What a Guy!

7:30 AM one recent morning.

I’m reading the paper at the bar.  Randy wanders in half dressed, almost ready for work.  He proceeds to wipe the bar down.  I’m confused.  Why would he begin cleaning, half dressed, this early, on a whim? 

Me:  What are you doing?

Randy:  Wiping the bar down.

Me:  Why?  (it’s 7:30, for heaven’s sake.  He finishes the bar and now he’s bent over, starting the floor!)

Randy:  Because I didn’t want to waste a wipee! (He holds up the soiled cloth from the floor, which is why he started on the bar in the first place!)

What a guy!  

Something On My Back?

Sometimes I relate to this painting -

 Caitlin Connolly – “Is there something on my back?”

“Know ye not that ye are the temple of god, and that the spirit of God dwelleth in you?” 1 Cor. 3:16

"Like the painting, we become so accustomed to having something weigh us down that we don’t even realize we are hunched over inhibiting our life and light with something on our back."  (Jenny L.  Segulla blog)

 

Happy Birthday, Emmie

Dear Emmie:

Have a Happy

Happy

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Birthday!

I Love You!

Grandma Jody

Hollyhocks 2013

 I've got to hand it to hollyhocks.  I look forward to their performance every year - like Christmas!

And they never fail to delight!  They make me laugh, and I find myself hearing their dialogue.

  Who would burst out of dry ground all alone like this? 

Can't you just hear this beautiful trio? . . .

Coming from the same neck, that's gotta be tough! 

 Is this a wall flower, a leader of the pack, a teacher pleaser, a stalker,

or a short choir director?

 This has to be the cheering section, the choir, or the clique group.

 

The communicators, facing each other in support.

 Look how they guard the house in a standing ovation,
making sure their brilliant color is seen even from the windows inside!

(Applause!  Bravo!)

Thanks for the show, my hollyhock friends!