Bottoms Up

Behold the duck he does not cluck.
A cluck he lacks he quacks.

He's especially fond of a puddle or pond.
When he dines or sups, it's bottoms up.

Unbearable

                            The headline read: Wildlife Officals Rescue Black Bear                                   Boy, I hope I never need to be saved by Wildlife Officals.

Joshua Turns Two

Joshua has turned two years old. We had a fun party with his favorite Barbecued Chicken and Birthday cake. We ate AL fresco and played with his new Garbage Truck, Buz Light Year and puzzles.  Joshua loves big trucks, CD's, Books, and playing outside. He loves to go for walks and playing with Marla the Super dog. He has a standing joke with his Grandfather where they argue about what kind of truck Joshua has and he always says to Grandpa, 'no it's a Garbage truck' and Grandpa says, ' no it's a dump truck'. So now he has his own Garbage truck, thanks to Uncle Eli, and they still like to argue. It was a very pleasant day for the entire family.

Don't Miss The Twain

Iced Tea

Iced Tea

Good Earth's Sweet and Spicy

Just like us that day.

In broad brimmed hats,

And summer dresses,

Our hair hanging loose,

In youthful tresses.

Two young women

Celebrating Spring,

The future could

Promise anything.

This poem was inspired by a date I had with my sister for lunch at the Good Earth Restaurant. We were young, full of laughter, fun and I think all we could afford was the Iced Tea. But she is gone, she died young and I am so glad that I found this poem, it reminded me how important it is to take some time to be with your loved ones, even if it's just for Iced Tea.

Paddle Faster

                                Just in case you find yourself up a Creek without a paddle.

What Ever Floats Your Boat

My neighbor pumps water from sump pumps under their basement out to the street and it runs down the gutter and down to a creek that runs through our neighborhood. Consequently they have the cleanest gutters in town and make for a fabulous place to float boats. All you need is a little scrap of wood and a tooth pick for a mast and masking tape for a sail and away we go. Grandpa and Joshua had a lovely time floating boats.

Nunsense

These sisters have nothing to do with this story.

Two Sisters took a day off and went to the zoo. They enjoyed seeing all of God's animals. The Tigers were beautiful, the Zebras wore the same colors as they did. When they got to the Gorilla's Cage one of the sisters got a little too close. The Gorilla drew her into his cage and tore her habit from her body and ravaged her right there. The other sister was horrified, and when the Gorilla was done, she scooped up the her friends Habit and  grabbed her through the bars and pulled her out. They fixed her up and went back up to the Nunnery. Weeks passed and the poor sister recovered quite well, being tended by her friend, but they never talked about the incident. When finally her friend couldn't stand it  and the sister couldn't contain her curiosity any longer and had to ask, "Does it hurt?"
"Does it hurt, you ask? Of course it hurts, he never writes, he never calls!"

You had to ask?

Originally from 'The New Yorker'.

Riddle

What is greater than God,
More evil than the Devil,
The poor have it,
The rich need it,
And if you eat it you will die?

                             Nothing

Listen

Today my horoscope said that people will be talking and I would like to interrupt or interject something into the conversation, but that I would not do so and I would learn something. So I went to the Dentist to get my teeth cleaned and have a check up. The Hygienist is a lovely gal, with two children and she shared lots of stories about them going off to College. Of course with my mouth full of her fingers and instruments, I could not reply to any of her comments. Then my Dentist came in and said that I had indeed broken a tooth and would need to have it crowned. So I learned that even with a crown, no one curtsies and that sometimes it is very relaxing to just listen, without comment.

Do Your Thing

The best I can do.

Dear Mario, I am sorry that you ended up in prison. I would be planting my tomatoes now, but I am too old to turn the patch of ground out back to put the plants in. Hope you are doing good. Love, Your Father
Dear Dad, Don't dig in that patch out back, cause that's where I buried the bodies. Love, Mario
A few days later the Police showed up and started digging up the old man's back yard. They dug up the whole place, but didn't find anything.
Dear Dad, That's the best I can do for now. Hope your plants have lots of tomatoes. Love, Mario

Ape Hangers

We saw these folks on Main Street downtown Los Gatos. They were a lovely group of individuals. Maybe a family, or a group of friends, they had these trippy bikes and were a happy sort. Now that's great fun.

Peace Groovey

We are glad to say that this magic bus is alive and well on the San Gregorio Rd. just minutes from the General Store. The Orange tube on the roof is a great big peace sign that can be erected for a very cool effect. There message is available at www.loveevolutionsolution,org.  I just love that there are still Hippies, and so close to the original Magic Bus's home stomping grounds. You have got to love it.

Timber!

About a week ago, PG&E notified my Son, that they wanted to remove a tree or prune it heavily to clear the wires on his property. His neighbor would not allow the men to cut the tree and hugged it to save it from their chainsaws. It worked and the PG&E tree guys left the tree alone. Last night there was a strong storm and guess what tree took out the power for the entire neighborhood, when it fell. It may look like this soon.

Whoa!

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Mothra!!!!

What you see.

                                                         What I think of next.

Gulliver?

Seriously Cute!

His Father's Son.

Greater than Grand

                               Happy Easter.
                 Are Grandchildren even better when they are Great Grandchildren? I think so.
                           From left to right: Blake, Grandma Josie, Emerson, Madison, and Joshua up front.

What?

I was watching Caillou on PBS with my Grandson yesterday and couldn't believe what I heard. In the Episode, Caillou goes to the Library with his Mother to check out some books. (Cool) Then while holding the books that Caillou had selected the Librarian asks him if he wanted to check out these ones. I almost choked. There are these and there are those, but there aren't these ones or those ones, and from the Librarian already.  I thought I had heard it all when President Obama dissed Mitt Romney for using a big word like Marvelous.

Rhino Art!!!

                                  Happy Good Friday. If it wasn't good before this should help.
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Forgive Me

Father Patrick found Mary crying in a Pew.

"Mary my child, tell Father Patrick what is wrong."

"It's my husband Micky, he's dead, she sobbed. "

"Oh my dear, tell me what happened."

"Well he came home late from the Pub again, reeking of beer, with lip stick smeared all over his face."

"He had no money for food for the children, he was very drunk, and that's when it happened."

"Did he have any last words dear?"

"Yes Father, she said through her tears."

"What were they dear?"

"Oh Father Patrick forgive me," Mary cried. He said, 'Mary, put the gun down.'

Living Large

http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html  I really like this and think you all will too. It was brought to my attention by a friend of mine from Rhode Island. Enjoy!!!

Marketing?

                  Sorry about this one, I caught some kind of loathsome disease from my grandson.

Adult Day Care

So my husband manages an eightplex he commonly refers to as his adult day care center,  for his Mother. All of the tenants get along well with one another except the new girl. She was all excited to move and looked forward to getting out of the place she was in. She was recommended by a friend of a friend. Well as soon as she moved in she started to complain. She stuffed the closet so full of junk that the doors came off. Then it was a stuffed up toilet. the next thing was her cat getting locked into a neighbors apartment. The last complaint was a leaky faucet. So my husband called his friend a plumber to go over and fix the leaky faucet. One of our guys let the plumber into her apartment. Now he is a huge guy, a biker type, large and in charge with a tool belt full of plumbing tools. He is not the sort of man that you would mess with. So she walks in the apartment and says in a very snotty voice, 'Who the hell are you?' Upon which he answers, 'I am the F***en Tooth fairy, who in the hell do you think I am?' She hasn't called us in a while.