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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Good Morning Garrison!
Another day is here. Another wish for good, happy happenings for everyone! ❤️
With a personal note of gratitude from me….never heard hem till your posting. Each one built on the last, beautifully choreographed ❤️ listening took me on a memory journey and left me smiling. And wondering about my future. Thank you Garrison for a sunny spot in the twilight hours! 😘
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These are lovely, set a wonderful tone to start the day.
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Mother Maybelle is glorious. Thanks for posting this. 🙂
29 April 1967
Aretha Franklin releases “Respect”, a song that will become her signature tune and go on to win two Grammy Awards in 1968 for Best Rhythm & Blues Recording and Best Rhythm & Blues Solo Vocal Performance, Female.
29 April 1972
A Detroit, Michigan band called Gallery enters the Billboard Hot 100 with “Nice To Be With You”, which will rise to #4 during its 13 week run. They will follow with two more Top 20 hits, “I Believe In Music” (#22) and “Big City Miss Ruth Ann” (#23) over the next eight months.
29 April 1975
RSO Records releases The Bee Gees‘ “Main Course”, the album that will bring the Gibb brothers back to the top of the music scene. The record contains two Billboard Top Ten hits, “Jive Talkin” and “Nights on Broadway”.
Good Morning rebel! Excellent choices today.
Respect, it’s so nice to be with you, and jive talking. 😝
Sounds like a description of our treehouse visits with our friends and our coffee talk about fooci booci!!!!! 😜
Afternoon, Feral Cat
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NATIONAL SHRIMP SCAMPI DAY – APRIL 29
Yumm…looks good….send it up please….I’m not coming down till?
Good mornong, Cat.💓 The only thing missing is a piece of crusty bread to mop those delicious juices.
Good morning Betsy! 💗Spent the day yesterday in San Antonio with mom. Still in town this morning. Will have my next vein procedure a little later. Didn’t have time to check in here all day yesterday. Hooked up the laptop to the tv for mom to watch OANN, just in time to find out that the Georgia rino sec of state contracted a ultra lib company to run the 2022 Georgia elections. Talking about a brazen scum bag. The a$$hole is getting ready for another steal.
Good morning, G…what?? Another one?? Oh golly! Knowing nothing about them, I’d thought one leg, then another, then done. You’ve tolerated them so well, I’m sure this one will be the same. Nevertheless, prayers are up from on me. All will be well, I’m sure.
And I’m so glad you are with your mother. Your company has to be a blessing for her… one day at a time. 🙏
And yes!!! He does look like a chief member of the mafia. Crooked right down to the last hair on his corrupt head. It makes the heart sink.
A rat in a rino skin.
Stick a Nazi uniform on him and the picture is complete.
The last two were from the knee up, now it’s from the knee down. 😁
This time there are no compression stockings, praise the Lord! Just a bandage for 3 days.
Oh.good…those things are awful!!!
Good Morning Betsy and Grandpa! Love these daily doubles!! ❤️
Betsy, be a dear, if you’ve got any to spare, and toss up a delicious morsel of that bread you’re baking, please?
Grandpa, any way to hook up the internets up here?
Looks like I may be up here for a while 🤭 love ya guys ❤️
We’ll, not sure, but where I am my only 2 choices are to use the cell signal or satellite. Cell signal is pretty weak in the house, 1 bar and sometimes does funky things while you’re talking so we opted for satellite Internet. Had Hughes for many years but the service got progressively worse so we finally switched to Viasat. For about $150 a month we get 100 GB of data which we normally don’t exceed and the download speeds are decent. They promise up to 50 megabits download speed but in the mornings we often get over 100 and the slowest speed is in the 40ies so it’s very livable. Even the couple of times that we exceeded our monthly allowance the speed slowed down a bit only in the afternoons, early evenings when everyone gets on. And that’s only for a day or two until it resets.
I’ll have to call on my daughter…the one with the triplets and a spare, to bake that bread, Cat. I’m a nonstarter in that department. But she, amazing mother, teacher, and cook that she is, will be happy to oblige…guaranteed.😘
Morning, Cat! ❤️
My wife loves it. She always gets a dinner with that when I take her to Red Lobster.
The above serving is just a mouthful!! Where’s the rest of it??
This what she always orders and sometimes, if really hungry, orders an extra 1/2 lb. of crab legs to boot:
Ultimate Feast® | Red Lobster Seafood Restaurants
Yum!!!!
