Tea Stands for How To Make Tea

 

Maggie Smith The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Drop by hosts, Bleubeard and Elizabeth's blog to find out what the rest of the T Stands For gang is up to. If you want to play, include in your Tuesday post a beverage or container for a beverage. Don't forget to link your blog to Bleubeard and Elizabeth's page.

Not The Aurora Borealis

 Friday night or rather at 2 am Saturday, we woke up to go outside to see if we would see the Aurora Borealis. All the neighbors had their outside lights burning so we couldn't see much of anything.

Saturday night, I went outside after 10 pm. Besides all the neighbors outside lights burning with enough magnitude for them to be seen from space clouds were moving in.

 

I did capture a very nice image of Ursa Major (Big Bear or Big Dipper)

We'll probably try again in the wee hours of Monday, but I'm not hopeful. Seeing the Aurora Borealis will most likely remain on our bucket list.

Happy Mother's Day

 From Sunday, May 13,2012

The Brother was fond of reciting this ditty for Mother's Day:

When me prayers were poorly said,

Who tucked me in me widdle bed,

And spanked me till me bum was red?

Me Mudder.

Who took me from me cozy cot,

And put me on me ice cold pot,

And made me pee when I could not?

Me Mudder.

And when the morning light would come,

And in me crib me dribble some,

Who wiped me tiny widdle bum?

Me Mudder.

Who would me hair so gently part,

And hug me gently to her heart

And sometimes squeezed me til me fart?

Me Mudder.

Who looked at me with eyebrows knit,

And nearly had a king size fit,

When in me Sunday pants me sh*t?

Me Mudder.

When at night the bed did squeak,

Me raised me head to have a peek,

Who yelled at me to go to sleep?

Me Fadder.

Happy Mother's Day

Happy, Little, Time Waster

 

Thanks to Can You Actually

Old hand shadow puppetry guide.

The Friday Five Good Things

 

Five good things that happened this week

1. My laptop touchpad can also function as a touch screen. I must have touched a button and the touch pad turned into a touch screen which drives me crazy. I finally figured out how to get rid of it. Simply press the F6 key.

2. The new Spring jacket with zippered pockets arrived. Now the car keys won't fall out of my pockets.

3.  Teague took me to an appointment in Boston. We took the long way home via Rte 20 (the old Boston Post Road) Such a fun road trip.

4. I was excited to see a monitor in Studio 102.  With an HDMI adapter, will I be able to connect my iPad to the monitor. I hope to be able to use the drawing program, Procreate, to demonstrate calligraphy and have what I'm doing on the iPad displayed on the monitor. I just need to get the adapter.

5. We had an early Mother's Day dessert courtesy of Himself. Chocolate covered pineapple slices and strawberries.

How was your week?

Happy Mail

 

This envelope made me smile when it landed in my mailbox. Postmarked on May 4. A May the Fourth be with you (and also with you. Sorry, as a retired Catholic that reply is automatic 😺). From Mail Art and Blog Buddy, Phillip from Envelope 100.  Phillip used the R2D2 and C3PO Droid Star Wars stamps issued by the USPS on May 4, 2021.

To complete the ensemble, Phillip included this cool notecard where the illustrations were taken from the US Patent Office. The drawings are for a toy robot. The patent was granted on April 17, 1979. The original assignee was Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

Thanks, Phillip. This really made my day.

Whatcha Doin?

 

Sometimes no one wants me. Sometimes everyone wants me. I'm blessed my hands have work to do.

Whatcha doin?