This is part and parcel of my journey through life, as seen through my eyes, heart and mind. Scary I know!!- Hopefully this Blog will allow us to Learn & LAUGH, as well as to THINK and QUESTION: Who we are, Where we are heading and Who we are becoming- Join in on my journey?....... Or Not!
GOD BLESS AMERICA; AMERICA, BLESS GOD!
& ESPECIALLY ALL OF MY BLOGGER FRIENDS, AND FAMILY
SEE WHY I LIKE THE NUMBER 11 ? (PIC FROM 1971 !!)
MAY
2011
BE THE BEST, MOST BLESSED YEAR OF YOUR LIVES!
I LOVE YOU ALL, AND YOU HAVE ENRICHED MY LIFE MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW!
THE HUNT FOR THE NEW HOUSE IS ON STARTING 1/1/11 !!!!!!!!!!!
MAY WE ALL ENJOY MANY MORE SUNSETS.......
AND OUR REFLECTIONS BRING....
HOPE!!!!
AND LEAF US WITH JOY UNBRIDLED,AND LOVE EVERLASTING!
AND MAY THESE TREE-O'S, ABOVE......... (AR AR)
(SAME TREE- DIFFERENT SEASONS AND WAYS OF LOOKING AT TIMES PASSING...)
Help us Branch Out, Put Down Roots, Go Out on a Limb, Bark at the Moon, Climb any Mountain, Leaf Our Troubles Behind... I know This is Sappy, but I have to get These Puns Out Before They Expire!
WE HAVE BEEN PRE-APPROVED FOR A NEW HOME! BRICK & MORTAR!!!, AND WE DIDN'T THINK WE WOULD QUALIFY!!!!!
ALL WE HAVE TO DO IS FIND ONE, AND THERE ARE PLENTY AROUND!!!!
SADLY, (FOR SOME) THE FORECLOSURE LIST COMES OUT 1/1/ 2011, SO IF WE ACT FAST (PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO GRAB AND FLIP THEM AGAIN!) WE CAN SCORE!!
2011- IS OUR YEAR !!
1. IT WAS MY FOOTBALL NUMBER! (Not 2011--it wouldn't fit!)
2. THE DAY WE WERE MARRIED. A GREAT DAY!!!!
3. AND, NO- I DO NOT BELIEVE IN NUMEROLOGY- HOWEVER, NUMBERS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO GOD!
SO WE ARE GOING TO DO THE BEST WE CAN, AND ALLOW GOD TO LEAD US TO
1111 HEAVEN HILL ROAD! LOL!
LOVE YOU ALL,
SHAKY GAS STATION?? DON'T TAKE PICS WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING BY YOURSELF! LOL!
JACKSONVILLE BRIDGE...OK...SO YOU HAVE TO BE FAST WHILE DRIVING!!! I GOT ONE ARCH OF IT! IT'S AN ARCH "ANGLE"!AR AR
OLD VIEW FROM THE BACK DOOR, AND LARGE SCREENED IN EATING ROOM OF THE LAKE! SNIF, SNIF! COMPLETELY GROWN UP AND UNKEMPT. EVEN THE CANAL OUT TO THE LAKE WAS MORE OPEN!
This was almost pure white sandy bottom, back in the day! This is a Close-up of the Canal Above. It was the Boat Ramp.
The Road Less Traveled into the cabin......
WHERE IT ONCE STOOD- UNTIL MAN- AND NATURE RECLAIMED IT!!!!
BYE OLD FRIEND!
HURRICANE PROOF! NOT! I'M PINING AWAY, JUST AN OLD SAP!
4 HURRICANES TOTALLY CHANGED THE LANDSCAPE, I HAD ONCE KNOWN..EVEN THOUGH IT IS STILL THE SAME...YET DIFFERENT...DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
MAN WILL ALWAYS F- UP PARADISE--THIS WAS INDIAN TERRITORY, AND I WOULD GUESS???
CHAIR-O KEE
HAAA HAAAA! THAT'S FUNNY RIGHT C'HAIR!
I HELD A WAKE FOR THE OLD CABIN!
THE LITTLE- (RIGHT!!!!!) BROTHER, THAT I BEAT THE STUFF OUT OF, TO PROTECT MY SEESTER!
BRO IN LAW- RANDY-(TERRI'S HUSBAND- LT...(MOONSHINE EFFECT by PHOTOSHOP- lol!!!), AND BROTHER STEVE, WERE SURPRISED WHEN I GAVE THEM TWO OF MY DAD'S GUNS, THAT I RESCUED DURING HIS FUNERAL. THEY AND I THOUGHT THEY WERE LOST FOREVER! THEY HAD BOTH BEEN PAWNED, AND STILL HAD THE PAWN TICKET ON THEM. STEVE IS LOOKING AT IT!
