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Comment by Tony Carroll on September 30, 2012 at 9:37am Melinda, love the kitty. Am reposting. Thanks.
Comment by Tony Carroll on September 30, 2012 at 9:37am
Comment by Tony Carroll on September 30, 2012 at 9:23am Goooooood morning everyone!!! Lovely blasphemy day to all. Just getting up. Turned on tv to catch some news, first thing on was Joel Osteen! Aaaaaaahh! My eyes, my ears! It burns!
Anyway, I love Sunday mornings. Get to sleep in, get up and watch the news shows, eat donuts (can't go wrong with fried dough and sugar), take a nap, visit with my sisters, see my son and daughter-in-law. Life is good.
Grinning cat, that bird is beautiful. I will be taking it for my picture files.
FA, made me groan. I do love a play on words (pictures). Ha-ha.
sk8eycat, I hope they are orthodox swiss mice. After all, it IS the holey-one.
This is a tessellated rock formation at sunrise. From the island of Tasmania. Thought it was beautiful. Later guys.
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Comment by booklover on September 30, 2012 at 7:41am Love the painted bird, the funeral bunting-ha ha, the churchmice-lol, and that would be awesome Sk8eycat!
Comment by Patricia on September 30, 2012 at 1:15am Sounds like a plan......
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Comment by sk8eycat on September 30, 2012 at 1:08am Reminder: Sunday, Sept. 30 is INTERNATIONAL BLASPHEMY DAY!
What I would LOVE to do is picket a catholic church with a placard showing a grossly bloody crucifix superimposed on a communion wafer, with this caption: "Are you REALLY going to EAT that?"
Comment by Ian Mason on September 30, 2012 at 12:48am Welcome, Stlcharliebrown.
So many beautiful things in the world. It's a wonderful life.
Tony lovely tree - how beautiful.
Love the Painted Bunting Grinning Cat.
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