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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Robert F Kennedy Jr. – “Midnight At The Border” | Running on Truth | Episode 2 Video
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2023/08/robert-f-kennedy-jr-midnight-at-border.html
Very good video! Thanks for sharing.
Cats’ class next door…
Used his wife’s shampoo…
Wrong turn!?!?? Nothing is by chance 🙏🏻
There are no wrong turns… just destiny
Much comfort in knowing it, dear friend.
How anyone could do such a thing is beyond my comprehension. When I was a kid and went to the Humane Society for my dad’s dog, they would let me go into the puppy rooms and I would want to take them all home.
A Hollywood Actor Chose Animals Over Acting 35 Years Ago to Found D.E.L.T.A. Rescue
https://www.catster.com/lifestyle/animal-sanctuary-delta-feral-cat-rescue-tnr-leo-grillo-interview-pictures-photos
Thanks, Colkitto, for the link. What a kind hearted individual. I think St Francis must be smiling on this person.💕
I try from an intellectual standpoint only to put myself in others’ shoes over various issues and actions to see if I can at least try to understand the thinking that goes on in people.
On this, abortion, and the abuse of children and other examples of sheer cruelty?I can do it. There is “no other side”.
And the only answer I can come up with as to why people do what they do, like this picture, is that their wiring has been messed with somewhere along the line. Either that or they were born with pieces missing. That’s all I’ve got.
Psychopaths. There’s more of them about than one would realize; people who have no conscience, who see other people as one would see a piece of furniture, just an object, or something to be used. Think of some leading politicians who never care about anyone but themselves. They are born with a piece of their brain missing or, as you say. Betsy, their wiring is massed up. . You don’t have to be a serial killer to be a psychopath. You could run an abortion clinic and look, to some people, ‘normal’. You could relish putting the innocent in prison or having your political opponents disappear from the scene.
Like this, you mean, jb?
Oh Colkitto,
You and I are kindred Spirits. I’ve been wanting to go the Humane Society, but I know I’ll walk away with a 20 year commitment! I want them all and can’t bear to leave them when they look at me with “those eyes”.
Same💔
Afternoon ‘Woo, darlin’ . . . 🙂
Good afternoon, Garrison!
Hoping you saw my comments on your music posting this morning. Wow… did that really set the mood for a wonderful morning in peace and meditation. I think I will remember that Peace Piece forever and I just let YouTube keep playing.
Kiddo had to work 2 PM to 10 PM today and has been feeling a bit of fatigue. I made her homemade fluffy blueberry pancakes, scrambled eggs, ranch styled potatoes seasoned with onion, hothouse peppers, and homemade greek seasoning, maple sausage, orange juice, and hot Well Rested tea with honey.
She’s been working hard so today was her day to sleep in until around 11:30 AM. Thankfully, CFA is closed tomorrow – so another day of rest. She was angling to go to the Fair again tomorrow – but I think not right now. We have one more weekend to do that – so maybe next.
Sorry I’m so late in getting back. I enjoyed your morning post about Bill Evans. His was an epic period in jazz . . . which got blown away by the Beatles, rock-and-roll and the 60’s . . . but fortunately never really disappeared.
Slept in this morning and then spent hours dealing with Privacy Guard and Experian—got a warning that two companie’s with my personal info had been hacked. Talked to Privacy Guard, never could even talk to Experian despite being registered. Just now gave up on Experian. I’ll wait until Monday to talk to them.
Sounds like you are having a halcyon day (I hope) or at least a nice, less complicated, Saturday. Good for you. And, especially, good for Savannah. I’m feeling rode hard and put up wet. Be well, love . . . 🙂
“rode hard and put up wet”… that will happen to you dealing with credit agencies.
Maybe I’m not remembering, but I thought you could put your own security lock on your credit history and accounts???
I’m having a strange day. Great morning, kiddo to work without a hitch, then just feeling bothered by the news. Bothered by the political games.
Had to remind myself and my daughter this morning… that our job is to keep our eyes focused solely on HIM. Focusing on the clown show will make your eyes and head hurt.
