So here we are back at Monday again, eh? Well, we might as well make the best of it, don’t you think? We’ve got some fun in store for you guys today, so go see what Joyful has on the table, then we’ll move on to some ‘toons ‘n memes ‘n cute critters ‘n stuff!
Thank you, Joyful … this is a lovely spread and I can’t wait to sink my fork into it!
I get a daily email from the National Day Calendar folk, and usually I just look at it, roll my eyes, and delete the email. But today’s was too funny not to share! Today is “Sneak Some Zucchini Into Your Neighbor’s Porch Day”. Yep, you heard that right …
According to the website …
Sneak Some Zucchini Into Your Neighbor’s Porch Day on August 8th offers gardeners a way to rid themselves of extra produce. For some, this day offers a way to rid their garden of an overproducing squash plant. Did you know that zucchini was a fruit? Well, if you’re a gardener, you know this fact already. You also know that zucchini grows in abundance and is ready for harvest in August. Zucchini growers also know that one plant of zucchini allows you to share this wonderful treat!
Zucchini is also incredibly helpful with weight loss. The produce is low in calories, high in fiber, and full of water. As such, when you eat it, your tummy doesn’t feel empty. Hopefully, you are less likely to overeat. If your zucchini produces well, add it soups, salads, and baked goods.
When you receive a zucchini on your porch, savor the delicious squash.
Okaaaaayyy …
We have just a few animal memes we thought were funny …
And Jolly gets credit for finding today’s cartoons …
For the bacon lovers out there, we found these just for you!!!
And just a few memes to round things out …
Well, my friends … wha-what is it, Jolly?
Gwammie! You forgot da cute animal video!
OH … so I did! Well … let me see if I can find … oh yeah, here it is! You will laugh watching the man trying to teach the goose to fly!!!
And as I was saying … the time has come for us all to get on with our business of the day, but I want you to know we really enjoyed spending this time with you! We hope you have a great week and please, share the smiles … come back for more if you need to, for they’ll be here all week long! Love ‘n hugs from Filosofa, Jolly ‘n Joyful!
They are, each and every one of them.
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I’ll cough “Drop!” any hoarse thief who comes sneaking around my stable!
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I’m sure you would! 🏇
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Well, it’s not really my stable, that belongs to our trainer. But with 5 horses there, it seems like ours.
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Five! I don’t think I realized you had five … I was just aware of two. Yes, you definitely have a vested interest in that stable and would protect it from any Hoarse Thief, I’m sure!
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Certainly would, but it is 1400 kms away in the south end of the province, the “civilized end,” but also our Bible Belt, mostly Mormons.
Yes 5, all girls. Ginny, 3 yo, Kitty 2yo, and Venus 0 yo. Then the matriarch, Halory, 22 years old and hopefully out of the broodmare business now, and Tricksy 6 yo, and mother to Kitty and Venus.
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Awwwww … so special. 😊
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Lol – Again very wonderful. Thanks, Jill! Enjoy a beautiful evening! xx Michael
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Glad you enjoyed it, Michael! You have a beautiful evening as well! xx
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Great fun, Jill
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Glad you enjoyed it, John! Have a wonderful week … okay, a decent week that isn’t unbearably hot … ahead!
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Still hot but it’s okay. Get used to 100s after a while.
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Whew! I’m having trouble getting used to the low 90s … I go out to water the flowers in the morning and wheeze/choke/cough for the remainder of the day! I don’t think I can do the 100s! Keep safe, my friend.
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The high temps kick my asthma into high gear too. Good thing there is A/C. Stay safe as well.
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Yes, my fingers are perpetually crossed that my a/c, which is very old but has been recently repaired, holds out through the summer.
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I never heard of leftover bacon, either. 🤔
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I believe you!!! We usually do have some leftover, but it doesn’t last much past the end of the day!
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I love squashes, but my one attempt with a courgette ( zucchini) plant I was given resulted only in a pretty yellow flower. I cooked a marrow with the roast chicken when my son and daughter-in-law were staying and she thought it was melon. For more successful gardeners we could have Mystery Marrow and Curious Courgette day.
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One summer our zucchini plant had so many HUGE zucchinis we would have loved to celebrate Sneak Some Zucchini Into Our Neighbour’s Porch Day, but we didn’t know aboht it. Besides, it was already September. This is Canada we are talking about!
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Damn! I wish I had been there!
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Everyone who grew zucchinis in Winnipeg that year had more zucchinis than they could use. There was lots of rain, yet lots of good sunshine too. Never saw another like it.
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Probably never will see another like it, either, given what we’ve done to the environment.
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I hate this word, but today it is appropriate: Amen!
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Yep, it isn’t by necessity a religious word, but rather an apt word to signify agreement with finality.
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I love them too, and one of my favourite dishes to make is pasta primavera with zucchini, yellow squash, cherry tomatoes, onions and Italian herbs! Ha ha … I like that idea … Mystery Marrow and Curious Courgette Day!!!
