baby rabbits

In the Bleak Midwinter

by Christina Rossetti (1872)

In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak mid-winter Long ago. ........ What can I give Him, Poor as I am? If I were a shepherd I would bring a lamb, If I were a wise man I would do my part, Yet what I can I give Him, Give my heart. jpr: This is a redo but the woman is just superb!

Some spring in 3 weeks

Have not seen nary a rabbit track this winter until this week. There be tracks running everywhere as they be breeding.  Greens be needed for the coming litters = spring weather for sure.

plus sized models

half the women are plus sized and models are creating their advocacy.

whitney thompson

Body shape:	Pear
Dress size:	12
Breasts-Waist-Hips:	37-32-43 inches (94-81-108 cm)
Shoe/Feet:	10
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0AfdfBtWzw
Height:	5’10” (178 cm)
Weight:	187 lbs (85 kg)

the irish and scots

London - Red hair may be the genetic legacy of Neanderthals, according to a new study by British scientists. Researchers at the John Radcliffe Institute of Molecular Medicine in Oxford were quoted by The Times as saying the so-called "ginger gene" which gives people red hair, fair skin and freckles could be up to 100 000 years old.

Philadelphia PA-- Stunning new research from a major university here is sending shockwaves throughout the world. DNA sequencing of Neanderthal bone marrow indicates "man's cousin" never went extinct. They are the Irish. Neanderthals were all red-headed and blue-eyedThe Irish people have the most Neanderthal genes of any human population.  Gaelic is probably the oldest surviving human language--well over 100,000 years according to linguists.

Just like my place

jokes

An onion can make people cry but there has never been a vegetable invented to make them laugh. ~ Will Rogers

Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.

It's not hard to meet expenses. They're everywhere.

All those who believe in psychokinesis, raise my right hand.

George Carlin:
If a deaf person swears, does his mother wash his hands with soap?
Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?"
What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?
If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?
Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?
If you ate pasta and antipasto, would you still be hungry?

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!

Patricia Sandoval

After 3 abortions, the guilt drove her to drug additiction and homelessness.

The lady regained her faith and serves in prolife testament.

 Reading her account of her sins makes we, the ordinary,  saintly in comparison. 

The virgin by joe Stella 1926

An American futuristic painter.

Yep

how to be a western star

john wayne in "Horse Soldiers"

not so easy it seems

Hope.

A heroin vaccine has been designed to generate antibodies that bind heroin in the bloodstream, preventing it from entering the brain.  By preventing heroin and its metabolites from binding to opioid receptors in the brain, the pleasurable and harmful effects are nullified.  Successful animal studies paved way for testing the vaccine in humans

Can the Irish hold a grudge or what?

In 2005 an 18' statue of Francis Drake was erected in Cork, Ireland. It was immediately vandalized for the sailor's participation in the 1575 massacre of 600 Irish and Scot men, women and children on Rathlin Island off the Irish coast.

The Crannogs of Ancient Ireland

The forts were not the only type of dwelling , some people lived on crannogs : artificial islands in the middle of the lake or in bogs. These islands were built up with different materials, usually peat and brushwood, but logs, stones, straw, rushes and animal bones were also used. The crannog would then have be fenced around with timbers.

Two hundred crannogs have been found in Ireland, but only some of these sites have been excavated, two of these are at Lough Gara and Ballinderry Lough.

Each crannog seems to have been the home of one family rather than a group of families. The inhabitants were probably farmers. Their lands would be on the shores of the lakes on which the crannog was built. Pathways were sometimes built from the land out to the crannog, but canoes made from hollowed-out tree trunks were the chief means of transport. The crannogs were damp and the moisture of the ground has preserved many objects. Archaeologists have found wood and leather objects and even the remains of fabric. Objects that were used in the smelting of bronze and iron have also been discovered and it seems that the inhabitants of the crannog made all their weapons and tools.

Bluebell by Emily Bronte

The Bluebell is the sweetest flower
That waves in summer air:
Its blossoms have the mightiest power
To soothe my spirit's care.

There is a spell in purple heath
Too wildly, sadly dear;
The violet has a fragrant breath,
But fragrance will not cheer,

....

How do I weep, how do I pine
For the time of flowers to come,
And turn me from that fading shine,
To mourn the fields of home

Oh those English.

The English have more oddities than one can count.  The village of Whittsley holds the Straw Bear festival every year on the second weekend of January,  Men dressed from head to foot in straw, ‘the Bears,’ led a parade around the streets with attendant "keepers" and musicians, followed by traditional dance troupes.  Centuries old, no one understands why. But almost identical festivities in Germany, Austria and Poland are held to chase winter away. Oh well, to each his own.

