Hey Hey, Armando Is On His Way!
So we played golf today and the gang met up at the 19th hole for some serous watering and conversation! Bunnaford had some gardening work done by a local gentleman named Armando! James and Paul decided had to be a "Pool Boy" so we had something to tease Bunny about all evening! As the evening progressed, we heard about "Old Dogs, Children, and Watermelon Wine" and Paul even tried to sing "The Class of 57"... The videos are below!:
Do You Remember These????
Old Dogs and Children And Watermelon Wine
Did You Know? - "(Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine" is the title of a song written and recorded by American country music artist Tom T. Hall. It was released in November 1972 as the second and final single from the album, The Storyteller. The song was Hall's third number one on the U.S. country singles chart. "(Old Dogs, Children And) Watermelon Wine" spent one week at the top and a total of thirteen weeks on the chart.
The song is a true account of Hall's experience at the 1972 Democratic National Convention, where he had a conversation with an old janitor at a Miami airport hotel. The janitor appraises his own life by concluding that the only worthwhile things are the three listed in the song's title.
Class of '57
Did You Know? - The Statler Brothers were an American country music vocal group founded in 1955 in Staunton, Virginia. Originally performing gospel music at local churches, the group billed themselves as The Four Star Quartet, and later The Kingsmen. In 1963, when the song "Louie, Louie" by the garage rock band also called The Kingsmen became famous, the group elected to bill themselves as The Statler Brothers. Despite the name, only two members of the group (Don and Harold Reid) are actual brothers and none have the surname of "Statler". The band, in fact, named themselves after a brand of facial tissue they had noticed in a hotel room (they joked that they could have turned out to be the Kleenex Brothers).
The Fun Begins
Bunny ordered a salad
Did You Know? - A duckling is a young duck in downy plumage or baby duck.
Quack!
That's a big curb!
Did You Know? - The word duck comes from Old English *dūce "diver", a derivative of the verb *dūcan "to duck, bend down low as if to get under something, or dive", because of the way many species in the dabbling duck group feed by upending; compare with Dutch duiken and German tauchen "to dive".
Can you find 'em all?
Back On The 19th Hole The Party Begins
Chips and a Cuba-Libre, life is good
Did You Know? - The world's second most popular drink was born in a collision between the United States and Spain. It happened during the Spanish-American War at the turn of the century when Teddy Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and Americans in large numbers arrived in Cuba. One afternoon, a group of off-duty soldiers from the U.S. Signal Corps were gathered in a bar in Old Havana. Fausto Rodriguez, a young messenger, later recalled that Captain Russell came in and ordered Bacardi (Gold) rum and Coca-Cola on ice with a wedge of lime.
The captain drank the concoction with such pleasure that it sparked the interest of the soldiers around him. They had the bartender prepare a round of the captain's drink for them. The Bacardi rum and Coke was an instant hit. As it does to this day, the drink united the crowd in a spirit of fun and good fellowship. When they ordered another round, one soldier suggested that they toast ¡Por Cuba Libre! in celebration of the newly freed Cuba. The captain raised his glass and sang out the battle cry that had inspired Cuba's victorious soldiers in the War of Independence.
The sun plays havoc with the camera in the late afternoon...
Terry tells us of Hawaii
She would NOT demonstrate her new hula steps for us....
Sunshine girls....
"Yes... I did get a new golf cart! Want a ride??"
Wanna see my new golf cart???
Bunny is trying to make a duck call...
Fact check underway
Oh oh.....
The sun she be setting over Old Ranch
Bunny does the Hand Jive
Did You Know? - The hand jive is a dance particularly associated music of the 1950s, rhythm and blues in particular. It involves a complicated pattern of hand moves and claps at various parts of the body, following and/or imitating the percussion instruments. It resembles a highly elaborate version of Pat-a-cake. Hand moves include thigh slapping, cross-wrist slapping, fist pounding, hand clapping, and hitch hike moves.
"Now really... I saw a big fish jump at sunset on the 18th hole... Really"
Some people see pink elephants... Others see whales
More Hand Jive or is she teasing Tom about the fish??
Paul looks so innocent....
He is up to something!
The sun is almost gone but Tom watches the lake carefully
"There... There... I knew I saw one"
Bunnaford is officially worried now!
James tries to explain the big fishies in the lake
Monica is calling animal control and reporting whales and dolphins in the Old Ranch lake
