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Grover’s Grins And Groans. #8
Hi everyone! Monday is here and so is Grover with some more fun and, um, fun to begin your week! So, time to see what we have for us, please feel free to laugh or groan all you want!
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The orthopedic surgeon I work for was moving to a new office, and his staff was helping transport many of the items. I sat the display skeleton in the front of my car, his bony arm across the back of my seat.
I hadn’t considered the drive across town. At one traffic light, the stares of the people in the car beside me became obvious, and I looked across and explained, “I’m delivering him to my doctor’s office.”
The other driver leaned out of his window. “I hate to tell you, lady,” he said, “but I think it’s too late!”
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I went skydiving today for the first time.
This guy strapped himself to me, we jumped out of the plane.
As we plummeted he said, “So how long have you been an instructor?”
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Never sing in the shower! Singing leads to dancing, dancing leads to slipping, and slipping leads to paramedics seeing you naked. So, remember…don’t sing.
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“Just cleared out some space in the freezer” sounds so much more productive
than “I just polished off another pint of ice cream.”
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It was so busy at work today I was only able to check my phone 1400 times!
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Hard to believe I used to have a phone attached to the wall and when it rang I answered it not knowing who was calling. Amazing I am still alive.
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My husband, Ron, volunteered to strip the bricks from the exterior of my parent’s home. One day he as out front chipping away when a man came by looking for my dad. “He’s not home right now,” Ron said. The man thanked him, and watched him remove a few bricks, and said, “I bet the next time they will leave the key for you.”
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That is all for today, and as Muffin likes to say, have a meowvelous Monday!
Steve, Muffin and Grover.
©2022 Steve McLeod.
Sunny Sunday! #12
Good morning and Happy Sunday everyone! Well, it’s still a bit dark out but it is going to be a beautiful day apparently. We are supposed to get a high of 50F (10C) today, with sunshine! Yesterday we made it to 48F (9C) and it was also mostly sunny after starting off cloudy. The snow continues to melt, which is certainly nice to see after having snow on the ground for several months now. By this time of the year I would love to see green grass, flowers and, well, I do like to dream remember.
Unfortunately our forecast is not looking very good for the next couple of weeks, with a snowstorm due to hit us on Tuesday. I am hoping it will suddenly disappear. Maybe just evaporate? There goes my dreaming again. Oh well. Then the temperature gets colder again…right into April. However, that part could change, long range forecasts are seldom right anyway. It was very quiet at the feeders yesterday, though for about 20 minutes there were 50 or more evening grosbeaks. But they suddenly flew away and never came back.
The chickadees, nuthatches and redpolls remained throughout the day, though not as many of them. Oh, the blue jays kept coming off and on throughout the day as well. And Jasper made his afternoon appearance too. There was not even any deer yesterday. Last night about 9:40pm there was a loud noise on the deck, it woke up Muffin who went to the window and was staring at something. Plus the dog next door started barking. Not good.
So I had to go look, even though I really did not want to look. However, by the time I got to the window I could see nothing outside. So I opened the door to get a better look. Nothing out there. I was happy about that though. I put my hanging bird feeders away at night now, just in case the raccoons show up. They are still outside, but where the raccoons cannot get them. However, bears can still get at them. But bears should not be awake yet, much too early. Too much snow on the ground yet. Oh well. Nothing was around that I could see, so that is good. Have a wonderful day everyone and God bless!
Steve and Muffin. (Praying for the people of Ukraine) top featured image is a daffodil
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