Hit the hay early, Garrison, and rest your mind, friend
Afternoon Bet, darlin’ 🙂 Got up late today. The uncaringly mean treatment of innocent animals is a human scourge. Sadly, Youtube shows us that this sort of thing happens all the time—all around the world. Fortunately there are also good people in the world like this Amazon driver who are willing to step in and help. I can just imagine what would have happened to these little puppies if he hadn’t saved them.
And a good afternoon to you, my friend😘🤗
And God said, “Not these!”
🙏🏻💕🙏🏻💕🙏🏻💕
Chris rescued a single Blue Heeler puppy on the side of the I-35 once. His companions did not make it. Even now I am tearing up at the thought.
But the little chap he brought home the took to our local adoption centre was a sweetheart. About 6 months old. We kept him overnight as it was the weekend. He was shockingly so obedient. He’d come when called, do his business when taken outside…I wish we could have kept him💔 I know wherever he is now he will be with someone who loves him. Our adoption centre is that good.
I can’t answer for the inhuman monsters who dumped him and his brothers and sisters…
(Excuse please…gotta go grab a tissue.)
Back-in-the-day . . . My wife and I were driving back from Austin in her old Chevy truck when suddenly, seemingly out of nowhere, we say a little puppy sitting in the middle of our lane! I couldn’t do anything except position the little dog so our wheels wouldn’t hit him. We passed over the little guy but there was an 18 wheeler directly behind us . . . Fearing for the worst, we pulled onto the median. My wife and I got out expecting to find a dead or hurt puppy. Instead the little guy came running right up to us!
What happened is this. At 70 plus mph, the 18 wheeler was pushing a massive cushion of air—powerful enough to flip the little puppy into the grassy median without harm! We of course picked him up and brought him home. I remember what a nice little dog he was, perfectly content, curled up beside me on the bed. We named him “Lucky”.
Unfortunately we couldn’t keep him. I was in grad school in Austin and my wife was teaching full time. Our small apartment didn’t even have a suitable backyard. Fortunately, our postman—a very nice man who loved animals—fell in love with Lucky at first sight. There was relief all around because we all knew Lucky had found his forever home.
Someone knew both your divinely little rescued chap and the man who took him needed one another I think, Garrison. That’s the way I choose to view this beautiful story…
Again…
And God said, Not this one!” 🙏🏻💕
https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=true+love+bing+crisby+and+grace+kelly&view=detail&mid=C856EBC6E75274BE77DDC856EBC6E75274BE77DD&FORM=VIRE
-true love 🎼
Good morning dear friend and mother of dear friend 💕🕊💕
Big sighing going on here. Took me by surprise.
Those were the days of genuine Hollywood stars and their movies, where one could escape to a theatre for a couple of hours and forget one’s troubles.
And gone are the women like the elegant Grace Kelly who was queenly from the start until the day she died. Effortlessly glamorous and feminine.
“Chivalry isn’t dead. It just went wherever femininity has gone.”
Thanks, girl, for that memorable clip 😘
A wonderful description of the incomparable Grace Kelly: “Effortlessly glamorous and feminine.”
Thank you, Betsy.
Most welcome, aDoozy. She really was…even without makeup in “The Country Girl”
Looking back, there are several fine names who when they died I truly mourned, realizing each who passed marked the ending of an era.
John Wayne was one.
Grace Kelly and the dapper, always gentlemanly David Niven were two more. And both were great good friends.
Afternoon Patience, darlin’ 🙂
I absolutely loved the clip, and I thank you dearly, Patience.
Two of my favorite stars.
Ya killin me smallz 🤣 😂 🤣 😂
I “borrowed” Savannah’s shampoo and conditioner again this morning
Herbal Essences “Argan Oil” is intoxicating!! Oh my goodness! Never would have thought to buy this brand… hers are usually rather expensive.
Her auburn mane has its own zip code.
Ooooooo!!!! Must try!
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻!!
Morning, girl🌻😁😘👍🏻
That note went in the wrong place, Bets. Meant to be under the lion with Farrah hair. You lend such richness to this thread, friend. Love to you and Chris.
