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 An Old Photograph, found in my Archives.

Care to guess exactly how old this one is?
{This is me, by the way! A while ago.... before-short-hair.}

A Pretty, Pesky Mister

Say hello to Mr. Colorado Potato Beetle, or ''Coopie'' for short.
Pretty thing, isn't he?
Ha! ...don't let the dapper, gorgeously striped, color-coordinated-ness of him fool you. He is a cold, blooded potato killer at heart! *Munch munch munching* through our beloved garden spuds is what he loves to do all day (and maybe night too!)

So what happened to Coopie, you may ask?
(You may also ask why I'm talking about Coopie at all, and why on earth I named him...)
(That's another story altogether.)

Well, the simple fact is: Coopie retired.
First, I took his passport picture (above) then I helped him retire.

....to Beetle Heaven!
 And now he lives immortal on this blog.
That's not odd at all! (Right?!)

P.S.~ And don't you tell me You've never taken a picture of something then killed it!

Thyme.

{Or, Time}

There's just never enough of it, is there?

;)

P.S. ~ Just finished a great book, A Jane Austen Education. 

You should read it too!

Conversational Jumpers

I noticed something funny today: people who are what I call 'conversation jumpers'.
Do you know the kind?


You'll meet them and  everything ( your names, whatcha-doin', etc.) is hurriedly exchanged in a few quick sentences back & forth. Then, it's onto the strange, funny & amusing dance of conversation!
You'll say something as they watch you eagerly and try to look like they are listening intently (maybe they actually are, I don't know sometimes)... and then as soon as you pause for a just a tiny space of a few seconds....
 they pounce! Jumping into the conversation!  Just like their namesakes.
(Often how quick they take over the talking can take me by surprise.)
Okay, so then they rattle on & on.... dear things.... about this & that  or anything, nothing and everything! Whew!

Next, you may try to add something later on and start to form a sentence (hooray! maybe you'll get in what you have to say!) but just when you think you're safe.....in jumps the Jumper! And they go, "Oh! yes! Yes, yes, I know what you mean. It's like this one time I---"


And back and forth, on it goes. :) Until they tire (which seems to not happen to quick) or you excuse yourself.
Or....you can do what I like to do and just sit/stand there and watch their fast-paced word patterns and trains of thought ramble all over the place. It's kind of fascinating, really!

I don't know, I like to notice the odd little things we humans do & laugh at them.
Now, I don't mean laugh at those people doing it per se, but rather laugh at us, all humans. We are funny! And we do these funny things. :)
All part of the design I guess.
{Right, God?}

It wasn't really me....