DIFFERENCES

 

I say toe-may-toe, you say toe-mah-toe.

Whatever you call them, they still make a great picture and a great burst of flavor in your mouth.

So let's not argue.

Let's eat!

THE FRIDAY FUNNIES

For those of you concerned about the Blue Bag . . it's still up there.

Two weeks and counting.

For those of you envying my delightful Spring weather, the mercury is heading back down to the upper 50's in the next week.

And rain is forecast.

But you know, like Bing Crosby sang . . . 

"Though April showers may come your way, 

they bring the flowers, that bloom in May".

So there's that.

Now I want to bring some joy into your life so here goes.

So that's it for another week, my friends.

Now remember don't watch the t.v. news and keep your eyes off the bathroom scale to have yourselves a fulfilling weekend.

And ALWAYS remember to keep laughing!

Here, kitty-kitty . . .

( . . . oh, no, I knew somehow it was coming . . . )

THE BLUE BAG SAGA

Careful students of this educational blog, like Shirley of "Boots and Braids" . . .

. . might recall my random comment March 14th about a blue bag that had found itself stuck in the branches of a tall tree of one of my neighbors.

As proof I offered a photograph of said bag in said tree.

Based on a question from the investigator, Shirley, I checked and found it still up there.

Granted, it had been blown about in a gale force wind we experienced a few days ago but its hopes for escape were denied when it was snagged by some other branches of the same tree.

So here it is today, still secured in its lofty trap.

And just to prove my published pronouncement that it is indeed a blue bag, not a birthday balloon, here is a close-up.

I apologize in advance for the blurry nature of it.

It's not one of those questionable UFO pictures, it's just due to the technical insufficiencies of my smart(?)phone camera.

So that's the progress report as of today.

No progress.

I'll attempt to keep you posted.

CONSTRUCTION

You may recall the night of April 1st last year when an arsonist burned down the Legado project, incurring a cost to the developer of around 60 million dollars.

He hasn't been apprehended yet but just recently the new Legado began rising on the lot where the previous one was about three-quarters completed.

The project is being built the same way, with pre-cast concrete slabs which are hoisted into place and secured, which makes construction very rapid.

This, I presume, is the parking garage, which is erected first before the outside of it is surrounded by apartments and businesses.

And I would imagine with the experience of a year ago there is full-time 24-hour security on the site.

Meantime, just across the street a TownePlace Suites by Marriott is well along in it's construction.

With the Findlay Toyota Center arena on one corner, the Homestead Talking Glass Apartments on another and these two projects under construction on two others, this interesection will probably soon be one of the busiest in our town.

I just wonder when the town leaders will decide to change the designation from a town to a city!

SPRING HAS SPRUNG!

After a couple of snowstorms earlier this month, Spring is finally here.

At least for the moment.

As I'm writing this in the very early afternoon, the temperature is hovering at about 68 (F)/20 (C) with the sun shining in an incredibly blue sky.

It's supposed to reach 82 by Tuesday.

We'll see.

But meanwhile the warmer weather has caused the ornamental fruit trees to do their thing.

And, as always this time of year, I can't be prevented from imposing sharing this brief bit of old Burma Shave doggerel.

Brace yourselves.

Spring has sprung

The grass has riz

Where last year's

careless drivers is!

Happy Springtime, everyone!

WHO'S AGING??!!

I'm about a month from my 85th trip around the Sun.

It seems like only yesterday.

No I don't mean my big birthday seemed only yesterday.

Because it wasn't, see?

It's still coming up.

But I am of the age where I go into a room and then wonder why I'm in there.

Or not remembering the name of the person I've known all of my life.

Or the very famous movie star that I was in love with for all of my life.

Ah, well, that's a little of what's got me thinking.

Other than the fact that I'm wearing my wife's hat.

Some days are just like that.

But today was a killer.

I mean a real killer-diller.

(Does anyone remember that?)

Anyway I went to the library and the grocery store and the town center to shoot some pictures and the park to shoot some more.

And sometime after I got back, I glanced down at my feet.

I had not known it until that fateful moment.

Though I had noticed that people were being very polite to me in the library and the grocery store and the park.

I showed them to my wife when I discovered them.

After laughing uproarishly at my distress, she crowned my day by saying "And you've got another pair just like them in your closet!"

THE FRIDAY FUNNIES

I know what you're thinking.

"Apparently he's been hung over all week because of all that green beer he drank on Monday!"

Well you'd be wrong.

I didn't have any green beer on Monday or maybe any other kind of beer.

I may write about St. Patrick's Day but I usually don't celebrate it.

No, I've just been occupied with life and, then, lazy in general.

So let me try to make it up to you today.

TGIF!

If you're like me you're probably about ready to smite Jean-Luc Picard.

But put that anger behind you and get even by having a simply mah-velous weekend.

After all, it's SPRING again!

(sorry, River. and anyone else living Down Under.)

Oh, yeah, and always remember to keep laughing!

Here, kitty-kitty . . .