Blueberries Are Good for Your Memory...

or are they?

My friend, Gully, who lives in Alaska, reminded me recently that blueberries are good for a person's memory.  I'd heard that claim some time ago, but of course I'd forgotten!!!!!

While this promise was fresh in my mind, I accumulated the above foods and drinks containing "miracle" blueberries.  I didn't want to risk forgetting again...:)

It appears that I'm quite serious about improving my mental faculties based on these purchases, right??  Realistically, my expectations aren't high but the possibility of improvement prompted me to make these purchases.  I don't normally buy blueberries so at least I'm out of my mundane routine of eating mostly apples and oranges as my fresh fruit choices this time of year.

Questions, comments and/or arguments are welcome.

 

I'm Growing Tomatoes...Wish Me Luck

I saw this cute kit in a store today.  I couldn't resist bringing one home.

I opened the box and found the instructions.

I put the medium pellet (about the size of a silver dollar but half an inch thick) in this little bowl.  I added the water and waited for it to absorb.  I stirred it up a bit so the moisture was throughout.  (I hope that was okay). 



I opened the seed packet and found more than I'd bargained for!!  I'm supposed to save the extras for my garden.  What garden??

I placed six seeds on the growing medium.  After I took this photo, I pressed them lightly down into the medium.

Now I have to remember to keep them moist and pray for sunshine!   

A Heart-Warming story

This is very touching. What a mama!!!!

During an early morning response to a house fire, firefighters were amazed... A Mother dog risked her life to save her puppies from the fire surrounding the burning house... The Mother dog, Amanda, raced back and forth between the house, putting her 10 day old puppies in the safest place she could find - a Fire Truck! ... As a onlooker photographed it with his cell phone after she already had a few in one of the truck's equipment compartments. She didn't stop racing back into the smoke and fire until all of her puppies were safely away from the fire. The firemen on scene could not believe their eyes. Most people have never seen a dog this smart or this brave! Bringing each one out, six trips into the fire and no one could stop her. All the fireman could do was to try to keep a little water spray on her to keep from singing as she kept making trips running through the open door. You can see some of the singed hair on her back end, forehead and lower legs. After rescuing all of her pups from the blaze, Amanda sat down next to them to nurse, protecting them with her body. Onlookers called an emergency veterinary service and she and her pups were rushed to the hospital. Aside from one puppy being treated for serious burns, the entire family are alive and well! Thanks to the bravery of Amanda! What a heroic mother! How Great!!!

Thanks Marilyn for another heartwarming story. 

God's Majestic Creativity

What fun God must have had

the day He designed these.1.Himalayan Monal
2. Formosan Magpie
3. Flamecrest
4. Golden Pheasant
5. Green Jay
6. Kingfisher
7. Lady Amherst's Pheasant
8. Bleeding Heart Pigeons
9. Nicobar Pigeon
10. Quetzal
11. Winson's Bird Of Paradise
12.Bird of Paradise
13. Peacock

14. Sup, Polish Chicken

I Can see how it might be possible for

a man to look down upon the earth

and be an atheist, but I cannot

conceive how he could look up into

the heavens and say there is no God
~ ~ Abraham Lincoln 

Thanks to Marilyn for sending me this in an e-mail.

You'll Love These Winter Photos

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Been There?

 

I have been in many places, but I've never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can't go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone.

I've also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.

I have, however, been in Sane. They don't have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my friends, family and work.

I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I'm not too much on physical activity anymore.

I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.

I've been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.

Sometimes I'm in Capable, and I go there more often as I'm getting older.

One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get!

And, sometimes I think I am in Vincible but life shows me I am not!

(Thanks to Marilyn for this e-mail).

Signs, Signs, Everywhere Signs

Sign over a Gynecologist's Office: "Dr. Jones, at your cervix." ************************** In a Podiatrist's office: "Time wounds all heels." ************************** On a Septic Tank Truck: Yesterday's Meals on Wheels ************************** On a Plumber's truck: "We repair what your husband fixed.." ************************** On another Plumber's truck: "Don't sleep with a drip. Call your plumber." ************************** On a Church's Bill board: "7 days without God makes one weak." ************************** At a Tyre Store "Invite us to your next blowout." ************************** On an Electrician's truck: "Let us remove your shorts." ************************** In a Non-smoking Area: "If we see smoke, we will assume you are on fire and take appropriate action." ************************** On a Maternity Room door: "Push. Push. Push." ************************** At an Optometrist's Office: "If you don't see what you're looking for, you've come to the right place." ************************** On a Taxidermist's window: "We really know our stuff." ************************** On a Fence: "Salesmen welcome! Dog food is expensive!" ************************** At a Car Dealership: "The best way to get back on your feet - miss a car payment." ************************** Outside a Car Exhaust Store: "No appointment necessary. We hear you coming." ************************** In a Vets waiting room: "Be back in 5 minutes. Sit! Stay!" ************************** In a Restaurant window: "Don't stand there and be hungry; come on in and get fed up." ************************** In the front yard of a Funeral Home: "Drive carefully. We'll wait." ************************** And don't forget the sign at a RADIATOR SHOP: "Best place in town to take a leak." ********************** Sign on the back of yet another Septic Tank Truck: "Caution - This Truck is full of Political Promises"