1 in 5 Appear to be Favorites...

Seems like I often hear a song and feel inclined to say "Oh, that's my favorite!"

I'm not really exaggerating... I love lots of songs! Here's one I heard recently (and again on a very cool Jeep commercial tonight) that I've always loved :)

Sunshine

Jonathan Edwards

Sunshine go away today, I don't feel much like dancin'

Some man's gone, he's tried to run my life

Don't know what he's askin'

He tells me I'd better get in line

Can't hear what he's sayin'

When I grow up, I'm gonna make it mine

These ain't dues I been payin'

How much does it cost?

I'll buy it.

The time is all we've lost.

I'll try it.

He can't even run his own life,

I'll be damned if he'll run mine

*Sunshine*

Sunshine go away today,

I don't feel much like dancin'

Some man's gone, he's tried to run my life

Don't know what he's askin'

Working starts to make me wonder where

fruits of what I do are going

He says in love and war all is fair

He's got cards he ain't showin'

How much does it cost?

I'll buy it.

The time is all we've lost.

I'll try it.

He can't even run his own life,

I'll be damned if he'll run mine

*Sunshine*

Sunshine come on back another day

I promise you I'll be singin'

This old world she's gonna turn around

brand new bells'll be ringin'

Odd Egg

One of our hens must have held on to this one a little too long... It's the lumpiest, wrinkliest egg I've ever seen - and I've seen some strange eggs!

... --- ...

The 777 concerts are on. Click the link above to learn more.

Give it a minute... Maybe it'll work...

Look what Cole found for the kids...

It's a pretty little bright green, baby praying mantis. The kids are so excited... they've got a nice big jar all decked out for him (her?) and have already captured a fly for it's dinner.

Hopefully it will settle into it's temporary home and the kids will get to enjoy watching as it grows for awhile. Good thing Daddy's got the hawk-eye!

Basher is Done!

How many times did the Batmobile catch a flat?

What a day I had yesterday! Went to Galesburg to deliver a couple of bunnies - took a bunch of back roads because the road I usually take was closed (no signs till I was already reaching the dead center of just about nowhere) and it poured down rain till I could hardly see out the windshield. As soon as I hit the city limits the rain stopped instantly and the sun blazed.

On the way back I decided to avoid trying to remember my way back through the maze of dark & twisty gravel roads I'd taken and instead started along on the highway to Monmouth. I was boppin' along at 65 and a few folks passed me up and along came a little black ranger on my left and they honk... I look over and a very worried red-headed fellow points at my left front tire and yells "You've got a FLAT!!"

I pulled over and they pulled in ahead of me. They couldn't believe I hadn't heard/felt something wrong... But there was no funny sound or sudden change in stearing, nothing - I even had my window about halfway down.

All I could think was that when I'd come up the on-ramp and merged I'd hit a pothole - but I couldn't believe that the car had driven along just like normal. That tire was flat as a pancake!

Anyhow... There were two men in the truck, they had just gotten off work, and they stayed to change my tire & put the little "spare" on and even drove behind me to Monmouth to make sure I made it all right. I was sorry that they didn't follow all the way to Farm King... I wanted to buy those guys a case of beer! They didn't have to do more than tell me I had a flat & go on their way. Instead they took the time to help a stranger out on the side of a busy highway.

Most days I wonder sadly at the human capacity for cruelty and indifference. Then someone surprises me with the fact that I too easliy forget - that each kindness brings it's own brilliant spark of hope.