Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Stolen images, and a rockin' Grandson....



Stolen from Phil's blog..... Jammin' away....

Direct to you from Stillwater, Oklahoma, Stillwater native son Austyn Lee Moffat......

be sure and check out some great photos from phils blog at....

Phil's Blog

they went to Stillwater Blues Festival last weekend and he was impressed with talent that was there.

Prayer .... oh, it's against the law......

This is a statement that was read over the PA system at the football game at Roane County High School, Kingston, Tennessee, by school Principal, Jody McLeod.

"It has always been the custom at Roane County High School football games, to say a prayer and play the National Anthem, to honor God and Country."

Due to a recent ruling by the Supreme Court, I am told that saying a Prayer is a violation of Federal Case Law. As I understand the law at this time, I can use this public facility to approve of sexual perversion and call it "an alternate lifestyle," and if someone is offended, that's OK.

I can use it to condone sexual promiscuity, by dispensing condoms and calling it, "safe sex" If someone is offended, that's OK.

I can even use this public facility to present the merits of killing an unborn baby as a "viable! means of birth control." If someone is offended, no problem...

I can designate a school day as "Earth Day" and involve students in activities to worship religiously and praise the goddess "Mother Earth" and call it "ecology."

I can use literature, videos and presentations in the classroom that depicts people with strong, traditional Christian convictions as "simple minded" and "ignorant" and call it "enlightenment."

However, if anyone uses this facility to honor GOD and to ask HIM to Bless this event with safety and good sportsmanship, then Federal Case Law is violated.

Link sent to me by my red dirt 'mom' Patsy Berry....

Twinkies...

Enjoy... I did...

Ms. Nancy sent me this note this am... she was one of Jake's biggest fans....

Words for the day!

You could curse and complain about your feebleness, or you can get busy and make yourself stronger. You could see the with resentment about the past, or you can make the choice to let go and move forward.

You could worry endlessly about what might or might not happen, or you can take steps to successfully prepare yourself for anything that comes along. You could make a long list of all the things that will perhaps go wrong, or you can accept the fact that there will be obstacles and decide to deal with them as they come.

You could hide away from the world inside the walls of your comfort zone where nothing challenges you. Or you can make use of every second of your precious time to explore and experience, to get cold, wet, and dirty, and to feel wonderfully alive.

You could let the smallest defeat turn into a big, imposing excuse for giving up. Or you can learn from what went wrong and then step enthusiastically forward with your newfound knowledge and determination.

You could smugly blame all your troubles on something or someone other than you. Or you can take a long, deep breath, then take full responsibility, and feel how empowering it is to be in total control.

There are lots of things you could have been, could have done, could have seen, could have known, and could have experienced.

Yet nothing compares to the wondrous places you'll go when you do what you know you can.

-- Ralph Marston

balloon booging down Memorial in okc


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He was really bugging along... winds were about 35 mph from the east.. and he was headed west just north of Lake Hefner....


another good thing... Mercy Hospital was just about two miles in front of him.. haha....
We ran into Chris Blankinship and family, who had been to the Oklahoma State Fair all day.... and were worn out... needless to say... they must not have found all the food booths.. ahah...

later .. have a great day... and smell the flowers...
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ummmmmm ummmmmm good... when will Stillwater get one???

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When we rounded the corner, we saw a hot air ballon....

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Then we headed to the Olive Garden for dinner... and as usual, I am bringing up the rear....

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If you know Madison, you know she is saying to Trisha, Again... again....


both ladies and their pony tails...
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and of course, first she needed to eat...some of Grandma's Grapes....

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Maddie ran out of gas.....

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Andrew Paul Blankinship and his new uniform

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and it did bring us luck!


Look who stopped by and saw us..... a new boy scout, Or .. Tiger Scout. (I truly don't know, but I bet I learn before long... since now both grandson's are in them....
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lady bug and toad stool.. hummmmmmm

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oh my ... Grandma, look ... a lady bug.... next to a toad stool....

Got to be lucky, right???
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All dressed up and no where to go??


was thinking of that when I saw these this am... they got all pretty and no one saw them... now they are just about gone...
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Grandma Ann's Green Thumb at work...

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this one is for Grandma Ann....

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Ok.. one more sunflower..... shot...

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somewhere in all that is the barn the kiddos showed their animals from....

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do you see the bugs eating the flowers??

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Just an old patch of weeds...

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surprise....

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Ann taught me....


To look at things ... out of the box... to not see things as a farmer, but to see them as works of beauty... I saw the arch... I saw the sellar ole man standing guard, the strenght of the combweb in the middle ... and the joy of the combination.... so bare with me.. I get finger happy when shooting photos.. and the joy of seeing what I took... well, it's almost like having kids... the joy and excitement of finding something in each shot... haha.. geeze... am I on it today.. .haha.. sorry... moving on....
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rollers, doing their thang.....

Ann has 8 Rollers...
there are 5 of them rolling in this photo... various stages and three that were just flying .... can you find which ones were doing what???
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