Ruby Tuesday~ 7-19-11

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~go here to see other Ruby Tuesday posts~

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This is a picture our grandsons had painted and gave to their grand dad on Father's Day!

This is a quote from the book, 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil,' a true murder mystery;

(...but  oh, so  much more...)  written by John Berendt and set in  Savannah, Ga. This book reads like fiction and the real life characters are more colorful and outlandish than those even the most creative of writers, using only their imaginations, could come up with!

This quote is attributed to one of the characters in the book, the poet, Conrad Aiken!

After reading that book my husband told all the family that this is what he wants on his 'Headstone' when he goes...

Our boys had a friend paint this picture for Charles as a surprise...LOL-He loved it!!

 

Maybe this will be enough to satisfy... :)

because I really don't want that on his stone, as I will be sharing the other side of it...I'd rather believe  that our destination'IS' known!

:)

Love,

Junie

(Ginga)

Thursday Theme Song ~ 4~7~'11

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*Visit Hootin' Anni for more TTS posts*

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"My sweet lord
Hm, my lord
Hm, my lord

I really want to see you
Really want to be with you
Really want to see you lord
But it takes so long, my lord"

Junie

George Harrison-Birthday (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001)

 

 

 

(from my FB page)

June Kellum

George Harrison~ (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001)

To honor George Harrison's B'day yesterday a friend suggested we watch some of his best music videos!  This is one of them!

R.I.P. sweet George!

Thanks for all you gave us!

 

 

Junie

The real santa... ( a re-post from a past Christmas season)

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  A comment (from Mary) to my last post brought this old post to mind and I thought I'd put  on again!

My husband is there among the various Santas!  :)

 (first posted)

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Sunday, November 26, 2006

The real santa.....

 

Which do you think is the real santa?

Hard to say!

Junie

Camera Critters ~ Sept, 19, 2009

Note:

Birthday Greetings for Chris, below this post!

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Camera Critter time is here again!




**Go here to find other Critters!**

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A few summers past my grandson, Brian
- with a church mission group -
spent several weeks in Kenya.
He enjoyed the experience, greatly...
made lots of friends, too! :)

Junie
(Ginga)

On Our Way Home ~ (our trip and Beatles music)

K- to continue our trip home on this past Monday...

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But first...

Dang it all - I didn't make the front page of Ocala Star Banner - in spite of my best efforts with the tea bags! ;)

Oh, well! It was a good Tea Party and well worth our time and effort! These protests have been a huge success all over the country!

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On Monday we awoke to a rainy, gloomy, day for our long ride home. It rained at least half the way but we finally ran out of it. We had a good time, tho, and after awhile were able to have a couple of fun stops along the way.
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Several years ago we were on a trip back from Alabama. This was one of the times our grand kids-and daughter went with us.

We stopped at this park somewhere near Perry and the kids had a lot of fun climbing on this BLUE ROCK!




LOL- Someone thought they would be improving on nature by painting this huge rock a bright blue! Well... OK- It's a novelty, I have to admit! It enticed us to stop again...or was it the memories of our little 'grands'
having so much fun there?? Maybe a combination of the two things is what did it! Whatever...here we are!

~Junie & Charlie and the Big Blue Rock~

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We can't pass over the Suwanee River without stopping for awhile and this time was no exception.

It's so beautiful and peaceful by the banks of that old river.

This is a maintained park area where we are able to walk out on a floating dock and take a look up and down the river!

Charles made the corny crack as we walked out on the floating and swaying dock..."Don't worry if your head swims..if you fall in then you won't drown!" :) haha! Very Funny!!




















...We made it home to our little corner- before night fall...It's always good to get back home!



Love,
Junie

A day in a life ~Yesterday

YESTERDAY~

Another day in our life...and I'd say, it was a, mostly, good day!

The weather is fine right now, and spring is definitely on the way if not quite here just yet! :) It's hard to tell with our Florida climate just when winter ends and spring begins. We have such a short time period of COLD... but - unfortunately this time - just enough to ZAP my oranges!
Such is life!!


~Some MORE pics to show how SPRINGY it looks around our place right now ~ even my beloved wildflowers are starting to pop up along the edge of the meadow!~











Our first blooms of late winter/early spring are the Red bud trees and the wild Plum tree...and they will be over in another few days! :( They make such a pretty display, all around town and the countryside here. There's lots of them-as well as the white Dogwood trees.

There are some Dogwood trees in bloom - but not mine. Ours is not in a good location- next to the giant Live Oak tree; too much shade, I think! But I will have a few blooms at least!

LOL-OK- enough gushing about my flowers!!

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Marc, my son-in-law, got home yesterday. (for a few days!)

He did some upgrades on my computer for me. He also helped me set up some different chat systems, as I was having some trouble with Aim-AOL. I still have AIM- but now I have 'I-Chat'-and also 'Adium'...or AOL-AIM...whichever I choose! lol- that'll keep me yapping for awhile!

I'll give them a try...but you all know I HATE changes...I was comfortable using AOL-Aim ( because I knew exactly what I was doing) until just recently when I started having a lot of crashes during chats! Could it be with the new upgrades all that trouble will be gone, anyway?? LOL- I hope so...because it's easier for me than these new ones! We'll see how it goes...at least now I have alternatives for my chats, if needed.

