tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52746092863970569392024-03-21T11:56:16.049-07:00Retired W/3 Cats and Mad as HellMy Thoughtsretiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.comBlogger389125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-17697532534345870352011-07-18T08:34:00.001-07:002011-07-18T08:36:59.734-07:00Monday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPzuSsEgtxICBDBo1nJG9enztj2pCQ44opLBkEsoT0YVECfacT429UtHtxfi0WGkVOJTvjZdb64ttGC69E8wbYV3pTSPvLuQYGCtDIr2KVsqB-r-WFYDBfdomSWW8L9E9LjFPzX0eFMA/s1600/P1010009.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 150px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630716677884587010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfPzuSsEgtxICBDBo1nJG9enztj2pCQ44opLBkEsoT0YVECfacT429UtHtxfi0WGkVOJTvjZdb64ttGC69E8wbYV3pTSPvLuQYGCtDIr2KVsqB-r-WFYDBfdomSWW8L9E9LjFPzX0eFMA/s200/P1010009.JPG" /></a><br /><br />My buddies from Baltimore.retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-5623591692909641642011-07-14T08:14:00.001-07:002011-07-14T08:17:37.291-07:00Thursday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZ1oUurFMErl5KU-_wHxbJ996eLdSeOooXgVF7LnlszP-9-a8ncB-NR4Lw1By7gqIupORWZ1qoqHQFzjlrCM1Uv3sPN9XVzYVw5ae83KYruE6k9LkJCJwUbNkTaUnTfWvAkb4MPRfPd8/s1600/P1030720.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5629227135501371698" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZ1oUurFMErl5KU-_wHxbJ996eLdSeOooXgVF7LnlszP-9-a8ncB-NR4Lw1By7gqIupORWZ1qoqHQFzjlrCM1Uv3sPN9XVzYVw5ae83KYruE6k9LkJCJwUbNkTaUnTfWvAkb4MPRfPd8/s200/P1030720.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Swan song ---- welfare, illegal immigrants, a free ride all leading to Americas "Swan Song"!retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-46716582414612597182011-07-13T10:28:00.000-07:002011-07-13T10:38:05.461-07:00Wednesday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifA-2E8gKA7TOFVu6suwYux2BtpGjFH23vxkZBqgzAZuifKWemzZ-Fs2Ha356hqZUMAKlV3mFTF1M-YHxwyQEVlnA_Er4eKU-VYT47VaiVA3f_SzBq1gWLyYjZycRJQ49D4N4L1Isyz5o/s1600/Golden+Finch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 150px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628890683907894274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifA-2E8gKA7TOFVu6suwYux2BtpGjFH23vxkZBqgzAZuifKWemzZ-Fs2Ha356hqZUMAKlV3mFTF1M-YHxwyQEVlnA_Er4eKU-VYT47VaiVA3f_SzBq1gWLyYjZycRJQ49D4N4L1Isyz5o/s200/Golden+Finch.jpg" /></a><br /><div>A few questions?</div><div>Why can't congress admit it has failed to do it's job?</div><div>Why can't they admit we are not going to win the war on terror and bring our troops home, secure our borders, stop all foreign aid and declare the Constitution the law of the land.</div><div>Why don't they impeach the president and send him to the United Nations where he belongs.</div><div>Why can't they start each days session with a pledge of allegiance and prayer for revival and a return to our CHRISTIAN heritage and values.</div><div>Why can't they get out of the way and let America and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Americans</span> have freedom again?</div><div>Just <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">asking</span>!</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-11222622145731107282011-07-12T08:16:00.001-07:002011-07-12T08:19:43.670-07:00Tuesday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNwA7nI47l1joAsA-aXzgjPRdOXEBqFXKCd5nU5wfh4hcYW6OC9f0XHuY9O-ZPtIPv2rIU9-_bSgprM9X6MxPAmgKkzVguQz2EXMpTBUl-5MApTyXtchqXy5tdHlnEhNgtxKHOF6HcW0/s1600/Rhapodsy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 161px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628485687742767522" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNwA7nI47l1joAsA-aXzgjPRdOXEBqFXKCd5nU5wfh4hcYW6OC9f0XHuY9O-ZPtIPv2rIU9-_bSgprM9X6MxPAmgKkzVguQz2EXMpTBUl-5MApTyXtchqXy5tdHlnEhNgtxKHOF6HcW0/s200/Rhapodsy.