Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Mark Twain and The Beach Boys


Yesterday afternoon, the plumber was here for a couple of hours. The fixings under my kitchen sink fell apart as I was fixing breakfast.  Normally, I try to do these things myself, but I had to admit bitter defeat on this one. It didn't take him long, so, while he was here, I had him change out a bathroom faucet that had been waiting for just such a day. Things not being quite up to today's standards in my little shanty, it required an extra trip to the shop for adaptable parts.

At the end of his stay, he felt obliged to inform me that my driveway was getting hard to navigate. One look out the kitchen window told me that: large mud puddles where none had been in any previous so-called spring. I could see my spring chore list growing as we spoke. Ruts would need to be dealt with. But, that was yesterday and today I can't see any of that for all the additional white stuff that's blowing around the driveway and piling up on the porch. Adding to the fun, as I peacefully slept, ice formed to a measurable tune. And, Daddy has taken the T-Bird away.

To help me find some humor I turned to Mark Twain. You can count on him to bring an amusing perspective to just about any situation. I found his speech to the New England Society regarding changeable weather, transplanted his thoughts to my neck of the woods, and voila! Smiles and nods of recognition to the rescue. For now.

"In the spring I have counted one hundred and thirty six different kinds of weather inside of four and twenty hours." Mark Twain

Here it is, in case you could use a a few chuckles this morning:

http://www.nesnyc.org/images/stories/documents/About_Us_-_History_-_Weather_of_NE.pdf

Plus, a song by The Beach Boys to cheer one's weather weary soul.






14 comments:

  1. Ah, Mr. Twain is always such a fun guy ~ well
    him and the Beach boys ( always a great way to start the morning) !

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    1. He can be counted on to make things better, or at least see the humor in them. He was an amazing man.

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  2. Hello Teresa:

    This is exactly the kind of post to cheer one on one's way!! Here, in fact, we have been enjoying more than a few days of wonderful spring sunshine with Nature waking up all around us. Long may it continue and may you soon be blessed with similar conditions.

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    1. Hello you two! It's so nice to see you again. I'm hoping for more sun today and green grass soon!

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  3. Well, I never had a T-bird and it wouldn't get down my road either. Mr. Twain didn't have to worry about cars, in his day, but he sure had a handle on how changeable the weather can be in Spring... and only you can make this interesting kind of connection.
    Thanks for the Beach Boys and ~Fun, fun, fun!~. It made the day a little bit better.

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    1. But the Prospector has a pretty fine classic auto if I recall correctly ... :)
      I'm glad it made the day better ... good to see you ...

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  4. The most 24 hour weather changing state I have ever lived in was Michigan. I think your state is probably close to my former state of Michigan. Since I have moved to Washington it has been gray skies about 80 to 90 percent of the time. Lots of rain too. I need a boat instead of a T-Bird. -- barbara

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    1. The Pacific Northwest has its good points, but that weather doesn't seem to be one of them ... I'm not sure I could handle steady rain ... I don't mind the snow so much as the wind and cold ... I'm hoping for sunny skies next winter, in a warmer clime perhaps.

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  5. Ending my day, rather than starting it here, Teresa - and not a bad way to end it at all. Fun, fun, fun to hear the Beach Boys, and, yes, I''ll be chuckling in just a few moments as I rest my bones for the night. I just might need to listen to Mark Cohen and "Silver Thunderbird" before I close my eyes, though.

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    1. I do love Mark Cohen, also. Good choice:) I hope you slept well.

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  6. I thoroughly enjoyed this. Love Twain. I've been to his home in Hartford CT but it hardly looks like a place he would have liked to live! Plumbers are notoriously full of advice that has nothing to do with their honorable trade. I have no idea why. The last time I had a plumber here he looked at my house, asked if it was owner built, and then proclaimed that he would have done it differently without saying what, how, or where. What a hoot!

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    1. They have misidentified their power niche ... Or something ... :))

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