Fall is supposed to be harvest time -- yes, but

Today: October 9th is Moldy Cheese Day (newsletter)

Yesterday: People were getting tired of my little red truck picture

Picture of the day: Katrin's clip by Mrs. Jim. The last time (Sunday, October 5) we saw Katrin she was sitting on the hair clipper station between clipper or scissor cuts by Mrs. Jim

Please remember this is Mrs. Jim's first cutting attempt so she didn't want to cut very short. The groomers cut her much shorter but their clipping had to last five or six weeks. Mrs. Jim will do it again in a couple or three weeks.

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We call these things Horse Apples but their proper name is Osage Oranges. They grow on a lot of native trees around here and are generally called a nuisance.

The fruit can be used as insect repellent but it is hard to get into a spray bottle.



Left [large picture] [super sized] -- Here is the harvester man with his shovel. These Osage Oranges will end up in his little John Deere Gator truck to be hauled away.

Middle [large picture] [super sized] -- Do you suppose he will bring his shovel over here with these that have strayed from the tree or will he toss them back?

Right [large picture] [super sized] -- How far is he from the tree and his Gator?

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The quiet fall pastoral setting. This lot is for sale.

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Who said fall was here?


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Many of the pear trees are in bloom here right now. This is one of ours in the front yard.

I blame it on shock by Hurricane Ike, their system is messed up and they think they have to make blooms so late in the year.

Political speak: (source, Maureen Dowd, NY Times, October 7, 2008)

From an executive office seeking politician's lips: [I dare you to guess who voiced this]

XXX finally took questions on Tuesday from (possessive personal pronoun) traveling press corps on (possessive personal pronoun) campaign plane. Asked if (person) thought YYY was dishonest, XXX meandered:

“I’m not saying (personal pronoun)'s dishonest, but in terms of judgment, in terms of being able to answer a question forthrightly, it has two different parts to this. The judgment and the truthfulness and just being able to answer very candidly a simple question about when did you know (personal pronoun), how did you know (personal pronoun), is there still — has there been an association continued since ’02 or ’05, I know I’ve read a couple different stories. I think it’s relevant.”

Cartoons for Today:

Casper, friendly blogger?

Retirement present that may last longer than a watch

No shirt, no shoes, no service -- we ate at a local seafood restaurant and across from us was a fellow wearing an "A-shirt" dirty white undershirt as his outer garment. Mrs. Jim asked the cashier (she was young) about their no shirt, not shoes, no service policy and mentioned the fellow who was in our line of sight. The young lady said she had never heard of a policy like that so she guessed he was OK.

Word of the Day: HEAVEN

The Devil's Dictionary: "n. A place where the wicked cease from troubling you with talk of their personal affairs, and the good listen with attention while you expound your own."

Free Online Dictionary : "2. Christianity

a. often Heaven The abode of God, the angels, and the souls of those who are granted salvation.

b. An eternal state of communion with God; everlasting bliss."

Urban Dictionary: "2. Somehow people have seemed to confuse heaven with an old 20's movie. Has nothing to do with harps or our ideal place. It is a place to spend eternity with our Creator. It is completely perfect and there will be no pain or suffering, but only a perfect existence.
No, I'm not [deleted]."

"Just for reference, hell sucks. In fact, it is a place of complete

isolation with fire and crap. Somehow, people seem to think that

they will have mass orgies and parties. Who got owned now?"