Hopalong.Cassidy's Last wife

Hoppy liked his horses and his women...this is wife #5...Grace Bradley

New Kingdom of Egypt

The New Kingdom of Egypt, also referred to as the Egyptian Empire, is the period in ancient Egyptian history between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC. They ruled some five million people including those of the middle East.

The accounts in the Bible are off by about 500 years with the time of the New Kingdom...let's see what happens.

Irish-isms

• Where were you going when I saw you coming back?
• I ran after you, but when I caught up to you you'd gone.
• 'What's wrong with Murphy?' asked Father Green. 'I don't know, Father. Yesterday he swallowed a spoon and he hasn't stirred since,' said Mrs Murphy.
• 'How far is it to the next village?' asked the American tourist. 'It's about seven miles,' guessed the farmer. 'But it's only five if you run!'
• 'I'm the unluckiest person in the whole world,' moaned Betty McGrath. 'I bought a non-stick pan and can't get the label off.'
• 'I'd like some nails,' Mick requested of the ravelling tinker. 'How long would you like them?' asked the man. 'Forever, if that's all right with you,' said Mick.
• 'The baby is just like his father,' said Mary Quinn. 'But at least he's got his health!'
• 'I was going to give him a nasty look but he already had one!'

Will the Irish drink tea in heaven?

Jpr: yes cause me ma is there!

alligators in the NYC sewers?

On October 12th 2008 a 8 ft Alligator that had been reported for months was finally caught and removed from the New York Sewer System near Central Park. The Alligator was put down and the contents of its stomach revealed rat remains and the remains of a dog. So the Alligator was living well down there in the New York Sewer System. Over the years people have claimed to see Alligators in the New York Sewer System and the Alligator in the photo above had crawled into a part of the New York Sewer System where it could come out into a small pond. Many people for several months had reported the Alligator but the reports were ignored until the Alligator snatched a dog as people watched. This time there was a investigation of the report and the 8 foot Alligator was caught as you can see in the above photo so this is truly one urban myth busted as true. 

Too friendly?

A planned sculpture of Satan in the Spanish city of Segovia has been criticized for being too jolly.  The bronze statue was created as a tribute to a local legend, which says that the devil was tricked into building the city's famous aqueduct.  But residents say that the devil - who is smiling and taking a selfie with a smartphone - looks too friendly.  A judge has now ordered the artwork to be put on hold while he looks into whether it is offensive to Christians.

Thought for the day

I just got a gun for my wife

Best deal I ever made.

Spooky

Jennifer Hodge, 57, was watching TV in her bedroom with her daughter when her Nest security system sent her a notification saying "Person Spotted in Entryway."  The image looks like a bearded man, and to Ms. Hodge and family it looks exactly like her son who died in 2016.

little boy in trouble

Jpr...looks like my youngest brother back when

January

Time to help each other

bad traffic signs

huh?????

“If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten”

George Carlin quotes

jpr: I'm getting lost!

So the bartender says, we don't serve people like you....

S.H.E

My aunt...had breast cancer in her 60s and died in her 90s. Lovely lady and missed today for sure.

Bumper Stickers:

"Never drive faster than your angel can fly!!"

"As long as there are tests, there will be prayer in public schools"

how i improved my golf scores...cheating

 "A pencil in his hand is the great equalizer."
--Bob Hope, on Bing Crosby's golf game

 "I have a tip that can take five strokes off any body's golf game. It's called an eraser."
--Arnold Palmer

 "Golf is a game in which the ball lies poorly and the players well."
--Art Rosenblum

Golf is not, and never has been, a fair game. 
 - Jack Nicklaus
The older I get, the better I used to be. 
 - Lee TrevinoRead 

Therapy

Black Madonna

supposedly painted by st Luke.

Jpr: believe this pic to be the most accurate...myself!

oh those Irish

1. An American lawyer inquired, 'Paddy, why is it that whenever you ask an Irishman a question, he answers with another question?' 'Who told you that?' asked Paddy.
2. An Irish lass, a customer: 'Could I be trying on that dress in the window?' Shopkeeper: 'I'd prefer that you use the dressing room.'
3. Mrs. Feeney shouted from the kitchen, 'Is that you I hear spittin' in the vase on the mantel piece?' 'No,' said himself, 'but I'm gettin' closer all the time.'
4. 'O'Halloran,' asked the pharmacist, 'did that mudpack I gave you improve your wife's appearance?' 'It did surely,' replied O'Halloran, 'but it keeps fallin' off.'

