Five Fun Facts For Friday

Did you know?

1. If Jell-O is hooked up to an EEG, it registers movements virtually identical to the brain waves of a healthy adult!

2. The jukebox got its name from jook, African-American slang for "dance".

3. Wedding cake was originally thrown AT the bride and groom instead of being eaten by them.

4. TIP is an acronym for "to insure promptness" and once upon a time was given in advance.

5. The signature line drawing of Alfred Hitchcock was drawn by Alfred Hitchcock.

Cool stuff

Just some cool stuff I like so I am sharing.















Not selfish in bed(s)

Extra overnight guests? Take em down and pass em around.















Daydream Believer



The Ryan boys could swing their legs on these chairs!










Double Rocker

Put your feet on the pegs and rock away with your buddy.











Potty Putter

For the men in the bathroom, who like to play with the putter.

We don't get these in the St. Lawrence River!

My friend Cathy just spent the weekend in the Bahamas (lucky grrrrrl)!

Nice catch Cath!

She spotted it while snorkeling, her friend Paul speared it, VOILA - 40 lb Nassau grouper for dinner - they served it blackened.

Look at that water! I want to revisit the Bahamas.

Now.

Miss you!

Two for Tuesday

Two collections!












Red handled kitchenware.

Latest addition
(Thanks Richard!)








Blue and red glass.


When I was a kid I collected stamps and stones.
When I was a teenager I collected Garfield books and memorabilia.
I had a minor Woodstock (Peanuts) collection.
As an adult, I still love to collect.
Why do we like to collect things?

Oh so lost in Lost

I was not into Lost for the past 2 years.

I am now.

Been on vacation all week and have been watching it from the first episode.

I can't stop.

Mink Island Pathway

And from that day, o'er hill and glade
Thru those old woods, a path was made.

Sailboats

Took a little boat trip into Brockville, Ontario today.
It is a pretty town with a local yacht club.
We were treated to a sailboat race at dusk.

Autumn begins early on the river....

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower. ~Albert Camus

Two for Tuesday

We enjoyed two fires on the river tonight.

Kiss Me Kate

So darn cute and photogenic!

Life lessons learned in a weekend.

It was a work weekend at Todd and Laura's house.
Their 200 year old house.
A dirt floor in the basement dug up.
100+ year old peonies dug up and replanted.
Shingles for the barn/outbuilding stained.
(ahem, individual shingles for a barn? If there is the male equivalent to Martha Stewart, he lives in Cazenovia.)































































Despite the rain, the blisters, the sore feet and aching backs, there was quality time spent and some good life lessons learned:

friends and family help each other
lead by example
the best way to do a job you are dreading?
hit it head on with a positive attitude
ask for help
listen to good music while working
laugh alot
blisters go away
take time throughout the day to
pet the dog
kiss the baby
enjoy a good meal

Did I forget anything?

Belts, belts, and more belts

and I am not talking about the kind that goes around your waist!









The Rust Belt

The belts I'm referring to are the geographic regions throughout the U.S. that are distinctive in a specific respect.

This subject came up when it was mentioned central New York is in the Rust Belt.
Rust Belt? I was not aware that we live in the Rust Belt.
TheSnow Belt yes, Rust Belt, no.
But we do indeed live in the Rust Belt and this subject led to a conversation on other "belts".

So I did a little research.
Who knew? how many belts there are?

We've got the Rust Belt, Bible Belt, Black Belt, Borscht Belt, Citrus Belt, Corn Belt, Cotton Belt, Dairy Belt, Fruit Belt, Grain Belt, Grazing Belt, Irrigated Crops Belt, Jello Belt, Lake Erie Grape Belt, Peach Belt, Porn Belt, Rice Belt, Rust Belt, Snow Belt, Sun Belt, Tobacco Belt, and Tornado Belt.

JELLO belt? Yes. This refers to the region out west highly populated with Mormons (or Latter-Day-Saints) who love jello. Especially green jello made with shredded carrots.

FYI - Canada has a few belts as well - they have the Banana, Bilingual, Nickel, and Potato belts.

Shooting stars and other fun snippets

It's been such a whirlwind of activity these past 3 weeks.
Most of the activity has been work related with little snippets of fun added inbetween and after.

Snippets of fun like

Spending time with friends (old and new)
Seeing Niagara Falls again
Breakfast at Stella's Diner
Sunday morning flea market
Laughs at Kelly Cole's Improper
Scrabble by the lake
Pastabilities for dinner x2
Pool games won and lost
Dinosaur BBQ for biker watching
Boatrides
Shooting stars*
Sangria and swimming
Bonfires big and small
S'mores
Castle cruising
Backgammon & rain on a tin roof

*shooting stars -
you must keep your eyes glued to the starry skies in order to catch one (at least I did).
Not really a tough thing to do when the sky itself is such a light show of stars to begin with.
Catching sight of one is well worth the wait and the neck ache.
FYI - A shooting star is not really a shooting star.
A shooting star is really a small piece of rock or dust that hits Earth's atmosphere from space. It moves so fast that it heats up and glows as it moves through the atmosphere. Shooting stars are what astronomers call meteors. Most meteors burn up in the atmosphere before they reach the ground. However, once in a while a meteor is large enough that some of it survives and reaches the Earth's surface.

Niagara Falls

"Onguiaahra"
Thunder of Waters