- The orange blossoms are blooming now. Mmmm! I love the smell of orange blossoms. Orange blossoms are night blooming so you can smell them starting at dusk, all through the night, and early in the morning as the sun comes up. We can smell them more frequently this year because the winds are blowing across the state rather than from the Gulf of Mexico and bringing the fragrance to us. Unfortunately, they make my eyes and throat burn if I’m out too long. But it’s even worse for my husband. His eyes swell shut! So we have to keep the house closed up and the A/C on at night. But orange blossoms do make the best honey!
- I was outside today and heard the sonic boom when the Space Shuttle Discovery re-entered the atmosphere. I’ve heard a sonic boom before but it’s still so cool every time it happens. As I made my way back in the office, I thought of the first Space Shuttle mission in 1981. I was in the 6th grade and we went down to the library to watch the Columbia take off. We returned to the library two days later to watch it land. That was 30 years ago!
- I enjoy PBS and all the programming my family and I have watched over the years. But I still hold a small grudge. Like every other preschooler in 1973, I watched Sesame Street, Electric Company, and Mister Rogers religiously. I specifically remember a pledge drive on PBS 13. The very convincing announcers on TV told me that without our pledges, quality programming like Sesame Street would go off the air. I was panicked. I BEGGED my parents to send in money (and get the free tote bag) but they didn’t. You know what? Sesame Street didn’t go off the air. That’s when I realized those people on TV were fibbers. I haven’t forgiven them yet for deceiving a four-year-old.
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CPP 3.9.11
3 comments:
When I went to kindergarten and they said we were going to do "the pledge" (to the flag) I thought they meant the pledge drive on PBS!
You need a scratch and sniff blog, those orange blossoms sound just lovely.
Luckily for PBS and NPR, most of its audience is as gullible as 4-year-olds. That's why they keep voting Democrat, and that's why they keep sending in donations. ;-) You, though, are smarter than that.
I heard the sonic booms too! It sounded like someone banging on the front door. The whole house shook.
I have been popping Zirtec like it's candy, lately.
It might go off the air now without federal funding. I really really hope not!
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