What a beautiful thing to say, sweet lady….and I do most sincerely from my heart –>💕
I second that!
You are such a treasure, dear friend…never doubt it😘
Always remember…🙏🏻
Good morning Bet and JWoo! He paid the full price, praise the Name of Jesus!
Good morning, dear bro💕 praising and exalting His name forever🙏🏻🕊
Every minute of every day!
Just gotback from working outandpickingup Nipper. We were going to go to graeat grandmas and make sure that her feta cheese pastry turned out ok but while I was taking a shower Nipper fell asleep so now Im in a holding pattern. 🙂 We are waiting also on Violet and her dad to arrive in about an hour. Hes got a burr up his butt today to come and spray the milions of red wasps. I’ma let him do it while the kids and I spend some time at the pool. Praise the Lord it is covered. Dont feel like baking in the sun. 😍😘.
Dang!!! Red wasps? That many?? We see then here and there here bit usually only the odd one. Wonder what it is about your place which attracts them🤔
And no!!!! Don’t you get out in that sun, G. It is murderous. Cooler this more King here but I knew it was only a respite…and sure enough.
I made myself look at the forecast for the next 10 days and it will be more of the same.
Our automatic gate stopped working the other day. We phoned the company who had been out before. He thought it was the circuit board, worst luck… $1000. But we told him we couldn’t because of medical bills which are only now dribbling in.
He said he understood having been through the same thing and knocked enough off a new one so that we decided to bite the bullet. These days we never know who is roaming around the neighbourhood.
But when he replaced it the problem turned out to be the ram…gone. I won’t tell you how much, and again we said beyond our reach, but again he said they had a reconditioned one he would do for the same price as the now reduced new board. Two blessings right there…
(sorry so long…there is a point which you will see in a moment…😎)
So yesterday in the blazing insufferable heat, A young man came out who had been here before. He remembered Chris as “the Brit guy” and set to work.
He was here all day and Chris was out with him for a lot of it. That heat was so bad, G, it affected his breathing and wore him slap out. Of course my pleas to get his rear end inside were ignored. I kept sending out lots of water but…😠😠😠
So you please be careful. We oldsters have to look out for one another🙏🏻
(Bonus: The third blessing…This young man is a man of deep faith and we talked forever. Beautiful young family, two of his own and a little girl about Miss Violet’s age whom he and his wife adopted at 8 months old from a mother who through drug use was incapable. A hard, happy worker for his family and for his Saviour🙏🏻💕)
Tell Chris to stay out of the sun, Bet. 102 here today. Spent a couple of hours with the kids at the pool. It was hot but out of the sun and the water was perfect. Got a little swimming in for the first time after the surgery. it felt good.
A cold watermelon after the pool tasted so good but my low carbs for the day are left behind somewhere in the rear view mirror.
Now I’m trying to chill at my laptop with two screaming wrestling kids on the bed with me. Love it. ❤️
I did tell him, dear friend… sigh…
Oh my…needed the big smile you just gave me, G😁💕
Thinking just yesterday about the now grown grandlads and their sister all three sitting or lying on our bed eating their lunch and watching appropriate movies for children…or playing with play-doh.
Sunrise, Sunset…and those times are done.
Enjoy, enjoy, ENJOY!!! Tomorrow you’ll be at their high school graduation😉😘
Good morning Grandpa M. Praise the Lord!
🙏😃
Afternoon, Gramps 🙂
Afternoon Garrison!
Happy “cartoons and cereal day” everyone.
thoughts and prayers for all of our silent treebranchers.
God morning, Slowcobra, and AMEN right along side you.
Good morning, Slowcobra…always💕🕊
Good morning, Slowcobra. No cartoons this am, but had my tea and cereal.
Missing Levi and all our silent treebranchers. We will meet them on the other side, I know they are waiting there to greet all us treepers.
Have a great day.
Not really a cartoon but they stand alone in their greatness. Highly recommended for those with children/grandchildren of the right age.