BAD PIC--BUT HIS EXPRESSION -(LESS THE MOONSHINE), SAYS IT ALL!
I WISH I HAD UNLOADED IT--HE WAS ALREADY LOADED, AND BLEW A HOLE IN THE ROOF! WE SANG- OH, HOLY NIGHT! (NOT)!!!
TERRIBLE PIC--BUT LOOK AT THAT EXPRESSION SHINING THROUGH!!!!
PRICELESS!
THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD EVER SEEN A TEAR TRICKLE DOWN MY BROTHERS CHEEK! I KNEW I HAD DONE RIGHT BY DAD!!!
There was never a sign when I was growing up here. I stopped a little ways down and looked across the Lake to where the Cabin once stood, now razed for the good of the Government!
I shed a few tears.... OK, I CRIED!!!!!!!
THEN I LOOKED STRAIGHT UP FOR SOME REASON!....
An Osprey was right above me...welcoming me home!
And one tree Over............ OWLS???
FAMILY: Steve- my Brother (4 years my junior)-who runs this entire 4H camp, we stayed at, for the Univ. of Fl.,
Me--to the right of my Bro (0 years my junior)...my Seeester, back left, (8 years my junior)...and the Patriarch and Glue...Mom--33 and holding..... 72 years YOUNG!!!!
Notice the coats in Fl!!!!!!
OUR GREAT NATURALIST GUIDE!!! SHORTCUT MY BUTT!! I knew we were in BIG trouble!
THIS ANHINGA WAS PREPARED FOR A STOL!-SHORT TAKE OFF AND LANDING--THE WIND WAS SO BRISK, HE/SHE, WAS LEANING INTO IT TO STAY PERCHED. WHEN IT FINALLY FLEW--ALL IT HAD TO DO WAS EXTEND IT'S WINGS, AND THE LIFT TOOK IT OFF IMMEDIATELY!
Pic Taken from the Pontoon Boat...
The Anhinga (Anhinga ), sometimes called Snakebird, Darter, American Darter, or Water Turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. ... Source--Wickedpedia!!!
This "Growth" was Incredible, on this tree. I'm thinking it's in the Orchid Family, or One Hell of a LOST SEA URCHIN!!!.
Hey--there were sea urchins in the nature building!!!!
OF COURSE I GOT FLORIDA SUNSETS!!!!
GOD SURE CAN PHOTOSHOPPAINT!
THE RETURN OF THE ENDANGERED GREAT BLUE HERON!
ARE THEY POSERS OR WHAT!!!???
WE CAN SAVE OUR PLANET IF WE TRY!
FOR HEFF! ABSOLUTE SCIENTIFIC PHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF, THAT A WILD BEAR CHITS IN THE WOODS.....(THIS IS BLACK BEAR SCAT!)
OR IS IT???---HEY. I SAID MY BROTHER RAN THE PLACE, I NEVER SAID HE WAS A GENIUS! :-)
WATER 3-5 FEET DEEP. ON A SUNNY DAY YOU CAN SEE A QUARTER, 25 FEET DOWN! THIS LAKE HAS NO TANNINS WHATSOEVER (that give lakes and rives their "stained" colour,). THIS AND IS ONE OF ONLY A FEW NON-STAINED LAKES, IN THE OCALA, CHAIN 'O LAKES! THEY ARE UNIQUE! IT'S ACIDIC, HENCE NO ALGAE. pH is 5.0!
CLICK TO ENLARGE & MOVE SLIDERS TO READ ABOUT OLIGOTROPHIC VS. EUTROPHIC LAKES, FLOW, pH. ETC! THE PART ABOUT THE SPARSE FISH POPULATION IS BULL. THIS LAKE IS TEEMING WITH HUGE LARGE-MOUTH BASS, BLUEGILL, WAR-MOUTH PERCH AND CATFISH. IT USED TO BE LOADED WITH CRAPPIE, BUT AFTER 4 HURRICANES, THEY HAVE ALL BUT DISAPPEARED FROM THE LAKE! REALLY UNKNOWN WHY! IT'S PRETTY COOL STUFF!
IT HAS PRODUCED 10-14 LB. BASS, AND 14 FOOT ALLIGATORS!!
DEER REGULARLY SWIM ACROSS THIS LAKE TO ESCAPE HUNTERS, AND MANY A DEER & DOG HAS FOUND IT'S DEMISE FROM VENTURING TOO CLOSE TO THE SHORE.