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Now this is a picture.retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-26653522270384046342011-07-11T10:49:00.000-07:002011-07-11T10:52:43.552-07:00Monday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTlkDkUtQy5SDc6f2aDAGKFrcvooyXOaKSjo1CdRQQeuJpzcoBv-EW_4C8i1hGJA5gQV60Fj0swOSInlLGVsqXLzs6p0cm0vSe8MALRfsYYS4wa3UQUTk7dsQ67WtWrdX3D5KXHanh04/s1600/IMG_5640.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 150px; height: 200px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5628154037497148002" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxTlkDkUtQy5SDc6f2aDAGKFrcvooyXOaKSjo1CdRQQeuJpzcoBv-EW_4C8i1hGJA5gQV60Fj0swOSInlLGVsqXLzs6p0cm0vSe8MALRfsYYS4wa3UQUTk7dsQ67WtWrdX3D5KXHanh04/s200/IMG_5640.JPG" /></a><br /><br />I bagged this dude in my garden last week.retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-55557208756089910412011-07-07T09:16:00.001-07:002011-07-07T09:20:56.420-07:00Thursday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWW8bmq_eYE5xGyyEujUV8fyJ3kUaf84_VH0L6dOmM_bBHWcDz0A_qMHI-scLe8ug0msE1RUTKgNKxzcbluXSrwmRxviNMaOVs8I7vcJ8qtU7BcD_60VBuQk0nKJyydqzPu5ILR9eH6o/s1600/P1000632.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626645419224042322" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcWW8bmq_eYE5xGyyEujUV8fyJ3kUaf84_VH0L6dOmM_bBHWcDz0A_qMHI-scLe8ug0msE1RUTKgNKxzcbluXSrwmRxviNMaOVs8I7vcJ8qtU7BcD_60VBuQk0nKJyydqzPu5ILR9eH6o/s200/P1000632.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Never saw a sunset I didn't like.</div><div>Never saw a sunrise I didn't appreciate.</div><div>Never met a man I didn't wonder.</div><div>Never met a woman I wasn't amazed.</div><div>Never met a God like my God.......</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-52767260835031550492011-07-06T08:39:00.001-07:002011-07-06T08:43:34.529-07:00Wednesday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKzeqrfr8WcNs8XU_jciicwTSiSgAuhflLf9xdlsH2mWS9J8Ar-F07U1vbwBw6dGFLeMvjfG_DrC5vVCMN7ttI7pIYovNriogu7lXRoTfMC1-sk4MfVlAf9DSxNHZY-ydfA_3oXSi6NY/s1600/Oosterdam+2010+039.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 150px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5626264710880958530" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtKzeqrfr8WcNs8XU_jciicwTSiSgAuhflLf9xdlsH2mWS9J8Ar-F07U1vbwBw6dGFLeMvjfG_DrC5vVCMN7ttI7pIYovNriogu7lXRoTfMC1-sk4MfVlAf9DSxNHZY-ydfA_3oXSi6NY/s200/Oosterdam+2010+039.jpg" /></a><br /><div>If you look close and blow up the picture there is a sea turtle swimming beside the ship. the picture was taken from the seventh deck of the Oosterdam, so you can imagine his size. They call me the turtle man. To the islanders the represent long life, health and happiness.</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-41700316058924201452011-07-05T09:32:00.001-07:002011-07-05T09:35:40.701-07:00Tuesday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUisEGKsLMpmWEhgAP1uDBM1x8oqIVcPReLg4cGgsdFNaOING13dlSK-IdBbk9xoJEErbTsmqT5ZYFZ7vhbDsyHFAxOGFjFnhvEktzc54TMnzxH-OiQujGkDTmXxBZU6-FE8t4a8mILg/s1600/P1020588.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5625907320146827826" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDUisEGKsLMpmWEhgAP1uDBM1x8oqIVcPReLg4cGgsdFNaOING13dlSK-IdBbk9xoJEErbTsmqT5ZYFZ7vhbDsyHFAxOGFjFnhvEktzc54TMnzxH-OiQujGkDTmXxBZU6-FE8t4a8mILg/s200/P1020588.JPG" /></a><br /><div>A bird found only in Hawaii. There are a lot of things in these islands that we can only take away in memories. If you are lucky enough to go there you will forever have a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">piece</span> of it in your heart.