Davey And Goliath | Episode 1 | Lost in a Cave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXastIhIuaY
Oh my goodness!!! Thanks for that memory, Colkitto!!! I’d forgotten what a wonderful show that was for little ones 💕🙏🏻
My favorite cartoon and intro to Japanese Animation along with the later StarBlazers. Now I’m Studio Ghibli with the Miyazaki genius.
No cultural marxist PC in their toons
Filmed in … SUPERMARIONATION!!!
This was a superb program for budding sci-fi and rocket era freaks like my late brother and I
Morning all 😊😎👍🏻
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The 45th President of the United States is expected to address Iowans at the Iowa State Fair and walk the fairgrounds.
Coverage expected to begin at 12:30 PM ET on RSBNETWORK…….THEY ALWAYS COVER PRESIDENT TRUMP, ALWAYS.
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Thanks Cactus.
Lord I’m getting old! Been trying to figure out why the rain gauge for my new weather station isn’t working and finally gave up! I have that rain gauge mounted on the rail of the deck away from the house. Yesterday I bough an old fashioned rain gauge. This morning I went out and mounted the rain gauge and then got ready to take off the one for the weather station. For whatever reason, before I unscrewed it I checked the batteries in it. They were in backwards! Duh!!!
Fixed that and came in an set the main unit to search for the rain gauge and it found it and now reads 0.00 instead of the dash marks it did show. So now perhaps it will work. I can check it’s data with the old fashioned one I guess.
Welcome to our world😂
Morning Rah! You’ll catch the next rain.
Have this feeling in my bones we are going to have an interesting winter. You would know better than I with the science to back it up.
Ya know, here in my part of Texas, my rain gauge hasn’t registered rain for so long,
………..I’m thinking about sending it back to Sears & Roebuck for a refund
……………..I have the receipt that shows a lifetime guarantee.
Yes, but whose lifetime? Yours or Sears? There isn’t much of anything left after multiple bankruptcies. Better act fast, but I suspect promises like that would have been voided.
Sorry, I left off the “/s” after “guarantee.”
I kinda miss that ol’ Sears & Roebuck.
My grandad, may he rest in peace, a 100 years ago bought two 2-story house building kits, complete with basements, from Sears. They were delivered on railcars to his local train yard.
America and American’s are exceptional.
“They were delivered on railcars to his local train yard.”
The detail plans and the lumber and the all the fixtures and supplies needed to build the house were on the railcar.
And the plans included the statement: “All assembly required.”
😂😂😂
My grandmother once wanted my uncle to look at the wiring for the closet light, it was driving her nuts…there was no bulb in the socket 🤣🤣🤣
Hahahahaaaaaaa!!!!!
I microwaved a small something the other day. My Welsh friend calls microwaves “the Dings”.
So when it dinged, I opened it to find nothing in it!
A little shocked and perplexed for a split second. Looked left and saw the thing I meant to warm up…in full view.
Oh dear…
Yesterday as I was heading out for Fredericksburg I looked for my wallet and it wasnt in it’s usual place. Not a biggie, probably left it in the truck. Looked in, nope, not there, either. Than looked at my hand with phone, car keys, and you guessed it, the wallet. LOL!
LOLOLOL!!!
Afternoon rah! I’ll tell you what I keep telling Busy Lizzie, glasses are your friend. 🙂
Quarter To Three
Gary U.S. Bonds
JOHNNY OTIS SHOW_
Willie And The Hand Jive(1958)
My goal today is to clean out a “catch-all” room, which has my “I swear I’m going to have a rummage sale” stuff…all going to Goodwill today, except….looking through the books, I came across my children’s college books. I glanced through them and they’re FULL of outright lies and leftist propaganda. These books are going in the burn pile, not Goodwill. My part of stopping the indoctrination.
You go girl!!! I’ve got matches in case you’re short😎
… and those are just the math books, huh?
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DAY # 6 – MIDDAY PRAYER
Psalm 91. The most powerful prayer from the Bible. Pray it seven times. God’s protection, healing.
Amen, Amen🙏🏻
Afternoon duchess! One of my favorites.
Good to hear, Gramps !!! ❤️
Have been doing this 7-day prayer for 4 weeks now for Rah’s Nkki !!!
