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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Hello Not Midler Bet!
You’re a blessing. ❤️✝️❤️
Hello, my brother💕 You have no idea how I much I treasure those words. Thank you.
WP thanks for that clear explanation. This is something I always wondered about.
Even my Interlinear keeps it obscure!
So glad🙏 Readers like you are why I post.
Happy Cursday, y’all
A soldier and small dog
Oh my.
I can feel the wool from here, I bet that’s a wool uniform
Morning nim! As a young lad I had to serve for 2 years in the army of the Eastern European country that I was born in. The winter uniform was made out of wool. Kind of like the one in the picture. It was so rough that it shaved the hair off your legs.
Thank you for your service my friend GrandpaM
Peace be with you
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Good morning Molonlabe! That service was in one af the satellite armies of the Soviets, so there’s that…😊
Morning, dear brother. Oh the stories you could tell…💕
mornin’ Grandpa
what years were your service?
1974-1976
Niiiiiice
All those who had it evil in this life, are now comforted; while those who neglected and tormented them, are in hell, wishing someone would warn their still living family members, to repent.
But the Lord simply says, They have Moses and the prophets, and the apostles of Christ; let them hear them!
The men in this picture are the Lazarus’ of today, and everyone in the world likewise suffering the same things.
This doesn’t involve a dog, but is about a soldier. Such a good story that I couldn’t help but share it when I saw your awesome picture.
By Brian Crampton
This 1967 true story is of an experience by a young 12 year old lad in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is about the vivid memory of a privately rebuilt P-51 from WWII, and its famous owner/pilot.
In the morning sun, I could not believe my eyes. There, in our little airport, sat a majestic P-51. They said it had flown in during the night from some U.S. Airport, on its way to an air show. The pilot had been tired, so he just happened to choose Kingston for his stop over. It was to take to the air very soon. I marveled at the size of the plane, dwarfing the Pipers and Canucks tied down by her. It was much larger than in the movies. She glistened in the sun like a bulwark of security from days gone by.
The pilot arrived by cab, paid the driver, and then stepped into the pilot’s lounge. He was an older man; his wavy hair was gray and tossed. It looked like it might have been combed, say, around the turn of the century. His flight jacket was checked, creased and worn – it smelled old and genuine. Old Glory was prominently sewn to its shoulders. He projected a quiet air of proficiency and pride devoid of arrogance. He filed a quick flight plan to Montreal(“Expo-67 Air Show”) then walked across the tarmac.
After taking several minutes to perform his walk-around check, the tall, lanky man returned to the flight lounge to ask if anyone would be available to stand by with fire extinguishers while he “flashed the old bird up, just to be safe.” Though only 12 at the time I was allowed to stand by with an extinguisher after brief instruction on its use — “If you see a fire, point, then pull this lever!”, he said. (I later became a firefighter, but that’s another story.) The air around the exhaust manifolds shimmered like a mirror from fuel fumes as the huge prop started to rotate. One manifold, then another, and yet another barked — I stepped back with the others. In moments the Packard -built Merlin engine came to life with a thunderous roar. Blue flames knifed from her manifolds with an arrogant snarl. I looked at the others’ faces; there was no concern. I lowered the bell of my extinguisher. One of the guys signaled to walk back to the lounge. We did.
Several minutes later we could hear the pilot doing his pre-flight run-up. He’d taxied to the end of runway 19, out of sight. All went quiet for several seconds. We ran to the second story deck to see if we could catch a glimpse of the P-51 as she started down the runway. We could not. There we stood, eyes fixed to a spot half way down 19. Then a roar ripped across the field, much louder than before. Like a furious hell spawn set loose — something mighty this way was coming. “Listen to that thing!” said the controller.
In seconds the Mustang burst into our line of sight. It’s tail was already off the runway and it was moving faster than anything I’d ever seen by that point on 19. Two-thirds the way down 19 the Mustang was airborne with her gear going up. The prop tips were supersonic. We clasped our ears as the Mustang climbed hellishly fast into the circuit to be eaten up by the dog-day haze. We stood for a few moments, in stunned silence, trying to digest what we’d just seen.
The radio controller rushed by me to the radio. “Kingston tower calling Mustang?” He looked back to us as he waited for an acknowledgment. The radio crackled, “Go ahead, Kingston.” “Roger, Mustang. Kingston tower would like to advise the circuit is clear for a low level pass.” I stood in shock because the controller had just, more or less, asked the pilot to return for an impromptu air show! The controller looked at us. “Well, What?” He asked. “I can’t let that guy go without asking. I couldn’t forgive myself!”
The radio crackled once again, “Kingston, do I have permission for a low level pass, east to west, across the field?” “Roger, Mustang, the circuit is clear for an east to west pass.” “Roger, Kingston, I’m coming out of 3,000 feet, stand by.”
We rushed back onto the second-story deck, eyes fixed toward the eastern haze. The sound was subtle at first, a high-pitched whine, a muffled screech, a distant scream. Moments later the P-51 burst through the haze. Her airframe straining against positive G’s and gravity. Her wing tips spilling contrails of condensed air, prop-tips again supersonic. The burnished bird blasted across the eastern margin of the field shredding and tearing the air. At about 500 mph and 150 yards from where we stood she passed with the old American pilot saluting. Imagine. A salute! I felt like laughing; I felt like crying; she glistened; she screamed; the building shook; my heart pounded. Then the old pilot pulled her up and rolled, and rolled, and rolled out of sight into the broken clouds and indelible into my memory.
I’ve never wanted to be an American more than on that day! It was a time when many nations in the world looked to America as their big brother. A steady and even-handed beacon of security who navigated difficult political water with grace and style; not unlike the old American pilot who’d just flown into my memory. He was proud, not arrogant, humble, not a braggart, old and honest, projecting an aura of America at its best.
That America will return one day! I know it will! Until that time, I’ll just send off this story. Call it a loving reciprocal salute to a Country, and specially to that old American pilot: the late JIMMY STEWART (1908-1997), Actor, real WWII Hero (Commander of a US Army Air Force Bomber Wing stationed in England), and a USAF Reserves Brigadier General, who wove a wonderfully fantastic memory for a young Canadian boy that’s lasted a lifetime.
That is the coolest story, ever, Rusted!!! We love the war birds.
Got to fly in an old Huey helicopter at a war bird air show on my birthday last year with the cargo doors open and cross winds of about 100 mph. My daughter was IN LOVE and not the least bit fearful. The old, retired soldiers who manned that novelty flight – one sat next to me, as I was in my bare feet – totally windswept and a little NERVOUS. With a few of the turns, we were perpendicular to the ground over Central Indiana farmland held only by a shoe string lap belt that seemed to easy to flip open to me – much to everyone else’s delight. My fear of heights took a shaking, though! I had to leave my shoes on the ground for fear they would go flying out of the helicopter! That old soldier let me hold onto his 82-year-old, muscular arm, and he just flexed – while this damsel in distress just held on for dear life!
Today, my 17-year-old daughter and I will take her second Discovery flight where she will fly a Cessna. Instructor does a 30 minute pre-flight safety check with her, he takes us up, hands her the controls for about 25 to 30 minutes at about 4,000 feet, and then he’ll safely land us. My daughter loves sports cars, unique cars, but nothing… and I mean NOTHING… beats an aircraft. It may be her destiny! At 4 PM EST today, it will be our destiny for about an hour!