WALTER, MY NIECES DOG, SWAM TO THE KAYAKS, BUT AT THIS TIME OF YEAR THE GATORS ARE INACTIVE. JUST LIKE THE FL. GATORS! LOL!!!
CUE JAWS MUSIC!
CASSIE-(Sis-in Law)--SMARTLY HEADS TO THE DOCK FOR WALTER TO LOAD!!!
WELCOME HOME! I DROVE IN SLEET & SNOW FROM SAVANNAH GA, TO COLUMBIA SC. IT WAS AN AWESOME TRIP!
THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF 421 PICS! I HAD TO CHRONICLE THIS JOURNEY, AS IT WAS, AND IS A MAJOR PART-- OF WHO I AM!!!!
I MISS YOU DAD,.....AND THANKS FOR TAKING ME TO THIS PHENOMENAL PLACE..FROM AGE 6 ON!
Thanks to everyone who commented on my last post before the Fl trip!!!
Just like I thought: I left Fl. and returned to Snow and Sleet! However--it started Sleeting In Ocala before I left at 11:00 am today--VERY RARE-and VERY BRIEF!!!! It started Sleeting & Snowing IMMEDIATELY after I crossed the SC Border from Georgia, and Snowed on me all the way home! What an awesome trip!
DURFEE: You Ass! Lol!!! YOU CALLED IT BRO!
I will catch up with everyone this week, as it's, brr.. cold again--
I SAY THAT TO SAY THIS:
MANY, HAVE IT MUCH WORSE. WHAT IS AN INCONVENIENCE AT MOST TO US- CAN BE, AND IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH TO SOME! A FEW BY CHOICE--MOST BY CIRCUMSTANCE !!
Please remember our Homeless- AFTER the holidays, with blankets, coats, money etc, if possible....! Just a plug, as we sweep them under the rug about 360 days a year!! Outta sight- outta mind, right?
I have picked up the DEAD, STIFF Frozen bodies from Store-Front doorways in Columbia SC!! (I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE NORTH, or NORTH EAST, RIGHT NOW!)
Hard to believe that happens here, with our relatively mild winters, but this Winter has hit every area & Many COUNTRIES- EARLY, AND EXTRA HARD THIS YEAR!
Holding a Dead person in your hands, who died needlessly from Exposure to the cold--is: WELL......COLD!!!!!! No pun intended!!
That's why I no longer Patrol the Streets!
DID YOU ACTUALLY THINK THERE WOULD BE NOT ONE PIC??
WHAT IS IT??? LOOK CLOSELY!!! (and study!!!)
I FIRST DID THIS AFTER COLLEGE, IN OUR APARTMENT --FOR 4 YEARS. IT WAS IN A POT, WITH GREEN FOIL AROUND IT AND WAS A BETTER "BRANCH". I did this one on the fly, on the way into the cabin!
PEOPLE WOULD JUST WALK OVER AND STARE AT IT...AND FINALLY, THEY HAD TO ASK!!!!
YES, MY FRIENDS...IT IS:
A CARTRIDGE IN A BEAR TREE!
A McELVEEN ORIGINAL!
"I don't care who you are...that's funny right there...." Larry the Cable Guy!
I HAVE AN AWESOME CHRISTMAS STORY--AND YES!!! PLENTY OF PICS OF NATURE'S BEAUTY IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER!
AN OLD 35 MM TAKEN OF A TWIG ON A BALCONY OF A CHALET WHEN WE WERE SKIING IN BOONE NC, IN THE LATE 70'S!!! IT DIDN'T SCAN IN TOO WELL AND THE ARTIFACT ON THE RIGHT IS PAINTSHOP I THINK!!!
THIS WAS OUR LAST SNOW! 2007-2008 I THINK. OUR PINE TREES WERE BEAUTIFUL!!
HEADING TO FL. GOING TO MISS POSSIBLE SC WHITE CHRISTMAS!! WE HAVE NEVER HAD ONE IN HISTORY!
I'LL BE HEADING TO FL AT 5:00 IN THE AM. LEAVING A POSSIBLE SNOWFALL EVENT IN SC, WHICH IS RARE!
FL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE SUNNY & IN THE 70'S...NOW IT IS GOING TO RAIN AND TURN COLD. PROBABLY 38--IN TAMPA, WHICH MEANS FREEZING OR BELOW IN OCALA!
HOWEVER, YOU CAN'T PUT A PRICE ON FAMILY LOVE AND WARMTH, PLUS MY BRO IN LAW FROM "THE MOUNTAINS" OF NC IS BRINGING SOME REAL "SHINE!
