, before they married and had their two children. They are all in tears. So was I…
So it is easy, so easy, to identify with Sherry’s feelings about leaving Geisha, who will be safe and loved while you are absent, and who will greet her with abandon when you both return home.
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Something I never thought I would see.
Joshua Tree National Park:
https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA17TWnk.img?w=534&h=356&m=6
Global warming at its finest…..
Wait, i’m receiving new information…..
Climate change at its finest.
That does look strange with that amount of snow. I’ve seen a little snow in the Arizona desert when camping near Tucson, but nothing like this.
THE DESTITUTION OF SERVICE
“Though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.” 2 Cor. xii. 15
Natural love expects some return, but Paul says – I do not care whether you love me or not, I am willing to destitute myself completely, not merely for your sakes, but that I may get you to God. “For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor.” Paul’s idea of service is exactly along that line – I do not care with what extravagance I spend myself, and I will do it gladly. It was a joyful thing to Paul.
The ecclesiastical idea of a servant of God is not Jesus Christ’s idea. His idea is that we serve Him by being the servants of other men. Jesus Christ out-socialists the socialists. He says that in His Kingdom he that is greatest shall be the servant of all. The real test of the saint is not preaching the gospel, but washing disciples’ feet, that is, doing the things that do not count in the actual estimate of men but count everything in the estimate of God. Paul delighted to spend himself out for God’s interests in other people, and he did not care what it cost. We come in with our economical notions – “Suppose God wants me to go there – what about the salary? What about the climate? How shall I be looked after? A man must consider these things.” All that is an indication that we are serving God with a reserve. The apostle Paul had no reserve. Paul focuses Jesus Christ’s idea of a New Testament saint in his life, viz.: not one who proclaims the Gospel merely, but one who becomes broken bread and poured out wine in the hands of Jesus Christ for other lives.
Oswald Chambers
February 25th Devotional
Hi Stevie, Thank you for your post this morning.
Hey, I found a secret video of how they prepare the President for his public appearances. I know its a little off topic, but I thought you’d be interested.
Operating a marionette: walking
Good morning, beloved sis.💕
Having read this wonderful devotional from Chambers, we’ve just run across this unexpected example from a surprising individual, one from whom anything but this would be expected.
I’ve written before about the appalling state of affairs with the National Health Service in Britain, government run and run very badly health “care”. The waiting lists to be seen for anything sit at 700,000 now and are growing. Especially hard hit are those waiting for scans for cancer.
Rod Stewart has paid for a mobile scanning service for one hospital for a whole day.
I know one day doesn’t sound like much. But by doing so he has reduced the waiting list for scans for that hospital by 10%.
Thought I’d share…
Good morning, juststevie! I’d never thought I’d have to disagree with OC but I have the benefit of over 100 years additional history of socialism. Jesus doesn’t out-socialists the socialists. He asks us to be servants and use our own stuff and talents. The socialists like to use other people stuff and especially other people’s money to enrich themselves.
❤️ 🙂
Very very good point…
25 February 2016 John Chilton, English jazz trumpeter (Feetwarmers), dies at 83
25 February 2013 “Dangerous” Dan Toler, American rock guitarist (Dickey Betts; Allman Brothers), dies of ALS at 64
25 February 2012 Red Holloway [James], American jazz tenor saxophonist, dies from stroke and kidney failure at 84
25 February 2012 Louisiana Red [Iverson Minter], American blues guitarist, and singer-songwriter (“Sweet Blood Call”), dies of a stroke at 79
25 February 2011 Rick Coonce, American rock drummer (Grass Roots), dies at 64
25 February 2007 Mark Spoelstra, American folk singer and songwriter, dies at 66
25 February 2005 Edward Patten, American soul singer (Gladys Knight & the Pips), dies of a stroke at 65
25 February 1998 Rockin’ Sidney [Simien], American zydeco and R&B singer-songwriter, accordionist, guitarist, organist, and harmonica player (“My Toot-Toot”; “You Ain’t Nothing But Fine”), dies of throat cancer at 59
25 February 1993 Toy Caldwell, American Southern-rock musician (Marshall Tucker Band), dies of cocaine induced cardio-respiratory failure at 45
25 February 1993 Eddie Constantine, American singer and actor (Alphaville, License to Kill, Lucky Jo, It Lives Again), dies from a heart attack at 79
With Dinah Shore, in french…? 364 days apart….