We all had a really good meal together last night - Tina, Marc and Alli- Chris, Charles and me! This is what we had- Broiled Tilapia-(lemon-pepper & rosemary seasoned) and a great salad and steamed veggies- some delicious wheat rolls! Yummy!

Here is the food!


My husband and son, about to partake... :)




The others of us escaped the photos this time! haha

( Do I hear a sigh of relief out there?? ;) )

Love and hugs ,


Junie Rose

Our Ride~Dec '08~AND~ '1952 Vincent Black Lightning'

My husband will have a fit that I put this version of this motorcycle song on instead of Del McCoury's. 

I was looking for a vid by McCoury  doing this song, but couldn't find a good video .

 Found this and I am intrigued with this guy  and the way he does this song!

 Well, it's his song, after all! 

This is, yet, another folk-rock musician for me to explore!  :)  How cool ! 

Apparently, he has been in the music scene for decades but I didn't know of him!!

Oh! I DO like McCoury's blue grass version of this too!

But THIS is very appealing to me!  ;)

Richard Thompson ~ '1952 Vincent Black Lightning'

ARTIST: Richard Thompson

TITLE: 1952 Vincent Black Lightning

Lyrics

Said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike

A girl could feel special on any such like

Said James to Red Molly, well my hat's off to you

It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952

And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems

Red hair and black leather, my favorite color scheme

And he pulled her on behind

And down to Box Hill they did ride

Said James to Red Molly, here's a ring for your right hand

But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man

I've fought with the law since I was seventeen

I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine

Now I'm 21 years, I might make 22

And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you

And if fate should break my stride

Then I'll give you my Vincent to ride

Come down, come down, Red Molly, called Sergeant McRae

For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery

Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside

Oh, come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside

When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left

He was running out of road, he was running out of breath

But he smiled to see her cry

And said I'll give you my Vincent to ride

 

Says James, in my opinion, there's nothing in this world

Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl

Now Nortons and Indians and Greeveses won't do

They don't have a soul like a Vincent 52

He reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys

He said I've got no further use for these

I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome

Swooping down from heaven to carry me home

And he gave her one last kiss and died

And he gave her his Vincent to ride

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Finally~ we went for a short ride a couple days ago.

We went over to visit my sis and BIL for a little bit, and to exchange presents with them!

It was the first time I had ridden in several months and I enjoyed it a lot! It was like I had never taken a break from riding; it felt very comfortable and FUN!!

The weather was perfect for riding and the sky was that superb blue that we usually have here in Florida this time of year!

LOL- pictures to show of this trip are sparse...it was a very short trip, after all! My sis was enduring a cold at that time so we didn't want to get pics of any of us, there, that day!

Here are a few of Charles and me as we were starting out from home... :) - and the usual ones of me riding!

OH! And one of our beautiful blue sky!

Junie

From Hootin' Anni

UPDATE at bottom!
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I visited my blog friend, Hootin' Anni, and saw that she had made this cute Santa card/Greeting for all her blog buddies!

Did I, gleefully, take it? You betcha! :)


You all KNOW how much I love that bearded guy - right??


Anni seems to
have a thing for Santa too! :)

BTW - Folks... Hootin' Anni always has a lot of fun stuff going on at her place!

You should visit her sometimes - like- right now!!

My thanks to you, Anni, for the cool Santa!

(now if only I could get it on my side bar....) ;(


Junie


UPDATE:

Oh, my goodness!! Look at that! I got that Santa on my sidebar-ALL BY MYSELF!! ;)

(BIG smile!)
Junie Rose

Happy Day!

Oh! What a happy day we've had!

The following pictures will tell you why!

First, though, let me show you the 2 perfect Harvest Loaves I made late last night! These are a tradition in our family at Thanksgiving and Christmas!

:) I have been doing these holiday loaves for more years than you can imagine! When I find something I like I stick with it! :)

My sis and I both do these cakes every year...both our families expect them!

( LOL- Demand them- even!)

For the recipe go here-AGAIN!


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This is the reason our day was happy... we got to see 3 of our grand kids and our daughter today!

Tina and Alli came up first.

I had asked Alli up to help me change my header ...to get us all ready for Turkey Day! :) I have trouble with computer things which my girl just breezes through...but that's beside the point-LOL- and nothing new to anyone here! ( But- luckily, I have Alli to help me out when I need it!)

OK- A little later our grandsons (Dan and Brian) walked in and it was completely unexpected! They live in Gainesville (a 45 minute drive from us) and we don't see them so often!

Charles, in his usual witty way said....(are you ready for this???) ....he said, "You guys are a 'sight for sore eyes!" LOL- Well,' I ' thought it was very funny - under the present circumstances!! ;)

Here we all are today- except for Tina and my son Chris- who didn't want to be in the pictures!








OK~ About that BMW motorcycle... Brian is buying it from us! He went through a drivers program to learn to ride! Charles says he rides well. I wasn't brave enough to even watch him drive out of the yard today! He won't take it just yet but will have a few more rides with Charles riding our Victory with him... before he's on his own with it.

I've promised Bri I will not worry...and... I will give it my best shot to keep that promise!


As you see in the pics, Charles' eyes are looking better. He still needs to apply the ice packs, though. I know it has been painful but I think he'll be fine in a few more days.


That was our day- a good one!

Hope you all had a happy day, too!


Junie