Elephant Butte, NM

Sunday, March 31, 2013

Happy Easter!
















HAPPY EASTER
All I need to know
I learned from the Easter Bunny!
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Everyone needs a friend who is all ears.
There's no such thing as too much candy.
All work and no play can make you a basket case.
A cute tail attracts a lot of attention.
Everyone is entitled to a bad hare day.
Let happy thoughts multiply like rabbits.
Some body parts should be floppy.
Keep your paws off of other people's jelly beans.
Good things come in small, sugar coated packages.
The grass is always greener in someone else's basket.
To show your true colors, you have to come out of the shell.
The best things in life are still sweet and gooey.
May the joy of the season fill your heart.
AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU!
Happy Easter!





















Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Antenna Hill or Mountain?

Our first jeep outing with Bill & Maurene and Newell & Linda.
We are heading  to the top of that hill!

It was a cloudy day!

We're getting closer!

The lake from here.

Moo.



My current screen saver!

Oh, the other side!

Pretty!
We made it to the top!






More later!


Sunday, March 24, 2013

Sunday Joke!






A lady goes to her priest one day and tells him,
 
                                 Father, I have a problem.
I have two female parrots,
But they only know to say one thing.'
'What do they say?' the priest asked.
They say, 'Hi, we're hookers! Do you want to have some fun?'
'That's obscene!' the priest exclaimed,
Then he thought for a moment.....
'You know,' he said, 'I may have a solution to your problem. I have two male talking parrots, which I have taught to pray and read the Bible...
Bring your two parrots over to my house, and we'll put them in the cage with Francis and Peter.
My parrots can teach your parrots to pray and worship,
And your parrots are sure to stop saying that phrase in no time.'
'Thank you,' the woman responded, 'this may very well be the solution.'
The next day,
She brought her female parrots to the priest's house....
As he ushered her in,
She saw that his two male parrots
Were inside their cage holding rosary beads and praying...
Impressed,
She walked over and placed her parrots in with them...
After a few minutes,
The female parrots cried out in unison:
Hi, we're hookers! Do you want to have some fun?'
There was stunned silence...
Shocked, one male parrot looked over at the other male parrot and says,
 
'Put the beads away, Frank,
Our prayers have been answered!

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Sunday Joke!








Retirement !!! 

Question:  How many days in a week?  

Answer:      6 Saturdays, 1 Sunday 

 



Question:  When is a retiree's bedtime?  

Answer:      Three hours after he falls asleep on the couch. 
 
 


Question:  How many retirees to change a light bulb?  

Answer:      Only one, but it might take all day. 


 


Question:  What's the biggest gripe of retirees?  

Answer:      There is not enough time to get everything done. 
 
 


Question:  Why don't retirees mind being called Seniors?  

Answer:      The term comes with a 10% discount. 

 


Question:  Among retirees what is considered formal attire?  

Answer:      Tied shoes. 

 


Question:  Why do retirees count pennies?  

Answer:   They are the only ones who have the time.   


 


Question:  What is the common term for a senior who still works and refuses to retire?  

Answer:   Nuts   
 
 


Question:  Why are retirees so slow to clean out the basement, attic or garage? 

Answer:  They know that as soon as they do, one of their adult kids will want to store stuff there.  Or move back in there . . .


 


Question:  What do retirees call a long lunch?  

Answer:     Normal . 
 
 


Question:  What is the best way to describe retirement?  

Answer:    The never ending Coffee Break…spiked ! 
 
 


Question:  What's the biggest advantage of going back to school as a retiree?  

Answer:       If you cut classes, no one calls your parents. 


 


Question:  Why does a retiree often say he doesn't miss work, but misses the people he worked with?                                 

Answer:        He is too polite to tell the whole truth.  


 


QUESTION:  What do you do all week?  


Answer:          Monday through Friday, NOTHING..... Saturday & Sunday, I rest. 
 








SERENITY 

Just before the funeral services, the undertaker came up to the very elderly widow and asked, 
'How old was your husband?' '98,' she replied.. 
'Two years older than me'  
'So you're 96,' the undertaker commented..  
She responded, 'Hardly worth going home, is it? 

Reporters interviewing a 104-year-old woman: 
'And what do you think is the best thing about being 104?' the reporter asked
She simply replied, 'No peer pressure.' 

The nice thing about being senile is 
you can hide your own Easter eggs. 