He has been so busy we have not had an update – 🥺
Still praying for her..🙏🙏🙏
HAVE A BERRY BLESSED DAY !!! ❤️💙💜
Don’t know if I’m late to the party ,, my Son just txted me this .. Wow !
🧐 “…that’s his _____ plane” 😉
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I came across this video, about 15 mins, done in a simple manner, just a doctor talking about vitamin D3 and its great value to our health.
His main point was that the official daily recommended dose is laughably small. We need much more than that amount recommended. Not many studies done to prove its effectiveness, he says, but of course, no profit for ‘big pharma’ so they are unlikely to ever do a meaningful study.
A lot of people are now taking 5000 units a day, from learning about its ability to work with Zinc to fight viruses. Dr. Campbell says you can take even more. He mentioned 8000 units for people over 70. He says it protects against Dementia. Vitamin D3 is inexpensive, is easy to take, small capsules each with 1.000 units , some with 2500 units, some in an organic olive oil. Some in little white tablets.
Take a look at this, jb.
I’ve saved it for ages.
Principia Scientific is an every day read for me, a British site which collects worthwhile and useful articles/news in one spot. Often on topics which are not mainstream.
I highly recommend a daily review.
https://principia-scientific.com/high-dose-vitamin-d-may-treat-incurable-diseases/
Thanks, Betsy. it looks like a really good source. Great minds think alike.:-))
From the vault.
Always love the chosen soundtrack = perfect!
Beware of the music…..in the 2nd one = headache “worthy”.
JUST FOR FUN
I LOVE LUCY – “Lucy in the Country” – Compilation – Season 6
hahaha good stuff. thx.
Most welcome, Tex – needed a break from mental work –
and this helped !!! 🥺
Laughter always does it for me…..big time. “Blooper”reels are TOPS in my book.
I LOVE LUCY – “The Best of I Love Lucy” – Season 3 – Compilation
🔥
WOW !!! OH – WOW !!! ❤️❤️❤️
NO WORDS❣️❣️❣️❣️ 😊😊😊😊
How wonderful…..he can take his mind off the hate for a bit.
Not one of those fools would ever be able to experience moments like this e.v.e.r.
They are consumed in darkness.
Persecution of Christians. Pray for the Chinese people.
https://www.wnd.com/2023/08/chinese-communists-now-claim-jesus-sinner/
What an absolute masterpiece of a song … from Paul’s halting sharp acoustic notes to George’s brilliant bouncy bass line … to the several bridges and gorgeous harmonies. Sorry … but The Beatles will ALWAYS reign supreme over the R&R era. So creative. So innovative. So simple a starting structure with layers upon layers of musical quirks and nuance.
Iconic…no question, Kenji.
My husband, a Brit, used to take the ferry across the Mersey (sound familiar😉) to the Cavern to listen to them just before they hit the big time. Back then they were the hometown boys…
Talk about an experience!!!
Im still living the British Invasion … so MUCH talent from every quarter of the British Isles. Oh to live Mersyside in those days … hard scrabble blue collar days
Yeah, I’m a sucker for ANY song backed by a Rickenbacker …
Oh thanks for this, my friend. Blue collar is dead right. Hard working and little to show for it. Loved my 20 years there. In fact, I’ve really never left.💕
Love the Zombies. I switched to British Invasion the last few years
As much as I love Colin Bluestone’s voice … it’s Rod Argent who Carrie’s the band. Drop in at 1:37 to hear his incredible Hammand Organ solo … but he’s vamping on the keyboards throughout the entire tune. I LOVE ME some Rod Argent.
This fantastic BLIND woman plays Rod Argent’s long version of Hold Your Head High on the Hammond organ brilliantly! And she nails the solo (drop in at 2:00) … an organ solo that Rick Wakeman claimed was the great organ solo in Rock music EVER!
High Praise. But it’s great watching Rachel Flowers play Rod’s music with her fingers flying over the two levels of the keyboards and flipping all the sound effects as she goes. It really illustrates the genius of Rod Argent … starting with The Zombies.
