Today in witch history

Today in 1692 the Salem witch hunt began.

Tonight (2009) as I was flipping tv channels I came across the movie remake of Bewitched being shown on a broadcast network television station.

Coincidence?

spam as good food

Sure spam is annoying but every once in awhile it can be amusing:

An avocado pit takes a coffee break, and a paycheck goes to sleep; however, the fat briar patch wisely derives perverse satisfaction from another polygon. For example, the turn signal indicates that another insurance agent behind a bullfrog hardly sanitizes a greasy customer.

(actual email I received)

2 weeks of recovery

Which face represents the pain of winter?
The pain of boredom?
The pain of unemployment?
The pain of recession?
The pain of the unknown?
The pain of eating an entire bag of potato chips?

For the third time this week?

Fish food

Ash Wednesday.

Sorry little fish. You're the main course until the bunny comes.

Change

What kind of wine goes with a late winter Joint Session of Congress? In a Blue State that would be a syrah (pronounced shiraz if you're Down Under). Rich and full.

Lion Tiger Bear

Strike a pose.

The Oscar goes to...

my belly.

All this talk about the Oscars just makes me want a hotdog with ketchup and mustard and relish and onions... mmm-mmm. Who am I wearing? Just a little Heinz. I would like to thank my gut for not rejecting this delicious meal.

Artsy island orchid

While on St. John I finally read the manual for the Canon G9.

This is one of it's many tricks.

Beach BBQ

Too bad this is a rooster.
A St. John beach rooster at that.
Because I loves me some chicken.





photo by Annie

7 days

I'm getting tired of the recovery program.
Today is one week since the slicing and dicing.
Well I hope there was only slicing.
It's not like they were making a stir-fry.

I think I may need a recovery haiku.
Or maybe a pic of dead hydrangeas will do.
They may even get me back in the mood.
Where are the pain pills?
Haiku THIS is not.

Look into my eyes.

Looking back at recent postings of groundhogs and prairie dogs made me realize I have ignored my favorite rodent of all.

This evil one was spotted in my garden last fall. Click the pic for a better view of the eyes of Satan!

Green green grass

Yesterday's post is a result of going on a tropical vacation in the middle of a Michigan winter. You return and it's cold and it's snowy. Worst of all, it's cold and snowy. Two weeks ago that groundhog said "Six More Weeks of Winter!" so that leaves... you guessed it... four weeks of winter. (That's meteorologist math for rodents.) Soon I will come up with a topic that isn't related to my hate of winter... maybe. In the mean time here is a pic of my backyard last summer:

Ready

All I can say right now is I'm ready for spring.

Spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring spring !!!

Slowly

This is how I've been moving around the last few days. Well, not as graceful as this snail was. I'm just referring to his speed. He was one of the many creatures on St. John and was lounging poolside with us.

Love

Better luck next year Cupid

Pain relief

Lying on the couch all day in pain of about an 11 on a 1-10 scale I began wondering what kind of wine goes with double inguinal hernia repair. A light sauvignon blanc (or fumé blanc as it may be called) would probably be the perfect choice.

Time for

a

little

"procedure".




This won't hurt a bit......... right?

Prairie Dog Day

I see my shadow. Do you see my shadow. I have a shadow. What does this mean? Where's that darn Groundhog when you need him?

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I'm 9 days late with my burrowing rodent celebration but I saw the prairie dogs at the zoo yesterday AND then I discovered that out west they have been referring to Feb 2nd as "Prairie Dog Day" for about 6 years now. I wonder if Phil knows of this. He may have a grievance to file with the rodent union.

http://www.prairiedogday.net/

High of 58 today?

Too warm! Too warm!!
















Much too warm!!! This polar bear is not too happy.
Is this the global warming?

By request

More St. John...A ship sails by our beach.

Sunday morning sunsine

The thaw continues here in the great laked white north state of Michigan. Day two in the 40s (well 41 or so) and I can all ready see some grass!!! Maybe I brought some warm weather home with my from the caribbean. Maybe I should go back...

Back to reality

St. John

Vacations: they always come to an end.
I suppose that if they didn't end it wouldn't have been a vacation.