Little Humor for Wednesday!

And for all of you living with way too much heat these days -- be on the lookout!

And -- Big Holes!!!

 Great Blue   Hole ,   Belize 

This  incredible geographical phenomenon known as a blue  hole is situated 60 miles off the mainland of   Belize . There  are numerous blue holes around the world, but  none as stunning as this one.

SHIT  HOLE,   Washington       D.C.  

This hole swallows trillions and trillions of U.S. Dollars annually!  The money that falls into this hole is never heard from again.  It is reported to be filled with at least 535 'ass holes'.

And finally ........ 

A man in a hot air balloon realized he was lost. he reduced altitude and spotted a man below.
He descended a bit more and shouted: 'Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago but I don't know where I am.' The man below replied, 'You're in a hot air balloon hovering approximately 30 feet above the ground. You're between 40 and 41 degrees north latitude and between 59 and 60 degrees west longitude.'

'You must be an Engineer,' said the balloonist.

'I am,' replied the man, 'how did you know?'

'Well,' answered the balloonist, 'everything you have told me is probably technically correct, but I've no idea what to make of your information and the fact is, I'm still lost. Frankly, you've not been much help at all. If anything, you've delayed my trip by your talk.'

The man below responded, 'You must be in Management.'

'I am,' replied the balloonist, 'but how did you know?'

'Well,' said the man, 'you don't know where you are or where you're going. You have risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise, which you've no idea how to keep, and you expect people beneath you to solve your problems. The fact is you are in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but now, somehow, it's my fault.

Happy Wednesday!

ABC Wednesday - B!

Got your dictionary out? You ready to play with the letters? It's that time again! ABC Wednesday is hosted by Mrs. Denise Nesbitt and the ABC team: Denise, Annelie, Leslie, Nathalie, Joyce, Donna, Helen, Roger, Troy, Jay, Barb and Gattina! And guess what? It's that day again!  It's ABC Wednesday!!

Boy oh Boy!! Bring your Bugle, Baby! It's the B Day!! Don't worry about the Budget! Those Badass  Bums in DC don't! We're going to pack up some Bourbon, Beer  and stuff for a Bloody Mary or two or three and don't forget the Bayer -- we'll need that! Lets pull on our Boots, Borrow a car, Bring the Bugle and maybe stop at a Bookstore Before we get to the Bridge! But the Bottom line is we're going to have a Blast! So, Blow up the Balloons, drag out the Bagpipe, you old Bald headed Bugger! I want to dance with you when we get to the Ballroom!

And my B words for the day are -- Blossoms, Band, Boat, Bald Eagle and Beach and they are all mine! Beat you Sir Google!

That's My World!

That's My World is hosted each week by Klaus and the My World team, Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy and me. Join us and share your world with others from all over Our World! Just click on the post title, read the rules, sign up and play with us! So! How is your world this week? Have you taken time to see the beauty there? What is it about your world that makes you smile or laugh or feel grateful for?

I had hoped to have photos of the Bellevue Art Festival this week, but our trip was delayed a week, so I've gone back to look at a couple other trips that were such fun. I'll have some new photos next week! And while I was working diligently at my desk the other day I looked up to see this young man sitting outside the window in front of my desk! He looked as if he was quite curious as to just what I was doing hour after hour!!  I reached for my camera, certain he would fly away before I could get a shot! But he surprised me by posing instead!!

Feeling a bit dull
in my old age,
I flew over
Paris,
Milan,
Cologne,
and even London
searching
for that perfect makeup....

And
I finally found it
in Mumbai,
where
they have
fairness creams.

In a moment
of
narcissistic madness,
I peered into
the Sky Mirror
and
slathered it on,
only
to have it
washed off
in a
thundering
Mumbai monsoon cloudburst.

Looks like nothing black
is turning fair,
and
everything
is supposed to be fair
only
if you are flying high.

As for me,
my full throated shouts
about the creme,
have rendered
my neck
arteries and veins visible,
and the
only thing
that has changed , are my eyebrows.

Black to white ?
Gosh,
the weight of people's expectations !
I can't even raise my eyebrows !

Posted by Ugich Konitari to Sylvia From Over the Hill at July 25, 2011 9:09 PM 


The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win you're still a rat.
Lilly Tomlin

Hmmm! Our politicians today should be able to relate to this -- if they were honest! But by now  we all know better!!

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

Mark Twain

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.

Will Rogers

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Beauty is the gift of God.
        Aristotle

The human soul needs actual beauty more than bread.
     D.H. Lawrence

Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.
        Albert Einstein

Pets Forever!

Hey guys, get up off your tush and lets go see Bozo over at his pad in Mumbai! It's always a fun time when we all get together and talk about what's been happin', Bro! You know? Get your human to click on the Post Title, that'll take them to the website where you can sign up! I'll be waiting for you!!

Oh, no! Mom has found a groomer close to where we live -- she can walk me there!!  That was the last thing I wanted her to find!! I hate getting groomed!!  And I let her know it, too!  Then she took these pictures to show me just how badly I needed a hair cut!!!

Why are humans and moms always right?????

Shadow Shot Sunday!

Get out the magnifying glass, get into your best sleuthing clothes and start prowling your environment looking for those wonderful, but sometimes elusive shadows. This fun and challenging meme is hosted each week by Tracy over at Hey Harriet! Click on the link under the blog title and sign up to play!!

