Super Kelly Beam Girl

Considering Kelly’s been in Level 6 gymnastics for only 5 weeks, I’d say her 9.45 score for that routine in Dallas yesterday, earning her 2nd place for beam in her age group, is a darn fine achievement!

She also placed 2nd for her floor routine, with a 9.3.

She loves everything about gymnastics!

I do too! Of course, I’m just the chauffeur and check-writer, but the sport is wonderful and she has the best training you can imagine with really wonderful people!!

And due to their great scores yesterday, Kelly and her mates will advance to Level 7 in June!!

Now, beautiful and handsome friends….. I may not be posting here again for a month as another lady and I are sharing a business venture that needs a lot of time and attention. Might take only 2-3 weeks, tho. We’ll see how it goes.

I’ll be out to see you all at some point.

Have fun and laugh muchly every day, okay?! Life is beautiful.

Love, Jannie

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10 Photos You Can Comment On, If You So Desire

Due to a rash of spams on this post, I am disabling new comments, thanks. But only on THIS post.

(Kelly says I look really weird in that photo. But, hey — sometimes weird happens.)

Did you recognize her? The one on the podium in red, sans warm-up jacket. (yep, that’s her jacket on the floor.)

She’s been promoted to the next level since this photo was taken!!

WE LOVE GYMNASTICS!!!!!  Her next meet is in March in Dallas.

There ya go — 10 of my Free Daily Photo personal faves since my last re-cap post.

With love, adoration and general happy feelings to all you sweet l’il dumplins’ out there in Cybertown.

Jannie-Bo-Buffin-Muffin

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P.S. I have that neon star lamp up for sale now on eBay.

A Short Poem On Dancing

for some reason
I’ve been picturing you
lately in ’70s leather coats

and just now
in stacked-heel
quality boots

that itch to
get up and dance.
so they do. and

you follow them
with me, all over
the hardwood

floors
of our
hearts

while
we hold
hands.

then
you
kiss
me

and
time
starts.

55 words for The G-Man. Got 55 words of your own? Let Galen know.

FFF55 goes live at 8:00 p.m. MICHIGAN time most every Thursday.

xoxooxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo to all who enter this cyber-poem-portal.

Jazzabelle’s Grandmother

often when the other kids
were searching elsewhere,
jazzabelle’s grandmother

would grab my eyes with
her smile and point to where
the candy was hidden.

once in
a boot, I
remember.

once in a
basket full
of beans.

i wonder why
she took such
a shine to me?

maybe it was all that
ocean in my eyes and all
those songs in my hair?

the way i
danced up
the tree?

i may never know, but i do
recall how her laugh sparkled
up that old tar paper shack

the summers her four beautiful
grand-daughters and i flapped in
and out the screen door all day

like
kitchen
curtains

on a
breeze
bound
for

this poem
with you.

Would YOU like to share a Tuesday poem and read others’ ?

Take care y’all and stay extra-cute, like y’all already are. Okay?

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[Edit Thursday evening, Jan. 24th at 10:24 p.m. (Texas Time) -- forgot to explain... it was a game to see what kid could find the candy first.  Everybody got a goodie eventually of course, but the lady did tend to favor yours truly from time to time. ]

And that’s all!!

Have a ball!

Advice For Writing Thursday Poems

if you go writing a poem on a thursday
be sure to wrap it in seaweed with the healing
powers of mustard and mossy mountain music.

a cabbage roll style wrap is fine.
Or, stickytape your poem inside a shoe box
and roost it in the warming oven of the

wood stove in a swamp woman’s hut.
let the poem sprout for seven sunsets
while the wise woman guides you

through the potions in her big book.
she won’t tell you what to do, as I am,
but she’ll teach you valuable lessons

as pertains to thursday imaginings.
for a friday poem you’ll need a gauze of
old gold bones for your framework,

and an iron fence to swing it on for
three high tides while it simmers for
all your neighbors to enjoy. but…

we’ll cover fridays next half-moon tuesday.
and wednesdays one mystical motherboard monday.
thank you for your poetic consideration.

Posted for dVerse Poetry’s Open Link Tuesday Festivities.

P.S. Mom and Dad have a stove EXACTLY like that in their kitchen, but theirs is by Elmira Stove Works.

They bought it about 1980 or so, as I recall. A good year.

And this is a good year too!

Thanks for your comments. I’ll be out to your blogs soon, whooohoooo!!!!

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