June 14th

In honor of Old Glory, we fly

our flags proudly.

Back in 1777, 

on June 14th,

the Second Continental Congress

adopted the stars and bars as

the flag of the US.

The colors were chosen to represent 

Valor (red), 

Liberty and Purity (white) 

and 

Justice and Loyalty (blue). 

There have been 27 official versions 

of our flag, with differing amounts of stars,

but the 13 bars remain constant.

They represent the 13 original colonies.

I will always stand and place my

hand over my heart in reverence

for all who came before me to 

allow me a place in this wonderful country.

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I was listening to music yesterday while I

was doing housework.

My son pointed out that my tastes in music

are myopic and I should try

to listen to more eras and genres of music.

NO.

I don't think Rap is music,

I'm not really a fan of Country,

I like the late '60's thru the '80's.

I like some Classical and some

Show tunes.

Basically the stuff I grew up with is my 

choice of entertainment.

But....

He did get me to thinking of some

ridiculous song lyrics.

Like...

The Beatles song 

"Come Together".

I love the Beatles, but some of their

lyrics were just idiotic.

Were they high?

Probably.

Where in hell did they come up with this,

"Here come old flat top,

He come groovin' up slowly,

He got juju eyeballs,

He one holy rollers,

He got hair down to his knees,

Got to be a joker,

He just do what he please."

Wait, 

What???

And it only gets worse....

"He wear no shoeshine,

He got toe jam football,

He got monkey finger,

He shoot Cola Cola...."

Huh??

OK.....

Then the musical 

"Hair"

 has this gem....

It's from "Good Morning Starshine".

"Glibby Glop Gloopy,

Nibby Nabby Noopy,

La La La Lo Lo,

Sabby Sibby Sabba,

Nooby Abba Nabba,

Lee Lee Lo Lo"

I think that someone

was too high to come up with any

actual lyrics.

Seriously?

Then there's this one...

The Kingsmen came out with this in 1963.

It was the result of the lead singer, a teenager,

having a mouthful of braces and a microphone,

that was way too far from the singer to 

pick up his vocals.

"Louie, Louie".

No,

 I never knew what they were singing

besides what you can make out clearly,

'Louie, Louie, 

Oh No, 

We gotta go".

The rest of the song was completely unintelligible.

The FBI investigated it for lewd 

lyrics, that even after months of investigation,

they still couldn't make out the content.

So, 

teenagers all over the country flubbed their

way through the song.

The background music was so overpowering

that it really didn't matter what

words you sang to the melody.

You could add your grocery list as lyrics,

and it would have been just as catchy.

So,

I guess that in the context of 

good, great, mediocre

or garbage,

music is in the "ear"

of the beholder.

Rock on!

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Update on the Monarch Butterfly.

He's gone!

He must have left while we weren't watching.

But,

the Monarch caterpillars love the Lantana

plants, 

so, it looks like we may have another cocoon soon.

🐛

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This is a 3 day harvest.

There's 5 different species of tomatoes.

🍅🍅🍅

Bell and Banana peppers

My focaccia bread. 

I used yellow pear cherry 

tomatoes, red cherry and "chocolate" cherry tomatoes.

I also added my herbal blend, 

parmesan cheese and olive oil.

It came out great!

One of our small sunflowers facing the 

morning sun.

Marigolds and geraniums

on the patio table.

The gardenias are still blooming.

Bringing the outside in.

English ivy, Yellow gladiolas

and gardenias on the bay window sill.

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🐔

Pepper. 

She's on the hunt for bugs.

Ethel.

She's an opportunist.

She'll wait for Pepper to find something

and make an attempt to steal it.

No,

it usually doesn't work,

but she tries anyway….

Nugget.

I gave her a piece of tomato

and this is her

"What? Is that all?"

look.

I found this online...

Scientists in China have succeeded 

in altering chicken DNA

to express some attributes from their long

lost cousins the dinosaurs.

They were trying to stop the genetic

markers that grow into wings

to change and grow into "claws' 

similar to a raptor, so it will

more closely resemble a 

dinosaur.

Luckily,

that didn't happen, 

but those chickens did grow 

sharp teeth!

I hope they bite the scientists!!

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Pray for peace