Here’s another arboreal Sunday from the spring of 2015. Croquet is like bowling. You don’t do it very often, but when you do you have fun and say stuff like, “We should do that more often!” Everyone readily agrees, but then you don’t. A lot of things can be that way when you get older.
Rolling in the Grass
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18 responses to “Rolling in the Grass”
The difference in expressions between the winner and the loser really make this strip, Jimmy. I haven’t played croquet since I was a kid. And I didn’t understand the rules then, so we were just trying to knock the balls through the wickets. As kids we couldn’t understand the attraction, other than hitting big heavy balls with hammers!
Parent just brought a fish for the one osprey youngster’s breakfast. Don’t know if the remaining egg is fertile. About 75 YA, I knew the rules to croquet.
https://explore.org/livecams/birds/osprey-cam-chesapeake-conservancy
Peace,
To my Villagers..
Thanks for all the kind words, thoughts and prayers.
Steve, the video was beautiful and so is your voice.
One of the songs played was ‘Amazing Grace’ sung by Judy Collins….all the younger generation never heard of her, can you imagine that 😉
My Dad worked at WOWO in Fort Wayne and told me about Judy Collins and Amazing Grace. It was a perfect song for the times or so we thought. Turns out is a perfect song for ALL times, good & bad. I saw the obituary in the paper. Ian was a fine looking young man.
I meant to say that my Dad heard the song first. When he told me about it, I thought that he was joking. In 1970, one did not expect to hear that song on commercial radio. Thank goodness he wasn’t kidding.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtteRD5bBNQ
Well, my comments and research posted on yesterday’s comic have become moot. Arlo is in shorts today!
Very dear friend had set set up semi-permanently on her lawn
(not a Croquet pitch). She could beat anyone’s pants off in her 90s.
Of course she sometimes had home course advantage with the lumps and bumps.
FB post from Jackie, borrowed from someone else:
This is hilarious. How many days of severe storms and unrelenting rain have we had in Oklahoma?
Meteorologists have all banked enough overtime to take their entire families on Hawaiian vacations, and they’re running on Red Bull and takeout.
City emergency officials are no longer posting road closures on social media. They’re posting the roads that are actually open.
Local stores are keenly advertising their kayaks at 30% off.
Rain boots now go with every kind of outfit, even formal graduation attire.
Many of us have contemplated our interior decorating choices in our storm shelter because we’ve spent so much time in there lately. Would a dusty blue or a nice bold yellow make it seem bigger? Perhaps a mirror and a nice floral arrangement would spruce up the place a bit.
Everyone is learning new towns that we’ve never heard of, and we can name all 77 counties. Here’s looking at you, Bowlegs and Retrop.
Runaway barges are a water cooler conversation topic, and it’s not even weird.
Storm Chasers have put more miles on their storm chase trucks in the past 2 weeks than most of us put on our cars in 6 months.
People have started a GoFundMe to buy the Tulsa Channel 6 weather team a round of beers. It was funded almost instantly.
No one dares actually play a drinking game while watching the weather. No chance for coming out of that one sober.
And finally- Firefighters have gotten more use out of their rescue boats lately than out of their bunker gear.
So if you have a friend from Oklahoma, send them something to make them smile. We are tired y’all, and maybe just a little bit grumpy about everything. We are made of strong stuff though, so no need to worry about us. But for real, send coffee. (I borrowed this from my cousin it is not original)
Croquet…why, yes, I played that as recently as, ah…when I was 10 years old.
Badminton, now, I played as recently as, ah, in my early 20s.
I have to be careful when eating Croquettes as you never know what is in them until you cut into them….Oh different croquets
Re 5-30-19 real-time cartoon: Dickens and I hot bunk. I don’t really mind.
(If you’re wondering how I have so much time to post today, it’s because Jackie has started physical therapy today to try to alleviate some of the side effects of her cancer surgery. We’ll be doing that twice a week for a while.)
So you are her chauffeur and are waiting for her?
That’s affirmative, Steve. We’ve agreed it wouldn’t be wise for Jackie to drive with some of the medications she’s currently taking. Fortunately, I enjoy driving. Except perhaps on days like yesterday, when driving back from Tulsa in the afternoon in the rain and wind was like unto penetrating a hurricane in a C-130 Hurricane Hunter aircraft.
https://explore.org/livecams/bald-eagles/decorah-eagles-north-nest
Some folks claim that the Decorah North nest is growing hemp of some kind! Maybe you can identify the green stuff more accurately. Yes, there are remains of a fawn at the closer edge of the nest.
If you go to the site, be aware it takes a few moments to load, and more so to get all the comments [for which you’ll need to scroll down].
And another one’s gone: https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/leon-redbone-dead
Jackie has not driven a car since early 2017. I have been in surgery treatment or cancer treatment continuously since then. I have been left with significant damage to my left arm and chest as well as major neuropathy in both arms, hands, legs and feet. I also take pain medications that are illegal to drive with.
We sold my Mustang with only 7000 miles on it.
Be grateful Ghost drives me, as I am. People like me cause accidents that kill others.
” People like me cause accidents that kill others. ”
Not you Jackie – you are the wise one. It is those that “know better”.