And speaking of Rick Wakeman … I don’t think many people know that he wrote and played the piano for Cat Stevens Morning has Broken. And for his efforts, he made $12.00 … that he was never paid. And because Cat Stevens producers never gave music credits to anyone on Cat Stevens albums … nobody ever knew it was Rick Wakeman’s genius that created Stevens greatest #1 hit record.
And this song was not only a great hit because of Wakeman’s lush and creative arrangement of this Hymn … but also because it came out in the middle of the “Jesus Freak” movement in the late 60’s and early 70’s. I should know … because I was one … of the “Jesus Freaks”. Young people who gave their lives to Christ Jesus. I cannot tell you how much we played “Morning Has Broken” in our high school Young Life gatherings … where I gave my life to Christ. I suppose I should thank Rick Wakeman for his unwitting contribution to God’s Kingdom … for his unwitting contribution to my own life and walk with Christ … but I suppose God has already touched Wakeman’s heart … when he agreed to play the traditional Hymn Morning Has Broken for Cat Stevens and told Cat that it was a beautiful piece of music. Yeah, a beautiful piece of music that Wakeman was inspired to turn into a Tour de Force.
My grandma!! What big feet you have!!
Family Portrait💕
Cat Not Included…
But it could be 😉
Never forget
Remember Bengazi
No worries there, monti. The listof what we will never forget grows longer.
Sickening.
How strange, coincidently just like Europe and the U.S. Could it be that the deranged ‘little leaders’ of the WEF are involved.
https://tnc.news/2023/08/10/ratiod-this-ruining-canada/
..”Food banks are filling up with immigrants, housing shelters are filling up with asylum seekers and Canadians can no longer afford to live in the cities they grew up in.”
Same in most Western large cities. London is unrecognizable.
hmmm
🤔 🧐 😵
How incredibly beautiful they are.
EVENING REFLECTION
‘Rich Men North of Richmond’ Viral Hitmaker Oliver Anthony
The Virginia resident is resonating with music listeners, thanks to his song raging against greed and injustice.
8/11/2023
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Virginia country singer Oliver Anthony, a former factory worker, is going viral thanks to his song “Rich Men North of Richmond,” a scathing tale of greed and injustice that is rapidly being embraced and promoted by right-wing pundits.
A video, posted by radiowv, shows Anthony offering an acoustic performance, funneling the pain, frustration and angst of the working class into lines that rage against greedy rich men. The song takes on high taxes, abuse of welfare, and selfish politicians, with lyrics that have resonated mightily with music listeners.
Elsewhere, he sings, “Lord, we got folks in the street, ain’t got nothing to eat and the obese milking welfare/ Well God, if you’re 5-foot-3 and you’re 300 pounds/ Taxes ought not to pay for your bags of fudge rounds.”…
5 Things You Need to Know
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…has surpassed 2 million views, just two days after its release on YouTube. “Rich Men From North Richmond” has also surged to No. 1 on the iTunes Country chart, outpacing the former chart leader, Jason Aldean’s controversial track “Try That in a Small Town.”
… “The last part of the song, it touches on suicide rates and really on mental health and depression. There’s no reason why young men and women in this country should be committing suicide.
@SJM6791
18 hours ago
This is not a song. It’s an anthem for 80+ million Americans who have been smeared, ignored, mocked, slandered, and robbed by their own government. Thank you Oliver Anthony!
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Good Night Psalms. Heavenly Father, as I lay down to rest, I find solace in Your presence.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62_brTyf6H0
Here’s your pink rose to close out your day sweet lady.
Oh How Beautiful, Tex !!! Thank You !!! 💖💖💖
You are so sweet !!! 🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️🧚🏻♀️
God is good, God is great:
https://www.breitbart.com/faith/2023/08/12/video-glory-to-god-maui-church-remains-standing-after-disastrous-wildfires/
This happened once, in Champion, WI……….
https://www.wearegreenbay.com/news/local-news/remembering-the-miracle-of-the-great-peshtigo-fire-and-the-anniversary-of-the-apparition-of-the-virgin-mary/