It’s a gorgeous day here. Perfect for it.
God afternoon, everybody!!! XXXOOO
JWoo, that sounds so exciting!! How proud you must be of your daughter. I can barely get off the ground, terrible fear of heights. Have fun!!
And this story, I just fell in love with when I read it.
Rusted, I thought it was your personal story. I must have misread. Incredible story and I just love Jimmy Stewart.
We are home. Flight successful and feet firmly planted on the ground. Birthday #17 in the flight log books.
What an experience, JWoo!! For you both. Best of luck to your fledgling flyer. What a moment for her. For those who love to fly, it gets into their bones, so I hear.
And I can see why.
Out house in Wales was in a deep valley. We could see the main two lane road well above our house. The long approach to our home on that road gave us views of the Dee Valley which the RAF used for training.
There would be times, coming home, when suddenly a fighter jet would scream through. Suddenly, no notice. It was just there.
And we, in our car above it, could see the pilot, if only for a split second. Can’t tell you how marvelous that experience was.
If we were in our house, many times we could hear the big British Hercules transporters lumbering through. Plenty of time to go outside and watch as they flew low and overhead and down the valley, until they disappeared. Huge they were, and they seemingly weren’t going fast enough to stay in the air.
Oh yes…I can see why Samantha has the “bug”. I bet she is so excited, I can almost feel it for her. Go get ’em, girl!!
I am leaving this for her, dear friend.💕
You know some might find the sight of war craft frightening… me, I agree with Rusted’s post… it makes me tremendously patriotic. At the muni airport we went to, the Indiana State Trooper copter was there and it was beautiful!
I always think if only the Wright Brothers could see what has become of flight since theirs at Kitty Hawk.
Can you imagine??
So glad the day went well for you both. Happy Birthday to your remarkable girl 😘
God afternoon JWoo, and enjoy the ride! 😁
You know what I enjoy the most, Grandpa?
Her being entirely captivated, entirely present, and entirely at peace in her own skin. It is “her thing” and her having that level of control truly with my life in her hands… her confidence goes through the roof! Of course… the instructor has a secondary set of controls… but he said today as I complimented his patience working with her… “It helps make my job easy when she can fly the plane!”
When she was diagnosed at 9, we had an awful Psychiatrist say… “Well, she’ll be able to do some things… but I wouldn’t make her an air traffic controller.” I totally tuned him out 15 minutes into that 2 1/2 hour craptastic meeting.
Yeah, he was a “special” breed of asshat, he was. If he only could see her now!
Never, ever underestimate these precious kids.
This irony of that incompetent man’s statement, considering where she’s been today.
Maybe she doesn’t want to be a controller… she’ll take a path of her choosing.
Almighty God watches over her. He has her firmly in His hand.🙏🏻
Hi, JWoo. Have you and your lovely daughter attended any vintage sports car races? I think she’d really enjoy seeing all the beautifully restored old sports cars. There’s a national organization called SVRA that hosts races all over the country so if you check their website you may find some races near you. The best thing about vintage racers is just how friendly people are. If you like old car you guys will be most welcome.
I like old Italian sports cars. When I was in grad school at UT, I lived just down the street from Bet who lived in the up-scale “Tri-Towers” apartments. My digs were less elegant—an old, slowly decaying 1900’s era mansion. At the time I owned a resplendent ’62 Maserati Sebring, a big, very fast, Italian GT car that I had imported from Y’urp. We didn’t have a garage, so I parked it in the front yard. You should have seen it! Talk about incongruity!
She’s a girl after your own heart, Garrison. I mentioned the “Ford vs Ferrari” movie to you. Well she has an adopted uncle who is a seasoned world traveler. She messaged him and asked him to take her to Le Mans.
Sadly it appears traveling abroad might not be in the cards for a very long time.
I’ll make note of the vintage race website and see what we can catch in the middle here.
Niiiiiice! Great day for you two champions!
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Hi Frank Field,
How is that clowder of kittahs coming along??? Have you named every single one of them?
Rusted, I am so glad you took the time to tell this splendid story, which gets the blood pumped for those times when men like General Stewart were the stuff America was made of.
How shocking it is to think that was a short 55 years ago. No time historically. And look what has happened to our once great Republic. All of it intentional.
Thank you. We must hold onto our hope that this terrible period we are enduring now is a blip, only another chapter, for this country. With deep prayers that it will prove to be so.
I pray so too, dear Betsy!!
I grew up with Jimmy Stewart as one of my movie idols back in the day. So many of our movie stars back then were real war heroes: Audie Murphy for one. Anyway I knew Stewart had served and I just found this story engaging.
Thank you Rusted! A house about 1.5 miles down the road from us used to be Jimmy Stewart’s Texas Hill Country place for many years.
That’s so cool, GrandpaM. Lots of celebs like that area. It is beautiful there. We always enjoy our excursions down your way.😊🌿🌸
It’s more than engaging, although it is certainly that!! And then some…powerful and patriotic, and just plain inspiring😘
Rusted, you’ve just told an exceptionally fine story. Congratulations and thanks for taking the time to write it for us! One of my best friends was a guitar-maker and scientist who, along with other secret stuff, developed high-resolution optics for spy satellites. He was also a WWII fighter pilot. He fought in both theaters, starting in ’42 in P40’s and later in P51’s. If you talked to him you’d never know that he flew in the thick of combat, faced the best planes and pilots the Japanese and Germans could throw at him.
If you met him, you’d never in million years guess what he’d done in war. He was the antithesis of the movie-star “warrior”. Yet, he was the real deal. We were friends for several years before he told me his stories. The P51’s engine was a Rolls-Royce Merlin. It had a distinctive “scream” when its supercharger was on the “overrun”.
I remember reading German military accounts of the Normandy invasion where soldiers recounted encountering P51’s. When they heard that scream, it meant the P51 was entering a dive for a strafing run. Several German accounts described that noise as terrifying—the ’51 carried 6 deadly .5o caliber machine guns.
Correction: Thanks so much from sharing this fine story.
Thanks VERY much, Rusted … fantastic story
WOW… what a terrific story and experience for you…you brought laughter and tears to my eyes also..back in the 1940’s (I’m 88) my. Christmas and birthday presents were model planes..always wanted to see what it was like to fly..back in 1997 I qualified to fly single engine .. land plane..my wife and I would fly around small airports around NCFL .. get a cup coffee and continue like tourists 🤣🤣👍.. thanks 👍
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Niiiiiice. 👌👌👌👌👌👌
Jim Burns sounds like an excellent coffee adventure!
Wonderful story Rusted, what an experience! Makes me want to cry what all has been so despised and thrown away; AND FOR WHAT?
Thank you so much for sharing this with everyone. I hope your wish comes true; but I really think we’d better get our hearts and minds ready for something else, which is too obviously at the door.
God bless you Sir.
Hey!
Wonderful post! I’ve been busy as a beaver and not checked in much…very glad I did.
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The FBI at their dress rehearsal. Practicing to infiltrate.
😂😂 The sad thing is that is speaking truth to what the FBI has become.
Thinking back to the days of a real Elliot Ness FBI. Embarrassing and yes, terrifying.
