Very sad day indeed

Good mornin Possum's. I might be sittin here in all the bright colors that look so cheerful and all,but it's a sad day indeed. Patrick Swayze has pasted away at the age of 57 today. The evils of cancer took his young life. God has taken him home. Twas a great actor and dancer. We have all enjoyed his movies over the years. We all love you and say good-bye to a wonderful person. God Bless the family.


A MOMENT OF SILENCE.........................................................................................................................


The rain has claimed the day here in the early hours of the mornin. S'pose ta have rain today and tomorrow. All Mike's plants have made their way into the rain for waterin. They are all lookin so wonderful. Can't wait ta see if the Christmas cactus really blooms at Christmas. Have a great Tuesday. Bubba

Stunt double

There I am way up top there in the ride car! Well....It's really my stunt double. But it really looks as if it's me! Used a stunt double cause they didn't want ta use the green screen. This is real live action before your very eyes. They were worried that if I did it myself...Well...ya know. I am a 50 year old Sock Monkey.

The day was a nice as nice could be. A brisk walk in the park was what the day beheld for me. Not a bad day I might add. Watched a couple of movies made dinner and chilled. The grass finally got mowed this evenin. We been kinda lettin it go. Not much in the mood for lawn mowin here of late. Thought maybe it just might turn off cold and kill the grass,but way to early for that. So out comes the mower!

S'pose ta have rain this P.M. and tomorrow and Thursday as well. Hope it'll help our tomoato plants,but this year they haven't produced like they should have. Heard many folks speak of this summer time tragedy. We have enjoyed the few that we got. Very thankful for them!

Hope all is well for Possum Monday. Bubba

Blizzard

There's a Blizzard at the fair! And one I can certainly live with. Only a ride Possum's. Probably the word of the week as folks still try and stupidly I might add. And A.K. gets the finger of the week again. They never stop. At any rate they can't get me down! Try as they might.

At last entry,I was placed with Snake girl. Time to walk away from that one. To fake for words. A waste of a perfectly good $1.00 to see her.

Did everyone see the newest Paris Hilton quote? This one earned her a place in quote history accordin ta YaHOOOOO! Goes a little somethin like this...."Dress cute wherever you go,life is to short to blend in." I like that one. I wrote it down. Course Mike and I have never blended in anywhere or at anytime. Mike tells me all his life folks have tried to force his circle into a square hole. Doesn't matter how ya look at it,it ain't gonna happen. Wasn't meant to be. Sorry if ya don't like what ya see......Bite me! Thats all ya gonna get!

Anyhooooooooooooo............................................. :@) Looks like a clown right? Bubba

Snake girl

Great day and a good Sunday mornin! Another fair photo ta share. I told ya bout the freak shows member? Now....let's take a minute here and think bout the snake girl thang. First off,if this really existed,don't ya'll think it would be headline news for years? Second,someone has crossed some DNA's somewhere along the line. This creature could not even live. I did not have the chance to see her this go round,but I did see her in fairs gone past. It was very obvious that there were trick mirrors in place. The box/cage it was in, just happened to be large enough underneath for a person to lay in. Huge clue to start off. But it wouldn't be the fair if there weren't these kinds of thing ta see. I'm just sayin!

Hope everyone has had a wonderful Sunday mornin cause I have. Back from church and havin a nice cup of JO! Good cup of JO! So I thought I'd sit here and share my blog with folks as I do enjoy this time to type/talk. In the quiet of my Nashville home. The dogs are sleepin on the sofa.

Mike thinkin up a salad for lunch. Feelin guilty bout the huge funnel cake at the fair yesterday. Every once in a while is OK. Ya just can't have one everyday! He explained to me that the one he enjoyed at the fair wasn't the best one he ever had,but was good. Seemed the need to cook it a little longer. Was doughy in the thickest parts. Covered in powdered sugar and chocolate! My mouth waters at the very thought of one just now. We'll save it for next years fair. *wink*

Wonderful day as far as the weather goes. Nice cool mornin. The low last night twas 59 degrees. Lovein the start of fall time! Out come the pumpkins. Saw them at Wal-mart after church. They are already out for sell. The mums at every turn and lookin beautiful! Love fall colors. They are very rich deep colors. Warm and invitin. If ya'll remember last year,we bought a pumpkin and saved it till new years before we craved it. That was fun. Maybe we'll turn that into tradition. I'll let ya'll know.