</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-45279815257311077492011-07-01T10:46:00.000-07:002011-07-01T10:50:52.321-07:00Friday Quote<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmF2ZAYcIrV0dbo2xI_igo8aaY-aoP47ul0EG0mwmgMT_DoT_7dVW_JJA-LUvU4sCJS6gdHXg6-mxW1-WE3ArWrZ1bf4JG9rrVup-PyPVbXR8bDUMoYuS08FBdbOvEaTk5PND2n_ekc60/s1600/P1000401.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624442119151784850" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmF2ZAYcIrV0dbo2xI_igo8aaY-aoP47ul0EG0mwmgMT_DoT_7dVW_JJA-LUvU4sCJS6gdHXg6-mxW1-WE3ArWrZ1bf4JG9rrVup-PyPVbXR8bDUMoYuS08FBdbOvEaTk5PND2n_ekc60/s200/P1000401.JPG" /></a><br />I spent 2gees, flew to Florida to get on a boat and sail the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Caribbean</span> and wind up with a Jamaican chicken in a parking lot.<br />It's kind of like the last election - I voted for John McCain and look what I wound up with for cryin out loud.<br /><br /><em>George Plaisted</em>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-44746245772866076472011-06-29T09:42:00.001-07:002011-06-29T09:45:18.713-07:00Wednesday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dc_uM9eeKGFpIryzirZ0E8OJW78R0w77DkO0fY6-jvVD7brN6Z1CcboAAMvwpq6DeLAHN0zFhSxUgYEmSsNyJgN-GtgpBzMS1ltewzSUnhbeVGHJ3NkkUuxAU0Djhwnr-n-TJKeCjHQ/s1600/P1010759.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623683502400662866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dc_uM9eeKGFpIryzirZ0E8OJW78R0w77DkO0fY6-jvVD7brN6Z1CcboAAMvwpq6DeLAHN0zFhSxUgYEmSsNyJgN-GtgpBzMS1ltewzSUnhbeVGHJ3NkkUuxAU0Djhwnr-n-TJKeCjHQ/s200/P1010759.JPG" /></a><br /><div>From the dawning of creation til the end of time..........</div><div>God is great</div><div>God is good!</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-4411951308273650462011-06-28T08:17:00.001-07:002011-06-28T08:19:17.188-07:00Tuesday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20_z05YbR1v0YfHVRdBhpMU71T_eBhyphenhyphenTE__4Kpt7nZKwSvhKQSw1cjtGkJQVVkZi1uYtvpfxvtKi7amafr1lhpm5HGi6Ta8chA8zxIN0Pf-bNm2r2VDD0sMtVbuWapD1rZIGKR1EYpsQ/s1600/P1010035.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 150px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5623290375019730018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg20_z05YbR1v0YfHVRdBhpMU71T_eBhyphenhyphenTE__4Kpt7nZKwSvhKQSw1cjtGkJQVVkZi1uYtvpfxvtKi7amafr1lhpm5HGi6Ta8chA8zxIN0Pf-bNm2r2VDD0sMtVbuWapD1rZIGKR1EYpsQ/s200/P1010035.JPG" /></a><br /><div>A good rain this morning......thank you Lord.</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-38848447356292957282011-06-27T08:28:00.001-07:002011-06-27T08:30:42.274-07:00Monday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvINYd5i-AJo_mR5wJQ53EdVPnn0fykFLz4vew7tzTpLn6MwHQENc-3vyX6LLKjytEik9mX5kkGLX5wDfKyvkGqB1FnWtd0QnYKKH50jAx8BJgZcrIL0qNB2b2KeBb-g2tFyN1lA__E6M/s1600/P1040271.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5622922115162861890" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvINYd5i-AJo_mR5wJQ53EdVPnn0fykFLz4vew7tzTpLn6MwHQENc-3vyX6LLKjytEik9mX5kkGLX5wDfKyvkGqB1FnWtd0QnYKKH50jAx8BJgZcrIL0qNB2b2KeBb-g2tFyN1lA__E6M/s200/P1040271.JPG" /></a><br /><div>View from the deck of the "Dragon Fly Cottage" at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Eureka</span> Springs, Arkansas.</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-56517013602737658992011-06-24T08:37:00.001-07:002011-06-24T08:40:30.818-07:00Friday Quote<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyU_Y3BuxMzaB2OmvMOi5ITjzBA-R3oCXoW2oMvFosjFCRf3Ey-IrbYN2xU0cHPbdFLVyPpcX29i_Ra9xN3895zGHEiUqJupj4J97lzxnNBmDQRlVLrys5YDubWUaMba2KpZEZwMN2_s/s1600/P1030878.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621811185620889554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyU_Y3BuxMzaB2OmvMOi5ITjzBA-R3oCXoW2oMvFosjFCRf3Ey-IrbYN2xU0cHPbdFLVyPpcX29i_Ra9xN3895zGHEiUqJupj4J97lzxnNBmDQRlVLrys5YDubWUaMba2KpZEZwMN2_s/s200/P1030878.JPG" /></a><br /><div>I have never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.