Horses on the island

These horses are wild. Their great-great Grandparent-horses were in the Carnegie and/or Rockefeller stable on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Which explains why they're the fittest looking wild horse I've seen. That's compared to those in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada and Ocracoke, North Carolina.

The annual February warm spell is on us, days in the 60s or even 70s.
A week ago we had some freezing - seriously, it froze for an hour or so before dawn.
Of course it thawed an hour or so after sunrise.

No more tidbits to write for now, it's a nice afternoon to sit by the fountain and read in the warm sun.
"Best Essays of 2005"
"Elmer Gantry" by Sinclair Lewis
and the eternal "CCNA Certification",
then ZZzzz . . .

We're out here having fun in the warm Carolina sun.
Fine, & You?

Happy Valentines Day Sweetheart

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A beautiful rose for you my darling Valentine.

I found an island in your arms,
a country in your eyes.
- The Doors -

One Love, One Heart
let's get together and feel alright
- Bob Marley -

There is only one happiness in life,
to love and be loved.
- George Sand -

If you would be loved, love and be lovable.
- Benjamin Franklin -

Love, like a river, will cut a new path
whenever it meets an obstacle.
- Crystal Middlemas -

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach ...
[see complete version in comments]
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning -

pre-Valentine coaching

If today you are lucky enough to be with someone to have and to hold
make sure they’re well had and well held.
There are people sleeping alone tonight with cold feet!

It takes a lot of good luck and hard work to find and/or become a good catch.
All of that goes to waste if a good catch is not caught and kept.

1/ Keep yourself relevant as a sweetheart in the courtship marketplace.
2/ As for your S.O. (significant other), once you catch ‘em they require food, water, and recreation. Forget about training them, just recall how perfect they once were before you got to know them.
3/ Love is a verb, now go to it with a little Pep!

Looney Bulbs

There’s more to flowers than just roses, carnations, daisies, etc.
and this looney wild child bulb (below) proves that bulbs produce more than just tulips.


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Overheard from a girl on a cell phone conversation:
Shut up just shut up . . .
(sarcastically) You’re right you’re always right . . .
quit it just quit it . . .
[and then]
I love you, goodbye.
Oh wait, what are we doing on Valentines Day?
. . .
Love is Looney!

Valentines ultra-Sarah-Announce-Protocol (u-Sap)

just out of Beta:
Valentines ultra-Sarah-Announce-Protocol (u-Sap)

Incorporating the OSI Model Level 1 and Level 2 of the incumbent Telco in Mayberry, North Carolina, the browser becomes "Sarah" the telephone operator while you choose your role as either Deputy Barney Fife or his sweetheart Thelma Lou. Enjoy some telephone sweet talking!

Prepare to connect to your sweetie
by first closing your eyes for 12 seconds. See the future, be the future -
with Valentines ultra-Sarah-Announce-Protocol
(Valentines u-Sap)!

Begin.
Deep breath, inhale deep. Then exhale in puffs.
Relax, let Cupid channel Thelma Lou and Barney, connect using Valentines u-Sap!

Steps toward the experience:
1/ currently be on the online interweb, netweb, or an onsite-webline.
2/ turn on the speakers on your computer.
3/ click the link above.
4/ "Sarah" the browser will pick up and say
"Hello u-Sap, Coo your Valentine, please".
NOTE: Ignore any modem noise, you are hearing "Sarah". Her English voice is in development.
5/ your response will be either
"I am Thelma Lou and I love Barney Fife"
or
"I am Barney Fife and I love Thelma Lou".

Repeat as a mantra for the network link duration.
Your response may be spoken into a microphone or typed into the comments section but it must contain repetition of the above mantra in order to reach u-Sap Critical Mass .

6/ you have just over 90 seconds in u-Sap mode before you'll need to refresh the connection by clicking again - like putting a coin in a pay phone!

Comments on the Valentines ultra-Sarah-Announce-Protocol
(Valentines u-Sap)?

pre-Valentine Aloalo lahilahi

Start now finding and flowering a potential date
or you'll be singing "Hello Walls" on Valentines Day 2006.

Above is a fine speciman of the
Chinese Habiscus
Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis
Aloalo lahilahi

A red hibiscus, it's the official flower of Hawaii.
Common enough to be used as hedges.
Lush enough to form 20 foot tall walls of flowers.
Dat's some nice hedges, bro!

No kidding, get ready for 2-14-06
or you'll be hurtin'-4-certain in less than 2 weeks.