Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

Quiet dogs, sleeping dogs, when dachshunds are at their best, all snuggled up for warmth on the only chair they are allowed on.We kept this chair just for them.  My daughter will love this picture.  Count them, one-two-three-four! Where are the other three dogs? Missing from the picture, two beagles and a black lab. Out of room. Yes, that's right, seven dogs, sigh!

On Facebook, Me?

I guess I have swallowed the cool aid. I have become more active on facebook after having my account in hibernation for a very long time.

ya wanna be friends? Find me under Raymond J Denzel on facebook! It might be fun.

Be my friend Godfather?

Sing It Like A Rockstar

Whom among us has not grabbed whatever was handy and used it as a microphone and sang as loud as one could to their favorite(s) songs. A nice mix of stars and average people having fun in this video. Sing it loud and shake off the holiday blues! That is not me in my underwear playing guitar ( contrary to popular rumors ! ).


There are no heros coming to the rescue.

Picture Perfect

I am borrowing this picture used in the blog today from A Suitable Wardrobe which can be seen in its entirety in my blog roll reading list. Impeccably dressed in black and tan from a scene from the King's Speech. What struck me though is how beautiful the woman is. They make a dashing couple don't they? He looks very vulnerable, she is by his side, very supportive. He is a lucky man.

We should all look so good!

Mood Setting Pictures

Sometimes a picture will say much more then words. I have a problem with dealing with the holidays. have for a long time. Guys have mood swings too ladies.  I have used the following pictures a few times with my poems. I thought i would feature them now. I found them online somewhere. I owe a debt of thanks.

sometimes, that is how it feels.

A Twaddle Birthday!

I have not done something like this before and I dare say I won't again. If I am lucky I will get a smile in return!

A Merry Danish Australian Christmas to you!

A familiar picture I know!

And now for some music to bring back a bit of your youthful memories!

I always wondered, "Why Cuba?"

do you play in the rain

and answering the musical question

are you old enough?

loving the 40's tune

another fav

and one more I think

A gift from afar( very far )

Happy Birthday Linda

and many more!

Ray!

And So This Is Christmas-John Lennon

Merry Christmas everyone!

A Little Something To Warm The Cockles Of Your Heart

Purple People Eaters

Even though I am from Chicago, and have been in Florida since 1988, I still remember old style football played in all kinds of weather. As kids, we did our best to emulate the pros. That meant playing in freezing, ground hard as a rock,  weather. It made me laugh that one of the Minnesota Viking players said the field was too hard and the weather too cold!

If you talk like that and feel like that you will lose. The Vikings lost. It wasn't always that way. A different breed of player back then.

Football teams had colorful nicknames back then. None better then The Purple People Eaters!

Defensive tackle Alan Page

Defensive end Carl Eller

Defensive end Jim Marshall

Defensive Gary Larsen

Another name was 3 dots and a dash, a reference to 3 black players and one white player.

Coach Bud Grant

Coach Bud Grant was a legend with the Vikings. No matter how cold it was, he always wore a baseball cap. 

Memories can be good or bad when one looks back. These go in the good pile! 

Tough guys played back then for the love of the game.

                          

Continuing The Christmas Theme

Light it up !