Thursday

My granddaughter is 5 years old today-- Happy Birthday Sweetheart! She is so excited that now she is 5 she gets to go to school every day next year not just two days a week. Like her brothers, she too is anxious to learn and challenge teachers!

This is the same girl who while attending a Lenten service asked her mother, rather loudly “Mom, why is everyone getting tattoos on his or her forehead?” Ya gotta love a kid who is that observant, right?

How about this folks, more tulips popping open each day – now some red with white trim – amazing! I may never get anything else to grow but at least I can claim some of the tulips survived and bloomed. Yikes, imagine it all 90 had survived – holy mother of tulip land. I know that won’t happen, some varmint made damn sure they got their fill before the flower could bloom and show off. However, soap flakes and hot red pepper flakes seem to have cause these “critters” to reflect on whether or not they wanted this bulb that badly. My next step is to toss some mothballs around too – what the hell, might as well have a selection of goodies for the critters, eh?

Yes, the burn ban continues and even last night’s rain isn’t going to lift that ban. I mean, one can see standing water in some field and yards but there are plenty of dry areas and one little spark can set a grass fire in a second. We don’t need that kind of fire, thank you very much! Anyway, today is sunny and nice – good fishing day I think!

So I leave you with a few words of laughter (wisdom escapes me):

Birds of a feather flock together and crap on your car!

The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat have gotten to be really good friends.

Did you ever notice the Roman Numerals for forty (40) are “XL”

There’s always a lot to be thankful for if you take the time to look for it. For example I am sitting here thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don’t hurt!

Enjoy the day – get outside, if only for a little while – fresh air is good for ya. Don’t ya remember the teachers telling us to stand by the window and take deep breathes of fresh air? Unfortunately the day farmer’s spread manure, this wasn’t such a pleasant exercise!