HAPPY FUNNY TUESDAY - 11-29-2022

 

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How we know Winter is coming.

QUESTION OF THE WEEK - 11-28-2022

 What lifts your spirits when life gets you down?

WORDS FOR WEDNESDAY - 11-23-2022 on SATURDAY 11-26-2022

 This month, the prompts are being provided by messymimismeanderings.

This week's prompts are:

push

leash

shelf

help

talk

mail

and/or this photo

NEW NEIGHBORS by Granny Annie

Sylvia did not mind the opening in her fence as long as nobody lived next door.  She believed if neighbors moved in they could talk at the opening in the fence.  Maybe share a cup of coffee or two. However when the Wilson's moved in things did not turn out as Sylvia had hoped.  They brought along their huge dog Killer.

Killer was kept on a leash every time one of the Wilson's went out.  That was okay.  There were occasions though when Killer would escape the house and push his gigantic head through the fence opening. Sylvia knew it was just a matter of time before Killer would get into her yard.

Sylvia was not well acquainted with the Wilson family. They had not seemed friendly when she tried to visit with them.  She decided the best form of communication would be to depend on the mail.  She sent them a letter describing her concerns and they responded by yelling at her when she was outside.  They screamed that she should repair the opening in her fence.  It was actually the Wilson's fence and was on their property line so she informed them of that in another letter rather than yelling at them. 

It was time to solve this concern.  Sylvia found an old shelf board in her garage that was just the right size and she nailed it across the opening in the fence. No, it was not a pretty fix but it did the job.  Killer could not get in her yard.

Killer did not like the fence being blocked.  He had enjoyed peeking his head through.  His only alternative was to dig under.  He worked most of the night was was fully in Sylvia's back yard when she came out in the morning.  

Sylvia screamed her final word "help!".

DID YOU KNOW...

 DID YOU KNOW...

Turkeys lived around 10 million years ago.

The woolly mammoth had its hey-day on Earth until about 10,500 years ago before eventually becoming extinct 4,000 years ago. While it's hard to imagine a turkey flying above a gigantic woolly mammoth, the birds have actually been around for a lot longer. In fact, turkeys have been on the scene for almost 10 million years, according to the University of Illinois.

To those who celebrate this day.

 

HAPPY FUNNY TUESDAY - 11-22-2022

 

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK - 11-21-2022

 Why are you, you?

DID YOU KNOW...

 DID YOU KNOW...

A Woman Was Elected to Congress Before Women Could Vote

Jeanette Rankin

 

A woman was elected to the U.S. Congress before women could even vote.  Jeanette Rankin joined Congress in 1916, which was four years before women could actually vote. The 19th Amendment which gave women the right to vote wasn't passed until August 18th, 1920.

WORDS FOR WEDNESDAY -- 11-16-2022

 

This month, the prompts are being provided by messymimi's meanderings.

This week's prompts are:

tap

dump

basic

push

favor

lesson

 

and/or the following phrases:

a day late and a dollar short

my cup of tea

a home bird

 

 LIVE AND LEARN by Granny Annie

 

Marchelle knew it was time to go out in public.  All her life she had been affected by agoraphobia and was a home bird fearing to leave familiar surroundings. She called the dump to see if they would grant a favor.  "Please don't empty the last truck in the landfill" she begged.  "I must search for my coin!"  It was not a request the owner was willing to grant. Marchella went there anyway and would politely tap at the entrance. Her fear of being outside was gone as her heart pounded for this lost treasure.

 

She had made every effort  to bring her trash back in before it could be picked up.  She gave them a basic story,  "I was sipping my cup of tea after searching everywhere for my coin. Then I suddenly remembered my lost coin could be in the container on the way to the dumping ground.  I ran to the curb and sadly I was a day late and a dollar short.  The empty container was waiting for me to push back to the house."

 

Eventually the sanitation department took pity on her and allowed her entrance. She went into shock seeing the mountains of garbage that stood before her.  Suddenly she was thrilled her to see Ivan, Marchella's regular collector.  He was just pulling in with the truck.  "Stop Ivan!" 