It's actually been rather easy to find shadows this week as summer tiptoes shyly, reluctantly, slowly into the northwest! Believe me, I'm not complaining about our temps in light of the weather grilling the rest of the country!!  But the sun here has been lovely!  Wishing you all a wonderful weekend with lots of love and laughter and fun -- but stay cool!!

To the people of Norway, my thoughts and prayers are with you!!

Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life.  Mark Twain

Mark Twain

Weekend Reflections

Weekend Reflections is hosted by James each week beginning Friday at 11 AM Eastern Standard Time. It's another wonderful way of opening your eyes to new and different kinds of beauty. Click on the web address under the blog title and sign up to play with us! 

Considering the incredible, searing heat across most of the country these days!  I can assure you that I'm grateful to live in the northwest where we are enjoying one of the coolest summers on record here!!! Amazing and somewhat disturbing! What's next????  I haven't gotten out a lot this week, but here are some shots and words for the day! Wishing you all a beautiful weekend!

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

Oscar Wilde

Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.
Danny Kaye

When life gives you lemons, cut them in half and squirt life in the eye!
Author Unknown

Sky Watch Friday!

Time to share your skies, the beauty over your world, the clouds, the colors! Sky Watch is hosted each week by Klaus and the Sky Watch team of Klaus, Sandy, Wren and me. Join us and the many people from all over the world who share theirs with us each week! Click on the address under the post title to be taken to the SWF website where you can sign up.

We've had a little of everything this week -- gray, rain, wind and gorgeous blue skies and puffy, beautiful clouds. Considering the extreme weather all over the country, I feel very blessed to have such incredibly mild temps -- the mildest in many years???? Go figure, but I'll take it!! 
Wishing you all a beautiful day and a wonderful weekend!

 We won't have a society if we destroy the environment.
       Margaret Mead

Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.

Lillian Dickson

 

The best way to prepare for life is to begin to live.
 Elbert Hubbard

 Let's not just transform those in need, we can also find ways to help transform those in power.
       Anonymous

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Life is too short, so kiss slowly, laugh insanely, love truly and forgive quickly.
Author Unknown

Sing like no one's listening, love like you've never been hurt, dance like nobody's watching. and live like it's heaven on earth.
Author Unknown

 If you cannot be a poet, be the poem.
David Carradine

Some Humor for Wednesday!

Darned clever, these Canadians!
Perhaps   America and Europe & Australia should consider 
changing their currencies too. 
Due to the global war on terrorism, many terrorist organizations have had their finances frozen.  Consequently, they have resorted to counterfeiting.   

The Canadians have decided to redesign their currency to prevent the radical Muslims from even touching it!  It is also hoped that this will have a positive effect on tourism.      

Muslim terrorists have to kill themselves if they see a naked woman. Those Canadians always 
find the solution!  Must be the pure water up 
there in the North

ABC Wednesday - A!

Got your dictionary out? You ready to play with the letters? It's that time again! ABC Wednesday is hosted by Mrs. Denise Nesbitt and the ABC team: Denise, Annelie, Leslie, Nathalie, Joyce, Donna, Helen, Roger, Troy, Jay, Barb and Gattina! And guess what? It's that day again!  It's ABC Wednesday!!

Aah! Are you Awake! This is Awesome! We're beginning a new look At the Alphabet and it is the A Day! How About that! I'm Absolutely All for a new round, Although I may not be Around every week. I'm very Active these days and have to Admit I run out of time now And then And we must be Adaptable. Sir Google helped me out with my words for the day, which Are: Apple, Asparagus, Alcohol, Actor, Apricot !

That's My World!

That's My World is hosted each week by Klaus and the My World team, Klaus, Sandy, Wren, Fishing Guy and me. Join us and share your world with others from all over Our World! Just click on the post title, read the rules, sign up and play with us! So! How is your world this week? Have you taken time to see the beauty there? What is it about your world that makes you smile or laugh or feel grateful for?

I didn't get out a lot this past week except for a trip to good old Trader Joe for the weekly groceries! Most of the trips were to the casinos and I don't gamble. But I did want to share a couple more pics from the wonderful nursery we went to last week, a big part of my world -- son, David, here for a brief visit and Sam!! And, of course, our beautiful skies/sunsets.  Hope you all have a great week with lots of love and laughter and beauty!!

 We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

In the book of life, the answers aren't in the back.
Charlie Brown

He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Epictetus

Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass... It's about learning to dance in the rain.
Author Unknown

Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep.
Carl Sandburg

Evening, Wisdom and Beauty

Life is nothing without friendship.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Life is just a mirror, and what you see out there, you must first see inside of you.
Wally 'Famous' Amos

How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these.
George Washington Carver

Pet Forever!

Hey guys, get up off your tush and lets go see Bozo over at his pad in Mumbai! It's always a fun time when we all get together and talk about what's been happin', Bro! You know? Get your human to click on the Post Title, that'll take them to the website where you can sign up! I'll be waiting for you!!

 

WOW! I really enjoy having all the extra room and I've found lots of places to take naps! This is just like sleeping outside under a tree!!! I've got some more places that I'll show you later!! I had Mom take a really big picture, so you'll have to scroll over a bit to see it all! That's my new toy, Marvin Moose, on the floor beside me!