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My little friend, Lindsey Lewis sent me this in an email. It is pretty funny and really sounds like the "speakers"...sorta Why did the chicken cross the road? BARACK OBAMA: The chicken crossed the road because it was time for a CHANGE! The chicken wanted CHANGE! JOHN MC CAIN: My friends, that chicken crossed the road because he recognized the need to engage in cooperation and dialog with all the chickens on the other side of the road. HILLARY CLINTON: When I was First Lady, I personally helped that little chicken to cross the road. This experience makes me uniquely qualified to ensure -- right from Day One! -- that every chicken in this country gets the chance it deserves to cross the road. But then, this really isn't about me....... DR. PHIL: The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes after the problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road. What we need to d

Steve Young in Fairhope, AL

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Well, I really never thought I would get to see Steve Young preform live. But I did. And it was OUTSTANDING ! I was looking in last weeks Mobile Register newspaper (which I almost never do) and just happened to see a tiny article saying that Steve Young was going to be at this little used CD store in Fairhope, AL on Thurs nite. It said there were 50 seats at 10 bucks each. Couldn't believe it. I got my first Steve Yound CD in Austin, TX at the famous Waterloo Record store at the suggestion of radio programmer, Ed Dirmeier who was there too. Up until then, I had mostly only heard his songs that got indy radio play, like "Silverlake". But I knew it was a very special voice and equally special guitar skills, so I knew I'd enjoy everything on it and I did. Turns out that Steve Young (not the football player, BTW) has a mom that lives in Fairhope. This is great news, as I might get to see him again one of these days. His mom is 85 yrs old but looks and acts about 75. I

My Bunny

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Since I have a well, pump and sprinkler system at Hardwood Dr which backs up to the Bon Secour Wildlife Reserve, I am growing the most succulent grass on my stretch of the street. Therefore, I have a new friend. He comes to see me , well, my salad, almost every day. Bunny doesn't hop off when I go out and talk to him. He comes in broad daylight and hangs w/ me. He even stays in the yard when I go put laundry on the line to dry in the sun ....you know, I am so ecologically minded. Sometimes he eats grass the whole time, but sometimes he just sits in the sun, wide-eyed.

First Cement Tiles Arrive--Yipee !!!

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My first tiles arrived yesterday. I got 3 boxes which I just found in the garage. I wasn't here when they came. The three groups of tile came on another bigger order of other's tile to Wholesale Tile in Tampa. They re-boxed them w/ extra packing and shipped them on to me. They look fabo . I am very pleased. Just one issue w/ some yellow color shades that are not the colors they are suppose to be, so the different areas do not show up well against each other as they should. I got just a few of three of the tiles I plan to use in the new house. The casual kid's look sailboat tiles go in the guest bathroom. Some people think it is silly and juvenile looking, and it is. But it always makes me smile. The ribbon tiles will go in stripes in the upstairs half-bath. The blue and white wave tile called Surf will go all over the top floor living area. These are patterns from Villa Lagoon Tile The color is in a thick layer that will take centuries to wear thru . Click on some of the

It's May

May is flying so fast. The weather is perfect, we finally started having warm nights. I think the A/C at Hardwood Dr isnt working, but we have a little 100v window unit in the bedroom that Heather & I use for an office so I run that and leave all the doors open. So far so good. I talked to the guys at Auburn Univ. and found out that no one has a salt tolerant website that any of us knows about. So I registered www.salttolerant.blogspot.com. I wish it didn't have two "T"s together, people tend to misspell double letters in URL's. I have been taking photos of the plants tha tI observe to be especially salt tolerant. When studies are done about salt tolerance at AG schools, they do not really simulate the conditions at the seaside. The air borne salt is not part of the testing I don't think. I looked up the regular www.salttolerant.com type domains but they are all registered. But I just now did register www.salt-tolerant.com so I may use it later on. I might b