SUNDAY KOMEEKZ….

 

I love this comic!  

Saturday Nine with Sam.

Trying to do this after a big break is not going to be easy…but I want to do it ..  extricating the questions isn’t something I remember doing but then, Humpty Dumpty - me- had a great fall a few years ago and many things fell right out of her ear. 

Saturday Nine Questions and Answers...

1) Fats Domino sings about a hill named for blueberries. According to the Old Farmers Almanac, blueberries can grow just about anywhere in North America, as long as they have plenty of direct sunlight. Do you have a garden? 

I have had in the past.  It's now mostly dead. Sadly.. The result of living down stream from two people who poured literal GALLONS of Round Up on their gardens to kill someone else's big tree.  It got our elm as well, and all the miniature roses and the beautiful lilac bushes.  I hope to live in a garden when and if I reach *escape velocity*, hopefully as an Angel. 👼 I have it on the best authority that Devils do NOT get Gardens.  Nope!  

2) Blueberries are low in calories and rich in fiber. Are they a regular part of your diet? 

Yes.  I just ate some for lunch.  

3) They also have a high moisture content. Staying hydrated is important to human health. Do you drink the standard recommended 8 glasses of water every day?

Almost that much.  but in teas and also water...

4) Fats originally had a big hit with "Blueberry Hill" in 1956, and then enjoyed the record's renewed popularity in the mid-70s, when "Blueberry Hill" was often referenced as Richie Cunningham's favorite song. Without looking it up, do you remember what show Richie Cunningham was on? (Extra non-existent Saturday 9 points if you can also name the actor who played Richie.)

I cannot claim any of the Saturday 9 Points at all.  lol

5) Born Antoine Domino, he took the name "Fats" not just because of his physique. Growing up, jazz pianist Fats Waller was one of his heroes. If you were to adopt the first name of someone you admire, what would we call you? 

I'm old enough to remember the delight of listening to Fats Waller on my mother's 78's. 

6) Despite his warm and friendly stage persona, Fats was shy around strangers and hated giving interviews. Tell us about something you did only because it was part of your job, not because you enjoyed it.

When I worked on the switchboards as an Operator, I was the only one who could understand a sort of half *arsed, slurred vernacular Spanish that came through from Payphones at night.  (I spoke the *King's Spanish*!  Anyway.... I got the calls from payphone booths forwarded to me from poor little semi drunken Mexicans trying to call home.  So much fun, a literal riot. I was kind as I could be while tearing out my hair. My Spanish teachers would have been proud. 

7) In 1956, when this record was topping the charts, the Olympics were held in Melbourne. Have you ever been to the land down under?  Unhappily, no.  I would live there if I could.  No wait.  Maybe that would be New Zealand.  🤔  Yep... New Zealand. Aussie's are a VERY CLOSE second in line.  

8)  The star of the 1956 Olympics was Austrian Toni Sailer, who won all three gold medals in Alpine skiing. Do you prefer snow skiing, water skiing, or just watching other people ski?  Definitely a watcher.  I'd rather water ski.  Now that is fun and very exciting!  Shaboom was my hub's parent's boat.  She was a great little skier's tow boat.  Powerful and swift. I was a terrible waterskier. 

9) Random question: Do you believe everyone has a jealous streak?

Yes.  Even if it's tiny and nearly non existent, I think it's human to be a little bit jealous.  

My beautiful header is gone.. removed …

UPDATED…It’s back up 🆙  and in the right place.  Whew!! 😰 it’s a LOT BIGGER than it should be… but ….. what the heck? 

I just don’t think blogger is for me anymore.  Maybe I’ll change my mind by the time the rest of the automatic posts go up, and maybe not.  Right now it’s been a struggle I could waste time trying to resolve.  But that won’t be so in the future.  

Three on Thursday…

1.  https://www.wired.com/video/watch/nasas-new-3d-model-shows-the-earth-is-a lumpy - bumpy old mess! A whirling dervish of rotting rock and spital?  

2. We all KNEW it was true, didn’t we?  We knew that being an “earthling” was a bumpy ride at best.  

But so Beautiful.. a storm over central California.

3. Be happy because weather is not up to us to create , though we try to do it!  

I HAVE MESSED UP MY POST HEADERS

 And I can’t get the old one back.  Hope this is readable.  Still working on it.  Tried something from the P.C.and that was a  MISTAKE,  

Wordless Wednesday…shhhh 🫢

What to do, ladies, when you are stressed out.

 Besides drinking a few margaritas, you could try this ….

https://youtu.be/dDcpahEks20

There’s just nothing like a your own bestie snow leopard.  

Nina, sweet girl….

Sweet girl…

Crossed the Rainbow bridge a few weeks ago.  

Happy trails, sweet, tiny  Nina.

Music Monday….hmmmm…it may be toast..

 I’m having a problem with this regular feature.  I think it might be time for  the “BIG GUN”… i.e. The Desk top.  I’ll see if that works if this does not.  

https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=GCGqXNPUK6c&si=wgHN5PX5D2TAzW8p

I love chants that drone right into my soul.  This is one. 

Sorry if any ads show up… grrrr. 😖  They are mood breakers as well as an abomination.  

We aren’t the only ones!

                                         My Guardian Angel, after watching the Evening News.  

Geeze what a mess.  I’m knitting 🧶 and watching old movies.  I’ve had enough of the “Reality Gonk Show” created, and aired, by the WWCCS…..The Worldwide Clown Car Set.  Let them eat 🐍 SNAKE 🐍! 

Nuttiness…

 

Yay!! it’s SATURDAY! !

Otherwise known as CATERDAY!  But I can’t have a new cat 

As much as I love them.  

Voodoo Economics, EXPLAINED.

 1. Voodoo Economics Explained….

2.  Even if you can’t understand Economics, per se, you still know when 5 bucks only buys you one gallon of gas.  But, hey!  The stock market is booming right along… I think milk is five bucks a gallon too… right? Don’t get them confused though.  That Octane thing can blow your ears right off your head!  

3.  Americans are too fat.  I mean…look at the Prez!  So…. Pull in that belt of yours and know that two meals a day will suffice for full grown adults but kids still need three.  And lots of that 5 bucks a gallon milk. 

Eye Opening, Scholarly, and True.

 The long Jewish opposition to the Caging,  Expelling and Murdering of the Palestinians to remove them from their ancestral lands which they have occupied continuously for over 5,000 years.

Three on Thursday… He, who must be obeyed, did WHAT?!?

1.

Well, shut my mouth and call me clamshell. He just couldn’t wait ‘til a Friday the Thirteenth?  And the rest of them have just caved?  There really is a blue koolaid?  

(Prussian) or  (Putin)  Blue?

<~ Made from THAT …..*points*

This is 2. .

👏🏼🇨🇦👏🏼 🍁 🔥GO CANADA!🔥 🍁 👏🏼🇨🇦

AND. ….. THIS IS THREE 3️⃣ 

To all the Mexican Hot shot Teams and Canadian Super tanker crews

❤️‍🔥💜💛💚❤️🩷🖤🧡💙🖤🩶

THANK YOU FOR HELPING CALIFORNIA!! 

We are ONE!  

We ARE …THE NORTH AMERICANS