A Whirled Yarn

It's Final Exam time!

Please answer all questions to the best of your ability. 

1. What is the correct interpretation of this photo:

A. Never allow people half your height to photo document major events in your life.

B. Able to knock over water spigots with her bare hands,... it's a bird, it's a plane, it's Super Wingnut Mom!

C. Panicked woman running aimlessly with a stick...must be sheep moving day!

(The answer I was looking for was C.  However, as many of the more vocal students (and you know who you are!) have quickly pointed out, both A and B are also fair and true assumptions based on my previous posts.  So I will either credit you all for this question, or throw it out altogether...on my whim at grading time...so there...)

2.  This woman is...

A.  Discussing the planned route to the summer pasture, and working out where the flock may pause to sample weeds, clover and rose bushes along the way, with the democratically elected sheep leader.

B.  Way invading poor Barley's personal space.

C. Going to get a million chigger bites where the sun don't shine hovering her derriere over the hay pack that way.

(Okay, I was obviously going for A, but C was also proved later to be true as well.  Answer B is obviously a matter of personal opinion...and in an exam, your's does not count!)

3.  Should anyone truly believe this will lead anyone anywhere?

Oh come on, this answer is obvious...just look at the wander lust gleam in that eye...

4.  Should you trust a 10 year old boy, given a camera and the job to document the "Kansas Family Attempts to Move Sheep to Pasture" story, to actually be paying attention when his father must make a wild leap like he was diving for home base to tackle a runaway sheep, and subsequently roll arse over teacups down a hill hugging said sheep to his chest?

Please view the following photograph, taken by the 10 year old in question, while the excitement was happening...in case you need a hint...

 

Honestly, if you were to answer "yes", please stop reading this blog and ...just go away... quietly...

Okay, time is up.  Put your pencils down and pass all your papers to your right,...no, to your left...oh just hand them to the goat on your way out...he'll have them for lunch.

Happy end of the school year to you all!  Now go graze...

Damn the Victorians...

{Thank you to all who inquired about my week long disappearance.  I have a good excuse...I was kidnapped by Sunflower Electric Corporation and thrown into a dank dungeon.  I only escaped by lulling my guards into a stupor by singing Kumbiyah 10,0000 times. Okay, not really...but admit it, I had you going for awhile...}

Oh sure, everyone just loves Victorian architecture....the fancy rails, the turrets, the scroll work...

Just beautiful...until you have to paint it...

And paint it...

and paint it...

Mind you, I'm about 18ft up in the air...well, okay, maybe 12ft.  But it's like a humid day...no matter the actual measurement, you're really as high as you feel...

Our little shop used to be a quiet, pale yellow with faded green and red trim.  We were quite overwhelmed by the large, historic theater to the south and a beauty salon (Glitz'nGlamour!) with Wildcat Purple flower boxes and excessively grease painted windows (Jelly Nails for Mom only 8.99!) to our north.  (What the hey are Jelly Nails!?!)

Now, thanks to my persistent, if not professional paint job, we stick out like a sore thumb...

You won't be able to miss us!

It's b-a-c-k!!!!

This is a lovely picture of the belching coal towers of the Jeffery Energy Center that both pollute my air and power my home...

Yes, I am back to the whole coal-fired power plant thing.  Our, thankfully enlightened, goddess of a governor continues to veto all the stupid legislature's stupid legislation.  However, last night the house just missed over-riding the veto by four votes!  FOUR!  So please, stop by here, and use the handy form to send those four legislators an email congratulating them on their good judgment and encourage them to stand strong.  So what if your not from Kansas?  If our state wins against big business coal, your's has a better chance too.  While you're at it you can remind your Kansas legislator what an idiot they are ...if they're not one of the good guys. 

Come on, we can win...and won't that feel awesome... It's like the power of the people, man!  Make love not war!

Peace.