Here’s one from the Grass Roots that I would hear on the radio way back in the 60s.
Remember these things? I carried one in my shirt pocket when I was a kid.
While we celebrate Caturday after Thursday’s Cursday from….and we are all praying for East Palestine…
I am sharing this tidbit as a Mid Western Public Service Announcement with a touch of serious humor from coyotes mating season to calving season for cows…
https://wgntv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/love-stinks-skunk-mating-season-begins-what-to-know/
And more importantly, for our friends in Ohio:
https://ohiodnr.gov/discover-and-learn/animals/mammals/striped-skunk
Just off the Presidential thread…while skirting around for humor…
I did find this one, unrelated…for those who ‘remember’
Kind of makes me think of Pohole Pete.
One more trip down the memory hole…
sorry about the adds.
Happy “cartoons and cereal day” everyone.
have a blessed saturday.
Same to you, Slowcobra💕
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
The 50th Psalm
Septuagint
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great of Bithynia (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
Amen. Amin🙏🏻
From Small Compline
Rejoice Virgin Theotokos, Mary full of Grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, for thou hast borne the Savior of our souls. (Thrice)
Cheese-Fare Saturday
Commemoration of all those who shone forth in the ascetic life.
Saint Meletios, Archbishop of Antioch (+ 381)
Saint Mary of Bithynia (+ 6th century)
Saint Ethilwald of Lindisfarne (+ 740)
Saint Alexis, Metropolitan of Moscow (+ 1378)
Holy New Martyr Christos the Gardener, martyred at Constantinople (+ 1748)
Several more Saints, including Martyrs, are commemorated today.
February 12th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
February 25th – civil or commercial calendar calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
Clean Monday is the start of Great Lent.
Mornin’ all!
Good morning Treepers
I must admit I am finding it hard to get things done this am.
I keep peeking in here and reading .
I should be doin this and that,
But instead I’m lookin at a pic of a silly cat.
I can’t cook and look
But I ain’t lyin
I’m tryin
Morning Treeps
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Good morning, Molonlabe. Hard to not enjoy the cat pics.
I have 2 speeds right now.
Slow. And slower. Maybe a 2nd pot of coffee will get the wheels turning.
Worth a shot…go for it!!😁
Good , now afternoon Joe
maybe this will help
Big wheels keep on turning
Good morning again, my friend. There are just some days like that. And that’s not a bad thing. As I said one day a couple of weeks ago when I was just not connecting with the starter motor on my engine, I’m not so much seizing the day as I am poking it with a stick.
So let me see if I can help a bit…
Here is a piece of music guaranteed to get you off high centre. I adore it and it certainly gets me moving.
Performed at the BBC Proms one year…a two month celebration of music with concerts ever night until the most wonderful Last Night, with exuberant music lovers at their boisterous and appreciative best, standing shoulder to shoulder in the audience.
Gustavo Dudamel conducts…ENJOY!!😘
There are people who love strange animals. Kiwis for example. I don’t love nor hate cats. Just other kind of animal. As humans are.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
PRAYING ON THE ARMOR OF GOD
Father God, I now follow your command to put on the full armor of God, because my battle is not against flesh and blood but against rulers, authorities, the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the unseen world.
I first pray on the Belt of Truth that it may be buckled around my waist, may I be centered and encircled by your truth dear Lord. Hem me inside all that is true and right, and may I be protected and held up by the truth of your living word, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Breastplate of righteousness, please protect my vital organs and my inner man, cover my integrity, my spirit, and my soul. Guard my heart for it is the wellspring of life, please strengthen and guard the most vulnerable places in my life with that which is right, good, and noble that I might not receive a fatal blow from the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Gospel Shoes of Peace. I choose to stand in the shoes of your good news, and on the firm foundation of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the solid eternal rock. All other ground is sinking sand, I pray that I will not slip or fall, but that my feet would be firmly fitted on your lordship, my Lord Jesus. I choose to stand on you, so that the peace of God, which transcends all understanding will guard my heart and mind in Christ Jesus, the eternal Rock of Ages. I receive your holy peace now my Lord, from the sole of my feet to the crown of my head, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray the Shield of Faith into my hand now. As I take up the shield of faith, I ask that you might extinguish every dart and arrow, that is launched from the enemy to take me down spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and every attempt of the enemy to destroy my joy. I ask that my faith in you would make it flame out. Extinguish every flaming arrow that would come against me, my life, my family, my home, or my ministry. May my faith always be out in front of me like a shield. Give me the courage to “faith my fears” by choosing to walk by faith and not by sight, in my Lord Jesus name.
