Meow (said seductively)...and Updates

 

A touch of flu. Cold, blustery winds. A rush to cover up the plants at night from 30+ degree temperatures. 

(The tomatoes got glass jars, thanks to The Prudent Homemaker.)

The hummingbirds are going nuts, trying to slurp up enough nectar

 before the rain starts. (Or snow.) 

And the clouds are moving in. 

80-some temperatures last week? A wry memory.

As I said before... 

Monday Stuff on the Way to Other Stuff: Hot, Then Cold, Then...

      We had deep summer temperatures all last week. This week, we're supposed to get freezing rain and icy temperatures. Since I planted a bunch of stuff, that means covering everything up at night -- every single night -- and hoping for the best..

     Welcome to Colorado.

Meanwhile:

She's 101; he's 100. They just celebrated their 80th anniversary. Congratulations!!,  (And that's what you get, Buddy, for marrying an Older Woman.)

'I think we've held it together pretty well and had a wonderful family, so I'm most proud of my children and also our lasting love,' Jennifer told ABC 7 News.

Dozens of piggybanks found washed ashore in Texas.  Weird, huh...

A vintage UFO report -- from our neck of the woods. 

Buffy Sainte Marie stripped of yet another honorary degree, after her loudly-proclaimed indigenous status comes into question. 

Odd celebrity wills.

A Norwegian hiker finds a 1500-year-old gold scabbard...under a tree!

More than 100 left-handed celebrities.   (Not a celebrity -- but I am left-handed.)

Showing off before you hit the finish line. What happens next?

Embarrassment for a lifetime.

Rachel Dolezal has skin cancer -- probably, she thinks, from over-tanning her fair skin. (Yes, the Caucasian woman who masqueraded as black for decades. Go figure, huh.) In other interesting news, she's announced that she's close to certifying as a sex coach. Wow.

Best-selling treats at the world's oldest candy shop.

All I can say is... awwwww.

Have a good week.

Bzzzzzz....

 

Husbands...

 ...Ya gotta love them.

After a phone call to his big brother, lasting at least 30 minutes:

I asked the Brick, "What did you talk about?"    "Nothing."

This happened to me on Mother's Day.

I couldn't gripe, because 1) I'm not his mother, and

2) I said not to buy me anything. (He didn't.)

Happens a LOT.

"Darn tootin', Daddd...where are MY kisses?"

The Brick has decades of experience as an engineer. He worked with the girlies on math, but also taught them shortcuts-- which made their teachers mad. 

(I suspect it was because they didn't understand them. I certainly didn't.)

I love you anyways, Sweet Baby.

White Nights

 I know I've mentioned this before, but it's worth repeating.

One of the most amazing duos -- by Gregory Hines, considered one of the world's best tap dancers, and Mikhail Baryshnikov, considered one of the world's great ballet masters.

They paired for this dance in the 1985 movie White Nights.  It almost looks impromptu...but it isn't. 

Enjoy.

So There You Go...

 

I'm sure the aliens had something to do with it, too.

Sounds Familiar...

 

We have an exercise circuit around the couch, then sprinting around the dining table. Rinse and repeat. We call this a circuit on the "Ruby Memorial Freeway," after our beloved curmudgeon. 

So far, the record is 13 laps, but 2 or 3 are common. 

Ruby -- our gem of a dog. Charley's in the background.