Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Lucky Old Sun

Fresh from the Iowa outdoors.......while hustling back from the mailbox, I caught the sun valiantly trying to shine through a fissure in the gray wall of clouds. Lucky old sun wasn't having much success.

There is an old song called "Lucky Old Sun".....right? "That lucky old sun, just rolling 'round the sky all day"......seems like I recall a line like that in the song, or am I crazy?

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This morning I happened to be at MSNBC and saw this article "Marriage: Its Only Going To Get Worse". Sounds intriguing, don't you think.....read it here: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23014798 . Its actually a very encouraging article, despite the misleading title.

(I'm trying to figure out how to do links with out typing in the whole address......but, not having much success. Someone in the know, please help me.)

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School was cancelled today, to no one's surprise. That means Husband has a chore helper this evening, and I get to stay in. Hooray!

Ash Wednesday church services have also been cancelled for this evening. We rarely get to evening services anyway, because they start at 7 p.m., which is just too early for us dairy people. Over the years, the starting times have crept earlier......when Husband and I married nearly 30 years ago, evening church services were always at 8 p.m, so the many dairy families could get there. But now there are so few dairy farmers left in the congregation, no one gives a hoot whether church is too early for us or not.

Ash Wednesday blessings to everyone anyway!!

6 comments:

Sherry said...

Hi Jeannelle:

Here's how to do the links:

when you are in the new post window, decide on the text you wish to highlight, and do so. then hit the green looking icon on the tool bar, next the the "Tcolor" icon. that will open a window. now erase the http:// which is already there.

now go to the window that you wish to link to. Copy the URL from it, by right clicking on the address until the menu opens and click copy or cut. then back to the post window and put the cursor in the link window and right click to get your menu and hit paste. then click ok..Your highlighted text will now light up, and your link is set. Hope this was not too convoluted.

Jeannelle said...

Sherry,

Thank you for the linking instructions! I'll soon give them a try.

nannykim said...

yes--someone told me how to do it but it just seems easier to put the whole url on the post and I do that by copy and pasting. I know it may not look as great--but I like the easiest thing. The picture with the "sun" looks pretty fridgid!! Cool picture, however. You must have a nice camera. The song is one that Louis Armstrong sung. My Grandpa and Uncles were dairy farmers--they pasturized and bottled and delivered the milk--so I know what you mean about long hours!!

Jeannelle said...

nannykim,

My camera is a Canon PowerShot A630. I truly don't know much about photography beyond point and shoot on automatic. I should take a class and save my money for a good camera. Maybe someday.

What kind of camera do you use?

rhymeswithplague said...

Hi, Jeannelle, thanks for leaving your blog address in your comment on my blog today. You are a very good writer; I was in that courtroom with you and the other prospective jurors! And the photography is absolutely gorgeous of your friends, summer, autumn, winter, and weird farm art. I don't own a digital camera but those photos make me want to run right out and get one. Learning to take great photos would probably take me a while.

Oh, and "Lucky Old Sun" was a 1949 hit of Frankie Laine's, and the line you were trying to remember is, "That lucky old son has nothin' to do but roll around heaven all day."

Jeannelle said...

rhymeswithplague,

Thank you for stopping by and leaving such an encouraging comment! I enjoy reading your excellent blog posts.

Thank you for clearing up that line from the song "Lucky Old Sun".

The digital camera is great fun, and I truly know very little about photography. I simply point and shoot, so you should get one and give it a try!