One day every week
We need to set aside time
Just to be funny
Today is the day
To share humor with others
Universal smiles
I’ll tell you a joke
If you promise to return one
Share world-wide humor
Well, I must admit
What’s funny to one person
May not make you laugh
Go ahead and try
To send me a laugh or two
I need a chuckle
See ya tomorrow
Love,
JanBeek
Ya gotta read this post!
It’s full of gorgeous flowers from
derrickjknight
and you don’t want to miss seeing more!
It’s full of a variety of humor and thoughtfulness!
Do you know the word “HodgePodge”??
Is it real or is it one that my mom made up?
When I put it in Pexels to look for a picture,
nothing came up.
But my iPhone dictionary had it!
Here are some synonyms:
Don’t you love the concept? It doesn’t say “junk” (which is often what I thought of when I used the word hodgepodge). No, not junk… just a mishmash of unrelated ideas or an assortment of things that can actually be related – like this meat on a grill.
Today’s blog is a mishmash – a hodgepodge of various things, ideas, photos that caught my eye this week. I saved them because I either loved them or hated them, laughed or groaned at them, and I wanted to share them for your viewing, too.
My blog’s subtitle is “Loving One Another” – so I try to share ideas that represent ways we can reach out in love more fully and unconditionally to one another.
A friend (who was born in Canada but is now a USA citizen) sent me these pictures/memes/jokes/thoughts today. I decided if the election goes the wrong way next November here in the USA, Canada may be my next residency! It appears they have a handle on how to “Love One Another.” Even their graffiti is kinder than ours!!
And if they wear a hat with something written on it, I guess it is positive, too…
Going on with my hodgepodge, I received this meme from a friend today. It made me laugh. I think laughter is what keeps me going these days!
You say you have other survivor options? One way my blogging friend, Derrick Knight and his wife, Jackie, are surviving this pandemic is by being voracious gardeners. And Derrick is a phenomenal photographer. Let me add to my hodgepodge today by sharing a couple of my favorite photos he posted recently from his rainy vistas in Great Britain:
In my past life, some of you know I was a teacher for 24 years and a principal for 9 years and worked in the district office as curriculum coordinator (wearing a hundred hats with all kinds of responsibility and no authority to back ’em up!)… and then I decided to do what I loved most – and go back into the classroom before I retired. I taught a first grade and took them on to second. Oh, what a joy that was! Many of those students are my FaceBook friends today… 21 years later!!
That poppy brought back those memories because the school where I was principal for 9 years was Caswell Elementary in the Ceres Unified School District in California. Our school song was:
“Poppies, Golden Poppies,
Gleaming in the sun.
Closing up at evening
when the day is done.
Pride of California,
Flower of our state,
Growing from the mountains
To the Golden Gate.
We’re the Caswell Cougars,
We are Number One.
Green and yellow banners
Waving in the sun.
Caswell is a place for
Learning and for fun.
We’re the Caswell Cougars,
We are Number One!!
Yesterday, if you read my blog, you know we went for a farewell ice cream social to say “See ya later” to our two favorite little Sunday School friends, Cord and Ruby. We are praying for their happy resettling on their dad’s home ranch in Jordan, MT. It’s a six-hour drive from here. They’ll have horses and cattle and dogs and cats and lots of room to roam. Our love and prayers go with them. We gave them great big farewell hugs and told ’em how much we love and will miss them.
A great end to my hodgepodge for today is this wonderful photo that I JUST received via the magic of WhatsApp from my daughter, DeAna. She wrote,
“I took this photo
from the parking lot
near our restaurant
this morning
while thinking of you.”
Ah, our children certainly know how to melt a mothers heart, don’t they? Nothing could make me happier than to know that when my daughter sees a symbol of our faith, she thinks of me! What a gift, huh?
Maybe I am not so disturbed after all!!
What HodgePodge of thoughts captured your imagination today?
I hope they were
a medley of
love and laughter,
memories and musings
that lightened your soul.
See ya tomorrow.
Love,
JanBeek
Well, my WP friends, I told you I’d post pictures this afternoon of our river float, right?
Nope, that’s not my photo. I found it on the internet. It’s where I’d like to have been – with that blue sky dotted with clouds, but alas…
Take a look at that gray sky. Does it look like an inviting time to go out on the river? Temperature’s not bad, though – even though rain is threatening. Look, Bob’s weeding the garden in his shorts!
That’s the direction of the river… and if this were a video, you’d see the trees and bushes blowing in the wind. It isn’t a pretty time to be out rowing!
So, let’s have some fun at home instead.
Set those best laid plans aside.
Make lemonade with those lemons!
That wind and those clouds were sent by God. I wrote a Haiku this morning about the way the wind blows the clouds away. Hopefully tomorrow will be a sunny day.
Meantime, let’s just find some ways to smile and enjoy some laughter inside on this Saturday afternoon.
I needed a therapy dog because my husband has a habit of walking around without clothes on. Well, we ARE separated from other houses by a few acres, right. But still…
Hah!
No, I’m just kidding…
he never walks around OUTSIDE naked!