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Phew…I was worried there would be no bacon. Have a good week my friend!
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Ha ha … I knew that two weeks in a row with no bacon would be pushing my luck!!! Here’s a little extra we had leftover! 🥓🥓 I hope you have a good week, as well, and that Jasper is back to his usual self by the end of the week!
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A beautiful spread as always, I say, as I eat my cereal. 😆 The Wolf meme took a few seconds for me to get but it’s funny.
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And I say as I eat my peanut-butter yogurt! 🤣 It took me a minute on the wolf meme, too … you have to say it aloud, I think, before the light bulb comes on! Have a happy week ahead, my friend!
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Great Food, I love the bread. Great Toons and Memes and Great animal video. I was surprised he didn’t name the goose Ryan.
CWTCH
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I think Joyful made the bread especially for you! I’m so glad you enjoyed the toons, memes and video … I just fell in love with that little gosling! Hmmm … I wonder how the moggies would take to a gosling sibling?
Cwtch
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Loved that cop talking to the English driver.
How culture changes.
Remember when we were kids and Americans thought the English talked either like Basil Rathbone (Sherlock Holmes) Sean Connery (James Bond) Davy Jones (Monkees), Julie Andrews (Anything), The Beatles (while they were cute) or Dick Van Dyke (Bert/Burt/Boit)?
Caper, and Action Movies have a lot to answer for.
Good old Colin Firth and Hugh Grant (hero or villain), they keep the flag flying.
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When did The Beatles stop being cute? They just changed the drfinition of cuteness, that’s all.
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Oh, I dunno … I still think Paul McCartney is pretty darn cute! 😊
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It was the last era of White Innocence. A World War, still fresh in the memory had been won, there was ample employment, the seasons followed their usual patterns and the young had their own music. Rock and Roll had been diluted, The Beach Boys seemed to have invented an endless summer, and then suddenly all these fresh faced, bright eyed, cheeky English lads turned up; headed by The Beatles who could give as good as they got with the press, and sang their own songs. All was well.
And then the war in South-East Asia grew so it could not be pushed out of the headlines, politics became not just the preserve of the serious but the fashionable, music stopped being jolly- Bob Dylan was no longer a niche, Frank Zappa was being ‘listened’, Flower Power withered quite soon, the Rabid Right in the USA had its first public hysteria-in with burning Beatles merchandise. And riots became a summer event.
And the Beatles stopped being cheeky-lads, all together.
After that everyone started inventing ‘Stark Realities’ – mirror images of the ‘Happy Sunny Days’, as the former divorced as much from the actual facts, as the latter.
Tried as we might The Facts kept nagging away.
And The Beatles’ marriage went with the rest of the disillusionment.
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Quite the offering, Sir. Squeezing those years into just a few sentences. Flower power may have fied in San Francisco, but we in Winnipeg/Canada kept the flame slive. The break-up of The Beatles opened the door to grest solo careers, especially for George. John and Pakl were so busy being great they barely noticed the talent hiding behind the lead guitatist. Geiorge was the “cutest” Beatle of all. He waited for his time ro shine, and when it came,he outshone them all.
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Indeed George finally had the credit he deserved. My Wife is a Beatles fan (up to Revolver that is – A common split in the UK) but followed George Harrison’s career afterwards.
She still has the vinyl of ‘All Things Must Pass’
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Ah yes … and I remember some trying pitifully to emulate the British accent and failing miserably, sounding more like someone with a speech impediment!
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Both sides of the Atlantic being guilty 😁
How things have moved on, Kate Winslet in recent series ‘Mare of Easttown’ worked hard to get right a local rural Delaware County variation of Philadelphia English.
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Did she succeed?
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The general consensus is she was near perfect,
Winslet on record as being ‘an accent nerd’.
A back-handed tribute being the series featured as an SNL sketch, and this also went down well with ‘locals’ of the area. Winslet was delighted with the sketch.
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I found this interview I got a kick out of and thought you might, too! https://youtu.be/Rz6ElARtP5g
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Yes! Now I remember watching this once. As the song goes ‘Thanks for the Memory’ Jill😃.
Sheila has had me watching, several times, Kate Winslet starting out with Emma Thompson in the 1995 film of ‘Sense and Sensibility’. Never grows old
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Ahhhh … I’m so glad that for once I could provide you with something you enjoyed!!! I haven’t seen ‘Sense and Sensibility’, but then if it’s based on the book by Jane Austen, it’s not likely my kind of thing, though I do enjoy Emma Thompson and Kate Winslet!
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With Alan Rickman (playing a noble and caring character), Hugh Grant (his then signature haplessness channelled in a positive light), and an ensemble of top-notch British actors.
Even if Austen and Regency is not your thing; the drama, comedy and wry observations are timeless.
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I love fresh zucchini
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