Death march
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Gladiator wanna-bes ?🫣
“Traffic” song comes to mind….
Good morning, nimrodman.
mornin’ Joe
yeah, but knowing the fashion of those times, he wasn’t referring to stilettos but to those big platform shoes that some of the more glam bands had taken to wearing (T-Rex, Mott the ‘Oople, etc)
Extra points: check the arm and knuckle hair on AOC
The good memes always pay attention to the tiniest details.
yeah, this one’s particularly clever, look at the @SwampyMemes logo as if it’s a brand name on the electronics panel
👍🏻!!
The 3 videos below show the life of Picasso, a wild horse of Colorado, from being a young bachelor to an old man of over 30 years.
Very impressive…beautiful color…striking actually..again the videos are personification of FREEDOM…😀👍 ..thanks for sharing..👍
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So, there’s this guitar shop in Barcelona . . .
“Duende” is the mystical spirit associated with flamenco. I could go into a lengthy description of its meaning but, listening to these performances, is a far, far better example of it’s reality. Just listening to the performances reveals the true spirit of “Duende“.
Good morning Garrison!
Mornin’ Gramps. Just read you escaped from the East Bloc. Congratulation on finding freedom and liberty and in Texas!!! A good friend, a famous journalist from the UK, referred to his year in Texas as “blessed Texas”. He really wanted to stay.
Thanks Garrison, to me being a Texan is a state of mind. By that standard I’ve always been one.
Happy Cursday, Treepers. If I had to choose a favorite video to celebrate today’s honoring of loyal dogs, this would be it. It never grows old. Pet your puppies for me.
What I love about this video is that he’s using an old-fashioned reel, the kind that requires some skill . . . when you cast you have to knowhow to control the fishing line feeding out with your thumb. Spinning reals are much easiere to use, but my father much preferred his Ambasador model traditional reels. It was the proper way to fish for bass on his favorite lake. I still have the hand selected rod and Ambasador reel he made for me. Along with his prized 1938 LC Smith 16 ga shotgun with modified and improved barrels, these are things I’ll treasure for the rest of my life.
Morning, Garrison🤗 I have saved this especially for this day. And here you are posting about fishing. Coincidence?
You know how I feel about those…
And…
that’s cute
and very sweet too
Visits with my father always demanded going bass fishing on Lake Ouachita. My family was troubled. My mom was emotionally distant during my childhood. My upbringing would have been a disaster had it not been for my father’s abiding love and support.
Despite being dyslexic and very poor student, thanks to my dad’s lessons—he taught me how to find my “inner redneck”, an ability that has served me well for my entire adult life—I learned how to survive against odds that would have defeated many other people. Looking back, I celebrate this humble yet enormously gifted-at-parenting man.
One day I got a chance to pay him back. I put my rod down and looked at my dad. “I want to tell you something”, I said. “Everything you ever told me was true” . My dad just smiled and nodded. He was pleased that I’d learned his lessons.
Beautiful, dear friend. With those words, you gave him the best gift he probably ever received. Two of mine have given that to me. There is no price one can place on it. So I know, when you think of him, you are so glad you said it.💕
People mock, but give me a redneck, inner or outer, any day. The best of America without question.😊
One of the often overlooked things about being “brought up right” is how good parental teachings tend to show up again and again as we mature. My dad came up poor and hard during the Great Depression and then began making his living on the road. Experiences that would have embittered most people simply became a useful skills-set for him. He was an amazingly good judge of people’s character, something I’m pleased to say he passed on to me.
What a tribute to his character, Garrison. That he learned from his difficult and testing experiences rather than letting them defeat him defines him. It is a wonderful thing to be able to judge character. My husband and his father, with whom like you and you dad, he was extraordinarily close, also had that skill. They were both watchful, and could intuit another within a few minutes of engaging with them.
If that were the only thing he passed on to you, I’d say it was the best. But I suspect, coming to know you through our conversations, he passed on to you everything he was. I suspect we here know the man your dad was very well indeed…because I believe that you are your dad, my friend. As we used to say, the fruit does not fall far from the tree. 😘
His stories of life-on-the-road in the 30’s were fascinating. If you drove for a living, for instance, you had to also be a decent mechanic because if you broke down there was rarely any road service. You either fixed your truck yourself or you and you’re load didn’t make it back.
Because of him, I was making things by hand by the time I was 9 or 10. I didn’t know I was skilled—nor did I realize until much later just how self-empowering that kind of knowledge actually was—I thought taking my bike apart and tightening/replacing the chain and tuning spokes, was just something boys and men all knew how to do.
My gosh!!!! I am married to your doppelganger! His dad did what yours did!
His first motorbike he had to walk home for miles because it wouldn’t run.
His dad arranged boxes, told him to take it apart first box to last, then rebuild, last to first.
This was in post war Britain. And like yours, his dad had some extremely enough times.
He always used not say to his son, “If ever you need anything, don’t worry…something will always turn up.”
And it always has…
I think you both were very fortunate. Were there more dads today just like them.😘
One of my favorites of all time!
Mine too, Feisty.💕
I would say good morning, but I’m a little late for that. So just happy cursday everyone!!
Hahahahahahaaaaaaa!!!! And probably finds me wanting….😂
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Good morning Garrison
This is my Jillian
She’s not a puppy anymore but i can still pet her .
Have a great day friend
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Give her a big old hug from me, please.💕
A boy and his dog…
Molon, your doggos are just beautimus optimus! Not really real words but just plain beautiful wasn’t enough. They are sublime+! Wish our fur balls could talk!
Nope, no crying today. Nope. Nope. NOPE! Love this video, though, G. Will have to skip along now, though, because there will be no crying today!
Niiiiiice
High Noon
I bet Doggie’s trying to play with him
…or he doesn’t realize he’s there. I’ve never seen a dog say “Cheeese!” This is the closest, I think, nimrodman.😁
I have a friend in Texas who is a few years older than me. Whenever I say anything mischievous, she sends me that picture of the two owls… 😂
Thank you also for your comment yesterday. I have just been very busy, and I apologise for not getting back to you.
I hope all is well with you.
Oh bless, Rach. The things that connect us, even though we are oceans and time zones apart. 💕 No worries, my friend, so please do not apologize. No reply ever expected or needed. Just happy to see you on this thread, the sturdiest branch in the Tree…😘
Thanks! And speaking of time zones, it’s my bedtime. I hope you have a wonderful day ♥️
Hi Rach, and mighty night.
Sweet dreams, Aussie friend💕
Then, there is this one:
Biscuit, the big sister…wants a turtle….and teaches her little brother…LOL…
Morning, Aggiegirl. 😂😂😂!!
Good morning Bet! Happy to report that last night our church voted by over 97% to stay Bible believing and Bible teaching church. Praise the Lord! And no voting machines, mail in ballots, hanging chads, or ballot harvesting were allowed. 😁 ❤️ 😘
We are no longer part of the denomination.
Oh joy!!!! In truth, and not knowing the make up of your church but suspecting the location of it said everything, I thought you’d report in with these amazing results. Soldiers of Almighty God. Each and every one.