With all this refrigerator time, I should start using my recumbent bike more often… develop some sort of exercise routine and keep my TOPS weight under control, right? But…
Did that one make you chuckle?
I was looking for something to distract me this afternoon from the coverage of Donald Trump’s rally where all those people are crowded into an arena and only about one in ten are wearing masks.
So I logged on to Derrick’s garden.
Do you follow Derrick’s delightful posts at derrickjknight ? Today his post was “Night and Day” – and his roses were captivating. Check him out! He and Jackie have a flower garden second to none. And Derrick’s photography is magical.
Here is a rose for you from their garden:
Have a Happy Father’s Day, my friends.
If you don’t get to go where you wanted to go
(for whatever reason),
make the most of it where you are.
And don’t worry about being too sexy…
God loves you just the way you are,
and so do I!
What did you do today?
And which of my offerings make you laugh out loud?
Share!
See ya tomorrow.
Love, JanBeek
OK -OK -OK – Time to get out of the house and take TazE for a walk.
Are you having a good day? Make it a GREAT one! Pass along these laughs to a friend who needs them as much as I did!
See ya later…
JanBeek
We all need to laugh
Laughter is good medicine
Brings good endorphins
Laughter reduces pain, increases job performance, connects people emotionally, and improves the flow of oxygen to the heart and brain. Laughter, it’s said, is the best medicine.
I hope you laughed out loud at some of these. I did!
Did any of them shock you?
Did that make you laugh louder?
Some researchers believe that the major function of laughter is to bring people together. While we are socially distancing (afterall, you may be thousands of miles from me), we CAN laugh together!
You may have been surprised that this usually prudent 80 year old blogger would post more than one meme with the word “asshole” in it. Right?
But did you laugh, or did you just breathe deeply and say, “Oh my!”?? Deep breaths are good for you, too, you know!!
Did you know that laughter reduces blood sugar levels? It is believed that laughter increasing glucose tolerance in diabetics and non-diabetics alike. It’s worth a little shock effect of naughty words, don’t you agree?
All the health benefits of laughter may simply result from the social support that laughter stimulates. Just loosen up and laugh, my friends. It’s good for you! It keeps us connected, even though we may be far away.
Have a happy day… laugh a lot … and spread your joy…
Especially during these extraordinary times.
What meme or comment
have you seen or heard
that made you laugh out loud?
What is something
that makes you laugh out loud,
or at least grin,
or chuckle? Share it with me!
As I get older, I realize:
Groucho Marx was one of my favorite comedians. He and Red Skelton always made my dad laugh. I can still remember him sitting in front of our black and white picture on the TV back in the late 40s, laughing til his eyes were teary at Groucho’s jokes. As I recall a few I am reminded that humor really is a way to share kindness because when we laugh, the “endorfins” brighten our spirit and feed the corners of our brains.
As I grow older, I remember it’s important to
Lighten up and laugh more often! Groucho said,
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend,
inside a dog, it’s too dark to read.”
“Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them…
well, I have others.”
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble,
finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly,
and applying the wrong remedies.”
“Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana.”
“I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening.
But this wasn’t it.”
Don’t you love that Santa picture? Reminds me that everyday is a gift…
And we shouldn’t wait for once a year to open it.
Keep the sparkle alive as you grow older –
And make every day a day of
… kindness
… gratitude
… and remembering why you walked into that room!
See ya later!
I am feeling the
Blessings of the Fairies
With this happy blog:
Humoring the Goddess
“When the first baby laughed for the first time,
its laugh broke into a thousand pieces,
and they all went skipping about,
and that was the beginning of fairies.”
~ J.M. Barrie
Yesterday’s big winds
Brought today’s beautiful snow;
Fairies tossed feathers!
Wind blew from the south
Yesterday’s ferocious sound
Brought today’s beauty
I caught your cute smile –
Yes, you can laugh heartily!
Laughter’s contagious.
The expectations
Of others just weighed her down;
Then she grew happy.
Happiness came from
Setting aside others’ dreams
And finding her own.
Curiosity
Became her daily garment
And laughter rang free.
At peace with herself.
The mirror revealed the Truth.
Peace smiled out from her.
Good night, blogging friends.
May the Peace of Christ be yours.
See you tomorrow.
Beautiful Things
Are sometimes visible things;
Most = Invisible!
This Persian’s pretty;
Her purr’s the absolute best –
And the love she gives.
These roses are grand,
But their fragrance is the best;
And their “giver” too!
This bird is gorgeous,
But its song is the greatest –
And its Creator!
This scene’s amazing;
But the peaceful feelings here
Are magnificent.
Adorable child –
She’s so beautiful to see,
Her trusting heart’s best!
The cake’s impressive,
But memories are more grand.
Beautiful moments!
(By the way that’s us: Bob & Jan… 57 3/4 years ago)
The moments, feelings,
The sweet smiles and the laughter –
That’s where beauty lives.
Life’s luxuriant
When people and places reign.
Beautiful visions!
Thank you for being
A beautiful part of my life
In my WordPress World.
You add JOY by your presence.
Hugs to You !!
Inspire to Love
Let the SonShine!
You inspire me to respond
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