FROM PAUL (A.) - HIS OWN TRUE STORY

I went to the doctor's for my annual physical.

The nurse started with certain basics. "How much do you weigh?", she asked.

"135," I replied.

The nurse put me on the scale. It turns out my weight is 180.

The nurse asked: "Your height?"

"5 feet, 6 inches," I answered.

The nurse checked and saw that I only measure 5 feet, 3 inches.

She then took my blood pressure and told me that it's very high.

"Of course it's high!" I screamed. "When I came in here I was tall and slender! Now I'm short and fat!"

She put me on Prozac.

Look it up, but, as Stephen Colbert says, not in a book.

PARADE DAY

The Krewe of Cleophas parades past our church on the Sunday before Mardi Gras. The congregation and friends and family have a pot-luck lunch and then watch the parade from the church grounds.

 

The children play football before the parade starts. The blond girl will be a quarterback when she grows up. She can throw the ball!

 

Thibodaux High School Band. My three children attended Thibodaux High, and my daughter was in the band. She played the clarinet and the oboe.

Below are a few of the floats from the Krewe of Cleophas parade. The riders design and make the floats themselves. Another name for the krewe is The Poor Man's Parade, so-called because the members of the krewe do not pay to have their floats made.

 

 

 

 

 

My loot. I gave stuffed animals and toys to the kids. One nine year old girl in our congregation held up a sign saying, "Today is my birthday!" hoping that the float riders would throw her beads and especially toys as birthday presents.

PARADE DAY - PART DEUX

 

A dancing marcher

 

Grandpère, No. 2 son, and daughter-in-law

 

See how they love one another.

 

A Catahoula hound parade watcher, all dressed up for Mardi Gras. Some folks call the Catahoula hound the ugliest dog in the world, but I ask you, "Is this an ugly dog?" She has one brown eye and one light blue, almost white, eye.

And we all passed a good time.

WHAT IS IT?

 

From Nola.com:

It's Parade Sunday At Christ Church Cathedral, the seat of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, situated along the St. Charles Avenue parade route.
And at morning Eucharist that means the annual reappearance of the Rev. David duPlantier's Mardi Gras vestments, seen here. (When he faithfully describes them -- sequins, fleur de lis, purple, green and gold -- he is compelled to add: "All tastefully done, of course.")
Of course. These are Anglicans, yes?
The vestment is called a cope, basically a long cloak, with a tradition of more than a thousand years in liturgical use.
....

If you've a mind to, you can catch all this at 9 a.m. Sunday. Note the time; this week, it's a hour earlier than the usual time posted on the cathedral website.

Shamelessly stolen from Caminante. I had to have it, doncha know.

HAPPY ST. VALENTINE"S DAY!

 

Aren't they precious? Too precious? Bless their hearts.

From Wiki.

DAT'S DAT!!!

 

Amen!

From my friend in Florida (not Miami).

A PRAYER REQUEST...

From Susankay:

Mimi -- I am spreading a prayer request around the blogosphere -- my much loved Molly the WonderDog has just has a really bad seizure -- the first in almost two years and is still really freaked out. Please pray that she be well and unafraid.

We've prayed for Molly before, and we'll do so again.

YOU KNOW YOU'VE HAD ENOUGH WINTER WHEN:

 

Thanks to Sue.

NEW ROADS IN THE SNOW

 

Our farmhouse is on the right in the picture of New Roads in the snow last Wednesday. The town is located northwest of Baton Rouge. When hurricanes threaten, we evacuate to the farm, which is no longer much of a farm. A nearby farmer makes hay in the field, and we harvest pecans from the many pecan trees on the property.

 

The Randall Oak is on the property next to us. Wiki says:

Pointe Coupee was home to Julien de Lallande Poydras, a merchant, planter, poet, statesman, banker and philanthropist who helped establish the state's first public schools in Pointe Coupee in the early 1800s. He likewise endowed a trust fund to provide impoverished brides with dowries in Pointe Coupee and West Baton Rouge Parishes. Visitors will find his grave on the grounds of the old Poydras School on Main Street in New Roads, now a museum and cultural center established by the Pointe Coupee Historical Society.

James Ryder Randall, an English professor who has written the poem "Maryland, My Maryland" in April 1861, at nearby Poydras College on False River. The poem was later put to music. The site is still known as Randall Oak, though the school was destroyed by fire in 1881. The poem is now Maryland's official state song.

 

I don't know which house is pictured above, but the snowfall is visible.

 

Above is the road that runs in front of our property. A neighbor of ours in New Roads sent the pictures.

The snow is pretty, but I'm glad I wasn't there. Our neighbor, who lives in the house on the right in the picture at the top, works for the highway department, and he hardly slept for two days. He supervises the road crews who clear the snow off the roads and bridges.

I NEED HELP!

Blogger changed my layout without asking. I'm now using the new posting and editing form, and I don't know how to load pictures in the new format. However, the bold, italic, and links are easier to use.

I've discarded Firefox altogether, because it would not let me open pop-up comments at any of the blogs and took an eternity to load.

I tried Google Chrome, but I could not get the toolbar to load, nor could I get the back and forward buttons to work, so I uninstalled the program.

I am now using Internet Explorer and not much liking it, I can open comments, but I get a safety warning pop-up asking if I really want to open the comment box.

I need help.

UPDATE: I'm back in Google Chrome and making my way. We'll see. Firefox was totally broken for usefulness for me.

For the new editing format in Blogger, I guess you upload the pictures directly from wherever you store your pictures.