Just One Quick Picture. (Yeah, Right.) :)

Just one quick picture today while BB and I are “werking” on 34 posts, 3 of which are anywhere between 70%  to 90% finished for you.  🙂

That was Kelly on her first day of Grade One, in August 2007.  First day at her current school.  Now she’s almost done Third Grade.  Wow.

And here she was this morning, 32 months later. (She had to scrunch up her back to sit like that.)

I had a better camera then. And that bench did not exist.

She was not happy about sitting her butt on that chilly cubby today.  But she did it for me and I thank her. I owe her.

And I still owe her a response to the 3 amazing comments she left last night on my previous post — the Youtube of me singing my Wedgie Wedding Song .

These 3 comments…

I realize I still have comments of yours to answer on that wedgie post, which I will — but probably not until later tonight.

A bath and the green-leafed rest of this gorgeous day await!

Kootchie-kootchie-koo.

I love you.

Jannie

xoxox

The Wedgie Wedding Song

Just a little ditty I wrote, inspired in part by a George Carlin bit.  God rest his funny soul.

For anybody who does NOT know what a wedgie is, see the second definition here.   🙂

Wedgie Wedding  Lyrics

1. The church was filled with flowers
And three hundred close friends
My gown of lace was white as snow
And I had no split ends
Everything was perfect, just as it should be
Except for one small detail that was
Tugging at me…
I had a wedgie on my wedding day
It crept on up as Dad gave me away
I had a wedgie but I tried to smile
Takin’ the trip down that long, long aisle

2. The groomsmen and the bridesmaids
We had ten of each
Guys in black tuxedos
Gals in satin peach
Cold champagne was waiting,
Steak and lobster too
All that I could think of was where my
Undies had gotten to…
I had a wedgie of atomic force
I would’ve loved to give it a yank, (of course!)
I had a wedgie but what could I do
Standin’ at the altar with my love so true?

3. Your undies may be borrowed
Your undies may be blue
But never ever let your undies
Get the best of you
Listen, everybody, don’t do as I have done
If you can’t trust your bloomers
You’re better off with none!!
I had a wedgie that was just plain wrong
My French-cut undies turned into a thong
I had a wedgie, I’m tellin’ ya , man!
It really wasn’t part of my wedding plan.
I had a wedgie on my wedding day.
I had a wedgie –what more can I say??

Friends, I have exactly 100 of my “I Need A Man” CDs left from my first printing.  And once they’re gone — they’re GONE!! There may be a second printing someday, but with changes.  So these are unique.

Get one here — only $10.00, plus low shipping.   Mailed with moonbeams and mystic loving meanderings directly from ME!!  🙂

xooxo

____ will ____ you (a poem)

(photo by me, 2 houses down from ours, January 2010)

Do not worry, my friends!

The sky will tic tac toe for you.

Spring’s first green will dance for you

Chestnut trees will sing for you.

Garbagemen will cheer for you.

Railroad men will smile for you.

Butterflies will paint for you.

Country lanes will wait for you.

Old leather shoes will remember you.

Coffee cups will clap for you.

Summer heat will cool for you.

Construction zones will nourish you.

Being poor will hold no shame for you.

Little dogs will follow you.

Churches will quiet you.

Children will grow you.

Angels will ache for you.

Moving vans will cry with you.

Heaven’s breath will canopy you.

(end of poem)

YAY!!!  It’s Jingle Poetry Rally — Week 15!!! Check out the awesome poets who post and play along!!!

So what about this wild and crazy poem of mine above??  Well…

The other day I Stumbled on this site called  _____ will ______ you.  Fascinating place.  LOVE the concept!  Very poetically inspiring for me.

One disclaimer — please enter there at your own risk, much of the content is definitely R rated.

Since I discovered ____ will____ you, I’ve been infiltrating daily and dropping little “poetic love bombs” like the lines above.  My hope is if I leave at least 20 non-crass thoughts there a day for the rest of my life, eventually the crasser ones will show up maybe only once in every 100, unlike once in every 3 to 5 as they seem to now — my reasoning being people are starving for nice thoughts.  Do you think?

Am I completely crazy?? (Wait – don’t answer that!)

Be well my friends!!  Be well and speak in poems of love wherever you are.

xoxoxoxo

Zilker Botanical Garden — Austin, Texas (Part 2)

On the bridge in the Japanese Garden.

On a stepping stone in time.

In the magical bamboo forest.

Grows a rose so sweet and fine.

 This child of stardust dreaming,

This one so young and free,

This gift of an angel daughter,

Is the same kind of wacky as me.

Enjoy Part One of this two-part garden bonanza, with 7 more pictures.

(and again, these are all iPhone 3GS photos.)

xoxo

Zilker Botanical Garden — Austin, Texas (Part 1)

Zilker, ahhhh our Zilker. The Japanese Garden is especially buoyant this season.

The azaelas happier than ever.

And the roses. Oh the roses.

And the cacti. Oh, the cacti.

And the koi — just a-jumpin’.  Well, not really. But they do get lots of exercise, so it seems.

Did I mention the roses this year are AMAZING??

Part Two of our beautiful Zilker Gardens can be found here.

Does your area have a public garden?  Do you go there with your camera?  Or pen and paper?  Or with nothing at all, but you and your heart and soul to be filled?