Franklin’s Fearless Forecast…
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April 29 Oswald Chambers
Gracious Uncertainty
…it has not yet been revealed what we shall be… —1 John 3:2
Our natural inclination is to be so precise– trying always to forecast accurately what will happen next– that we look upon uncertainty as a bad thing. We think that we must reach some predetermined goal, but that is not the nature of the spiritual life. The nature of the spiritual life is that we are certain in our uncertainty. Consequently, we do not put down roots. Our common sense says, “Well, what if I were in that circumstance?” We cannot presume to see ourselves in any circumstance in which we have never been.
Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life– gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. To be certain of God means that we are uncertain in all our ways, not knowing what tomorrow may bring. This is generally expressed with a sigh of sadness, but it should be an expression of breathless expectation. We are uncertain of the next step, but we are certain of God. As soon as we abandon ourselves to God and do the task He has placed closest to us, He begins to fill our lives with surprises. When we become simply a promoter or a defender of a particular belief, something within us dies. That is not believing God– it is only believing our belief about Him. Jesus said, “…unless you…become as little children…” (Matthew 18:3). The spiritual life is the life of a child. We are not uncertain of God, just uncertain of what He is going to do next. If our certainty is only in our beliefs, we develop a sense of self-righteousness, become overly critical, and are limited by the view that our beliefs are complete and settled. But when we have the right relationship with God, life is full of spontaneous, joyful uncertainty and expectancy. Jesus said, “…believe also in Me” (John 14:1), not, “Believe certain things about Me”. Leave everything to Him and it will be gloriously and graciously uncertain how He will come in– but you can be certain that He will come. Remain faithful to Him.
WISDOM FROM OSWALD CHAMBERS
The great word of Jesus to His disciples is Abandon. When God has brought us into the relationship of disciples, we have to venture on His word; trust entirely to Him and watch that when He brings us to the venture, we take it.
I think he just defined “hope”.
My soul, wait in silence for God only, for my hope is from Him.
~~Psalm 62:5~~
This should be taught in school again:
“A woman shall not wear anything that pertains to a man, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment, for all who do so are an abomination to the LORD your God.” Deut 22:5 NKJV
Let’s bring fun back!!!!
Thanks citizen!!!
Good Morning c! ❤️
April 29
MORNING
Consider how great things He hath done for you. I Sam. 12:24
Thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness to humble the, and to prove the, to know what was in thine heart whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no. Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that as a man chastenth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee. Deut. 8:2, 5
I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me. It is good for me that I have been afflicted; that I might learn thy statutes. Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word. Psa. 119:75, 71, 67
The LORD hath chastened me sore: but he hath not given me over unto death. Psa. 118:18
He hath not dealt with us after our sins, nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the heaven is high above the earth so great is his mercy toward them that fear him. He knoweth our frame. He remembereth that we are dust. Psa. 103:10,11,14
Daily Light, J. Bagster
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Endless WinterPosted on April 29, 2022 by tonyheller
We have three big snowstorms headed to Wyoming during the first week of May. Our daffodils were killed by 4F temperatures last week.
Endless Winter | Real Climate Science
Mornin’ comrade infidels.
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.
Verse of the Day for Friday, April 29, 2022
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“And ye shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.”
Matthew 10:22 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
I know we haven’t reached rock bottom…but if this isn’t close…
On Thursday , May 12, at 7:30, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 412 N Main St, Greenville South Carolina, there will be the following…
“Drag Me to Church, featuring The Lady Douche”
Pastor Mark Burns, friend of Mr Trump, has tweeted
“I’m calling for a massive protest on this day in Greenville, SC. This evil should not go unchecked. If you are interested in helping me out together massive protest, DM or email [email protected].
We need to fight for the Future of our Children. We are organizing a zoom call.”
The site “His Glory” retweeted Pastor Burns’s urgent message with their own “Yes, we will help”.
My aunt was a devout Lutheran. Her parents were Swedish. For those not familiar with what has happened to the churches in Sweden, I can tell you, it is tragic. This is a sacrilege and blasphemy which this particular church doesn’t understand.
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has just effectively ended all challenges to the Texas Abortion law. Next up…Roe v Wade.🙏
Happy Birthday Willie Nelson………..89 today. God Bless You Man.
America’s greatest living songwriter? I say yes.
And long may he wave . . . 🙂
All that hard living, and he’s still standing.
Good morning Betsy!
He was at a small venue in Dallas, many moons ago…I was there, I had no idea who he was.
I am of the opinion its that “plant based diet” of his….LOL.
Many moons ago there was a small nightclub on Greenville Ave called “Whiskey River”. Willie was part owner, saw him there a few times – early 1980s. ????
Afternoon, Aggiegirl💓 Hahahaha!! I’m sure that’s part of it. Say 80%. The rest liquid.
