A to Z on Mondays (Backwards)---G is For Giraffe

Giraffeneck Sweater

A giraffe has a neck that goes way up high

and long, long legs stretching down below.

He lives on the savanna in Africa

where the winds are warm and the grasses grow.

But what if he lived in a land with snow,
and he got his long, long neck too cold?

He'd probably need to wear a turtleneck sweater,
and wouldn't THAT be a sight to behold!

But wait!  That makes no sense at all!
Turtles have necks that are short and small. 
Why do they call it a "turtleneck" sweater?

 A "giraffeneck" sweater would be a better call.

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I'm going to be working extra hours at the library for the next few days to fill in for others who will be gone.  Then, with the Thanksgiving holiday at the end of the week, I am not going to have much time left over for blogging.  As a result, I won't be posting for a few days, but I'll be back next week.

Feel free to read something in the archives from the sidebar while I am gone, if you wish.  There are a lot of lonely posts back in May and June of 2008 before I had any regular readers that few have seen.  Something there might give you a smile if you need one.

 
I'm tied up right now, but I'll get back with you.

Hope you all have a good week and a Happy Thanksgiving!

I'd Do Anything For You, Dear. Anything!

Some fellows are handsome and charming and like to entertain and strut their stuff.  These guys make me laugh.  That is a surefire way to win the heart of a lady.



Others try to win the love of a lady friend with a little dancing and romancing. You can't go wrong with that approach either.



And then there is this sweet fellow who creates a neat and tidy display of treasures that are beautiful, colorful and sparkly to impress his lady love.  The flowers alone would be enough to win my heart.

Jeepers Creepers! What Color Are Your Peepers?

My friend, Michelle, posted this video on her blog, Crow's Feet.  It made me smile. I liked it so much that I stole it outright from her (and from Youtube, of course) to post it here.  Hope you like it too. 

My eyes, by the way, are a rather odd mixed shade of green and gray.  My mom calls them hazel.  On my driver's license, they are listed as green.  I doubt that Crayola has a color to match them, whatever you call the color.  

I checked some of their charts of the colors that they have made over the years, and the one I thought might be the closest to my eye color (but that still wasn't quite right) was called Wintergreen Dream and was in their silver swirls specialty group.  I like the name even if it isn't quite a match to my eyes.

A to Z on Mondays (Backwards!)--H is for Hat

The Lizard's Hat 

"It must be Monday," the Lizard said.

"I'm having trouble getting out of bed.

I'm hungry.  Where's breakfast? I want to be fed!"

"Oh, silly Lizard, you make me laugh,"

said the one who buys the cricket food.

"You need to wake up and move around, 

 and get yourself in a better mood.

And, as for having something good to eat,

you don't have to look far to find a treat.

 Where is your breakfast? 

You want to be fed?

You silly lizard, 

there's a cricket right there,

on the top of your head!

 

Just give it a shake, 

and he'll hop right down.

You are wearing your breakfast as a hat!

You silly lizard clown." 

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When Life Hands You Dirt, Make Art!

I'm sure you've heard the saying, "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade." Which, of course, means find the good in a bad situation or circumstance and turn it around in your favor by making something positive from it.

Scott Wade manages to find the good in the dirt and dust that covers his car after driving on the back country roads of Texas. He turns his dirty car windows into masterful works of art that will wash away in the next rainstorm.

I found this amusing. If it were me, and I had any artistic talent in that direction (which I don't), I think I'd prefer to use a medium for my art that would last a while and that wouldn't get washed away in the rain. To each his own, though, especially when it comes to art.

I have two thoughts about this. First, how do people who live there see out well enough to be able to drive when their cars get that much dust and dirt on them?

Second, I wonder if this guy could create some art from the dust on my furniture so that I don't have to dust it anymore.

A to Z on Mondays (Backwards!)---I is for Instead

Instead

I wanted to eat a cookie
but I had a carrot instead.
Trying to do the sensible thing,
trying to listen to my head.

But when the heart wants a cookie,
a carrot just won't do.
So when I had finished the carrot,
I had a cookie too!

A substitute is just that.
It fills in for what is real.
It isn't what you want.
It doesn't have the same appeal.

Find out what it is you want.
Follow the path where you've been led.
Give your heart what it really needs.
Don't settle for the "something" instead.

The next time you want a cookie,
go get one and give it a crunch.
Life is WA-A-A-AY too short
to always eat carrots for lunch.



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A to Z on Mondays (Backwards!)---J is for Joke

The humor in my poem today is a bit on the dark side. I hope you'll forgive me.

Punch Line

"Knock, knock. Who's there?"
He told them all day long.
He told them everywhere.

"Knock, knock. Who's there?"
It drove all his friends crazy,
but he just didn't care.

"Knock, knock. Who's there?"
"PLEASE STOP!" they said.
"Orange you glad I didn't say banana?"
He said it as a dare.

His friends were steamed.
They had had enough.
Their ears blew smoke.
Their eyes saw red.
They said, "WE DON'T CARE WHO'S THERE!"
Then they knocked him in the head.


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