There are several denominations in this country undergoing disassociation. In Britain, the Church of England is really really pushing for the same thing. It’s appalling to watch. And in truth, I listen to what amounts to blatant in your face apostasy from the Archbishop of Canterbury and the Synod there and can see the devil doing his worst. And there are the bishops and archbishops defying and desecrating the Word without a hint that they understand what they are doing.
I can hear them saying, well, times change, we must move on to adapt with them, because they’ve actually said it. They’ve all been body snatched.
At any rate, I am joyous over the vote. Yours is God’s church, and God’s church it will remain. Blessed be everyone.🙏🏻💕
We had the DS or the District Superintendent conduct the vote. I kind of felt sorry for him until right before the vote when he tried to sow a little confusion. He said that the Book of Discipline has not changed and voting to disaffiliate was voting against the Book of Discipline. Well, we ain’t that dumb and a lady from the congregation got up and retorted that the problem wasn’t with the Book of Discipline but with all those bishops and conferences that refuse to follow it.
I am glad it’s done, it’s a relief. Praise the Lord again!
Like the Latin Mass for Catholics being banned…in a way I suppose. Good for her.
I know it was uncomfortable, but God’s Word above all. His Word!
Phew and amen🙏🏻💕
That is great news. God Bless you all for sticking to the Bible. My husband just said congratulations – your church has just joined the Church of Philadelphia from biblical times. Praise the Lord!!!
Thank you, Marti!
The interesting thing is that our pastor is in the middle of sermons on the epistles of Jesus, the letters to the churches in Revelation 2 and 3. Our pastor makes a parallel between the letters to the 7 churches and the parables in Matthew 13 starting with the parable of the sower. Quite enlightening.
We’re at a combination of #2 and #4.
Next week a high of 92 on Monday, then on Thursday a high of 63. Yoyoing as it has never yoyoed before.
when I got to Gainesville for my freshman year, it was Love Bug season, I remember washing them off at the gas station, those squeegees got a workout
Bet you got a workout as well. Once those bugs stick, it really does take some muscle to clean them all off. And then its time to start all over. Makes sense of the saying Della posted here a while back. Sometimes you are the bug, and sometimes you are the windshield.
Hahahahahaha!!!!!!😂
Good morning Treepers
Beautiful!
Good morning Aggiegirl.
Agreed. Babies and sunrises. God’s way of saying that life goes on.
Good morning, dear Joe. Oh my….💕
Good morning, Bet. Another Texas sunrise.
IMO Texas is a pretty great state. Literally. So is Oklahoma.
Ahh. 1st cuppa coffee…woke up again and let the girls out. Looking out my back door and watching the sun come out while slurping coffee.
It’s a tough job but someone has to do it.
Have a blessed day.
Good morning Joe
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Good morning Molonlabe. Love the pic of Jillian. She’s a keeper. Pretty dog.
Thank you Joe
She’s a big girl now
I kept her
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😂😂😂!!!! As long as you’re fueled up, it should be easier. Couldn’t quite turn the world off last night, so I got up, brewed a cup of tea, and posted my collection of doggy memes so they’d be ready for the morning. Really needed my cup of black fuel this a.m.
I say black…black till I added my hot milk with Splenda. My special recipe.😎💕
Looking at some thundery weather today according to Rob’s info. Hope you get some rain but none of what can come with it…
Morning Joe!
Good morning GrandpaM. That’s good news about the church vote.
I was giving this guy highest commendations back during the mandatory-masking era
Sarcastic Engineer
note that he’s placing his meat choice in a plastic vegetable bag to prevent any leakage from contaminating his shopping bags and other surfaces
I’ve fallen out of the habit of doing that, I should resume
“If Russia is afraid of depleted uranium projectiles, they can withdraw their tanks from Ukraine, this is my recommendation to them,” – White House National Security Spokesman John Kirby. March 22, 2023.
This statement is IMMORAL. These are NUCLEAR WEAPONS. The aftereffects of the explosion of these projectiles ARE EPIDEMIOLOGICALLY PROVEN TO BE THE SAME AS any other NUCLEAR WEAPON.
The BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS SANCTIONING NUCLEAR WARFARE IN UKRAINE.
HOLD ONTO YOUR HATS!
I have never heard of depleted uranium used as shrapnel in an explosive shell. They don’t explode.
And they aren’t nuclear weapons that convert mass to energy via massive explosions. They don’t release massive radiation. They don’t create radioactive fallout.
They aren’t even dirty bombs, designed to spread radioactive material using conventional explosives.
A violent collision that pierces tank armor and sends tank and shell material as shrapnel, rattling around inside the tank, will leave breathable particulate matter behind that settles as dust. Mostly contained in the destroyed tank, unless it ignites an explosion from materials in the tank.
They don’t explode!
Here is the tower used to test the first atomic bomb
here is the explosion
and this is the crater left behind.
epidemiologically the same? What bunk!
love that plasma bubble expanding before it burst into a sky-high eruptive column
I note the timer at 1/40th of a second
I don’t think you have all the right information, sorry. There ARE pictures and records of people . . .children! who got really sick, with tumors, because of Depleted Uranium. Any Beginners understanding of what all the US Military has been into since the earliest days; but especially since they figured out how to make atomic, chemical, and biological weapons: how could ANYONE think they have to defend and protect what they do?
The American Military Service Personnel are so worthy of our love and praise and admiration; but the ones who invent these kinds of weapons, and fabricate reasons to make war all over the world for no other reason, than to steal everyone else’s riches and resources, while forbidding to use our own; is only deserving of the strongest contempt and condemnation.
They made that announcement, that they were bringing those things in, to provoke further escalation. The West, the US has no intention of anything but destroying this country, and the whole world with war; so they can usher in their New World Order under the Antichrist.
30 March 2022 Yanick Étienne, Haitian singer (Roxy Music – “Avalon”; Bryan Ferry), dies of cancer at 64
Avalon
30 March Bill Withers
(1938-2020)
American singer-songwriter and rhythm & blues musician (“Ain’t No Sunshine”; “Lean on Me”; “Just The Two Of Us”), dies of heart complications at 81
Ain’t No Sunshine
Lean On Me
Just The Two Of Us
30 March 2017 Rosalie “Rosie” Hamlin, American singer-songwriter (Rosie and The Originals – “Angel Baby”), dies at 71
Angel Baby
30 March 2013 Phil Ramone [Rabinowitz], American 14-time Grammy Award-winning music producer (Burt Bacharach; Paul Simon; Billy Joel; Tony Bennett), and studio owner (co-founded A&R Recording), dies from an aortic aneurysm at 79
Paul Simon – Slip Slidein Away
30 March 2010 John Bunch, American jazz pianist (New York Swing Trio), dies of melanoma at 88
Umbria Jazz 1999 complete
30 March 2005 Derrick Plourde, American punk rock drummer, takes his own life at 33
30 March 1995 Rozelle Claxton, American jazz pianist and arranger, dies at 82
30 March 1994 Sid Weiss, American jazz bassist, dies at 79
Benny Goodman Quartet / has set list (3 days ago U/L)
Magic…who in this world ever thought we’d listen to Billy Joel and believe he had another romantic side to him.
Listen and be as enchanted as I was…Chopin would have applauded I’m certain.
People do what sells, If Art Garfunkel had to live off of his ability to sink free throws we would have never heard of him, quick search… this is absent from his wiki page… but I remember seeing him on Letterman I believe for his (at the time) the world record holder for consecutive free throws.