DO THE DEW!~!!!!!!
THERE IS REGULAR AND PEACH FLAVORED! CAN YOU SAY SNOCKERD IN THE SCRUB......OR LEAD POISONING--EITHER WAY YOU ARE COMATOSE!IT REALLY IS GOOD STUFF TO SIP!!!
OH,
AND YES- BURGLARS--THERE WILL BE SOMEONE HOME, AND WE ARE PROUD GUN OWNERS. THEY ARE LOADED AND READY, AND NOT IN A SAFE!
DON'T BEWARE THE DOG! BEWARE THE WIFE. I LEARNED A LONG TIME AGO WHEN I WORKED NIGHTS- IF I EVER CAME HOME EARLY TO MAKE A BUTT-LOAD OF NOISE!
I WALKED IN ONE NIGHT TO A .38 POINTING AT ME! GOOD GAL, BABY!!!!!
SHE STILL OWES ME A PAIR OF POOT OF THE LOOMS FOR THAT ONE!
GOD BLESS ALL, AND I'LL POST SUNDAY OR MONDAY WHEN I GET BACK, HOPEFULLY TO SOME WHITE STUFF! WAIT- NOBODY GIVES YOU COCAINE FOR CHRISTMAS LIKE THEY DID IN THE EARLY 70'S!!! LOL!
THANKFULLY--THAT'S ONE DRUG I BYPASSED!
MERRY CHRISTMAS, HANUKKAH, KWANZAA AND ANY OTHER WAY YOU CELEBRATE!
JMc
OK--C'MON SPRING...WAIT WINTER JUST STARTED TUESDAY RIGHT??
I DON'T KNOW WHY I POSTED THIS.
RIGHT BEFORE IT ALL MELTED-- I HOPE TO RETURN TO THIS--IT CAN COME AN GO QUICKLY, BUT I DO LOVE TO SEE IT!!!
THIS IS MY CARBON FOOTPRINT! NOT TOO GREAT AS IT MELTED THE SNOW!
DID NOT GET CLEAN IN THE METEOR SHOWER! GOT TAKEN TO THE CLEANERS BY IT!
WEATHERMAN LIED- (the a-hole...it will be perfect viewing blah blah u but< dfyuj&%%ugv.NO CLOUDS...._.-IT WAS TOO CLOUDY! I COULD BARELY SEE THE LIGHT BEHIND THE CLOUDS.
BUT PERSIST I DID, AND WENT BACK OUT ABOUT 4:30 AND THAR SHE BLOWS! ALMOST 1/4 LEFT TO GO TO COVER ENTIRE MOON AND TURN RED!!!!! I WAS PSYCHED.
I CAME INSIDE AND WOKE THE WIFE, AND SHE SAID IT HAD ALREADY PEAKED! SHE HAD JUST HEARD IT ON THE NEWS! SHE IS SOOO MUCH SMARTER THAN I--ALTHOUGH SHE DID COME OUT AND LOOK AT THE LIGHT BEHIND THE CLOUDS WITH ME.
THAT WAS A TOTAL BONDING EXPERIENCE, WE BOTH IN PAJAMAS, WITH BIG ASS COATS ON AND SLIPPERS....OHHH, WHO WOULDN'T WANT SOME OF THAT?? WE WERE GETTING A LITTLE MOIST....THEN REALIZED WE WERE DRESSED TO WARMLY...... SO WE LOOKED CLOSELY AGAIN AND:
NEITHER OF US- I'LL TELL YA THAT--WE JUST LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND WAVED THE GARY SHANDLING WAVE--G'NIGHT, AND AS SHE WENT BACK IN I SWEAR I HEAR A FAINT.....
"I TOLD YA SO"...DRIFTING FROM THE FRONT PORCH.....
SURE ENOUGH--IT HAD PASSED IT'S FULLNESS THEREOF, AND WHAT I WAS SEEING WAS IT COMING OUT AFTER IT WAS FINISHED!
OH WELL! AT LEAST I TRIED, AND ON THE WINTER SOLSTICE NO LESS! --I TOOK NO SOLSTICE WHAT SO FREAKING EVER IN THE ONCE EVERY 500 YEAR POPPY COCK HAPPENING!!!!
WHY DO ALL THESE ASTRONOMICAL TYPE EVENTS HAPPEN AT NIGHT???
IT WOULD BE SO MUCH EASIER TO GET UP ABOUT 11:00 AM-- SIP SOME JOE: AND WALK OUT AND CATCH ABOUT 30 METEORS!
BUT NOOOOOOOO....... IT HAS TO BE FREEZING COLD AND 4 FRIGGIN AM. IN THE MORNING!