More Irishisms

of a poor, thin creature The breath is only just in and out of him, and the grass doesn't know of him walking over it.

of a coarse, ill-mannered person using poor language What would you expect out of a pig but a grunt?

on trying to change a stubborn person's mind You might as well be whistling jigs to a milestone.

of very bad music Aw, that's the tune the old cow died of.

of one who overstays their welcome If that man went to a wedding, he'd stay for the christening.

of a talkative person That man would talk the teeth out of a saw.

of a person who paid too much for a cow He bought every hair in her tail.

of a clever thief He'd steal the sugar out of your punch.

in praise of strong whiskey I felt it like a torchlight procession going down my throat.

said of a woman who had made a bad marriage She burnt her coal and did not warm herself.

of bad aim in shooting He wouldn't hit a hole in a ladder.

of an impish child That one suffers from a double dose of original sin.

of an unfortunate one He is always in the field when luck is on the road.

of very wet weather It's a fine day for young ducks.

of someone who always plans carefully If he's not fishing he's mending his nets.

our system

There are 166 moons orbiting the 8 recognized planets in our solar system.

Some scientists believe that there may be a second star in our solar system, but we can not see it. They have even gone so far as to name it ‘Nemesis’. It is theorized that it exists beyond the Oort Cloud; therefore, out of our viewing capabilities.

coyote pack

jpr: No dog or pair of dogs will survive a pack attack. Indeed a human will need plenty of fire power!!

Pizza Facts

Americans eat approximately 100 acres of pizza each day, or 350 slices per second.

Pizza is a $30 billion per year industry.

There are approximately 61,269 pizzerias in the United States.

Each man, woman and child in America eats an average of 46 slices (23 pounds) of pizza a year.

Approximately 3 billion pizzas are sold in the U.S. each year.

93% of Americans eat AT LEAST one pizza per month. 

According to a recent Gallup Poll, kids between the ages of 3 to 11 prefer pizza over all other food groups for lunch and dinner.

jpr: Zen me a piece!

 

The Green Man Mystery

The Green Man is an architectural feature commonly found in the interiors of 14th and 15th Century English churches.  The figure has many variations, but all show vegetation growing from a man's face.  The Green Man predates Christianity, has no apparent connection to Christian worship  and has been found in temples as far away as Iran.  Some researchers suggest it has something to do with Roman gods.  But in a Christian Church a thousands years after Rome left England.???

India the world power.

India struggles to become a world power.  And the recent 106th Indian Science Congress emphasis their problems.  The head of a southern Indian university cited an old Hindu text as proof that stem cell research was discovered in India thousands of years ago.  G Nageshwar Rao, vice chancellor of Andhra University, also said a demon king from the Hindu religious epic, Ramayana, had 24 types of aircraft and a network of landing strips in modern day Sri Lanka.  Another scientist from a university told conference attendees that Isaac Newton failed to "understand gravitational repulsive forces.’ And this is a country that has a thriving space industry with more than 250 satellites.

A Hopalong Cassidy side kick

song most often sung

The song "Happy Birthday", the most well known and most frequently sung song in the English language was written in 1893 by two Louisville, Ky., schoolteachers, Mildred and Patty Hill.

        
       jpr: To any and all, particularly those to whom my wish is late.                                   

Irish Humor

Paddy, Sean and Seamus McGillicuddy were stumbling home from the pub late one night and found themselves on the road taking them past the old graveyard.

"Come have a look over here", Paddy says. "It's Michael McNally's grave, God rest his soul. Says he lived to the ripe old age of 87!"

"That's nothin'!" shouted Sean. "Over here lies Patrick O'Toole. He made it to the age of 95 when he finally died!"

Suddenly Seamus yelled out "Good God, brothers! Over here I found someone, it says they got to be 145 years old!"

"What's that Irishman's name?" slurred the drunken Paddy.

Seamus stumbled, lit a match to better read what was on the old stone marker, and exclaimed: "Miles, from Dublin!"

a dog in a snow covered wood

jpr: my pup deserves equal billing...he's a good boy...most of the time.

a laugh a day keeps ........

A man broke into a house one night, his goal was to take something small and valuable. While he was searching through the stuff he heard a small voice "Jesus is watching you." 

He stopped for a moment and said to himself "This must be a voice from my old sunday school." So he continued searching, about 5 minutes later he heard the voice again "Jesus is watching you." 

He turned his flashlight to the direction and he saw a parrot. He said to the parrot "What is your name?" The parrot replied "Moses" The robber then said "What kind of silly people would name there parrot Moses?" 

The parrot looked up and said "The same people who named the pitbull jesus!" 

Dog and owner

irish funeral song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA-jgxUNDSc

jpr; Its so grand!

The English have strange traditions.

 

The Horn Dance was first performed at the Barthelmy fair in the Staffordshire village of Abbots Bromley in 1226.  It has been held on the first Monday after the first Sunday after 4 September, known as Wakes Day. Dance is performed by a troupe of six Deer Men - who each carry antlers weighing between 16lb and 26lb  - a Fool, Hobby Horse, Bowman, and Maid Marion. The horns are those used at the first performance more than 790 years. No one knows the purpose of the dance but they continue to perform it. And people say l’m odd.