The Best Parts http://thebestparts.net Fostering an Attitude of Gratitude Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:58:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 thebestparts/WzFPhttp://feedburner.google.com spring has sprung! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebestparts/WzFP/~3/YRmei0boTi8/ http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/17/spring-has-sprung/#comments Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:58:51 +0000 Ferd http://thebestparts.net/?p=791 I noticed tiny buds on the trees last week. And today, while walking through the Reynolda House grounds, I was surprised at how high the crocus has already gotten! Finally! Spring!

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]]> http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/17/spring-has-sprung/feed/ 3 http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/17/spring-has-sprung/ macro monday 4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebestparts/WzFP/~3/gWz9kyV6JXw/ http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/15/macro-monday-4/#comments Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:58:44 +0000 Ferd http://thebestparts.net/?p=785 I posted this on my bird site today, and I think it qualifies for macro monday as well. A Carolina wren.

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]]> http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/15/macro-monday-4/feed/ 4 http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/15/macro-monday-4/ I found my hillbilly bone y’all! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebestparts/WzFP/~3/7nLFMvJBe68/ http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/12/i-found-my-hillbilly-bone-yall/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:30:42 +0000 Ferd http://thebestparts.net/?p=782 Click here to view the embedded video.

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]]> http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/12/i-found-my-hillbilly-bone-yall/feed/ 5 http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/12/i-found-my-hillbilly-bone-yall/ Florida golfing and birding http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebestparts/WzFP/~3/DdCRjwrzB6E/ http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/11/florida-golfing-and-birding/#comments Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:16:53 +0000 Ferd http://thebestparts.net/?p=772 We were in Florida for a few days last week for our friend Tom’s annual golfing get together. Gail is a swinger:

There were majestic birds on the courses, like the great blue heron:

There were birds of prey, a red shouldered hawk and an osprey:

A little blue heron and a white ibis were helping find my [...]]]> We were in Florida for a few days last week for our friend Tom’s annual golfing get together. Gail is a swinger:

There were majestic birds on the courses, like the great blue heron:

There were birds of prey, a red shouldered hawk and an osprey:

A little blue heron and a white ibis were helping find my ball:

And like everywhere I go, I spotted these common birds:

I seem to attract them!

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]]> http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/09/macro-monday-3/feed/ 4 http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/09/macro-monday-3/ A Wine Tasting Dinner http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebestparts/WzFP/~3/_A03XdNXhXs/ http://thebestparts.net/2010/03/03/a-wine-tasting-dinner/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 03:05:36 +0000 Ferd http://thebestparts.net/?p=754 Princess Gail and I just got really buzzed back from a wonderful wine tasting dinner! It was absolutely delicious! My only problem is that I maybe have about one glass of wine a year! So by my third or fourth la-de-da wine, my brain was (and is) la-la-la. I should use the spell checker today. [...]]]> Princess Gail and I just got really buzzed back from a wonderful wine tasting dinner! It was absolutely delicious! My only problem is that I maybe have about one glass of wine a year! So by my third or fourth la-de-da wine, my brain was (and is) la-la-la. I should use the spell checker today. I’ll just keep it short. Here’s the menu.

Is they typing hard to read? or is it just me? Why are there two copies of the menu? I just scanned one. And why are the words moving arund like tht?

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]]> I had to be fitted for a special mask at work yesterday. I took this picture and sent it to Princess Gail. She wrote back and said I looked like an ass-tronaut! I guess I do!

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]]> http://thebestparts.net/2010/02/22/macro-monday-2/feed/ 5 http://thebestparts.net/2010/02/22/macro-monday-2/ Meme’d again! What I do for unlove! http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebestparts/WzFP/~3/bjn5QSDFNd4/ http://thebestparts.net/2010/02/15/memed-again-what-i-do-for-unlove/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:12:00 +0000 Ferd http://thebestparts.net/?p=730 Once again, Queen Mimi is up to her old meme tricks. She snuck up and tagged me when I wasn’t looking, and now I have to do this to stay out of her creepy dungeon!

The UnValentine Grumpy Meme

1. What did you get for Valentine’s Day? Hall’s Mentho-Lyptus. (You can imagine how romantic I look and feel [...]]]> Once again, Queen Mimi is up to her old meme tricks. She snuck up and tagged me when I wasn’t looking, and now I have to do this to stay out of her creepy dungeon!

The UnValentine Grumpy Meme

1. What did you get for Valentine’s Day? Hall’s Mentho-Lyptus. (You can imagine how romantic I look and feel right now.)

2. What will you miss most about Valentine’s Day? I’ll miss the chocolate, but only for a little while. I have stashes all over the place. Valentine’s day comes and goes. Chocolate is forever!

3. What could you have done differently yesterday tomake the day sweeter? I could have taken Princess Gail out to someplace more romantic than Smiley’s BBQ.

4. How many roses make a dozen? Easy. Twelve! Is this a trick question? I’m way too literal and concrete for a question like this. I must be missing something. Twelve, right? Yeah, twelve. I’m sticking to it.

5. You and your love are getting matching tattoos for Valentine’s Day. What will they be? Hmmm… Master/Slave?  Princess/Frog?  Peace/Love? Tarheels/BlueDevils? We should probably both have the same tat. Might have to go with a picture of a red tin foiled chocolate rose! I love those!

6. Does your significant other have an annoying cute little habit you’d like to break? Nope. It’s all part of her charm!

7. What did you get someone for Valentine’s Day? I think I might have given Gail an Upper Respiratory Infection, with all my love.

8. Write one word on this candy heart you’ve been dying to say to a romantic connection from your past. Thanks!

9. Be a poet. Write a 4-line poem starting with Roses are red…. There’s wine in the cup… Now get in the bed… And shut the hell up… ;-)  (That was the UN-love version. I would NEVER talk to Princess Gail like that. I just thought it was funny.) The LOVE version goes: Roses are red… Buntings are blue… In love and in like…  I’m just crazy ’bout you!

10. What song best describes your Valentine’s Day experience this year? All Choked Up.

11. I, Mimi Grumpy Skirt, am so glad this meme is almost over. This is my final question. I made it eleven questions in honor of the 11 roses I didn’t receive. Aren’t they lovely? This is my final final question, Regis:
Two cupids are in a knock down drag out fight on the floor of the Senate. One is a constituent from Venus, the other from Mars.
What is the name of the legislation are they fighting over? Top Down Legislation! I like the sound of that!

;-)



]]> http://thebestparts.net/2010/02/15/memed-again-what-i-do-for-unlove/feed/ 5 http://thebestparts.net/2010/02/15/memed-again-what-i-do-for-unlove/ Lexington BBQ at Smiley’s http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/thebestparts/WzFP/~3/8GwKpVUQwTY/ http://thebestparts.net/2010/02/14/lexington-bbq-at-smileys/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:20:17 +0000 Ferd http://thebestparts.net/?p=726 North Carolina prides itself in many things, among them BBQ. There is a famous BBQ festival in Lexington, NC every October. So today we decided to take a little drive down there since it is only about 30 miles away. We had chosen a specific restaurant, but when we arrived, it was closed (on Sundays.) [...]]]> North Carolina prides itself in many things, among them BBQ. There is a famous BBQ festival in Lexington, NC every October. So today we decided to take a little drive down there since it is only about 30 miles away. We had chosen a specific restaurant, but when we arrived, it was closed (on Sundays.) So we Yelped another one, drove there, and it was also closed. We finally got smart and called a few before actually driving there! We found Smiley’s open, and by that time had developed a pretty good appetite! The food was delicious!!!

Here’s a picture of Gail and me at Smiley’s

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