Musk has not made changes yet apparently. Just so you know, Pierre Gosselin of NoTricksZone has one of the greatest climate skeptic blogs to be found. He has both German and English versions.
Twitter Doubling Down On Their Evil | Real Climate Science
Ok! for some reason a post of mine on climate models got caught in moderation. Let me try again here:
Claim: Unchecked Global Emissions on Track to Initiate Mass Extinction of Marine Life – Watts Up With That?
Computer models are good tools for many in science. However those used in “climate science” start with the assumption that higher levels of atmospheric CO2 than we have now are bad and will eventually be fatal. Nearly every day it seems some new peer reviewed study comes out claiming ecological disaster if the rise of CO2 is not stopped.
The geologic record does not support their claims. And the temperature records do not support their claims that CO2 is the control knob of weather and climate. But they keep pumping out this kind of propaganda in ever growing amounts.
The greatest explosion of marine life in the fossil record occurred during the Ordovician through Silurian periods during which atmospheric CO2 levels ran over 4,500 and never dropped below 3,000 ppm. (As high as 7,000 ppm during the Cambrian).
The fossils of the first jawed fish and many other orders of marine life like hard corals and sponges first appear in the rocks from that roughly 1 million year span of time.
So why would anyone believe this modeled junk?
Ok mods. What is objectionable about my post on CO2 levels? Twice blocked.
Thank you!
It just wound up in the trash and I don’t know why. Nothing wrong or objectionable, which I guess means some word was on our blacklist. I must confess that I do not know this stuff like Ad rem does. Anyhow, just got home and saw you in the garbage. I promise, it wasn’t us!
Thank you. I can’t figure it out.
Say it Loud
Say it PROUD
Dzien Dobry (good morning)
Well, it’s official.
Today the days God has given me to walk this beautiful earth now number 80 years.
I am humbled by memories of the wondrous ways I have spent the time.
I cherish friends and family who have traveled with me.
Happy Birthday ms Idaho………….
Happy Birthday, Ms idaho!
May God grant you many years
Happy birthday day ms Idaho! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 🎉 🎂 🥂
Love your bunny – thank you. Captures how I feel exactly – ears down, mouth pursed, eyes bleary…
I have a birthday wish that probably won’t come thru
Anybody heard from Mungrel ?
Happy birthday, darlin’!
Happy Brithday and many more.
Happy Birthday, ms idaho! 🎂
Happy birthday, ms Idaho. If you were here I’d make you a queen of sheba chocolate almond cake. I am 8 months older.
makes my mouth water – yum.
Doc says I don’t just have a sweet tooth – I have 32 of them
my trouble with sweets -> I’m like the hotel California – the carbs can get in, but they can never get out
ps – are you 8 months older, or 8 months wiser?
you still have all your teeth. I’m jealous.
Thank you all for the good wishes. If I had a neat pix of a bouquet of flowers I’d post it here
🙂 🙂 🙂 instead
we’re off to collect $$ from the bank – then go spend it (on groceries)
Normal East Idaho wx – cool , windy and cloudy
ooooh
A rufus hummer (I think) sipping from a trumpet vine
How ABSOLUTELY PERFECT
Both as a gift for me and for my thanks to all of you
Oh HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ms idaho!!!
Are you sure you counted correctly?? Because you don’t sound anywhere near that age🤔. At any rate, I wish you the happiest of days. Think of it as the number of years the world has been enjoying your company💖🎂🎉 And may you keep us here company for many more!!
Yup 2022 minus 1942 …
Is that ‘enjoying my company’ called share and share alike?
In terms of ‘how I sound’, the brain doesn’t do too bad (for an old broad), but the eyes are worrysome.
One day I’ll give you the saga from the last 3 or 4 years.
When folks ask me how I am doing the answer is
‘Plodding relentlessly onward’.
and
‘Doing the best I can with what I’ve got’ is a close 2nd…
Good for you!!💓 Stay where you are, and I’ll catch up with you in a few more!🤗🎉
wszystkiego najlepszego z okazji urodzin , 🙂
Thank you
I have no memory that anyone ever said that to me in Polish –
thos my memory may be slightly inept
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Happy Birthday ms Idaho! Hope I’m not too late….perhaps in time for afternoon tea? 😀
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Hey – that looks a lot like the ‘birthday desert’ I had at our local fancy eatin’ joint.
They only gave me one candle tho…
Combine the pix with the real thing – I enjoyed every bite
Thank you
Happy Birthday, ms Idaho. Have a great day!!
