Monday, 24 February 2014

I couldn't resist!

We'll have a happy View and quite a few people groaning...


The artist has a Facebook page, where there are are many other cartoons. I noticed she's not only a lover of puns, but of animals as well.

Sunday, 23 February 2014

Thursday, 20 February 2014

Quick emergency post

The connection is playing up, so I have to post anything quickly before I lose it...


Wednesday, 19 February 2014

A different kind of birdsong

View sent us a very interesting video. This is part of the author's description on youtube:

Reading the newspaper one morning, I saw this picture of birds on the electric wires. I cut out the photo and decided to make a song, using the exact location of the birds as notes. I was just curious to hear what melody the birds were creating.



Thanks, View, you find some fascinating stuff. As you said, it's a bird thing...

[There's an extended version of the melody in this video, filmed at a live performance. The author is on keyboards. far left.]

Monday, 17 February 2014

Visual gags and puns

I found some new funny pictures that should provoke a few groans. These things make me think of View and Mrsgunka...







Sunday, 16 February 2014

Saturday, 15 February 2014

Need cheering up?

Mrsgunka never fails in the cheering up department. This email awaited me when I woke up this morning:

My best childhood friend just sent this to me to cheer me up. It worked! Think we could all use a good laugh! Bet GrannyJ will like the twins! :-) The first one is my favorite. Can't wait to show the boys in the morning!

Thank you, MrsG. I'm sure these will cheer everybody up!

















Friday, 14 February 2014

Celebrating love

This week has been very emotional for all of us. On February 14, people traditionally celebrate love and friendship. I would like to dedicate this post to Ray & Mrsgunka and to CC.

Ray and MrsG were together for 55 years and she made sure Ray was surrounded by love in his last days. They were a remarkable couple and we're very familiar with our formidable Mrsgunka. We've learned to love Ray through her thoughtful comments and lovely stories. Good bye, Ray. You were much loved and will be greatly missed by many.

We enjoyed seeing CC's smile over the past four years and her warmth comes through in each of her comments. We waited for news following her operation yesterday and were very relieved to know that she's ok and that things are looking good!

Let's celebrate the life of a man who was very special to his family and friends and who was very respected in his profession because he was very capable and dedicated. Ray leaves many invaluable memories to those who knew him.

Let's rejoice in the fact that CC will be back with us soon enough.

I'm happy we have each other. Let's also celebrate our friendship!

Let's celebrate love in all its forms.

Happy Valentine's Day.











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MrsG and Ray on their visit with Spike

TW, moi and CC. Photo taken by Irishgirl

Thursday, 13 February 2014

Mascara or no mascara? UPDATE

I CC said she was going to wear some make-up for her op. Having seen her without any make-up at all, I can tell you she looks just fine with or without it. Another thing I noticed about CC is that she doesn't seem to need any beauty sleep. We would stay up until the small hours and CC would get up quite early, looking as fresh as a rose. I, on the other hand, looked like something the cat dragged in, even though I had slept longer than CC...


We're all holding you in our thoughts, dear friend. I hope you recover from the anesthetic quickly so you can catch up with P's story about pee pee (we haven't forgotten about it, Irish).

[As soon as I hear any news about CC, I'll publish a new post, ok?]

UPDATE

[I'm typing this on the i-pad and it seems the formatting has gone out of the window!]

GrannyJ received an email from CC's sister. Here it is, a bit edited to stick to people's internet names:

GrannyJ, I'm CC's sister.. We are most grateful for everyone's kindness, support, prayers and encouragement... Surgery went well.. A 2cm tumor was removed and the dr believes from what he was able to see visually that the cells seemed to be contained. The pathology report will confirm any findings.. So... In 2 weeks we'll know if any or further treatment will be necessary .... 
Again thanks so much for your well wishes and more.... I'll stay in touch. GrannyJ, I would appreciate you passing the info along to CC's friends...


Wednesday, 12 February 2014

A warming post for today


We had a freezing post yesterday. Let's get warm!


I'm posting this quickly from the i-pad because we have some friends arriving any minute now...

I just saw this joke and it seems to go well with the theme.


As a trucker stops at a red light, a blonde catches up. She jumps out of her car, runs up to his truck, and knocks on the door. The trucker lowers the window, and she says "Hi, my name is Heather and you're losing some of your load." 

The trucker ignores her and proceeds down the street. When the truck stops for another red light, the girl catches up again. She jumps out of her car, runs up and knocks on the door. Again, the trucker lowers the window. As if they've never spoken, the blonde says brightly, "Hi my name is Heather, and you are losing some of your load!" 

Shaking his head, the trucker ignores her again and continues down the street. At the third red light, the same thing happens again. All out of breath, the blonde gets out of her car, runs up, knocks on the truck door. The trucker lowers the window. Again she says "Hi, my name is Heather, and you are losing some of your load!" 

When the light turns green the trucker revs up and races to the next light. When he stops this time, he hurriedly gets out of the truck, and runs back to the blonde's car. He knocks on her window, and as she lowers it, he says "Hi, my name is Kevin, it's winter in Michigan and I'm driving the SALT TRUCK!"

Tuesday, 11 February 2014

That's what I call cold!

View sent us some sensational pictures of St Joseph lighthouse in Michigan. Thanks, View. Brrr...





Here's a picture of the lighthouse in normal weather: