BASEBALL FANS?... Thought for Thursday

The tulips are in bloom, the daffodils have blossomed and the scent of corn dogs is floating in the air - at least the oil is heating up around the dugouts and getting ready for the next BIG game. . . close your eyes and listen:

Hey batter, hey batter, hey batter, hey. . .

Almost nothing is more fun than the feel of the sun on your face on the first warm day of spring, holding a red licorice whip in one hand and a corn dog in the other.

What are we all waiting for. . . ?

That all-time American classic, baseball, apple pie and home made ice cream.

So, let's start the season with our first pitch across the plate:

QUESTION: What baseball Hall of Famer struck out the rival team (twice) using only nine pitches?

Come back around 3:00 p.m. (West Coast time) to see.

ANSWER TO WORD FOR WEDNESDAY

ANSWER TO WORD FOR WEDNESDAY: extravagant exaggeration

If you want to read more about it or listen to the pronunciation, check it out here.

This is a fun website that shows examples of fun hyperboles.

WORD FOR WEDNESDAY- HAPPY TAX DAY!

HAPPY TAX DAY!

WORD: HYPERBOLE

Some of you probably know this one, but can you say what it means, without looking it up?

Take a guess. And come back around 3:00 to see, if you are right.

Earth Day Celebration - April 18th

Just Passing on Some Information:

"To Friends of the Center:

I would like to invite you to the Center for Earth Leadership’s annual Earth Day Celebration on April 18, 2009 at 7:30pm. We have a wonderful array of musical guests joining us for a time to honor the Earth. This event is open to the public so please pass this along or bring others with you to enjoy the evening.


Jeanne Roy

Co-Director, Center for Earth Leadership


Earth Day in Music and Song 2009


April 18, 7:30 - 9:00 p.m.

First Unitarian Church

SW 12th and Salmon, Portland

Featured Artist


Michael Allen Harrison
Additional Music and Vocal Performances by

Drak Druella, piano

Julia Gentlestrength, flute

Shemaya, vocal and instrumental

Steve Fulmer, chant

Adrienne Welsh, cello

New Thought Center for Spiritual Living Choir,

Dr. David York, Director

Robin Chilstrom and Shama, vocal


The celebration draws on the format known as Taizé, an ecumenical tradition from France that involves meditative singing, candle lighting, and time for reflection. The program will include expressions of gratitude, concern, and hope for our remarkable planet.
~Refreshments and conversation following in the Channing Room~

Sponsors

The Center for Earth Leadership First Unitarian Church

For more information, call 503-244-0026"

Sun River

We did a few family bikerides

We stopped to look at one of the gorge sites on the way over to Sunriver.

A cool bridge.

There are a lot of cool plateau shots. It was a great way to spend a holiday weekend.

HOPPY EASTER!

Here's your Easter basket - filled with eggs!


I made you all a cupcake to celebrate. The frosting is coconut mixed in with regular frosting and green food coloring. The basket handle is a pipe cleaner. And, the eggs are Jelly Bird Eggs (jelly beans). I've been making these for years - every Easter.

I have a special breakfast I make each year too - Mom passed these recipes down to me: Eggs Goldenrod - which is an egg dish made to look like a daffodil. Mom always came up with the cheapest but funnest things.


I hope you all have a wonderful holiday filled with good things to eat - and great times shared with family and friends.

NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK (April 12-19)

It's time to celebrate one of the best places in the world to visit.

So in honor of libraries, I thought we'd start with a list of favorite books and blog readers have included a list of their favorite books of all time, here they are:

Pride and Prej.
Lord of the Rings.
The Shades, by Betty Brock.
Lord of the Ring
The Robe.
Call of the Wild
Any of the Oz books
The Cat in the Hat
Eloise
The World of Pooh
A Child's Garden of Verses
The Dirt by the members of Motley Crue
Favorite YA Harry Potter series (I miss Harry!)
Favorite picture book- The Giving Tree and Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
I also love the June B. Jones books
Little Women
Anne of Green Gables
anything by Judy Blume.
Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck;
My Sister's Keeper, Judy Picoult
The Pleasure of My Company, Steve Martin.
Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers
Twas the Night Before Christmas
Twilight.
The House at Pooh Corner.
The Giving Tree Shel Silverstein
The Fudge books by Judy Blume
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Roald Dahl
The Wise Woman by George MacDonald
The Chronicles of Narnia by CS Lewis
From the Mixed-Up Files of Ms Basil E. Frankweiler:
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Giver by Lois Lowry
The Outsiders by SE Hinton
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Summer of the Monkeys:
The Chosen by Chaim Potok
A Separate Peace by John Knowles
Wuthering Heights
Rebecca Daphne du Maurier
Snowflower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
The Time Traveler's by Wife Audrey Niffenegger
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Salem's Lot by Stephen King
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase by Joan Aiken
Suffer The Children by John Saul
All the Oz stories by L. Frank Baum
All of Poe's Stories
The Places You'll Go by Dr. Seuss's

(Let me know if any of these are your favorites and if I've forgotten any, please include them in the comments section.)

And, make sure to come back tomorrow for a book give-away.