just when you have seen it all . . .

A thought provoking cartoon this morning. I hope our school children have a chance to see it and think about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Teaching begins at home. Makes you wonder what does go on behind some closed doors .

Water Skiing, impossible by plane, how do they do that? Four T6 Harvard Aircraft water ski across Klepdrift Dam near Johnannesburg, South Africa where they lay claim to having some of the best pilots.

The caption says it is done 'meticulously' . . . I bet!, and according to Arnie Meneghelli ,from Academy Brushware, who owns the aircrafts, it is a first. It is hard to imagine the precision and the tension that must go into planning and actually taking off in the roar of the motors and making it look easy. Talk about making trails , usually we see the white spirals of flume high in the sky so this was an amazing sight. I thank my friend who sent this along to educate me in the new and different things that are out there. He is an old Army mechanic and his love of planes has never wavered. He has sent some wonderful movies of dog fights and of pictures of the planes that he worked on back in World War II some sixty five years or better. At eighty-nine he has slowed down but only long enough to bask in the memories of the days when he was able to keep the planes in top condition so the pilots could do their job keeping America and its allies free. I am betting if he was offered a ride, he would be first in line to go water skiing in one of these.

So today, the last day of November 2010, make your seconds count. It is list time, you know, flour, sugar, butter, vanilla . . . cookie time. . . gather around a table with friends and family and make batches of cookies of all sizes and have a tasting party, don't forget the sprinkles. Hugs to all.