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797 ~ ~ ~ Sunday, 26th August, 2012.
Hello
my friends ~ I hope the world is treating you all right and that your lives are
happy and going well for you. I am fine and doing really well. Fluff and
I are getting along well.
She
loves getting patted and petted and will eat practically anything. - lamb, pork
and chicken.
John
is on his way home from Alice Springs on his motor bike. It has been a
long ride this time with at least 200 other riders from Victoria, N.S.W. and
South Australia. Others came from Western Australia and
Queensland.
It
was a ride to raise funds and awareness of mental illness and where to get help
etc from the Black Dog Institute. I think John will get home tomorrow
night.
Well to get on with tonight's post, The Place is a Mountain Wings
article.
I
can remember my parents carrying me to this place many times and how much fun I
had as a little boy, and I'm sure you do to.
Even though it seems like you could stay there all day and night, they do have a closing time and then you have to go home.
Even though it seems like you could stay there all day and night, they do have a closing time and then you have to go home.
The
place I am talking about is outside. No I'm not talking about a town fair or
carnival that is outside. I am simply talking about just plain old
outside.
The
rides I was referring to are tricycles and bicycles. The fun things to see, do
and play with are flowers, dirt, sticks, and pine cones.
The closing time is when the lights turn down (the Sun). The memories are priceless, but the cost is also priceless.
The closing time is when the lights turn down (the Sun). The memories are priceless, but the cost is also priceless.
That's
right, it is free to go outside. I took my kids outside the other day and what
a time they had. The older we get in life the more it takes to entertain and
fascinate us. Most adults would not get the same thrill out of an amusement
park as kids get out of going outside.
Many
times what we think our kids want and need are not what they actually want and
need. A child would grow tired of playing with a $1,000 remote-controlled
helicopter by themselves faster than they would just blowing daffodils into the
wind and watching it's miniature parachutes land.
You see with kids, it's not just what they have or do more so than it is with whom they are with.
You see with kids, it's not just what they have or do more so than it is with whom they are with.
Children
value time and attention from parents much more than gifts. I bought each of my
young boys their own set of drums. Sure they played with them a lot the first
week, but after that they had more fun when I got down on the kitchen floor
with them and turned over three pots as if they were drums and beat on them
with them with spoons and spatulas.
Don't
mistake me, I never said Mom enjoys hearing the "noise," nor does she
enjoy the thought of us beating on her good pots and pans. But it warms her
heart just to know her kids have a tight bond with their father.
I
bought my kids the best brand new $300 video game with extra controls, the
latest games and even got extra memory to save the place in the game. A week
later, I packed it all up and took it back to the store. I had just spent over
$500 on a game that had the latest 3D graphics.
I
was frustrated on one hand but learned a valuable lesson on the other. I took
them outside, got some pine-cones and handed them a stick. I was the pitcher
and they were the batters. No game on the expensive console could match the
laughter and enjoyment that my kids showed while knocking a home run (hitting
the pine-cone out of the yard) with a stick.
The next time you want to give your kids the very best in entertainment, try a neat place called outside.
The next time you want to give your kids the very best in entertainment, try a neat place called outside.
~A
MountainWings Original by James Bronner~
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Another from Mountain Wings. Think about this one.
The
Chandelier ========
Old
Rev. Johnson was begging his board of directors to buy a new chandelier for the
church. Pleading for more than an hour, he sat down sullen and hopeless in his
ambition to acquire a chandelier.
Then
the elder president of the board stood up. "What're we wasting time
talkin' for?" he said rhetorically.
"Foist of all, a chandelier, ... we ain't got nobody who could even spell it.
"Foist of all, a chandelier, ... we ain't got nobody who could even spell it.
Second,
we ain't got nobody who could even play it.
And
third, what we need most in the church is more light!"
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One from my friend Lee in Queensland. Thank you Lee.
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9 comments:
Hi Merle, I'm guessing the joke from Jan was in a BOX when you posted it??? If you are posting a fwd or anything that has a box surrounding it get rid of the box before posting it, You only need to copy it toWord and then paste it to your blog to do this.... Good luck.
Hey there Merle! I can see you're in good spirits! Enjoyed your post, as I always do. Give Fluff a cuddle for me...I'm glad you're both having fun.
Take good care. Hugs. :)
It's so good to know that Fluff likes to be with you :)
So glad you're doing well Merle!!!
Hopefully your son comes home safe and sound too.
Great jokes today!!!
Hello Merle. I loved the 'prayer' HAHAHA
Glad to hear you are still doing well and having fun with Fluff. I sure enjoy my two little doggies.
Our evenings are getting cool with the chill of autumn. I brought in all of my Orchid Cacti today and a few other plants that like warmer temps. I have two Orchid Cacti blooming and a third with tiny buds that I think may be a night blooming Cereus.
A big buck ate most of my garden so there won't be any canning this year. I still have enough left from last year so I won't go without.
I suppose it's like spring in your neck of the woods.
Take good care of yourself.
Love you
I haven't forgotten you Merle...been taking a bit of a break from my blog! hope you've been well and life is treating you fantastically ;)
Hi again Merle. In answer to the question you left on my blog, I don't have a basement but have a little space in my computer room where I keep the 11 Orchid Cacti. The other plants I just distribute around the house because I like the look of having some green inside. The Orchid Cacti are quite large, some have stems over four feet long. I was going to cut them off last winter but decided to leave them and I'm glad I did because they are covered in buds. The other two that are blooming are red and have very large blossoms the size of a saucer. They do take up a lot of space and I have thought of getting rid of them but I love the blossoms so much I just keep hanging on! Plant lover I am.
Hi Merle, I always enjoy reading your blog, and am pleased to see you are doing so well. Isn't it lovely to feel a little bit of Spring in the air !! We are heading off on Sunday for a month long trip to the Red Centre, visiting Coober Pedy, Ayers Rock, The Olgas, Kings Canyon, Palm Valley, Alice Springs & surrounds, the Oodnadatta Track, Lake Eyre, the Flinders Ranges, and whatever else we discover along the way. Can't wait. I hope to Facebook along the way, internet/phone reception allowing, so keep an eye open. Will be in touch when we return. Stay well, much love from all of us to you xxxx
"You just happened to catch my eye"! Oh I am ashamed for laughing so hard.
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