Ms idaho, I should’ve gone and had a sanders cream puff hot fudge in your honor! Or a vernor’s float!
happy birthday!
oh – how I miss those Sanders Cream Puff Hot Fudge sundaes
If you are somewhere you can get one, please think of me as you enjoy it
Until recently I had a can of Vernor’s – but the cans never were anything like the original – just better than any other ginger aile…
There is a straight line reference from every single dead Ukranian/Russian man woman and child, stacked like firewood in the streets, exsanguinating into the gutter, to the American State Department, Republican and Liberal Neocons, the scumbags on K Street, Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin and the Deep State killers who have for the last 75 years “Interfered” in elections all over the world.
This is still another Gulf Of Tonkin, WMD, American initiated conflict that grinds up innocent people into a ideological wood chipper in order to maintain the power and cash cows that lubricate the Neocon War Machine.
Here is a list of governments America has overthrown just since 1950.
https://williamblum.org/ess…
Bet your children’s eyesight on it, in 2014, WE OVERTHREW A DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT IN UKRAINE.
Just the other day, we told China, that if they put military installations anywhere near the Solomon Islands, it would be war. No doubt, this should indicate, that if Putin wanted to place missiles north of Buffalo, or, South of El Paso, we would invade Canada and Mexico to stop it.
In 1996, the Russians, sensing the encroaching NATO alliance, threatened war if it went into Ukraine. Putin was categorically clear on this over the decades, but, hell no…, Ukraine was the best money laundering, pay for play, no show job machine for Washington politicians since The Clinton Foundation (In fact, Ukraine, one of the poorest countries in the world and certainly in Europe, was the NUMBER ON DONER TO THE CLINTON FOUNDATION.).
John McCain, Romney, Pelosi, Graham and so very many of our politicians are guilty of literally starting this war, in order to continue the illegal siphoning of tax payer cash into their coffers.
It’s shameful, it is, absolutely murder and this is not the first time that the scumbag killers in Washington D.C. have stepped over innocents in order to make bank.
The scales are quickly falling from our eyes. We are looking in the mirror and realizing what we’ve been for decades. It is not pretty. And there in DC, in Congress, sit our senators and representatives who have profited from death and destruction, using our tax dollars and in turn being paid by the lobbyists of the Military Industrial Complex.
There was a time, in the cocoon of naivety and ignorance I lived in, couldn’t understand why so many people and countries across the globe hated Americans. That they did was inexplicable to me. I, for one, finally understand.
Does God shed His grace on us as a country anymore?
2 Chronicles 7:14 – “then, if my people, who bear my name, will humble themselves, pray, seek my face and turn from their evil ways, I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin and heal their land.”
The folk running the show obviously believe everything is all hunky dory (at least for them) so don’t expect them to “turn from their evil ways” – at least not until it becomes painfully clear.
Many of us on the other hand are only too aware of what is at stake here. – Thank God for His grace.
Amen Oldspeak. I’m fixing myself, a long-term project, with His mercy and grace. Others will have to be responsible for themselves.
And 2 Chronicles 7:14 is what I always think of.
How about a bit of Gershwin, Porgy & Bess
If you’re gonna do Porgy and Bess you MUST do Summertime (from the movie).
IMHO
I bought a scratchy-sound DVD of the movie from France, its been locked away by the family for some reason. The music by itself is available, but the movie is rare. Beautiful music from another era
I never did find a CD – but I do have mp3 files from a record. I’ll see if I can find out how to post from my computer ???
Mornin’ Treepers
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
Amen!
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.
Bright Friday
Bright Week in the Orthodox Christian Church
Paschal Troparion
Christ is risen from the dead, by death hath He trampled down death, and on those in the graves hath He bestowed life. (sung thrice)
Christ is risen!
Truly He is risen!
Indeed, He is Risen!
Blessings, Sepp
Yesterday’s WSJ has an article on the Stonehenge exibition now in England. Reading down in the 11 comments a much older site in Turkey was mentioned the GOBEKLI TEPE. I had never heard of it. about 300 miles from Mt Ararat. Betsy have you seen Stonehenge? any other treepers ever hear of gobekli tepe???
First heard about the Turkish site on some TV show. Never can trust those shows. Are their experts recognized as experts or are they crackpots? But then our understanding changes all the time, so whatever you learn today from the Museum may not be considered right ten years from now. And that is from the recognized experts.
Stonehenge is one of those places that has had recent changes in our understanding.
Here is an article from a couple years ago on the 12,000 year old Turkish site.
Lost Civilisations of Anatolia: Göbekli Tepe – World History Encyclopedia
Yes, there was a show about it on the History channel or the like before they went full bore reality tv.