With his help she spotted her trash bags and began ripping them open.  By God's mercy she saw this rare coin come tumbling out.  Her lesson for the day was to check the trash for lost items before carrying it out.  The second achievement for this day was that she could go outside safely and Marchella just might do that again.

HAPPY FUNNY TUESDAY - 11-15-2022

 

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK - 11-14-2022

 Have you done anything lately worth remembering?

WORDS FOR WEDNESDAY - 11-09-2022 POSTED 11-11-2022

WORDS FOR WEDNESDAY 11-09-2022 POSTED 11-11-2022

This month, the prompts are being provided by 

messymimi's meanderings.

 

This week's words are

bear

debt

gap

witness

describe

reaction

and / or one of these archaic/semi-archaic words

anon (at once)

forsooth (in truth; indeed)

wood mad (insane; wild)

 

 

PAY YOUR DEBTS by Granny Annie

The loan shark approached the grocer like a wood-mad bear.  The debt needed to be collected and that was all there was to it.  The reaction of the shop owner was difficult to describe.    Anon he managed to hide in a gap by the canned good aisle. Forsooth it failed to provide the needed cover. The store owner was found covered in green-bean cans and no witness ever came forward.

DID YOU KNOW....

 DID YOU KNOW...

U.S. President Zachary Taylor Overdosed On Cherries

 After serving a mere 16 months in office, U.S. president Zachary Taylor passed away after eating far too many cherries and drinking milk at a Fourth of July party in 1850. He died on July 9th from gastroenteritis. The acidic cherries along with the milk is believed to have caused this.

HAPPY FUNNY TUESDAY - 11-08-2022

 

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QUESTION OF THE WEEK -- 11-07-2022

 What are you most hoping to achieve in this  lifetime?

 

 

 

DID YOU KNOW...

 DID YOU KNOW...

Audubon Killed Lots of Birds

John James Audubon's pioneering paintings of birds are so stunning that many overlook the fact that to get such detail, the artist would often kill his subjects, posing freshly killed birds into active poses so he could create a realistic painting without worrying they would fly away.

 

This made me cry just a little.

BOOK CLUBS ATTENDED YESTERDAY -- 11/02/2022

This is my favorite day of the month when I attend two book clubs the first Wednesday of the month.  Both of these books were excellent and a joy to discover.  I highly recommend both.

 

CHURCH BOOK CLUB 10:00 AM

THE CHOICE: EMBRACE THE POSSIBLE by Edith Eger

 At the age of sixteen, Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Hours after her parents were killed, Nazi officer Dr. Josef Mengele, forced Edie to dance for his amusement and her survival. Edie was pulled from a pile of corpses when the American troops liberated the camps in 1945.

Edie spent decades struggling with flashbacks and survivor’s guilt, determined to stay silent and hide from the past. Thirty-five years after the war ended, she returned to Auschwitz and was finally able to fully heal and forgive the one person she’d been unable to forgive—herself.

Edie weaves her remarkable personal journey with the moving stories of those she has helped heal. She explores how we can be imprisoned in our own minds and shows us how to find the key to freedom. The Choice is a life-changing book that will provide hope and comfort to generations of readers.

 

 LIBRARY BOOK CLUB 2:00 PM

THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY by Amor Towles

A #1 New York Times Best Seller

In June, 1954, eighteen-year-old Emmett Watson is driven home to Nebraska by the warden of the juvenile work farm where he has just served fifteen months for involuntary manslaughter. His mother long gone, his father recently deceased, and the family farm foreclosed upon by the bank, Emmett’s intention is to pick up his eight-year-old brother, Billy, and head to California where they can start their lives anew.

But when the warden drives away, Emmett discovers that two friends from the work farm—the wily, charismatic Duchess and earnest, offbeat Woolly—have stowed away in the trunk of the warden’s car. Together, they have hatched an altogether different plan for Emmett’s future, one that will take the four of them on a fateful journey in the opposite direction to the city of New York.

 

See the "DID YOU KNOW" post on tomorrow's page.

HAPPY FUNNY TUESDAY - 11-1-2022

 

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