I waited until this past week to plant many of the garden seeds -- it's been so chilly that I wondered if we'd get another freeze. (We haven't.) What with all the rain we've been having, the beans and squash could have been up and thriving by now... if this lazy slugabed had gotten them in the ground!
I felt badly about that, until talking to a gardening friend this morning at church. She wasn't able to plant until last week, either -- the garden plot was too soggy to get a rototiller into it!
In Colorado... dry, high desert Colorado?
Her husband said his brother (in Pennsylvania) couldn't even start a garden yet -- no rain, and the ground was rock-hard. Our Michigan friends have been griping about the same thing: no rain.
Meanwhile, we have fields and pastures that are normally starting to 'go gold' this time of year. Yet they're a bright, vivid green that reminds me of Ireland. And it rains pretty much every day.
Strange weather.
Sports Camp was a huge success. No rain every morning. (Thank you, God.) The kids, all 260 of them, had a wonderful time singing, running, kicking balls and acting crazy, in general. (70 adult volunteers, maybe not so much.) The Brick and our friend took care of first aid needs -- fortunately, they never amounted to more than band-aids and ice packs. 'Miracle ice packs,' the Brick dubbed them -- because kids magically became better after five minutes of use. (After all, they were missing what was happening next!)
We had rain every afternoon but one -- a perfect time to rest and maybe take a nap.
P.S. Now that Sports Camp is over,... it's pouring this Monday morning, and the fifth-wheel is banging in the wind as sheets of rain hit it. Looks like an all-dayer. Go figure.
For you sports fans --
Yes, the Denver Nuggets are 3-1... and playing Game Four for the NBA Finals Monday night. Yay... (we are not big professional basketball fans, but friends and our kids are.)
Meanwhile:
Should you invest in AI firms? These celebrities have.
Weird coincidences in history.
The Gates to Hell -- and other interesting stops on a trip to Turkmenistan.
A longer look at the Biden bribery scheme investigation -- and it ain't pretty.
How did four kids, from teens to toddlers, survive for 40 days in the jungle, after a plane crash? Experience...and resourcefulness. Good for them. Their mom, who survived for only four days, would be proud.
How trans athletes permanently affected some female athletes' careers. And not for the better, either.
A very funny Babylon Bee satire -- how Dylan Mulvaney is now blackmailing companies by threatening to ENDORSE them. (Yes, this is rude.)
Eighteen doughnut recipes -- including some baked versions.
ONE MILLION copper pennies -- found in a crawlspace! That sure beats The Mama's penchant for hiding change...
A 1-in-30-million orange lobster joins Blueberry (a blue one) and Banana (a yellow one) in a college's permanent collection. And you thought I didn't keep you up on the latest news!
Ten-foot aliens with 'shiny eyes' -- and a UFO captured on a policeman's bodycam. Whoa...after one resident called police, saying something "100% they're not human" was in their backyard --
Another resident contacted 911, saying that there were two unknown entities in his backyard after he saw an object fall from the sky.
"There’s like an 8-foot person beside it and another one is inside us [sic] and it has big eyes and it’s looking at us — and it’s still there...In my backyard. I swear to God this is not a joke, this is actually — we’re terrified,'" the caller claimed.
A prominent Viking city that was thought to be mythical... may not be.
Hidden treasures found in a 140-year-old Victorian mansion...by its new owners. Wow.
The Brazilian heiress who's been hiding in plain view from U.S. justice for decades.
Fifty things to do while you're at home...and maybe give you a reason for staying! (From The Prudent Homemaker)
An interesting tidbit about Jack Nicholson in The Shining. I'm not sure this 'blows my mind' -- if I noticed him breaking the Fourth Wall, others must have, too. (Read the post to see what I'm talking about. Interesting, nonetheless.)
The wooden bartop from Cheers just sold at auction for $675,000...along with the Riddler's jacket, Robin's costume, the set from All in the Family (including replicas of the original thrift shop chairs) and more -- all for about $5 million smackeroos.
Secret confessions -- a classic from yours truly.
A new statue found on Easter Island -- in a dried lakebed. Scientists think there may be more.
Encounters with celebrities that were actually nice! Shame on them...
Apple Card 'chock-o-let' commercial: how many of us have come to the checkout and had to fuss around for cash? You'll relate to this then.
Poor picked-on socialite scammer Anna Delvey has been on house arrest. Now she's being sued by her immigration lawyer for unpaid fees: $152,000 worth. Boo dee hoo hoo.
100 incredible moments caught on camera:
"Mom, I brought my friend home to play!"
Ten dogs who detected health problems in their owners -- before the doctors did.
"Bury me in this red suit:" how a note in the pocket of her thrift shop jacket freaked this shopper out. (It would for me too -- but wouldn't stop me from wearing it. No doubt the kids would have felt bad about not finding Mom's instructions, though.)
A popup cabin...built in a day?
More than 50 ATMs grabbed in Texas...and eight people finally arrested.
Before-and-after pictures...of abandoned spots. A good reminder of "Change and decay around me, all that I can see..."
The husband-and-wife forgers who did very, very well for themselves. Until they got caught, that is. (They don't seem very apologetic about it, either.)
The Vermeer painting that probably originated from his studio -- but not the master's work.
"Wieseman and her colleagues believe that the painting was made by someone who understood Vermeer’s materials and working process, but was unable to master them. The examination revealed that the pigments in the top paint layers were coarsely ground, giving the surface a granular character. Vermeer, however, used coarse paint for the under layers, but finely ground pigments for the top layers to achieve a delicate surface. Inexplicably, the artist of “Girl with a Flute” made a mistake and did the reverse.
"Vermeer tended to create subtle green shadows by sensitively modulating the colors and painstakingly blending the edges of the paint. But in “Girl with a Flute,” the shadows were much more heavily applied, creating a blotchy appearance under the woman’s nose and along the jawline."
Fascinating.
Get up offa that thang...
And have a good week.
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