I pray on the Helmet of Salvation, that you might protect my mind from the thoughts that can lead me astray. I choose to take every thought captive, and arrest all intentioned ideas and motives that would harm others, or distract me from your holy will for me. I submit every captured thought to the Lordship of my Lord Jesus Christ, and ask that you would imprison those thoughts that are not of you my Lord. Transform my mind and renew my thinking that I may think God thoughts, and have a sober mind that is focused on your glory. Please protect me from being double minded that I may allow my mind, I reject to live an earthly life, because I choose to live a holy one, governed by you My Lord Jesus, the prince of peace, please have my mind to be saturated with the holy mind of Christ, in my Lord Jesus name.
Finally, I take up the Sword of the Spirit which is the holy word of God, I pray this powerful offensive weapon into my hand, and ask that your holy word would be fitting for every encounter I face. As the enemy gets close to me, please give me the insight, wisdom, and skill to wield the word of God to drive away the enemy, in my Lord Jesus name.
May the enemy and his team flee from me, upon hearing the word of God spoken by the power and direction of the Holy Spirit. Give me the sword of the spirit to cut through the wiles of the devil, so that I may discern the schemes of the enemy when he is near.
With all kinds of prayers, supplication, and intercession I pray to you my Lord God as the one who fights my battles. Now that I’m in your holy powerful armor, I walk away covered and ready to face my day as you go before me, and please protect me in the midst of the spiritual warfare in this unseen world, in my Lord Jesus name.
Thank you my Lord, for the spiritual weapons of armor and prayer that you have given me. It is written no weapon formed against me shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses me.
Thank you Father God, my Lord Jesus and the Holy Spirit, that I am more than a conqueror in my Lord Jesus. I pray all of this in the mighty name of my Lord God and Savior Jesus Christ.
AMEN.
Armor on
Ready for the day
Thanks duchess
For reminding me to get fully dressed ☘️
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Verse of the Day for Saturday, February 25, 2023
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“And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good…”
Genesis 1:31 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Amen, amen, amen🙏🏻
ODE TO BEST BET
There is one of the Best named Bet
Who missed not a compliment yet
She comes on the scene
Adept and quite keen
The sharpest lady you’ve met
She zeroes in with no delay
With quirks that will just make your day
She carefully crafts
Delectable drafts
Of whatever she has to say
Observant her eyes can see
What is important to you and me
The smiles through her words
Stick long afterwards
It’s how she happens to be
If you dost post a song
She’ll be there ‘n sing along
No matter the tune
She’ll manage to swoon
And make you feel you belong
If your heart is hurting real bad
And you’re feeling suspiciously sad
She knows how you feel
Can sense why you reel
And dispel any pain you have had
If you’re telling a story so wild
She’ll play along beguiled
Then before you know it
Her smirk she will show it
And laugh that she got so riled
If you bring forth something new
Outrageous and out of the blue
She will try her best
Put it to the test
Even when she hasn’t a clue
Whatever you want or appear to need
She can sense it with spectacular speed
Nothing gets by
Her eagle eye
Knowingly kinetically keyed
If you stop in to peek some day
To see what Best Bet has to say
A word to the wise
You’ll get a surprise
That will make you giggle and stay
D01: 02/25/2023
How can I possibly respond to this, sweet, dear duchess?? I am truly struggling for the right words and can’t find them. So my tears will have to tell you how overwhelmed I am. A completely unexpected gift which I will keep and treasure always, bless-ed friend. I thank you with my whole heart. I do love you…😘💕🙏🏻
Oh my oh my
Made me cry
Sort of
You know one o them ones that fills your eyelids and a tear just about
makes it out
Good
So good
☘️🌸☘️
😀 Sorry, molon – Could be dust in the air maybe? Nah!!!
