Thursday, 7 November 2013

Have cake, will travel

Here's something absolutely fabulous for the woman who loves to travel.

Happy birthday, CC! Love and kisses to you, dahhling.


Amy sent this lovely gift of roses:


Wednesday, 6 November 2013

A bunch of funnies to make you smile

Mrsgunka sent us some really funny cartoons and pictures. Thank you, MrsG.


GrannyJ will dig this one:








I think this one is for Amy:


Monday, 4 November 2013

The blonde gets even

View sent us this joke. Thank you, View.

A trucker came into a Truck Stop Cafe' and placed his order.

He said "I want three flat tires, a pair of headlights and a pair of running boards."


The brand new blonde waitress, not wanting to appear stupid, went to the kitchen and said to the cook, "This guy out there just ordered three flat tires, a pair of headlights and a pair of running boards. What does he think this place is, an auto parts store?"

"No," the cook said. "Three flat tires... mean three pancakes; a pair of headlights... is two eggs sunny side up; and a pair of running boards... are 2 slices of crisp bacon!"

"Oh... OK!" said the blonde. She thought about it for a moment and then spooned up a bowl of beans and gave it to the customer.


The trucker asked, "What are the beans for, Blondie?"

She replied, "I thought while you were waiting for the flat tires, headlights and running boards, you might as well gas up!"

Sunday, 3 November 2013

Sharing is good!

One of the many reasons I love this blog is the readers' ability to find and share some amazing things.

Yesterday's post had photos of the Dallas Arboretum, where a strange structure could be seen. 1smartcanerican was puzzled by it and asked what it was. Sleuth (what's in a name?), came up with the answer: "It's a glass art piece by Dale Chihuly. The Arboretum is hosting an exhibit of his work. At night, the pieces light up."


Amy, who's another sleuth extraordinaire, posted a picture of one of Chihuly's ceilings, followed by the link to an image search, which has countless magnificent examples of his work.


Sleuth suggested a post about Chihuly (hint, hint!) and I'm glad to oblige. I didn't know him or his work, but now I'm hooked. Learning from each other is one of the nicest things about this modest blog. A big thank you to all.

Here are some examples of Dale Chihuly's works, including some very early examples, shown in the first picture:



















The artist at work:


Further photos HERE.