Who's Dumber?

Some people, particularly Democrats, question the intelligence of George Bush and John McCain. Yet, both graduated from pilot training. I know some very smart people who washed out. Both became jet fighter pilots, Bush in the F-102, McCain in the F-4. On the other hand, Teddy Kennedy can't even drive across a bridge!

Freeze

Last night the temperature dropped to 20 F. It will be a while before I can see if any damage was done. After last year's Easter freeze I didn't get a single piece of fruit from any of my twenty trees.

Orchid

Can you see a face and a bird in the center of this orchid?

Jordan

Snickelfritz being herself.

Braden

Braden takes his 10-year-old league baseball very seriously when he is on the field.

Nicholas

Nicholas plays catcher on his 12-year-olds team. Last game he hit a real (over the fence) home run.

Greenhouse

We got the roof on at the reunion and added the final panels last week. Now to fill it with plants. . .

Only in America 4

Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses after being bitten on the butt by his next door neighbor's beagle -- even though the beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the jury believed the beagle might have been provoked at the time of the butt bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard and repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet gun.

Sailor

Leadbelly waiting for the opening of sailing season.

Only in America 3

Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the garage. Unfortunately for Dickson the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting the garage to the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut. Forced to exist for eight days on a case of Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the homeowner, claiming undue mental anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the owner's insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish.

Greenhouse

Progress! At the family reunion we'll have enough people to lift the roof and set it on the uprights.

Only in America 2

Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles, California, won $74,000 plus medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.

Betty

The greatest generation, indeed!

Only in America 1

Kathleen Robertson of Austin Texas was awarded $80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The store owners were understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the running toddler was her own son.

Life

Life is an orange. Squeeze all the juice out of it you can.

Fawn

The fawn's mother rescued it after the horses moved on.

Stonehenge

Thanks to my nephew Matt I now have my own prehistoric stone circle.

Destiny

It's never too late to be who you might have been. -- George Elliot

Cary

This gander is the sole survivor of the flock of two dozen ducks and geese we got about eight years ago. I call him "Cary" after the title character in the movie "Father Goose" played by Cary Grant. We will restock ducks, geese and chickens through the mail around Easter time.

Go For It!

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean. -- Christopher Reeve

Life

Life is a great big canvas; throw all the paint on it you can. -- Danny Kaye