It's the day of rest so that's where I'm headed! To the sofa! Bubba

Prise winnin Tobacco

Hay! Yes pun intended! I'm at the fair! What'll ya'll expect? havin fun the name of the fair game. Kay! Anyhoooooo......Might I direct your attention to the back of the room where there are rather large quanities of Tobacco! Prise winnin Tobacco! Did anyone bring rollin papers? I think I need ta check out this tobacco just hangin around. I promise I'll leave the ribbons behind! LOL! We'll have to step outside,but I don't think that presents a problem. Now....If ya'll can get past the guard at the door with it,is the real challenge. If ya time it just right,and someone opens the door to come inside,ya make a run for it! I'm only 22 inches high. Maybe no one will see me. They'll think I'm part of the exibit bein a Sock Monkey and all. The first question that'll pop into their heads is how did the Sock Monkey get out of the art exibit buildin? All I have ta do is lay down on the floor and they'll think I'm a first place,not to mention best in show. Ya know I have a couple of those ribbons stashed away for just such a cover up.

Ya'll know I'm just kiddin right? I have it on good authority That Sock Monkeys can bring a smile to folks. I may be a tired old Sock Monkey from way back in the 60's,but I still got game left in me.

So now I have all these fair pictures ta show ya'll and still Photo bucket has not corrected the problem of me being able to get more than one photo into a blog at a time. I've tried every thing they have put on photo bucket and still nothing works. I have contacted them on several occasions. No help from them. They have answered some jibberish that didn't work either. I'll have a different fair photo on each and every blog until I'm satisfied ya'll have seen my experience at the Tennessee State Fair. Hey! Pun intended once again...Don't-cha walk out and get bored!

Bubba

Saturday Fair

Well......Possum's.......I ah......Went back to the fair today. I just wanted to make sure there wasn't a Sock Monkey entered somewhere I missed it! Yeah,thats it! And yes this is a real scene from the fair! Not one of Mike's crazy art projects. I arrived there bout 10:30 A.M. this mornin. The real reason was to use the ticket I had bought at Kroger. Last might as ya'll well know,they let us all in for free. I didn't want to waste the ticket I bought. Can't get a refund on it. No one wanted it. I couldn't give it away. So Why not spend my Saturday at the fair. Didn't want to sit around and stare at the four walls.

Mike and I may be grown ups ,but we still think the fair is a fun way to walk around and get exercise. We don't ride anything,just walk. It's so colorful! Got to see some shows. Trained dog acts,clog dancers,livestock judgin etc. etc.!

I was bad on my diet! Had a burger and fries for lunch! I did try and make myself feel better bout it by havin a diet coke with it. Out on the midway....I ah....had a......Funnel cake! OUCH! There went 700 calories! I guess I'll spend my week doin Richard Simons!

Ya gotta have fair food when ya go. There's nothin like it! You have everything ya need if ya just believe. That and a pocketbook full of money! Very expensive! But it is what it is.

Thats my fair story and I'm stickin to it! This is Bubba S. Monkey reportin at fair sidelines. Bubba

The Tennessee State Fair

Good Mornin Possum's and fair goers! Last night was awesome! Ole Mike and I saddled up and went down to the Tennessee State Fair last night. Bein 9/11 they let us all in for free! How awesome is that? Had a big fanfare for the openin! The armed forces color Guard came a marchin in with their flags and all uniformed up! They presented Nes Electric with a huge check to pay for the electric they would be usin this year. The first four days of the fair will be powered the green way whatever that means. The Mayor turned out and made a speech of course. One police woman sang A Hero lies in you. The Police men and women sittin high a top their horses lookin all spiffy. Bout 20 of 'em in a row all lined up. Out came this big ole light switch! The Mayor came up and turned on all the lights to the rides to open the fair up. Twas really touchin! Excitin ta say the least!

This year they went all out and all the rides were new this year! They really had the fair grounds suited up for us city folks! I only noticed two freak shows this year. One was a human headed snake woman and the other was the tinyest woman in the world.

Mike and I hit up the arts exibit buildin. All the home made quilts were so colorful and pretty. Lots of photography shots entered and paintins. They had folks enter their canned goods they canned themselves. Veggies of all sorts and sizes entered. Baked goods,decorated cakes,gingerbread houses with blue ribbons flyin in the wind! The largest Pumpkin and watermelons so big I could carve myself out a house and live in it till it rotted. Watermelons so big,that if they sliced it up,there would have been enough to serve everyone that attended the fair last night! Now thats mighty big!

While we were inside lookin at all the exibits,outside there came up a rain like nobodies business! It rained for the rest of the night! They had to shut down all the rides for safety purposes. Meanwhile,back inside, Mike and I headed over to watch the livestock bein entered in the fair happenins. Cows and goats mainly. Farmers from all over bringin out their best animals ta show! I saw steak! Get me the steak sauce out!! Grade A prime rib! I'm just kiddin.

A good evenin was had by all! The rain did not even spoil a single thang! Have a great fair! Bubba