“Tomorrow’s victory is today’s practice.” ― Chris Bradford, The Way of the Warrior
Above is picture number 2 just waiting for your clever captions. Thanks to all of you who suggested captions for Sunday’s picture of the kids and the horse. Many of you thought the horse might be wishing the kids had something a bit more appetizing to offer. Debra said it well. “Where’s the apple?” Marji had the poor horse wanting an apple too, while others could see that horse wanted some real food. Evelyn knew what horses like with her caption about oats. And Emily had the horse thinking about licorice and tootsie rolls instead of grass. I do know that some horses are very fond of peppermints.
Plenty of love went into your captions too with the horse loving his little human friends and the little human friends loving the horse. Lisa had the girl in the sweater with a horse on it measuring how many hands the horse might be. Janice came up with a horse toothpick and I have to admit the stalk the boy is offering the horse looks like it could pick some teeth.
They were all good captions, but Lynda may have captured the moment with hers about there being mutual fascination and admiration between the kids and the horse. I always enjoy how creative you all are when we play these games. I hope you have some fun coming up with captions and that you’ll see what you can think up for the picture on this post.
It’s been sort of a disappointing day with events being canceled right and left. The Southern Kentucky Book Fest that was only days away was canceled. I can understand why. People would be handling a lot of the same books, but I feel bad for those who organized the event and have worked so hard on getting it all ready to go. Besides I love meeting all the readers in that part of the state. Now we have to wait for next year.
As a big basketball fan, I hate that they aren’t going to let fans attend the NCAA basketball tournament games. The fans add a lot to the games even if you’re like me and sitting at home watching. It will be strange for the players to play games with no fans other than family and reporters. You’ll be able to hear their shoes squeak on the floor and the balls bounce. Besides the strangeness of it all, there are all the businesses, airlines, hotels, restaurants, concession workers, etc. who are going to take a big financial hit. That may be the biggest fallout to all the cancellations.
Other events are being canceled too. Some at the last minute. My 10 year old granddaughter has been practicing for a play practically the whole school year. It was supposed to be tomorrow night. Canceled now even though no cases of the virus have been diagnosed in our town. There are eight cases here in Kentucky, however. So, who knows? Someone who has been exposed could be at some of these places.
Meanwhile back at the farm, things are going along about the same. Marley and Frankie are still begging for walks. Frankie is still barking at the coyotes at night and Marley is still snoring behind my chair as I write. It may be good that some of my events have been canceled. That means I’ll stay at home and write this book I need to write. I guess there’s some good sides to almost everything. Just think of the boost in sales of toilet paper. I heard that our Walmart’s shelves are empty in the toilet paper section. And Kroger put a limit on how much of some things like hand cleaner or cold and allergy medicine one person could buy. I just hope no one else gets sick with the COVID-19 virus here or anywhere else and that spring will spring and summer will have things back to normal here and all around the world.
But now let’s get back to fun. Leave your best idea for a caption or any message to get your name in my drawing hat to win a choice of one of my books and a grab bag book. Each new caption suggestion gets you a new entry. Deadline for entries will be midnight EST March 24, 2020 and I’ll plan to name two winners on March 25th. You must be at least 18 to enter. We will hope the internet doesn’t get cancelled.
So what’s your best caption for this new picture?
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I made it! But here comes a bird, watch out!
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Maybe that’s why he has the stick, Paula. 🙂
LOOK I found the Gold 🍀or is it just a needle?
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Cute comment, Kathy. Gold would be good, but he might get poked by a needle. That needle in a haystack saying has been around a long time. One source says the first printed use of needle in a haystack was in Don Quixote de la Mancha written from 1605-1615 by Miguel de Cervantes.
‘Look at me! I’m king of the world!’
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The king of the world caption does fit, Donna. That and king of the mountain have been popular suggestions. You might even think about that “Happy, happy, happy” that was popular there was a while.
Hey, it’s a great day whenever you get to visit your Grandma!!
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For sure, I always thought it was a great day when this kid came to visit., Connie. We always had a good time.
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Love the captions, guys,
Lucy & Una – You two are thinking alike on this with the kid being the king of the hay/straw. He does look pretty excited about it.
Linda – You’ve obviously done some hay sitting in your past. Hay is itchy. So your caption is right on. And he does have on shorts.
Judy – Victory can be exciting for sure. And sometimes those small everyday victories can be fun. Like conquering a round hay bale.
Marji – Not sure how much room is up there on that hay bale, but he looks ready to tell us about the view, for sure.
I’m King of the straw!
King of the hay mound.
‘Hurry and take my picture! This hay is itchy!’
Yea! I made it! Come on up….the view is great!
Ha! I am victorious!
Yea! I made it! Come on up….the view is great!
I made it in one jump!
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If he did, he must have jumped pretty high, Lisa. But he does look excited about something for sure.
“Oh, he feels like velvet!”
So far things here have not been cancelled although my husband and I are staying away from plays (so sorry about your granddaughter- so disappointing), concerts, church and avoiding buffets. Church because our pastor practices planned greeting which at anytime is not a good idea. We are able to stream our service on TV. We’re doing the large grocery ordering and pickup to avoid being in stores for a long period of time. I realize we could be exposed running in for one item….so far no reported cases in Mississippi. Just a matter of time. Enjoy your extra time at home. I am sorry you’ll be missing the book fair you were planning on attending.
Oops!!! I think I captioned the wrong picture——Picture #2:
“Yay!!! Look guys-I made it to the top!”
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I realized you had written the first caption for the horse picture, Karen. But you came through at the end with a fun caption for this picture too.
I do hope all these cancellations will do what the health officials hope and things can get back to normal soon. I just hate it for the economic ramifications that are sure to follow all the cancellations and people being afraid to go anywhere. But you’re right to be cautious.
Rocky: Gonna Fly Now!
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Love it, Ed. Great caption.
“I’m king of the mountain!!!!”
(That’s a game we used to play as kids.)
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That is a fun game, April, that I’ve seen plenty of kids play. I think this kid has this mountain conquered.
“Look Grandma! I did it!” James 1
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Fun, Emily. This kid is always amazing his grandmother with what he can do.
“Whoever said it’s like trying to find the needle in the haystack just didn’t know how easy it is! See, I found it!”
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Very creative caption, Karen. Made me smile.
“The perspective from up here is exhilarating; I think I’ll try mountain climbing next!”
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Knowing this kid, he might just try that mountain climbing, Suzanne. As long as he had his walking stick.