SO I WENT AND JUST STARTED AND STOPPED THE CAR, ENJOYING THE NEW BRAKES! THEY STARTED SQUEALING! (NO-NO THEY DIDN'T). YOU WOULD HAVE HEARD THE EXPLOSION FROM HERE, I PROMISE YOU THAT!
SEE WHY YOU NEED A GOOD CAMERA AND A TRIPOD???????
MORE OF THE SAME, OOOH GALLERY QUALITY!
I KNOW- I KNOW--I WAS THERE!!!
DELERIUM TRMENS! I WAS SO MAD!!! OHHHH...ALMOST RED!
OK--NOW THIS LOWER INTESTINE, PENIS MOON, WORM WAS COOL!
BUT SHRINKAGE EVIDENTLY EFFECTS MOON DONGS TOO!
TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, SINCE I WAS UP AND IN AN ARTISTIC MOOD- I SHOT OVER 200 PICS INSIDE THE HOUSE, OF EVERYTHING FROM CURIOUS TO CATS. I TRULY GOT SOME AWESOME SHOTS. I REALLY DID- I PROMISE. I WENT TO BED AT 7:30 THIS MORNING!
AN ALL NITER FOR NADA!(HMM- GOOD BOOK TITLE?)
SO I WENT TO LOAD THEM, AND I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT HAPPENED; BECAUSE ONLY 36 PICS LOADED, AND THEN THE CARD WAS DELETED!!!!!! I HAVE DONE THIS A THOUSAND TIMES BEFORE....OOOPS WITH ONE EXCEPTION.....
I REMEMBER NOW I TRIED SOMETHING I HAD NEVER DONE BEFORE FOR EFFECT--
I WANTED THEM TO TURN OUT RIGHT SO:
I POURED POWER STEERING FLUID ON THE BEYATCH! (BATCH--SORRY)
BUT I GOT THE WORST SHOTS OF A FRIGGIN CEMENT FL ALLIGATOR YOU COULD EVER WANT TO SEE--- AND I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU SEE THEM. THEY ARE VERY CENTE-CEMENTAL- LOL! AS THERE ARE ONLY 3 LIKE IT IN THE WORLD.SOON TO BE DOS!!!
YOU SEE- A LAW WAS PASSED IN FL, IF ANY MORE WERE MADE............
BILLY- ONE OF MY FISHING BUDDIES, WHO CAUGHT THE OTHER HAMMERHEAD SHARK ON THE OLD FISHING POST, BOUGHT 3 OF THESE TO GO WITH A BIG GATOR BENCH AND SOME OTHER SWAMP YARD THINGS--AND THE SET WAS VERY EXPENSIVE! SO ONLY HAVING 3 (THREE) OF THESE HE BROUGHT THEM UP AND GAVE ONE EACH TO JIM AND I.
OR GEMINI!!! WE WERE BESIDE OURSELVES!
NOW HOW IS THAT FOR AN ULTRA COOL FRIEND! I ALMOST POUNDED MINE TO THE BEGINNING PRODUCT WHEN I SAW HOW MUCH COLOR AND TEXTURE HE OFFERED!! LOL-- WELL- LOOK!
FOLKS, NOW I KNOW THESE SUCK, AND I'M NOT LOOKING FOR BS COMPLIMENTS--BUT I TRIED EVERYTHING....THEN I SAW THE GLASSES!! BUT THESE WERE ALL THAT CAME OUT.
OK- MAYBE--JUST MAYBE THE CANDELABRA IS EHHH- OK! AS LONG AS I DON'T HAVE TO POLISH IT: BUT IT IS WORTH SOME BUCKS! AND WOULD PROBABLY LEND FOR SOME GOOD PICS WITH SOME CANDLES IN IT, POSITIONED THE RIGHT WAY!
GATORS GO FIRST
SEE!!!!
OH YES--THE GLASSES DID IT! NO THEY DIDN'T!!!
YOU POLISH IT!!!!
SEE- THESE WERE THE ABSOLUTE WORST!
I HAD PICS OF THE PETS THAT HAD NEVER POSED LIKE THAT FOR ME BEFORE--WITH GREAT EXPRESSIONS FOR A CHANGE-- NICK KNACKS IN THE CHINA CABINET SPARKLED AND CAME ALIVE UNDER THE FLASH!
I PROMISE YOU!
BUT ALL I GOT WAS THE CRAP ABOVE, AND NOW THAT I HAVE SPENT ALL OF THIS TIME- BY GRANNY SMOKING HASH--- YOU TOO ARE GOING TO HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM!