Just your heart showing your love ❤️
We have to add to your name, dear sister. Eagle Eye Little Big Thunder. 😍
Add Frank’s moniker “Bet Not Midler” and I’m not sure it would all fit on an updated birth certificate… but worth a try😁😉
LOL
You already have, Bet!!! 😀
Never knew you to be at a loss of words – and you have proved that by your heartfelt response!!!
❤️ 🧚🏻♀️ ❤️
😂😂😂😂!!!!! Nor did I! I always subscribe to the saying on the other side of the pond, “start as you mean to go on”. Once upon a time, I was a shy little thing…but I ditched that.😁
So, I can think of only two times here when I simply couldn’t come up with the right ones, this time being one of the two.
But, duchess, it’s not just the words which affected me so…
It was the fact that this wonderfully touching poem took thought and time from you. And I think it was that which made me tear up first. That you sat down and took that precious time out of your day to write this. It was so humbling for me to think of it. And in the end it will be that which will remain with me as an equally precious part of this unexpected surprise from you, my dear sister, who I pray will receive all the blessings the good Lord has to give🙏🏻😘!!
Awww…what precious thoughts and observations – so happy the poem moved you!!!
❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Absolutely did!🤗😘
That’s our Bet, duchess! You’ve described her perfectly. 😀
I am * Giggling * here, Gramps!!! Tanks!!! 🙃
I know these 2 articles were already posted on the Presidential Thread earlier…But are we not entertained? I hope James O’Keefe starts his own version of Project Veritas. And Gropin’ Joe? It looks like even the mainstream media are starting to turn on him.
Joe Biden ‘Can’t Recall’ if He Has Spoken to the Mayor of East Palestine, OH (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit
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Let’s Go Brandon should have taken the Fifth.
He’s gotta be loaded up on some high-powered meds. I wouldn’t be surprised if a stroke or aneurysm puts him out of commission.
Kameltoe waiting in the wings….
A lot of good covid information in this interview of Ed Dowd on Tucker.
https://rumble.com/v2ailv0-tucker-carlson-interview-ed-dowd.html
Thanks for this, Cactus. He knows what he’s talking about all right.
Thank you Cactus. Tremendous information in this interview. I’ve been aware of the “excess deaths” for some time and when trying to share it with people, they simply refuse to believe it.
Marxist Pope Francis is cracking down on Latin Mass services (aka Tridentine Masses). He recently signed an order that will further reduce the number of approved churches that offer Latin Service.
More importantly, his efforts will ultimately eliminate Latin Mass as an option. Priests that can deliver Latin service are being phased out and newer/younger priests are prohibited from participating.
https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pope-intervenes-restrict-celebration-latin-mass-97350998
I think Pope Francis needs to be phased out.
Archbishop Vigano will not refer to him as “Pope”, GB.
It’s always ” Bergoglio”.
Yes. I used his official title for benefit of those who might not recognize the name.
I knew you had.
As GrandpaM said once, when writing never assume what is familiar to you is familiar to others. Good rule to remember.
Church St Michael Cornhill London
St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our protection against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebuke him we humbly pray; and do thou, O Prince of the Heavenly host, by the power of God, cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.
Church St Michael Cornhill the teaching of Jesus
Matthew 18:20“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
St Michael Cornhill Resurrected Jesus
I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.
C. S. Lewis
More from Lewis, C.S. (Clive Staples)
I didn’t go to religion to make me happy. I always knew a bottle of Port would do that. If you want a religion to make you feel really comfortable, I certainly don’t recommend Christianity.
Integrity is doing the right thing, even when no one is watching.
Peace, molonlabe
Peace to you , me me
Peace in Christ ☘️
☘️🌸☘️
Perhaps one of the most profoundly simple statements of faith I have ever read…and one of my favourites.
The windows are simply magnificent.
take my hand …..
Inside the Ukrainian tank brigades holding back a larger, more modern Russian force – Video
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2023/02/inside-ukrainian-tank-brigades-holding.html
Chesterton’s Requiem Mass was held at Westminster Cathedral
“These are the days when the Christian is expected to praise every creed except his own.”
G K Chesterton
Westminster Window Chester Cathedral
“If there were no God, there would be no atheists.”