If Billy Joel only played classical he would never have sold 75+ million records of it.
I find there are many “deep cuts” on “albums” that are superior in quality and a 180 from the rest of the music on the album…. but that’s what sells it, and the old “B” side hits from the 45 rpm days.
Our direct MP3 downloads will definitely affect the volume of good music that reaches the dust bin having never been heard on a “B” side or on a complete “album”. sigh
I doubt I will ever be known for my singing (tho some do), but people do yell “hey pizza man I love your pizza” across the grocery store parking lot at me from time to time. shrug
I just thought they were beautiful. We need more of that in a world which has come to despise beauty.
They are… it is just sad that the only way to get them to the populace was his fame for his preceding music afforded the release was my point.
“Just the Two of Us” always brings Grover Washington, Jr. to mind and the 1983 NBA all-star game in Philly. He played the national anthem (more like he played some of it and improvised the rest.) When he finished, the players and fans wanted him to play his next tune. The game could wait.
Ooooo, Avalon. Long time since I’ve heard it. Wonderful.
I had never heard it before
Delightful
3/30/2023 – The Anointing Which You Have From Him Abides In You
1 John 2:26-28 “These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you. But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, [so] you shall abide in Him. And now, little children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.”
The first thing which the Lord Jesus warned us about, with every time He talked about the end times; was the efforts of the enemy to deceive and ensnare us, by every conceivable means. False brethren, false teachers, false prophets, false Messiahs, false miracle workers: all working against our faith in Jesus, and to try and get us to sin. The chief deceiver that we will have fighting against us is the Antichrist; who will have the whole world bewitched, and many, MANY once upon a time Christians; who will actually be the ones helping him to power. We have read the story about the ten virgins who were called to the wedding; and how five were wise, and five were foolish. The wise made sure they had plenty of oil for their lamps, when they would need them; while the others neglected caring for it. The day came, and the wise were able to see, so they could go meet the Bridegroom; but the others were sitting there stupid and unprepared. That’s how it is going to be at midnight, when the call is made, The Bridegroom Comes!
The Lord said, that when we see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet; then will be the hour of trial upon all the earth; and that would be one of the main signs, that He is about to come. That means, that the “catching Away” or, “The rapture,” will not come before then; but at the “Last Trumpet” as it is written. “These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.” Those who have rejected the cross of Christ, reject the fellowship of His sufferings, AND the power of His resurrection. They have wanted another Jesus, which lets them stay in their sins, and enjoy the things of this world, and do NOTHING at all to make their calling and election sure. So they will be without the anointing, and will be seduced by the Antichrist.
The disobedient and worldly, lukewarm, unlearned and undisciplined, “Christians” will be NOT ready, and will not have light to see; and WILL be deceived by the Antichrist; and WILL put their hand in with delivering up the saints to the hands of the wicked. They will completely believe that they are morally right, and that they are doing God service. The Lord said, that because lawlessness shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. And since they have made it their course in life to be lawless, and to trust in a form of religion without the power to really save them or make them holy; then they will quite easily be enticed and deceived, and snared and taken, and fall right into the devil’s arms.
The things which most anger the proud and lawless, is that God gives to us, the meek of the earth, and the least esteemed, His mind, His Spirit, and the capacity for true discernment, and knowledge of all things. What provoked Cain into such a murderous fury? The fact that God did not respect him, nor his hypocritical show of religion and worthless offering of the works of his hands. Cain knew the truth as well as his brother Abel; that the entire reason his parents had walked away from judgment, free to live out the rest of their lives, even such as it now was; was on account of God’s righteous judgment to show mercy and compassion, based upon Christ coming in the flesh to redeem and restore man to God. Abel received the word in a good and honest heart; and in his holy simplicity, he offered the blood and the fat of a clean beast, for a type of Christ, for showing God his trust in His word for salvation.
“But the anointing which you have received from Him abides in you, and you need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teaches you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it has taught you, [so] you shall abide in Him.” It doesn’t matter at all if men cannot see the things we try to tell them; it does not matter if people can’t hear the when we speak the truth; it doesn’t matter if no one believes, or sees any good reason to listen to what we have to say about Jesus, and the need to be saved: our names are written in heaven, and the Lord knows all those who trust in Him. All we can do is lead the horse to water; but we cannot make him drink. All we can do is bear witness to the grace of God with our course in life, and through the preaching of the word: it is up to each one to decide if he will have a good and honest heart, to receive the knowledge of the truth, and seek the Lord Jesus Christ for forgiveness and deliverance from all sins. All they that are of the Truth WILL HEAR JESUS’ VOICE. And those who don’t believe and don’t come to Him in the way He has prescribed for us to be saved; will die in their sins and perish.
“And now, little children, abide in Him; that, when He shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before Him at His coming.” There will be many, who will not be ready, and will be ashamed when the Lord appears. There will be many that will go to their graves before Jesus returns, who will not know until after they wake up in hell, that they should have been earnest and zealous for abiding in Christ, rather than to fit in comfortably with the men of the world. Abiding in Christ means having a single eye for Jesus, and always having a good conscience with God. It does not go with idols and religious pictures and reading other people’s writings. Abiding in Christ means exactly that, and entirely that! ABIDING in Christ, in His word, in His Spirit, in fellowship with His brethren the saints who are in the earth. Abiding in Christ doesn’t allow for pictures and statues and all the outward regaling that pagans think makes one religious. But they that worship the Father must worship Him in Spirit and in Truth.
The way things are rushing to their end, we don’t know when will be the last time we have a chance to set our account in order; which is ALL that we are to do in this life, in faith of our Lord’s sacrifice for us, and His coming. We don’t know when we won’t have anymore freedom to even come onto this blessed site, to fellowship and talk with friends who love us. What we do know, is that the word of God is true, and as long as Jesus is on the throne, and our faith in Him is intact; he will never leave us nor forsake us; no matter what it looks or feels like.
James 2:14-26 “What does it advantage, my brethren, though a man say he has faith, and have not works? can faith save him? If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say to them, Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled; notwithstanding you give them not those things which are needful to the body; what does it advantage? Even so faith, if it has not works, is dead, being alone. Assuredly, a man may say, You have faith, and I have works: show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. You believe that there is one God; you do well: the devils also believe, and shudder. But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead? Was not Abraham our father justified by works, when he had offered Isaac his son upon the altar? You see how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect (complete, finished)? And the Scripture was fulfilled which says, Abraham believed God, and it was imputed unto him for righteousness: and he was called the Friend of God. You see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only. Likewise also was not Rahab the harlot justified by works, when she had received the messengers, and had sent them out another way? For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.”
The Lord is returning very soon; immediately after the tribulation of these days; and He will FIRST take account with His servants, to whom He entrusted His Gospel, and gave charge to continue His works till He comes. Read AGAIN carefully, the Lord’s messages to the seven churches in Asia: for His last warning and instruction in love for His church, as we head into the things that are appointed for the completion of the age. There is no wisdom, and no understanding, outside the word of God; and we cannot walk with Jesus without His Spirit and His mind.