I've sure gotten old! 
I've had two bypass surgeries, a hip replacement, new knees, fought prostate cancer and diabetes. 
I'm half blind, 
can't hear anything quieter than a jet engine, take 40 different medications that 
make me dizzy, winded, and subject to blackouts. 
Have bouts with dementia. 
Have poor circulation; hardly feel my hands and feet anymore. 
Can't remember if I'm 85 or 92. 
Have lost all my friends. But, thank God, 
I still have my driver's license. 


I feel like my body has gotten totally out of shape, so I got my doctor's permission to 
join a fitness club and start exercising. 
I decided to take an aerobics class for seniors. 
I bent, twisted, gyrated, jumped up and down, and perspired for an hour. But, 
by the time I got my leotards on, the class was over. 


An elderly woman decided to prepare her will and told her preacher she had two final requests. 
First, she wanted to be cremated, and second, she wanted her ashes scattered over Wal-Mart.
'Wal-Mart?' the preacher exclaimed. 
'Why Wal-Mart?'  
'Then I'll be sure my daughters visit me twice a week' 


My memory's not as sharp as it used to be. Also, my memory's not as sharp as it used to be. 


Know how to prevent sagging? 
Just eat till the wrinkles fill out. 

It's scary when you start making the same noises as your coffee maker.


These days about half the stuff 
in my shopping cart says, 'For fast relief.' 
THE SENILITY PRAYER : 
Grant me the senility to forget the people 
I never liked anyway, 
the good fortune to run into the ones I do, and the eyesight to tell the difference. 

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Go for a drive. Look for the comet!






Bright Comet Pan-STARRS in Night Sky: How to See It

March 12, 2013; 1:12 PM
The first of two bright comets predicted for 2013 will soon be appearing in the evening sky for observers in the Northern Hemisphere. The comet — while not as bright as first predicted — will still be more brilliant than any comet seen in recent years, so here are some tips to spot the celestial wanderer.
The path of Comet C/2011 L4 (Pan-STARRS) over the next month. CREDIT: Starry Night Software
The Comet Pan-STARRS, known officially as C/2012 L4 (PANSTARRS) will be readily visible with the unaided eye, though binoculars will be a help for spotting it against the twilight sky. Weather permitting, the comet could be as bright as a first-magnitude star on the brightness scale of night sky objects (the lower the number, the brighter the object).
After months appearing in the Southern Hemisphere night sky, Comet Pan-STARRS will make its first appearance in the Northern Hemisphere sky on Thursday (March 7).


How to see Comet Pan-STARRS



To see the comet, look for it in the west, just to the left of the point on your horizon where the sun sets, shortly after sunset beginning in the next few days. [How to see the comet]


If this advice sounds a little vague, it is because comets are slightly unpredictable, in particular their brightness. Also, observing locations vary widely in their suitability to observe objects close to the sun.


Try to find a site with a very low western horizon to improve your chances of catching sight of the comet early. The farther south you live on Earth, the more likely you are to see it early. Any haze in the air will make it harder to see the comet.


Comet Pan-STARRS made its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday (March 5), when it passed by at a range of about 102 million miles (164 million kilometers). The only large objects closer to Earth on that date were the moon (at a range of 228,442 miles, or 367,642 km), the planet Mercury (58 million miles, or 93 million km) and the sun (92 million miles or 148 million km).


Comet at its best next week


Comet Pan-STARRS will be at its brightest on Sunday (March 10) when it makes its closest approach to the sun. At that time the comet will be about 28 million miles (45 million km) from the sun — a bit closer to the star than Mercury, which will be about 37 million miles (60 million km) from the sun. [Comet Pan-STARRS in Night Sky Explained (Infographic)]


The comet will still be low in the western sky on Sunday, and may be lost in the sun's glare. It will fade in brightness over the next few days, but at the same time will be higher in the sky at sunset. SPACE.com will provide up-to-date information on sighting opportunities for the comet.



Two comet-watching dates to prepare for now will be next Tuesday and Wednesday (March 12 and 13). On those evenings, the thin crescent moon will be close to the comet in the sky.


Depending on the size and direction of the comet's tail, the moon may actually be silhouetted against the tail on March 13.


On April 3, Comet Pan-STARRS will pass within a few degrees of the Andromeda Galaxy, making for a great photo opportunity for stargazers with telescopes. The comet and the galaxy will both shine at about 5th-magnitude on that date.