Major toad choker last night, and a big juicy lightning bolt that lit up my retina with my eyes closed. Impressive.

Blog and newsgroup punctuation does not count.

Time to go to bed and read a good book.
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I think I woke up in my "Okie persona" this morning..... I was humming this song. I remember when my Uncle Joe sent this to us, he was city planner for Muscogee at the time, so it was a big PR thing for them. (We lived in California) I also remember about six months after this was a huge hit, Merle Haggard was busted for weed. Hee Haw...

Anyway I'm licking my wounds... in true Okie style, the good Lord has seen fit to give me neighbors with barking dogs who won't let me go in the back yard without blessing me out barking, a lot. Someone else on my community FB was crying about her neighbors' dogs barking and I started venting a bit. In 17 years I've had neighbors who are obviously feeling people, they adopt pound puppies, bring them home, and then turn them into the back yard and ignore them. Dogs bark if they see me in MY yard.... They get a lot of baths when I'm watering out back. I wound up getting kicked off the group!!! Well I didn't need them anyway. So I just put up with the barking. They USED to doo doo on my lawn, but after I scooped THAT up and dumped it on their driveway, they got the message.

They say that domestic fights between neighbors are some of the worse, legally, cops hate to get involved. Sigh. I guess I'm just an Okie down deep underneath.

Time to go do something else for the day other than roost on line.

I've listened to one too many loud jets in my time. I'm kinda sensitive to loud noises..... earplugs do help. Sometimes I wear them to work in my yard. I threw a large bone to one of the dogs a few weeks ago, and he seems inclined to bark less now (like "you might be ok after all") but the other dog just barks on, until I hose it down. I bet they wonder how their dogs keep getting wet, they're pretty stoned neighbors.

I was thinking about dogs... I do love dogs, a lot, but they take time. They are perfect for families with kids, 'cause the kids take on the training, and dogs are smart, if the child says "don't bark" they often won't. But if you work, or are elderly, often you just won't have time for the dog, to correct their bad behavior (barking) and too many people are just like that. Dog is left in the yard with no one there, gets bored and barks. Neighbors annoyed. That's why I have cats now, I can lock them in and they use the litter box, no worries. Alas I am not queen of the world and cannot control everyone who has yapping dogs.

I don't drink anymore, but I feel like this song right now. I feel out of time often. I'm just old and grumpy now. Less willing to put up with the tricks of modern times. They tangle all my thoughts like ivy. Things change.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLUxn5DdqmE

I love old music... my mom made me sing a lot of it when I was a kid. We did George M! in summer stock once.... quite fun. We all knew the music. Anyway I found this gem.... I'm not pro war, but this is very famous... and it's really George himself.

He even sounds like Jimmy Cagney. My Dad and I were watching Yankee Doodle Dandy once on TMC, and dad said "we were all shocked when this movie came out... Cagney was always a tough guy in the movies. We didn't know he could dance!" LOL. Pretty cool Cagney's own sister danced in the movie with him, as Cohan's sister.

I'm embroiled in putting together costumes for some little tykes.... long story but I need to make a red cape for yes Little Red Riding Hood. Trying to scale down a kinsale cloak pattern, the kid is little bitty (and quite cute) .... blblbl. Anyway I have an ear worm of this, and always liked it.

BTW fair warning.... if the OCD really goes into overload, you might get a huge flood of Outlander interviews and clips.... there's a fair stash of them over on youtube. Generally I stick to my bedtime reading for the World of Outlander, but ......

It'll burn yer brain.

Bah..... Baaaaa????

My son and his wife gave me good IRS tips today. I'll tackle it tomorrow as I have no plans for the 4th except to water down the weeds and dry brush in my yard. Pyros live next door.

Re-did the IRS thing. I made TWO mistakes, and it looks like they might owe me MORE.... my letter was probably generated by computer. So I'll try and call them after the 4th. Long wait on the 800 line I'm afraid.

In honor of James Morrison, who left the earth on July 3, 1971. One more 4th of July goes by with it's memories....

(shocked tone....) you don't like the doors?????

Contrary to popular belief, Jim Morrison was not the spawn of Satan. He was a fabulous poet who got in over his head.

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