Bricks in the courtyard

While a friend and I
were visiting Annapolis,
 we noticed several students
on their hands and knees
 assessing the courtyard
 with pencils and clipboards in hand.

"What are they doing?"
I asked our tour guide.

"Each year,"
he replied with a grin,
"The upperclassmen
ask the freshmen
how many bricks it took
 to finish paving this courtyard."

When we were out of earshot
 of the freshmen,
 my friend asked our guide:
"So what's the answer?"

The guide replied:

 "One."
: )






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Prayer Request

"Lord,
hold our troops
in your loving hands,
wherever they may be.
Protect them
as they protect us.
Bless them and their families
for the selfless acts they perform
for us .
I ask this in the name of Jesus,
our Lord and Savior.
Amen."

Our troops need our prayers
for strength, endurance and safety.
When you read this,
please stop for a moment,
open your heart
and pray
for our troops around the world.
Of all the gifts you could give a US
Soldier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine
deployed in harm's way,
prayer is the very best!

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'Buttercup's babies

'Buttercup' & her new babies.








Looks like one head and two bodies in the pic on the right!

















Two brand new miniature baby goats curled up
in a natural crib, an old tree stump.
Born Fri 3-24-06 [one billy, one nanny]

'LeroyDawgzilla' and 'Pepper' in a stare-down contest.

oink oink!

300 lb hogs (each!)

and thats a mighty fine chunk of fat-lighter
laying there in front of them!

cluck cluck

'Breakfast Maker'

'LittleGirl', 'Peanut' and their mom 'MinnieGirl'
all miniatures
March 2006

'MamaLlama', miniature nanny, check out those gorgeous eyes,
looks like she's wearing makeup!

RubyRed and her 2 newborn nannies and 1 billie
3-21-06
Boer goats.

Taxpayers

" The taxpayer;
that’s someone who works for the federal government,
but doesn’t have to take a civil service test.”

Ronald Reagan, 40th American President, 1911-2004

Spring! Woo-Hoo!!!

Spring is here
and so am I
and at my age
I wonder why
if all of nature
can be renewed
why oh why can't I be too?
(unknown)

'Doc-isms'

A little list of "Doc-isms"

What doctors say,
and what they're really thinking:
...............................
"This should be taken care of right away."
I'd planned a trip to Hawaii next month
but this is so easy and
profitable that
I want to fix it before it cures itself.

"Welllllll, what have we here...?"
He has no idea
and is hoping you'll give him a clue.

"Let me check your medical history."
I want to see if you've paid your last bill
before spending any more time with you.

"We have some good news and some bad news."
The good news is,
I'm going to buy that new BMW.
The bad news is,
you're going to pay for it.

"Let me schedule you for some tests."
I have a forty percent interest in the lab.

"I'd like to have my associate look at you."
He's going through a messy divorce
and owes me a bundle.

"I'd like to prescribe a new drug."
I'm writing a paper
and would like to
use you for a guinea pig.

"This may smart a little."
Last week
two patients bit off their tongues.

"This should fix you up."
The drug company slipped me some big bucks
to prescribe this stuff.

"I'd like to run some more tests."
I can't figure out what's wrong.
Maybe the kid in the lab can solve this one.

"There is a lot of that going around."
My God, that's the third one this week.
I'd better learn something about this.
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