Posted on 04/16/2004 6:37:21 PM PDT by Mo1
Wow --- now there's a challenge!
Grannie, get your NH crew in there to spiff it up and we can have room for a great photography studio in interesting light.
Some seriously deferred maintenance going on there, Ace.
Bring the weed eaters and chain saws, guys.
LOL.. I don't think there is a crew big enough for that yob.. Wow.. what a place that must have been in it's time.
Great pic Woliff.
Love that link you left me Val.. I wish I understood it more as far as the pic you need to send them. Or am I making it harder than it is?
I have booked it.
Needs kudzu...
I knew all the names on that show....at least of the characters. I watched it all the time....daily once they started doing the reruns. I thought it was best sitcom in decades. Of course, I don't know any of their real names, but whenever I see them on another show I always think, hey, there's Holling or Maggie....or whatever the character's name was. I especially liked Chris. He was hot.
Mo I found some software the older kids might like.. I just found it in my favs files. See what you think of it. I don't know how hard it is but it looks like lots of fun for the money. They have a free download to try, but you won't get the full program and can't save your work. It has great reviews.
http://www.naturepainter.net/default.aspx
Nice blue sky..........I guess it gives new meaning to tree house!:)
Did you see the size of the trees growing on that roof? Amazing!
This weather we're having is sort of depressing. I'm glad I got most of the few flowers I bought in. Looks like we're going to have days of unsettled weather. Groannn..
Well.. it does for me..;)
By the time it stops raining my Hollyhocks will be past.. :( I hate it when that happens.
Nope, your flower pics are depressing me today. Its been in the mid nineties and dry here for a week. All my flowering plants are wilted and droopy. I water everyday. They perk up, drink and then wilt again. I think I'm just going to cut them all back and hope for the best.
Hi gran!
WHAT NEXT?
Will Compasses Point South?
The collapse of the Earth's magnetic field, which both guards the planet and guides many of its creatures, appears to have started in earnest about 150 years ago. The field's strength has waned 10 to 15 percent, and the deterioration has accelerated of late, increasing debate over whether it portends a reversal of the lines of magnetic force that normally envelop the Earth.
http://tinyurl.com/5c5km
con't.............
Same here. The one I have is barely adequate, and although it is supposed to take good closeups, it loses detail and the pictures come out fuzzy...and it is virtually impossible to capture lighting subtleties with it, and pictures taken with normal indoor lighting (and flash) turn out way too dark and modifying them with the editing program just seems to wash them out. It doesn't have even the versatility of the APS camera that I had (which I wore out). I'm sure some of it is the photographer, but I think a lot of it is the camera, too.
Letter from Grandma:
She wrote:
The other day, I went up to a local Christian bookstore and saw a "Honk If You Love Jesus " bumper sticker.
I was feeling particularly sassy that day, because I had just come from a thrilling choir performance, followed by a thunderous prayer meeting; so I bought the sticker and put it on my bumper. Boy, I'm glad I did!
What an uplifting experience that followed!
I was stopped at a red light at a busy intersection, just lost in thought about the Lord and how good He is...and I didn't notice that the light had changed. It is a good thing someone else loves Jesus, because if he hadn't honked, I'd never have noticed!
I found that LOTS of people love Jesus!
Why, while I was sitting there, the guy behind me started honking like crazy, and then he leaned out of his window and screamed, "For the love of GOD! GO! GO! JESUS CHRIST, GO!"
What an exuberant cheerleader he was for Jesus! Everyone started honking! I just leaned out of my window and started waving and smiling at all these loving people. I even honked my horn a few times to share in the love! There must have been a man from Florida back there, because I heard him yelling something about a "sunny beach"...
I saw another guy waving in a funny way with only his middle finger stuck up in the air. When I asked my teenage grandson in the back seat what that meant, he said that it was probably a Hawaiian good luck sign or something.
Well, I've never met anyone from Hawaii; so I leaned out the window and gave him the good luck sign back. My grandson burst out laughing... why even he was enjoying this religious experience!
A couple of the people were so caught up in the joy of the moment that they got out of their cars and started walking towards me. I bet they wanted to pray or ask what church I attended, but this is when I noticed the light had changed.
So, I waved to all my sisters and brothers, grinning, and drove on through the intersection. I noticed I was the only car that got through the intersection before the light changed again, and I felt kind of sad that I had to leave them after all the love we had shared; so I slowed the car down, leaned out the window and gave them all the Hawaiian good luck sign one last time as I drove away.
Praise the Lord for such wonderful folks!
Grandma
Thanks Gran .. I book marked it and will check it out later when the kids aren't bugging me
Well the rain is gone .. but the humidity is up
It's gonna be a bad hair day I think
Just plain HOT here today. Last night I went swimming at the apt. pool after midnight. No one else there (but Yoda) - nice and quiet, no sunburn worries.
After approximately 14 hours, the brunette staggered up on the shore and was declared the fastest. About 40 minutes later, the redhead crawled up on the shore and was declared the second place finisher.
Nearly 4 hours after that, the blonde finally came ashore and promptly collapsed in front of the worried onlookers.
When the reporters asked why it took her so long to complete the race, she replied, "I don't want to sound like I'm a sore loser, but I think those two other girls were using their arms..."
addendum.
Joke: Alligator Shoes
A young blonde was on vacation in the depths of Louisiana. She wanted a pair of genuine alligator shoes in the worst way, but was very reluctant to pay the high prices the local vendors were asking. After becoming very frustrated with the "no haggle" attitude of one of the shopkeepers, the blonde shouted, "Maybe I'll just go out and catch my own alligator so I can get a pair of shoes at a reasonable price!"
The shopkeeper said, "By all means, be my guest. Maybe you'll luck out and catch yourself a big one!" Determined, the blonde turned and headed for the swamps, set on catching herself an alligator.Later in the day, the shopkeeper was driving home, when he spotted the young woman standing waist deep in the water, shotgun in hand. Just then, he saw a huge 9-foot alligator swimming quickly toward her.
She took aim, killed the creature, and with a great deal of effort hauled it on to the swamp bank. Lying nearby were several more of the dead creatures. The shopkeeper watched in amazement. Just then the blonde flipped the alligator on its back, and frustrated, shouts out, "Damn it, this one isn't wearing any shoes either!"
Joke: Signing Troubles
Two Rednecks were taking a trip to the big city. One of them was illiterate, and any time he needed to sign his name, he put an "X" on the dotted line. But then one time, he signed his "X", and then put a circle around it. After they had left, the other guy turned to him and asked, "Why on earth did you put a circle around the X?" The first signatory turned and replied, "I didn't want to give them my real name."
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