G K Chesterton
Very very good work for remembering Chesterton to us, molonlabe
It’s nice remembering these great thinkers.
he was good at one-liners.
so are you , me me 🙂
We don’t see enough of the wonderful quotes of Chesterton, my friend. Thank you.
I think he would have deprecated, felt unworthy of, the great honour accorded him with his Requiem Mass at Westminster. He would, I feel, been humbled by it.
No words. Just listen.
fantastic
There you are Jeff…what can I say except the same as I always say when seeing these sweet little moggies, and hearing their precious purring…I WANT!!!😍
Hi, Betsy! I know what you mean, I have the same “problem” (as if!). Whenever I go to the pet store for supplies, I take a detour to the adoption corner and spend a few minutes chatting with the kitties there. Wish I could take them all….
A musical interlude with Andre Rieu:
Garrison would love this. Wonderful performance. Thank you!
Another with Andre Rieu; one of the loveliest pieces of music ever created (in my opinion):
I’m seeing Julie Christi now. One of the best movies ever made.
To my loss I haven’t seen the movie, but if it’s half as good as this song it ought to be a doozie. Looking through Wikipedia just now, I see that it won an Oscar for, among other things, Best Score. That doesn’t surprise me. It was also nominated for Best Picture, but narrowly lost out to The Sound of Music. Well, okay, I can see that, being that Julie Andrews is the greatest voice for, like, ever.
Happy Caturday
New York City decides to honor a black Hitler.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-elijah-muhammad-street-renaming-harlem-city-council-national-of-islam-20230216-zknnnflrtfb2felf2itz2dazj4-story.html
The package passed 47 to 0, with two abstentions.
As Bin Laden said all those years ago, “The West has all the watches; we’ve got all the time.
So goes once Christian countries in Europe…Sweden, Germany, France, Britain, the Netherlands…it seems so shall we.
Awful…
Grateful to b e part of the community. Prayers for Sundance, the Wolverines patrolling the perimeter, advisors, the Treehouse, and and for the community we have.
afternoon CountryDoc
A nice Community it is
Good afternoon, Doc! No place like out Treehouse home. Blessings to you.
We are no longer accepting things we cannot change.
We are now changing things we cannot accept.
Psalm 85(86):1-6
Show me, Lord, your way so that I may walk in your truth.
Turn your ear, O Lord, and give answer
for I am poor and needy.
Preserve my life, for I am faithful;
save the servant who trusts in you.
Show me, Lord, your way so that I may walk in your truth.
You are my God, have mercy on me, Lord,
for I cry to you all the day long.
Give joy to your servant, O Lord,
for to you I lift up my soul.
Show me, Lord, your way so that I may walk in your truth.
O Lord, you are good and forgiving,
full of love to all who call.
Give heed, O Lord, to my prayer
and attend to the sound of my voice.
Show me, Lord, your way so that I may walk in your truth.
Three days ago, I saw my 25-year-old son driving down the road with a girl in his car. I got excited. When he came to the house on Thursday morning to pick up his work truck, I asked him if he had a girlfriend that he was serious about. He looked at me and said, No. why you are asking me this. I told him I saw him with a girl in his car the other day. He said Mom when I meet the right girl you and dad will be the first to know. I asked who this young lady was, and his response made me laugh. He said it was a girl he’d met while on a service call. He asked her out to dinner, she said yes. He told me she was a Feminazi who did nothing but talk about women’s issues and that she reminded him of the women in the Wolf Women Clan. I bagged up laughing because anyone who has read the Clan of the Cave Bear book series knows what the Wolf Women were about. My son did not read the book series, but he heard me and his sister who did read it talk about it. He remembered.
Feminazi
Haven’t heard that term in a while. I like it though. The term . not the fems .
Anyone noticed the government eagerly giving away FREE covid tests (daytime TV)?
Beware.
If it’s free, from the government and they’re pushing it, it’s probably not good for you, or in this case will kill you.
It is my contention that the tests contain the same poison as the “vaccine.”
I had two covid tests in early 2021 in order to travel via air. I remember a chemical smell/burning sensation. Shortly thereafter, I developed pulmonary embolisms. Coincidence? I asked the doctors what caused this, they had no idea.
Amen
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