Saturday Photo Hunt #58: PARTY!

PARTY!

The Saturday Photo Scavenger Hunt theme for this week is PARTY!

This is a photograph taken on February 14, 1989.  It's a birthday PARTY!

The guest of honor is the woofie.  Her name was Peaches an' she was born in 1971.  She was Mom's.  The kitties at the "PARTY" for Peaches' EIGHTEENTH birthday were the "cats who came before" an' they were born on July 4, 1988, so they were six months old in this photo.  

Mom's fambly were the wranglers holding the kitties for the photo an' Mom was the photographer.  Peaches an' the kitties made quick work of those carob cuppy-cakes with the sprinkles on top after the flashy box went "flash"!

From the left to the right:  Lacey Bunns an' Peaches wrangled by Grandma; Percy wrangled by our Uncle James; an' Cookie Monster wrangled by Grandad.

The only kitty who refused to cooperate with the PARTY photo was Meemaw.  She didn't like the little boy who was invited to the woofie birthday PARTY.  His name was Tommy (an' he's probably about twenty-two by now).  He used to "meow" at the kitties an' his voice was furry scary ... I've been told.

The sad thing is that Mom's woofie was helped to the Bridge about a month later (on March 9, 1989).  Mom's glad that she had this little PARTY for Peaches ... an' that she has a picture to help her to remember.

Friday Memes: Friday's Feast an' Friday Fill-ins

Feast One Hundred & Eighty One

February 29th, 2008 

Appetizer
Who was the last person you hugged?

I actually hugged one of my colleagues about an hour ago. He was celebrating his birthday (he’s a Leap Day baby) and today he turned FOURTEEN. He’s a wonderful man and a terrific science teacher ... And he’s an awesome hugger, too.

Soup
Share a beauty or grooming trick or tip with us.

Well, I guess it’s not really a beauty or a grooming trick/tip, but it does help you to organize a beauty product. I’m one of those people who loves the little samples of perfume, but could never use one up in a single application. If you allow them to lay on their sides, they leak. When I worked at Big 5 Sporting Goods back in college, I bought a little green plastic case that a gun enthusiast would use to hold shells for a rifle. The tiny glass vials fit perfectly into the separate slots and they stand upright. No more leaking ... and the shell case keeps them “fresh,” too.

Salad
What does the color yellow make you think of?

Yellow makes me think of marshmallow Peeps ... and I don’t even LIKE marshmallow Peeps.

Main Course
If you were to make your living as a photographer, what subject would your pictures revolve around?

I suppose that I’d photograph the Northern California Coast. If you haven’t been between Crescent City and the Oregon border, you really need to make a visit. It’s breath-taking and never the same view twice.

Dessert
What was the longest book you ever read?

When I was in high school, the longest book that I ever read was The Jungle by Upton Sinclair.

I’ve read all of the Harry Potter series ... those books are long, but so engrossing. I’ve read some long textbooks, too ... but not cover-to-cover. And I’ve never been able to commit to reading the Bible as literature.

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Friday Fill-Ins #61

1. I'm looking forward to _watching my students’ musical ... They’re producing “Grease” with a filipino and hispanic cast. (It should be an interesting interpretation.)_ next week.

2. I don't handle _phone calls _ very well ... because  I don't hear all that well.  I do better in person.

3. _PIZZA_ is something I could eat every day.

4. Warmth and sunlight _are the key words for San Diego’s Chamber of Commerce brochures ... They’re our middle names_.

5. _VACATION_ here I come!  March 14th is the last day of quarter three.  Then, I have jury duty.  Sigh.

6. I _abhor_ tattoo(s).  And don't get me started on the "branding" that athletes get on their bodies.  YUCK.

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to _resting and getting rid of this upset stomach that I’ve had all week_, tomorrow my plans include _sleep late and watch “Jurassic Park 3” on VHS ... and in Spanish ... because one of my special ed. students insists that it’s a “great movie” and I have to watch it because I like dinosaurs_ and Sunday, I want to _finish these darn afghans if they KILL me_!

Thursday Thirteen -- #56 Is it icy where YOU live?

We'll try not to gloat too much, but on Wednesday (2/27) the high temperature for downtown San Diego was 77 degrees. At Mom's school, it was 80 degrees with not a single cloud in the azure sky. It was a GORGEOUS day tailor-made for playin' hooky. Too bad Mom's such a good egg an' worked a full day ... hooky could have been fun.

Anyway, Thursday's forecast is more of the same ... so we thought that we'd show you a place FAR COLDER than where you live. Our friend Lana sent us a set of photos from a place in Switzerland that takes its ice furry seriously. Take a look!

All of these icy scenes take place in Versoix, Switzerland (a town close to Geneva City). Léman Lake is the “water” in the background.

Here's our Thursday Thirteen of a place that's COLDER than here (or just about anywhere else except Bismarck, N.D.) ... We're SO GLAD that we live in a place where the coldest it tends to get is 'bout 33 degrees ... an' that's at NIGHT.
















BTW: This last photo is what the black masheen would look like if Mom took it over to this place in Switzerland an' left it outside all by itself. I'm sure that the black masheen is grateful that the only exposure to "snow" that it ever got was about ten years ago when Mom was driving back from visitin' our Great-Great Aunt Vivian who used to be a "snowbird" (Our auntie was a birdie?!?) in Yuma, AZ. Mom got to drive through a snow storm where the snow was fallin' horizontally instead of vertically. The black masheen nearly got buried a dozen times by jerks drivin' big Urban Assault Vehicles at way above the speed limit. Yeesh!