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Too tired to post.
By Silver Blue
Even my University’s mascot, the Monarch (Big Blue) is feeling the need to take a breather.
Silver Blue, who will be (hopefully) more in the mood for posting on Memorial Day.
No blog post due to GREAT news.
By Silver Blue
My Uncle Mike underwent reconstructive surgery today from where he lost his stomach to esophageal cancer, and is at the Cleveland Clinic…. the surgery (an 8+ hour) to reconstruct a stomach for him so he may be taken off of a feeding tube was a SUCCESS!
Here he is, waiting to go back for surgery this morning:
I think that the good news we’ve received more than qualifies as a reason to take the night off from the blog.
YAY! Love you, Uncle Mike! (Silver Blue, over and out)
Look Rhett!
By Silver Blue
The Magnolias are in bloom.
Just in time to be enjoyed…
Before another hurricane comes along…
…and makes me glad I have multiple backups of photos.
Silver Blue, who thinks that Mother Nature is exacting her revenge on us for not taking care of her sister, Mother Earth.
Make it go away!
By Silver Blue
I don’t care if it was en vogue for steakhouses in the 1970s. Or the fact there are recipes dating back to 1914 for this. The hoi polloi can have their wedge of iceberg lettuce with Roquefort dressing and bacon. But please… keep it away from me.
Trust me, This was NOT served at a steak house, it was NOT pleasing to look at, and it certainly didn’t taste good.
Not to mention the iceberg lettuce is devoid of all nutritional value.
Silver Blue, who doesn’t expect haute cuisine when I dine at plated luncheons, but I certainly don’t expect … well… I should digress.
I turned 43 today.
By Silver Blue
13 years ago, this was my cake:
If I felt over the hill then (and I did), you can imagine how I feel now!
Silver Blue, who asks you to hand me down my walking cane…..
The angels sigh…
By Silver Blue
…the little girl cried…
The tears run rings around my eyes.
There’s something about angels that make for good photos. Well, most of the time:
(This was back when I used to decorate the mantle at Christmastide.)
This was from filter manipulation. I have numerous filters that I never use. Perhaps I should look into doing more work with them.
Someone be a dear:
Go help that angel out. She seems to be stuck in a rose bush.
Here’s the mantle as it was decked out in 2004:
Finally:
My Angel Bear. She’s a tree topper, but tends to live her life without that discomfort these days. LOL.
(That’s Icee Bear and Snowflake Bear beside Angel Bear).
[audio:https://www.eyesofsilverblue.com/ma-trr.mp3]Silver Blue, who sometimes feels like an angel flying too close to the ground.
Signs of times gone by.
By Silver Blue
The Big Bad Wolf.
My second-most all-time favourite rollercoaster in the world. (The most favourite? “Gemini” at Cedar Point, Upper Sandusky, Ohio).
Howl I miss this coaster. Oh, sorry for the misplaced pun. š I’ve heard differing stories as to why Busch Gardens, Williamsburg removed the Wolf. Ridership was down. (Huh?) The ride had reached the end of its serviceable life. (Possibly, but Nessie is older and still running). The ride was one of three remaining in the US of its type (where you were suspended UNDER the tracks entirely enclosed in the car), and the company who made it (and produced maintenance parts) went out of business, therefore they couldn’t keep it running. (Probably.)
It’s taken then a few years, but the new coaster, Verbolten (also a trek through the Black Forest) opened on May 18. Haven’t ventured yet. Will do so, though, on my next trip to the Gardens.
[audio:https://www.eyesofsilverblue.com/dd-hltw.mp3]Silver Blue, who does enjoy a good thrill ride every now and then. š
Knock Knock!
By Silver Blue
Sorry, Gnome-one’s home!
Came upon this tree in February. I thought it looked like there was once a Gnome door here, but they went south for the winter and boarded it over. Maybe they were tired of being harassed by myriad squirrel.Ā Regardless, it made me smile to think about, and still does. It’s a neat tree.
[audio:https://www.eyesofsilverblue.com/jw-sb.mp3]Silver Blue… who is looking forward to his birthday on Monday!
If you need a quarter…
By Silver Blue
….perhaps you shouldn’t be shopping at the Dollar Tree.
I mean, it’s not like it’sĀ a pay toilet. (Who remembers those?)
Silver Blue …. with nothing more to say. (Hopefully this will post. I’ve got it on a “future post”.)
Milking it.
By Silver Blue
Years and years (and years) ago, when I was growing up, my Grandmother bought an old milk can. It was restored by mom and her sisters. Sanded down, repainted black, and an applique decal from Root’s Lumber applied:
From that point forward, it always sat near the doorway between my Grandmother’s living room and the “middle” room (formerly a dining room). It was still sitting there when she passed in 2008.
Strange how some things just seems to have been around forever. Sort of like a pair of teacups that had been on a shelf in her kitchen for as long as I can remember:
They’d hold her rings when she’d do the dishes… and sometimes, they’d hold change or her watch.
The restaurant is long gone, and I’ll have to question my parents about the significance of it, as I’m sure there was one.
Silver Blue, over and… out.
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