Month #6, BUT we are not half-way through the year, as some think. July 2, 2026 is the half-way point this year. June is the main month of weddings, and nine months later, for some---babies!! Babies born in June are either Geminis (born May 21–June 20) or Cancers (born June 21–July 22). In general astrology, they are often called "summer babies" or "June bugs". June derives from Iunius in the Latin calendar, named after Juno, the ancient Roman goddess of marriage and childbirth. For this reason, June remains the most popular month for weddings. We celebrate Father’s Day and other somewhat new ones to celebrate. June is one of only two months (along with October) associated with three different birthstones: Pearl, Moonstone, and Alexandrite; and, the official flowers representing the month are the Rose and the Honeysuckle, both signifying deep affection and sweetness. These are some facts I found about the month of June. It is, also, the birth month of a very dear friend of mine, Melodie, and my dear, first-best-friend, cousin, Sharon. Happy Birthday sweet ladies!!!
🦟 Soon those little blood sucking, annoying creatures will be with us once again. No, not the politicians, but close. There are deterrents which are chemical-free you can use. Don’t use perfumed deodorant, or perfume; don’t use hair spray; wear tan clothing---forget blue because they love that color and you’ll become the blue-plate special. If you do get bitten, blame it on the female. The males have no mouth parts to suck the blood. They just hang around to breed. Mosquitoes live long enough to make us miserable. If you get bitten by one, warm a spoon and put the bowl of the spoon on the bite. The heat will destroy the protein that causes the itching reaction. The itching is an allergic reaction to the protein. I’m looking for my soup ladle.
My mother-in-law was coming for a visit one year. It took me half a day to clear out a closet so she’d have a place to hang up-side down to sleep. I, also, had to polish the cauldron so she could make her famous brew. I never could find an eye of a newt, so I found some gummy eyeballs for her to use.
Some actual, but funny signs: Shoe repair store: “We will heel you. We will save your sole, we will even dye for you!” An eye clinic: “If you don’t see what you’re looking for, you’ve some to the right place.” Plumber’s truck: “We repair what your husband fixed.” In a restaurant window: “Don’t stand there and be hungry; come on in and get fed up.” In the front yard of a funeral home: “Drive carefully. We’ll wait.” On the back of a septic tank truck: “Caution---this truck is full of political promises.”
“Never odd or even” spelled backwards is still “never odd or eveN.”
LADYBUG in Japanese is TENTOMUSHI, “heaven path insect.” TEM is Heaven; TO is path; MUSHI is insect. They are called this because when you hold them up, they fly to heaven. The Japanese believe a 7 spotted ladybug carries the 7 sorrows of the world on its back so everyone else can be happy. Ladybugs are very beneficial to a gardener---they eat destructive insects. In fact, boxes of ladybugs can be purchases to release in your garden. They are highly specialized predators that voraciously consume soft-bodied pests like aphids, mites, and mealy bugs. Praying mantises are good, too, but they eat ladybugs and are ugly. Ladybugs are cute and don’t bite the head off their mate after mating like female praying mantises do. Talk about an attitude!
I found these quotes. They are quite profound and thought provoking. “You cannot change the people around you, but you can change the people around you.” “The one who throws the stone forgets; the one who is hit remembers forever.” “The living close the eyes of the dead, but the dead open the eyes of the living.” “Sometimes you have to not have to know what you have.”
“Come on in, chile. I gots some fresh pie and whipped cream made an’ I know ye want to have some while we talk,” she said as I knocked on the old screen door. “Here, set yerself down an’ I’ll get some plates and forks. How are ye, an’ thanks fer comin’ over. I was a-getting’ lonesome,” she chattered as she gathered the plates and forks. “I’m doing fine, Aitn Daisy, but I have a friend who isn’t. She’s all upset at what some of her “friends” have been acting towards her and what they have said to her---down right hurtful thinks. I told her they were jealous of how nice she is, kind she is to others, and doesn’t say gossip to others. If fact they’ve even mocked her because she doesn’t talk a lot. Do you have any wisdom I can share with her, please?” I asked. Aint Daisy smoothed her apron, adjusted her chair, and started talking slowly. I knew she was remembering what she’d learned throughout her many years of living. “Chile, those other girls are jes plain jealous, as ye said, an’ weak. Jealous people are unhappy and weak people often hurt others so they’ll feel strong. Truly strong people are usually kind an’ the smart people usually stay quiet. Those chatterboxes o’ girls really know the least ‘cause they’s a-talkin’ the most. So’s you tell yer friend what I’ve said an’ tell her not to fret no more a’cause she’s much better’n them.” How’s the pie?” Ahh more wisdom from the Lady of the Holler.
The light turned yellow, just in front of him. He did the right thing, stopping at the crosswalk, even though he could have beaten the red light by accelerating through the intersection. The tailgating woman was furious and honked her horn, screaming in frustration, as she missed her chance to get through the intersection, dropping her cell phone and makeup. As she was still in mid-rant, she heard a tap on her window and looked up into the face of a very serious police officer. The officer ordered her to exit her car with her hands up. He took her to the police station where she was searched, fingerprinted, photographed, and placed in a holding cell. After a couple of hours, a policeman approached the cell and opened the door. She was escorted back to the booking desk where the arresting officer was waiting with her personal effects. He said, "I'm very sorry for this mistake. You see, I pulled up behind your car while you were blowing your horn, flipping off the guy in front of you and cussing a blue streak at him. I noticed the 'What Would Jesus Do' bumper sticker, the 'Choose Life' license plate holder, the 'Follow Me to Sunday-School' bumper sticker, and the chrome-plated Christian fish emblem on the trunk, so naturally....I assumed you had stolen the car." I’ve had that happen at the store with the adult swearing at the kids, then getting into a car with all the religious stickers on it and a cross hanging from the rearview mirror. I tapped on the window and asked them if the car was theirs since their words didn’t demonstrate what all the stickers were saying. You should have seen the looks; ‘won’t repeat the words, though.
DIDJA KNOW DEPT.: There are US towns with animal names? Chicken, AK; Bumble Bee, AZ & CA; Beaver, AR, PA, KS, OR; Badger, CA; Dinosaur, CO; Butterfly, KY; Pigeon, MI; Alligator, MS; Yak, MT; Roach, NE; Worms, NE; Duck, NC; Fly, OH; Porcupine, SD; Blue Goose, TN; Clam, VA.
Oh that Brenduhh!! She came running over to tell me what she thought was good news. “Trudy, Trudy, look at this award I got!” she said with so much enthusiasm. “The police complimented me on my driving the other day. Evidently, they’d seen me struggling to parallel park the van in between the yellow lines of the red curb space, which was beside the fire hydrant. Finally, I got the whole thing just about in the space. They left a note on my windshield. It said, ‘PARKING FINE.’ I thought that was nice.” I could NOT “let the air out of her tires” of thought.
Guy got irritated at me for a little thing. It seems he was getting tired of making the coffee every morning. Even if he got up later than I, he still made the coffee. He mentioned he thought there was no reason for me to NOT make it if I was the first up. I told him I didn’t want to go against what the Bible says about this issue. He was stunned and asked me to show him where in the Bible it says a man is to make the coffee. I opened the Bible and pointed to the book right after Philemon. “See, there it is---HEBREWS,” I chortled. He told me to go away; I told him he brewed a good cup of coffee. ‘Got told, again!! Imagine that.
Blessings and smiles until next month. As always, Trudy