What shall be the sign of Thy coming, and the end of the world? TAKE HEED TO YOURSELVES, THAT YOU BE NOT DECEIVED; for many shall come in My Name (professing Christians), and shall deceive many. Take heed, apply the mind, pay attention, use the discernment and the brain that God has given you! Prove the spirits whether they are of God! “But he that endures to the end shall be saved!”
The Russian Sledgehammer is Falling in Ukraine
Mornin’ all!
nice
. . . 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)
Great Lenten Prayer of Saint Ephraim the Syrian
(with prostrations and bows)
“O Lord and Master of my life, . . . .”
Thursday of the Fifth Week of Great Lent, or the Fast
(fruits, grains, legumes, vegetables, without oil)
Saint Alexis the Man of God, in Rome (+ 411)
Saint Patrick, Bishop of Armagh and Enlightener of Ireland (+ 451)
Saint Gertrude, Abbess of Nivelles (+ 659)
Holy Monk-Martyr Paul of Crete (+ 767)
Several more Saints, including Martyrs, are commemorated today.
March 17th – Patristic Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church
March 30th – civil or commercial or calendar
Saints of God pray for us!
Until God our Father is again all in all, Jesus is LORD. God our Father is Almighty. In this long troublesome moment that we call > > t-i-m-e < < God allows his doomed, self-destructive son, Lucifer, to be “the prince of this world.” Many, many people–most, in plain innocence and ignorance–serve the prince of this world because they haven’t been taught any better. LORD Jesus says plainly enough, “Without me you can do nothing.”
Satan’s illusions seem all too convincing without Christ and that is the root of all the world’s trouble.
Verse of the Day for Thursday, March 30, 2023
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“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.”
Psalms 55:17 (KJV)
Thank You, Jesus, for blessings received and prayers answered!!!
Good morning, dear duchess. So many blessings, from the ones we see to especially the ones we do not, nor recognize when they come. Blessings that perhaps we take for granted so do not take a moment from our busy days to acknowledge them and give thanks for them.
For all of those blessings bestowed by our loving Father, I give thanks and praise for His never ending mercies and grace, remembering that He is doing better things for us than we can hope or pray for. 🙏🏻💕
Amen goes right there, Bet!!! ❤️🧚
Yes ma’am💕🤗
BE MY VOICE
BABY LIVES MATTER
JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN
Dear Lord, watch after and bless your smallest, the ones who saw You last.🙏🏻
Precious!!! ❤️
I just had to….😘
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.
PLEASE PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER
good morning sister , from your “brother” :
John 10:27
My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.
hear my voice
Morning, Bro!!! What’s new? Did you sleep well? Hope so – LOL
Good morning sweet sister.
I did sleep well
30 mils of mel
And a tea of chamomile
It’s off to la la land
For me.
That was funny , last night.
And you were not the first
To make that assumption.
And thanks again for the
lovely limerick ☘️
Hmmm….not the first?
Most welcome, Molon – the least I could do after feeling foolish – 🙃
Still not sure why I thought you were a she – not. everything you present is gender specific
Grew up with two brothers – the older of the two told me not to worry – I would never be a girl!!!
He lied!!!
You probably saw us addressing him wrongly. Went with the flow, as if we all knew what we were doing. Never a good idea😁😎
As for your brother?
Boy!! Did you ever fool him💕
I take only 10…and there are nights it seems it’s not doing what it’s suppose to. Hmmmmm…
May up my dosage…
And this, molon. Melatonin is one of those supplements recommended by many real doctors (not the pill pushing, vax pushing, beholden to Pharma and not the well being of their patients charlatans) as a must take for the prevention of covid…along with the rest of the supplement protocol.
Just FYI💕
you can take 30 ml . you will have some sweet dreams.
seriously, the low dose won’t cut it after a while.
up it. go to 20 first.
or as my daughter says ,titrate it, something like that
I understand what she means. 10 then in a little while 10 more, then the 3rd.
Just took 20 all at once….we’ll see how it goes. Hoping…thank you for your daughter’s professional advice.💕
The angel comes from the castel sant’angelo in rome,the sky (almost unprocessed) from monschau
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.
Gracious good morning, my dear friend. I’ll take the liberty, and hope you don’t mind…🍀for your Babe.
Good morning my dear friend Bett 🍀
It’s good to see you and in good spirits, I see you talking with Garrison.
Makes me feel good when I see our friend in good spirits.
Kind of carries over , ya know what I mean
🍀🍀🍀
Peace friend
🍀
Yes, t’is contagious all right. We are all connected in this place, dear molon. The days when we are up, those when maybe not so much. No passerby, unfamiliar with our family could fail to feel it. A safe port in the storms which are tossing us about. I know our Harbour Master is with us. 💕🙏🏻
“The days when we are up, those when maybe not so much.”
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I had one of those days yesterday – still doing penance – from a Molon Mishap – LOL
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Better today – Molon forgave my foible – now, he is my ‘Best Bro’ – Thank You, Jesus!!! 🙃
Oh duchess
A Molon Mishap 😋
And with capital M’s
My days been made .
I’m good
Caught no fish today, but I’m good .
☘️🍀☘️
I made the error before you did, duchess😂 . Had I stuck with my original thought I wouldn’t have…I overthought it… never a good thing. You’d think I’d learn. But nooooooooo…
That’ll larn me.😁
Oooooh!!! And…here thought I was the only one with my brain on bassackwards!!!
Then again, I never thought Stevie was a guy – because of her avatar.
Overthinking? I. guess that is a possibility – but in my case – I did not think at all
I remember the name and avatar, too – dunno how long he has had a branch at this tree, tho’
Oh well – he was gracious and not at all surprised or offended….Thank God!!! ❤️
Bless your sweet heart, Bet!!! 😉
He is gracious💕 A gentleman to fit right in with the rest of our gentlemen. What I’d call a gem, a treasure, a blessing who has become a very dear friend.
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Tabley, Cheshire, the Seat of Sir J.F. Leicester, Bart.: Calm Morning exhibited 1809
Oil paint on canvas
THE PLATTERS- HARBOR LIGHTS
From bay in Koh lan, I saw the sun had pass cloud. time to twighlight
I am drawn inexorably to Turner’s works, as I mentioned yesterday. I do thank you, my friend, for posting this one. It is one of my favourites.
Perhaps because we lived right next door, over the English-Welsh border to Cheshire, which is so beautiful. I could stand in whatever gallery this painting is in and never tire of looking at every detail.
The bottom one is so peaceful. That sky!! And The music. Love it all!!💕
You are 100% Molon. Sometimes I may not comment, but just the banter and wise counsel here always improves my Spirit.
me .. wise …… wiseguy maybe …
remember Wise potatoe chips .heres some wise wisdom on chips . you know they cost a lot these days . plus you open the bag . poof , its all air . so you gotta make use of what you get …. so… open the bag , crush the chips
, then nobody else wants em and you just tip the bag too , toss em right in your mouth . no reaching in necessary.
love you woo
Thank you for…. La Petite Fille De La Mer… stunningly beautiful
Glad you enjoyed it.
You just sayin it
makes me hungry
Not sure why 🤔😋
that’s funny stuff right there.
Good morning all. The forecasted convection zone shifts eastward some more!