Thanks, Jim. Seems to me a lot of our “understanding” depends on who gets funded and by what entity and what agenda is being pushed. merrie
I have, merrie. The time to visit it is in the early dawn when there are essentially no people there, though in its botched up way, British has touristified it. Food vans, parking, tour coaches all take away from its visual power…and that’s just terrible.
Plus it has been sectioned off so no one can walk amongst at the stones. I sort of understand that…to keep them intact so they are not exposed to whatever damage incessant touching (and other things) may occur.
Every year on the summer soltice, the druids show up to, I’ll call it, worship at Stonehenge, verrrry early in the morning.
They are impressive, I can tell you. How they were lifted into position is still a wonder to me, especially the topping stones. We can guess, but I suspect we’ll never know for sure .
Another place I SO wished I had had the chance to see before the psychopaths made their move. One of my English ancestral homes is not far from the Salisbury Plain.
One of the theories is that all the megalithic sites around the world are nephillim technology.
Haven’t been to Stonehenge but Newgrange in Ireland is certainly impressive. also, I’ve heard that the so called American Stonehenge i the Northeast USA aligns perfectly with Stonehenge in England.
I have seen some of those northeastern US stones. Decades ago I joined a group touring to look at them. One of them was in Connecticut, and we saw some others also. Huge rocks, “dolmens”, deliberately placed, but how?
https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/6-mysterious-stone-structures-new-england/
Yes, merrie, I have heard of Gobekli Tepe before. Fascinating site. There are other tepes around that area as well.
Morning Ya’ll , 🙂
Those remind me of this… from 1959
For Garrison and Friends. Happened upon this site today and there are some beautiful photos of New England.
John Vose – Official Website (pixels.com)
Good mor…er…afternoon, parichute!!!💓 Wow!! Where is the day going??? Almost time for our afternoon coffee!
Hi there B – had a lunch date with my son so I’ve only popped in and out – a very late good morning to you too! (steaming cup of coffee)
Oh how lovely. I know you enjoyed that! Just wonderful. Life’s simple pleasure, enjoying time with our grownup offspring.
Just remembering when Fiddler on the Roof came out, and the song Sunrise, Sunset. I was young, had no children, and so after it caught on and was played ad nauseum, I thought if I never hear that song again, that’ll be fine with me.
Fast forwarding to when my children were grown with lives of their own, marrying and then their own children…I rewatched the film, and when it got to that song, it didn’t get two bars in before I was a blubbering mess. Even thinking about that song means I need to reach the tissues. Funny that, no?
“Tis funny that B. (hanky emoji) My dad LOVED that movie and songs. I think I knew then that he was already wistful… he was one to shed a tear or two at appropriate times, I inherited weepiness and my grown up son is a big softie too. What a good man he turned out to be despite our ups and downs when he was growing up. My favorite was If I were a Rich Man, I think because of all the teedle-deedle-dos and puddie-puddie-pumms
I loved that one as well. And the one sung as they all enter the Sabbath. And the one he and she sing…Do You Still Love Me. Heck! I loved them all. Topal was so well cast.
And my love for that movie increased each time I saw it as my knowledge of those times also increased. But the zenith of my love for it occurred as my 3 got to the age where they were out on their own…each leaving being a point of no return. That part of their lives complete…and my part in their young lives finished. On to new chapters. It’s impossible for me to see it without becoming very wistful, your word. Age, I think. And no one warns you about this.
And my stoic, tough as old boots husband is as your dad was. A heart as big and soft as any I have known. If I catch him with a tear or two while were watching something, he always says “Damn cold”. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
And you speak of your son’s ups and downs. This is exactly the same as mine…exactly…so I understand your comments on this. I know, I KNOW, that God’s grace was present for him. And like your son, mine has also grown into a fine man.
What a nice conversation, P. That’s why I love this thread. And because of this one, I think I’ll look for that movie, grab a box of tissues, and marinate in the joy of watching one of the greats. Movies like that aren’t made anymore, and that’s a tragedy.
Well Sherry has BBQ wings in the crock pot and is making potato salad. Polish Salad, kind of like coleslaw, with cabbage, carrot, onion, green pepper in a vinaigrette will balance out the meal.
Sounds yummy…. off to look up vinaigrette recipe. Thanks for the inspiration ❤️
Well, the real traditional is a sweet pickling unlike the German kraut. But it was really good. I just bought off the shelf. Made by Old World Quality Foods.
Boris Becker, once great tennis star, will be spending the next 2 1/2 years, at her Majesty’s pleasure, in one of the UK’s luxurious prisons…definite sarc. Convicted of fraud. His lifetime earnings approximated $50,000,000. All gone.
that is quite sad.
It is…I feel the same. According to the Brit press, a divorce was involved.
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Friday night, feeling a little frisky.