</div><div> </div><div><em>Zsa Zsa Gabor</em></div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-58423751076490361332011-06-23T08:23:00.000-07:002011-06-23T08:26:18.878-07:00Thursday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qdKcNlnmk6r2SGo2ssPRRF7pIY5qDg10NbrhYTBaYJsNEID8P7oeJQNgvVGsWrzsFw-2cxIeIUsWbLCHPwoPsduBk0SNsRPTJqGaXfjFLk_C0fuPZPtCyJ0JMj0rNP8KRoTA9nSL8Do/s1600/P1030700.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621436607423566434" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0qdKcNlnmk6r2SGo2ssPRRF7pIY5qDg10NbrhYTBaYJsNEID8P7oeJQNgvVGsWrzsFw-2cxIeIUsWbLCHPwoPsduBk0SNsRPTJqGaXfjFLk_C0fuPZPtCyJ0JMj0rNP8KRoTA9nSL8Do/s200/P1030700.JPG" /></a><br /><br />Daffodils from hear to the woods.retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-9085259100797320802011-06-22T09:27:00.001-07:002011-06-22T09:29:10.743-07:00Wednesday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyWBVvc-PXUuZ7KY2uVsqtLPjIDIo69JoFeKJEuEhyphenhyphen0FOjvtMQVpqfYJzG6jNoahu82p5YAWD-909ICf2kVvqTWjl4u2Z0vPdZYopRQqWf_wkBhNurosIA60FBCU0QjSoWwMYeYCfDfY/s1600/IMAG0015.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 120px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621081869972812050" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieyWBVvc-PXUuZ7KY2uVsqtLPjIDIo69JoFeKJEuEhyphenhyphen0FOjvtMQVpqfYJzG6jNoahu82p5YAWD-909ICf2kVvqTWjl4u2Z0vPdZYopRQqWf_wkBhNurosIA60FBCU0QjSoWwMYeYCfDfY/s200/IMAG0015.jpg" /></a><br />The rock garden has come together quite nicely.retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-57572363249399657322011-06-21T10:16:00.000-07:002011-06-21T10:20:06.444-07:00Tuesday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKAtSDtJuaXDVqWR2opFVIymzaZamdLjoXXocdnOp6DA3fPOhai0sfNrWZLJ3BlUXIUEJ99l61v4UptvKS5d2t278uefhSbmZZGFq1lxDkXSCMlf7qJWAsI2swSn9Hi-VY4aYlkiRmc8/s1600/P1040554.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620723493024764978" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKAtSDtJuaXDVqWR2opFVIymzaZamdLjoXXocdnOp6DA3fPOhai0sfNrWZLJ3BlUXIUEJ99l61v4UptvKS5d2t278uefhSbmZZGFq1lxDkXSCMlf7qJWAsI2swSn9Hi-VY4aYlkiRmc8/s200/P1040554.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Oh I wonder, wonder who my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Darling</span>....</div><div>Who? Who wrote the book of love?</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-6473246223261263202011-06-20T09:02:00.001-07:002011-06-20T09:05:33.714-07:00Monday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEd4DhoZn2JBbB_SWvfv93wNmldoyMxY1Waz7fPqgly1cYdQG133H3aF28datueXT8cpo5bVIubHmjkkwjiWH6GfUGhT_XRvy9orO6b9gTtVczoBS1SFGVs5QeZs-M_n51sRhhVEYoPno/s1600/IMAG0009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 120px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5620333146205355282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEd4DhoZn2JBbB_SWvfv93wNmldoyMxY1Waz7fPqgly1cYdQG133H3aF28datueXT8cpo5bVIubHmjkkwjiWH6GfUGhT_XRvy9orO6b9gTtVczoBS1SFGVs5QeZs-M_n51sRhhVEYoPno/s200/IMAG0009.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Half-way through with the rock garden. A lot of sweat and effort......but, when you lean back in the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">sun room</span> and survey the effort it is almost a religious experience.</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-41469860368315091402011-06-17T08:43:00.001-07:002011-06-17T08:47:19.304-07:00Friday Quote<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtvw3uYRMLKn3vUlbNx-02EejnHinkiG6RdlncP6WCDcDgD9xFYTW-pD2Qlwl2bpf-jGSg37ZxQu60SjG6Rq6Ym7nxkjRq064hb3gWzhYJ7cx6okIZS5PTEukRAuEmy6RWnfR3R5i8Ns/s1600/P1020722.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 150px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5619215249112825282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtvw3uYRMLKn3vUlbNx-02EejnHinkiG6RdlncP6WCDcDgD9xFYTW-pD2Qlwl2bpf-jGSg37ZxQu60SjG6Rq6Ym7nxkjRq064hb3gWzhYJ7cx6okIZS5PTEukRAuEmy6RWnfR3R5i8Ns/s200/P1020722.JPG" /></a><br /><br />My wife has a slight impediment in her speech. Every now and then she stops to breathe.