The American Storm
@BigJoeBastardi
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Ugly storm. Severe weather outbreak tomorrow. with heavy snow north of the track of the low
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsdZmQ3WAAAyTog?format=png&name=medium
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FsdZnx9WAAA5h1P?format=png&name=medium
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.”
Narnia lamp
“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.”
― C.S. Lewis
“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.”
― C.S. Lewis
“There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind.”
― C.S. Lewis
Molon, this is so beautiful and magical. I have no words. Is this your work, my brother? I thought I’d ask, because as you said you paint, this looks exactly like something my husband would do.
Bett . that’s a pic from Narnia , not mine. I do paint. gotta a few I could show you some day if you’d like , i do it just for fun 🙂 used to good at it , now , i stress out if it dont look great so I’m learning different way to paint. messy paintin . make a mess of it and love it
Yes, I would like. Most definitely, please!
Messy, not messy, who cares. If it gives you pleasure to do it, I say marvelous. Good for the soul.🤗
CS Lewis. Raised in a Christian household, later became an aethist/occultist, but then was born-again, becoming a committed orthodox Anglican.
Yes…in large part to his devoted friend JRR Tolkien.
Zelensky Warns Losing Bakhmut May Force Him to ‘Compromise’ With Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told The Associated Press on Wednesday that if the Donbas city of Bakhmut falls to Russia, he would be pressured to “compromise” with Moscow.
“Our society will feel tired” if the Russians win in Bakhmut, Zelensky said. “Our society will push me to compromise with them.”
Veiled threats. I’m sure there is a blackmail note in there somewhere…
More of our money headed his way in 3-2-1…
yes
Zelensky trying to bait the US into more support
He has secrets…t’would be a darn shame if they slipped out. I can just hear him telegraphing it to his enablers.
They know exactly what he meant.
Ok, I’m going to try again:
Good Morning all!
The zone of convection has shifted further east and now they are forecasting 70 mph plus winds. Highest winds should be along the Southeast quadrant of the closed lows shown in red on Friday.
If at first
Good morning Rob
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Morning Rob. Looks as if we are on the lower left edge of what’s coming. Just checked to see a notice thunderstorms expected in a few. We’ll see. Thanks for the valuable service you give us.
When I was little it always fascinated me that weather seemed to be a great part of adult conversation. Why, I wondered…I wonder no more.
when rah mentions ‘convection’, here’s an example … a highly unstable atmosphere with rampant upward convection of moist air building these towering clouds
holy mackerel that is stunning and scary-looking
yeah, when it’s happening like that, you can sit on your porch chair and watch it roiling and billowing, you can see the motion
it’s quite a sight
near the equator, about plus and minus 10 degrees latitude, that’s the default behavior of the atmosphere
it’s called the inter-tropical convergence zone (ITCZ) … air converges from the northern and southern hemispheres and diverts upward
South Florida has that kind of convection certain times of year, not quite like that, but clouds will convect and they’ll get afternoon showers many days
(jaw dropping)
I’ve always called them thunderheads….. When they go high enough the upper atmospheric winds plus the stratosphere instability cause the top to flatten and spread out…sometimes in the high altitude wind direction…Then it’s called an “anvil”…. (cumulonimbus incus)
Storm Chasers are headed to where they think the real action is going to be. Eastern Iowa and NW Arkansas and SW Missouri. Seem to think that both cells will have significant wind shear and wind shear is the other major component needed for tornado formation.
Everything points to a major breakout coming.
Everyone in the zones be on your toes and know where your going to go if the worst happens.
God Bless you all.
Gasp!!!😍
My gosh, nimrodman!!! I’m having trouble catching my breath with that one. Powerful. Loving the small red roof at the end of the pier. Perfection, the whole photograph.
yeah, ain’t that something?
Twice is enough. I give up. Both my attempts to post about the coming stormy weather went into the bin for no apparent reason. I’ve got better things to do.
I like this guy
Projection from the Storm Prediction Center changed a bit since he made that video apparently. Notice the two red areas on the map from that source I posted above. Those are closed low pressure cells. IOW kind of like minicyclones spinning in a counter clockwise motion at altitude.
Though everyone under the total zone is likely in for bad weather it is trailing closely behind the SE quadrant of those closed lows where the greatest threat for powerful tornadoes and really damaging straight line winds is. And behind those leading edges are where damaging hail would be most likely to fall.
Still a day out. I will be very interested to see how the map looks tomorrow morning. But I can’t remember seeing maps like these for this part of the country for the past several years.
I noticed the same thing when I went backed and checked. I am in the hot zone but thankfully not the hottest.
Stay safe!
Thank you for keeping us updated. I’m just outside the red area, southeast.
You too, stay safe!
Looks like the problem is… it is a gif , those are always rejected, even tho yours is not motion gif.
They are rejected due to apparently it causes bandwidth volume issues.
I had one rejected because within the link to Utube contained a reference to a <“British name for a cigarette”>.
yeah, you gotta sneak under the censor wires, like f@g
… for any potentially offensive words
Hi Rah, I love your posts, Hoosier brother!
Good morning Treepers
Goin fishin
Wanna come
Have a blessed day friends
☘️☘️☘️
Yes please…if you’ll bait my hook!😎
Can I use my DuPont spinners 😁
Yes of course
I have no boat
So , we’re fishin off the dock 😊
Better make them 1/4 sticks don’t wanna damage the dock😂
DuPont spinners
More deadly than dynamite
jay . this pic is from my dock. not a cut n paste. if you fish. this is the place. someone got a fifty pounder the other day. big ole catfish. every year they have a contest to see who can catch the biggest catfish. the winner last year was 67 pounds. we have major fishing tournaments on the lake and the latest thing they started doing is “wake boarding competitions”. it gets busy for a couple weeks in the summer, other than that it’s just me and what you see in the pic. this lake has been called the cleanest in the usa ,not many like it . every place I’ve lived at was always on the water or right next to it. gotta be … but a lot of waterways lakes and streams have been ruined because of some not so smart people. I’ve chased clean waterways my whole life. something about em just gets me. one time I found this clearing deap deap in the Allagash , it was unbelievable, felt like I was on another planet. so pure, so clean. there’s still parts of the Allagash wilderness waterway that’s never been stepped on. I’ve stepped on a few of those spots, it’s what I used to do … now …I’m thinkin of gettin a kayak. no one out there , just me
There you are, Mr jay💕!! Been missing you for a couple of days. So good to see you😊
Good morning Treepers. Thank you for your presence in my life, for being a part of my soul. Thank you Sundance, thank you wolverines.
Its been a hard week
Good morning, Doc. How well and beautifully you describe this site, this particular branch. Your description resonates for me. It is a part of my soul as well.
I was a long time lurker before something drew me in to comment. At first dipping my toe in hesitantly, then more boldly. I am not being hyperbolic when I say I am sustained by our Tree and the most wonderful fellow travellers one could wish for.
Not knowing whether your reference to the week as being hard is in general or personally, and I am not asking. I will pray that as this one draws to a close, the burden will ease. All His blessings to you, dear Doc. Be well.🙏🏻
Think of you often, CountryDoc. Can only imagine what you go through. Praying for you, your team, and your patients (and your other patience!)
The Great American Songbook………
“All I Do Is Dream of You”: 1934, lyrics by Arthur Freed and music by Nacio Herb Brown. Written for the movie Sadie McKee. Also used in the Marx Brothers “A Night at the Opera” and “Singing In The Rain” (also written by Nacio Brown).