<br /><br /><em>Jimmy Durante</em>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-70764782412632131892011-06-15T08:01:00.001-07:002011-06-15T08:03:53.700-07:00Wednesday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaJezzgkFI0JQ_5xLwpT4qIYkWociGdIPn9Rb_i-tlpl6lCvA7J2P5-FS1cPbj2V0WVW_8saiBcrMA7V2vX1e0BkC_7RVDfTLtz3UM0CciTrlX2Tns3tYmMQp2Jw2mk_BetDPbT1C2gE/s1600/P1020166.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618462109683813554" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqaJezzgkFI0JQ_5xLwpT4qIYkWociGdIPn9Rb_i-tlpl6lCvA7J2P5-FS1cPbj2V0WVW_8saiBcrMA7V2vX1e0BkC_7RVDfTLtz3UM0CciTrlX2Tns3tYmMQp2Jw2mk_BetDPbT1C2gE/s200/P1020166.JPG" /></a><br /><div>My little golden buddies,</div><div>They make my heart sing.</div><div>My little golden buddies,</div><div>They make the heavens ring.</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-66108987326133370882011-06-14T12:13:00.000-07:002011-06-14T12:24:55.504-07:00Tuesday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzaEeTO1wuGGWNTtZ3tc3Nvti7izyjpEpWQDDRzceWzx7gCYNbXM2gEVXs36ZpJNZZZEpUCoqrF0tGEy1civqQg9J4RdY2V0YS8IuGi63zf4-9FeyHpYgYXtw0S3DfEurbxpd7vqknGE/s1600/030.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 150px; height: 200px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5618156242532693010" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSzaEeTO1wuGGWNTtZ3tc3Nvti7izyjpEpWQDDRzceWzx7gCYNbXM2gEVXs36ZpJNZZZEpUCoqrF0tGEy1civqQg9J4RdY2V0YS8IuGi63zf4-9FeyHpYgYXtw0S3DfEurbxpd7vqknGE/s200/030.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Today is flag day and I forgot to post my flag. So thought I would do it here and say I am proud to be an American and declare my angst with the liberal unamerican <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">enemy</span> now present in Washington D.C. They do not represent the America I served in the Marines and for which countless others have served <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">before</span> and given the supreme sacrifice. God bless the United States of America and may we return to the Christian work ethic our <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">forefathers</span> passed on to us. Pray for an American awakening from sea to shining sea!</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-18617007664872015732011-06-13T09:42:00.001-07:002011-06-13T09:47:00.002-07:00Monday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgxWjsOgomZ2Sv6SqO4GjdjHtALO8rCXhp7oUIIf5gpgnz5BlEpt4z0avEw25RHiRkDJS6hJyyCfAJKPVgJtZ_AMgl5SGKJ-An_Q0RCOeeE6QIB4WOXyvqIU4UaYQOrTFMDXB1IzYW0M/s1600/P1000352.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5617746071111706914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtgxWjsOgomZ2Sv6SqO4GjdjHtALO8rCXhp7oUIIf5gpgnz5BlEpt4z0avEw25RHiRkDJS6hJyyCfAJKPVgJtZ_AMgl5SGKJ-An_Q0RCOeeE6QIB4WOXyvqIU4UaYQOrTFMDXB1IzYW0M/s200/P1000352.JPG" /></a><br /><div>I am currently working on a rock garden in our back yard. It is hot and hard so progress is slow as my age will not let me go like I used to and my wife reminds me at least six times a day it is hot outside.</div><div>Can't wait to see what God's growing hand has in store for us with the finished product.</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-18941898766134419842011-06-10T08:34:00.000-07:002011-06-10T08:45:03.070-07:00Friday Quote<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWktbjd2eJ1uV4pmXDEI47A5VFmmiahl6cgj1KbPPeW23M16YkBYffxn1Dq_bsNkLpi3H2DdajU1cRDPaBIt05veoefW5g_7IxycHPG0ZFM3uwKtm8ajltKEO3V3CIx5A5Fn6AanYQRA/s1600/P1000022.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616615302989705970" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSWktbjd2eJ1uV4pmXDEI47A5VFmmiahl6cgj1KbPPeW23M16YkBYffxn1Dq_bsNkLpi3H2DdajU1cRDPaBIt05veoefW5g_7IxycHPG0ZFM3uwKtm8ajltKEO3V3CIx5A5Fn6AanYQRA/s200/P1000022.JPG" /></a><br /><div>A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But a traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, by sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. </div><div> </div><div>For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">victims</span>, and he wears their face and their garments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear.</div><div> </div><div><em>Marcus Cicero</em></div><div><em>Roman orator, statesman 42 B.C.</em></div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-43044132440558099092011-06-09T08:36:00.001-07:002011-06-09T08:42:55.460-07:00Thursday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vQXzEdTF8-agSacwqqAb9klZ3BY9SjzlJNNYbw4kMR4SWvxByEvpp287alWsC79y3VaXDOB6IIbQAaRsc9I9xdeV9v1SMJdegqmJsgWPI9Uu1ylzGFJ5_RiDs57t4dOn6JV4HmtmChg/s1600/P5260013.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 150px; height: 200px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5616244886570043202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1vQXzEdTF8-agSacwqqAb9klZ3BY9SjzlJNNYbw4kMR4SWvxByEvpp287alWsC79y3VaXDOB6IIbQAaRsc9I9xdeV9v1SMJdegqmJsgWPI9Uu1ylzGFJ5_RiDs57t4dOn6JV4HmtmChg/s200/P5260013.JPG" /></a><br /><div>A good father is a gift from God, bless all the good fathers out there. If you are a father and not sure if you are a good one try to <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">emulate</span> your heavenly father and pray for His help in doing it and remember He said that children were what the heavenly kingdom would be like. So enjoy your childen while you can for they grow up to fast.</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-12143786615359341442011-06-07T08:30:00.001-07:002011-06-07T08:36:18.646-07:00Tuesday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Lh_4O-ToFd0Z0hJjRGwuXakSFzJsOVjE30MgYUNAHShG-bFjDrkUgi-GcmqByIsB8tjlOkTNhopdAJV7Jpp9uCVzm_4X2e43h_43dNQ9aRmJf0xoP826llhdPXWrknBvfAZz8Vx-Q9k/s1600/PA280021.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 150px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615501112552524018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Lh_4O-ToFd0Z0hJjRGwuXakSFzJsOVjE30MgYUNAHShG-bFjDrkUgi-GcmqByIsB8tjlOkTNhopdAJV7Jpp9uCVzm_4X2e43h_43dNQ9aRmJf0xoP826llhdPXWrknBvfAZz8Vx-Q9k/s200/PA280021.JPG" /></a><br /><div>A fool says, "There is no God."</div><div>A scholar says, "Tradition says there is a God as an option to understanding how things came to be."</div><div>A wise man says, "There is a God."</div><div>A Christian says, "I know there is a God for He lives within may heart."</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5274609286397056939.post-55417965846451021192011-06-06T09:30:00.001-07:002011-06-06T09:34:25.485-07:00Monday Words<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMxuosipA0dvVdY0zXTVgnRhmCE2YJ6lB99R8SrGa0HMEfzOK5xKLjRsq3I60bUnGNZ0MN52zf-fEnDu1zAc5-DXxVxo_xYNbxMIgXCRKCA84YVxZWaPkxajCGbZLz4xHkbcJoUcVeyU/s1600/P1030729.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px 10px 10px 0px; width: 200px; height: 133px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615145400258795202" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIMxuosipA0dvVdY0zXTVgnRhmCE2YJ6lB99R8SrGa0HMEfzOK5xKLjRsq3I60bUnGNZ0MN52zf-fEnDu1zAc5-DXxVxo_xYNbxMIgXCRKCA84YVxZWaPkxajCGbZLz4xHkbcJoUcVeyU/s200/P1030729.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Nothings better than a stroll in the park with Mimi and Grandpa --- except maybe a trip to Baskin Robbins for a chocolate cone.</div>retiredw/3catshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01644369547791329772noreply@blogger.com0