The Carboniferous period (359 to 299 million years ago) is known as the age of the insects. Do you remember the movie Nectar of the Gods? A millipede like insect grew to at least 2.5 meters long and 2 1/2 ft wide and fragmented fossils indicate some were even larger. Larger than an average man. Scorpion like creatures complete with stingers 2 ft long. A dragon fly like flying insect with a 2 1/2 ft wingspan. Some of these insects prayed on the amphibians that inhabited land then.
Why could insects grow so large during this period? During the Carboniferous the temperatures were much higher than we have today. The average global temperature was about 68 deg. F. Tropical rain forest covered the earth and it was a very wet period. And perhaps most importantly, the oxygen level of the atmosphere at the time got as high as 35% (21% today). For physiological reasons the size of arthropods is governed by the amount of oxygen available. The higher the oxygen content, the larger they can grow.
And the forest fires had to be seen to be believed, with that O2 content! I love dragonflies but those would scare me.
Can someone please point me in the right direction for managing my CTH profile?
Wish I could help friend 🤔
how did YOU set that killer avatar?
that’s what I want to do. Like Bet, I still have that sideways “G”.
juststeview has a cute one, but nimrodman…. not sure about that one 🙂 🙂 🙂
pari
try … gravatar.com
Nimrod has Dennis Rodman, Parichute… and I think it’s awesome and makes complete sense in a nonsensical world.
Stevie… is that you, or is that Taylor Swifty Swift?
I too would love to know the secret to the avatar… but what to choose….???
hi JWoo
stevie told me her avatar is from a video game called final fantasy. its one of the many characters in the game . she likes that character in it . the game is a very populer story driven sci fi type fantasy rpg.
…. and listen ,,, go to gravatar , you gotta bring your own Pics and an email address. its free and its easy . when you look it up , a lot of things will come up with gravatar . just look around , you’ll find the right one
ps .
i like my eggs sunny side up
Wish I could help, parichute. If no one shines in, you might email and ask the super people who can tell you.💕
for stevie
Diffusiveness Of LifeBy Oswald Chambers
Rivers of living water. — John 7:38
A river touches places of which its source knows nothing, and Jesus says if we have received of His fulness, however small the visible measure of our lives, out of us will flow the rivers that will bless to the uttermost parts of the earth. We have nothing to do with the outflow — “This is the work of God that ye believe….” God rarely allows a soul to see how great a blessing he is.
A river is victoriously persistent, it overcomes all barriers. For a while it goes steadily on its course, then it comes to an obstacle and for a while it is baulked, but it soon makes a pathway round the obstacle. Or a river will drop out of sight for miles, and presently emerge again broader and grander than ever. You can see God using some lives, but into your life an obstacle has come and you do not seem to be of any use. Keep paying attention to the Source, and God will either take you round the obstacle or remove it. The river of the Spirit of God overcomes all obstacles. Never get your eyes on the obstacle or on the difficulty. The obstacle is a matter of indifference to the river which will flow steadily through you if you remember to keep right at the Source. Never allow anything to come between yourself and Jesus Christ, no emotion, or experience; nothing must keep you from the one great sovereign Source.
Think of the healing and far-flung rivers nursing themselves in our souls! God has been opening up marvellous truths to our minds, and every point He has opened up is an indication of the wider power of the river He will flow through us. If you believe in Jesus, you will find that God has nourished in you mighty torrents of blessing for others.
bless you stevie , nourishing blessings you bring to us
This will touch her heart deeply. So thoughtful.💕
And yes… Almighty God will make a way where there seems not be none. He knows where he wants us to flow.🙏🏻
Here we go again
“Her” !!!???
I know , I know
This is hilarious
Stevie …. Her….
stevie is a her , ok , ok
i can see the name may confuse some people but i have known a few stevies. i just wanna know , is that from Stephanie or is it just stevie , like she says . maybe people all her life said things like , is that short for Stepheni’
and she would say”just stevie”
🤣 it is just stevie…like Stevie Nicks! 🤷♀️
Yep…her!! 😂😂😂
Crying!!! Beautiful words from a beautiful soul! This has richly blessed me! Thank you dear friend! 🙏🏻
you can talk to me friend . glad you do
Stevie Nicks – Talk To Me
You’re a good egg, Molon. Shared that with the teenager.
So two Blackhawks from the 101st Abn Div go down near Ft. Campbell. Not once in the many hours I flew in either fixed wing or rotary aircraft was I ever scared. I guess if a person was, they wouldn’t be doing what they are doing.
Didn’t matter, flying in a Huey or a Blackhawk at night at low level through the Alps with the downdrafts so strong that you get dirt in your eyes from the stuff flying up off the floor in the negative Gs, or sitting there in an MC-130 flying nap of the earth at 200 ft. above ground level jerking up and down.
My attitude was if something is going to happen, then it is going to happen, and you can’t do a damned thing about it. So why worry? Enjoy the ride! Your experiencing something that most people on this earth never will so appreciate it!
But every once in a while the worst does happen.
Glad the worse didn’t for you Rob
Some people confuse what bravery is. To me, the brave people are those that are scared and maybe even have nightmares about the worst happening but still go ahead and do it anyway. That is courage.
Me, I just didn’t worry about it and had no fear. That is not bravery or courage.
But either way one’s fate in such situations are not in their own hands. They are ultimately in Gods hands as are the fates of the crew of the aircraft and those that maintain it.
That makes you a “warrior”
my friend
☘️
My Navy vet son maintained aircraft during his service.
Never in my wildest imaginings as he was growing up did I have any idea or indication that he was so suited for what he did.
And nor did he. His Navy would years opened the door to an awesome post military career in industrial HVAC. And he was one of those fortunate Navy guys who actually did get to see the world, as their slogan used to go. He joined up and saw it.
Three things I never would have imagined about my son were that he had a vast vocabulary, a gift with math, numbers and is an exceptional leader. The company he worked for roofing and insulation…. he now runs. I’m stultified and thrilled about his success.
Well good for him!!! One just never ever knows. And when I remember how all worried I was when he seemed to have no interest or aptitude for much which would give him what he wanted, and all he wanted… a wife and a family.
I feel the same as you do, parichute, about our boys.
They are always and forever our little boys, right? 😘
I’m a man
Spencer Davis Group – I’m A Man
A gentle Man
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻!!!
Trump indicted – just announced on Fox News
https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/30/politics/donald-trump-indictment
Mucked up.
Very
I just can’t!!! I’m so TIRED of the theater. These people are the devil incarnate and I pray Trump, his family, and his cohorts safety.
LET NO WEAPON FORMED AGAINST THEM PROSPER
Amadeus: Mozart’s Genius
Mozart: Symphony No. 40 / Rattle · Berliner Philharmonique
Royal Opera of Versailles
The Three Tenors (Paris 1998) – Torna a Surriento
Greetings Treepers!
Burning at both ends!
Yeeeeeeehaaaaaaww! ✝️
which side did ya light first ?
Missing you, Frank, but understand.😘
Amen
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen🙏🏻
Amen.
Amen
Amen.
Amen
JWoo .
I would love to know how today went. tell us sometime, that’d be nice