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U. F. O.
Before I get started with this weekend’s theme from Sidey, I’ll get a little business out of the way! FIrst of all, I was stunned today to notice something about my stats! Remember back in April, when I noticed that the 10,000 hits (since 9/29/10) marker was coming up? I wanted to register the 10,000th hit by the end of April. Well I exceeded my goal. And I just happened to notice that to date I now have over 15,000 hits! Amazing! (To me, anyway! :mrgreen: ) It took me seven months to get to 10,000, and now only two to add over 5,000 more. Hmmm. . .will wonders never cease. Of course, we all know that number has nothing to do with the pandering and groveling I have done in an effort to gain readers. It’s just been good old-fashioned hard work, and superb writing! Right? R-I-G-H-T!!!! 
Also, at the same time I bemoaned my lack of any visitors from the states of Rhode Island, North Dakota, and Delaware. Well they all came through, God bless’em, and I now have readers from all 50 states, plus D.C. Of course, not being content with that, I started a campaign to garner all 13 provinces of Canada (BTW, Happy Canada Day yesterday, to all my Canadian friends, eh?). I still have the same 9, and have added no more, so let’s hear it from Nunavut, Prince Edward Island, Northwest Territories, and Newfoundland/Labrador. Also, I’d like to “close the books” on Great Britain! I have yet to hear from Wales! Calling all Welsh! Come out! Come out, wherever you are! Now, enough of that, except to say that I am not too proud to occasionally sport a “brown nose,” so. . .
One more thing before the eerie weekend theme: Yesterday, on Ashley’s birthday, we went to Asheville and visited with our children, their partners (all except Adam and Dusty, :sob: ), and our Zoë. While visiting Josh and Sarah Beth, we got to see Pepper! He is doing GREAT! I’ll post later on some photos of Pepper and Joshua singing together! He loves Josh, and he has become so responsive, and he looks great!
Now on to the U.F.O. Have you ever encountered (“close” or not) any of its “kinds?” Well, I certainly have, and here are the many, many U.F.O.s I have witnessed:
Unidentified Flying Object: That little mystery insect I photographed last summer. I have since identified it as a “Hummingbird Moth.” Maybe it should now be know as an Ununidentified Flying Object!
Uncalled for Fear-mongering Opinionators: Glenn Beck, Michele Bachmann, Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, and on, and on, and, sadly, on. . .
Unappetizing Flattened Opossums: seen on most country highways or byways every day in my part of the USA.
Ultimate Food Offerings: Offered practically every day by The Only Cin!
Unflappable Friendly Opiner: Nancy Hatch of Spirit Lights the Way
Uncanny Foretelling Octopus: Paul – the now deceased eight-armed wonder who predicted World Cup winners last year.
Unique Fragrant Ovenbird: The first turkey I ever roasted – it was certainly unique (thank goodness), and it was fragrant. . .(ewwww)
Unfinished Fugue for Organ: My first instrumental composition. . .still unfinished, and always will be.
Unflying Feathered Ostrich: all of them
Unequaled Fabulous Offspring: Zoë Alyson Calhoun
That’s only ten of the UFO’s I’ve seen in my life. There are tons more! So, if you have never seen a U.F.O., then count yourself among the Unobservant Foolish Ones. Counting up all the ones I’ve seen, I’m quite certain I’ve seen enough. . .
Paula, what an Unlimited Fount of Oratory.
If I tried it all I would get is an Unusually Fierce “Ouch”
Enjoyed it..
John
Which of course would be caused by an Unwarranted, Frightening Onslaught!
Whenever I come across them, and I do fairly often, I like to take advantage of these sorts Ubiquitous Free-wheeling Opportunities to have some word play!
Glad you enjoyed!
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Congrats on the stats, Paula, and thank you so much for the lovely mention. *heart*
Always happy to! And thanks, Cin!
Love your unique take on the theme!
An Unfinished Fugue for Organ? Really? Would love to hear it, even if unfinished…
You and Tilly. . . I’m thinking that it will be stored away or lost, only to be found long after I am dead and gone. It will be taken and studied by the great musicologists and musicians, transcribed for orchestra, and become one of the most famous musical compositions ever written; it will be the tune on the lips of every school child, the lyrics – written by me, not for this piece, but added later on to memorialize my words as well – will be inscribed on their hearts even before they are born, by way of technology which pipes music into the mother’s womb. I will be spoken of with hushed reverence, and all my music instilled in the hearts of all peoples everywhere, and my music will be the first music heard when visitors from other planets first visit and make themselves known. Thus it will spread throughout the universe, and sung by the angels in heaven, and played through the speakers of every elevator in the world, and serve as background music in supermarkets everywhere, except arranged as a samba.
Yes, the great “Unfinished Prelude and Fugue for Organ, in the key of C+ (or D-) will become known as the greatest piece of music ever written and never finished – all because I will see to it that it remains lost until after I am dead.
Of course, by the time my music is discovered, music as we know it today will not exist. That is the obvious conclusion upon which I have arrived, because if my composition is considered great, then we will all know that mankind finally did fall, en masse, all the way down the slippery slope that politicians are always talking about.
As you can see, I have a dream (or it is a nightmare?). . ..
Consider yourself fortunate. Just imagine that it is wonderful – that way it will be!
Your UFO’s were good for a chuckle! Well done.
Thanks Connor, and thanks from dropping by! You are welcome any time.
i love all your ufo’s
They were fun – I’d be willing to bet that my criteria, everyone has encountered at least ONE U.F.O.! Glad you liked these. . .
At quilting retreats that I attended, we always had UFO’s, Un Finished Objects. Some of us had more than others. We were great starters but alway enticed away by a new project before the last one was finished. So many ideas…so little time..there is never enough of that!
groan – i have so many of those………….
Tell me about it, ladies! Groan. . . and
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Sorry for the reminder about the UFO’s ladies
Great post – so unusual and I love your UFO’s, such a variety!
Encountered any of your own? Have a great weekend, Adeeyoyo! Thanks for dropping by again!
Grats on 15K+ visitors – quite an accomplishment. This post was just plain fun and very creative
They were fun ! Do you have any in your memory box?
Loved this one.
Hubs
Love what you did here.
‘Unfinished Fugue for Organ: My first instrumental composition. . .still unfinished, and always will be.’…why?
Since I can no longer play. That pesky non-functioning hand. It’s hard for me to compose without playing at the same time – I’m not Bach by any stretch of the imagination. I finished my Prelude when I was in high school. It wasn’t particularly good – I mixed up some modal and minor sequences – it was sort of a mixed bag, and I think I might have gotten a C on it (the lowest grade I ever got in a music course)!
Of course, I wasn’t discouraged, because he also said it had possibilities, but I had a LOT of editing to do. Hmmm. Does that sound like something else that I “write?” I started the Fugue, but got distracted and never finished. Never edited the prelude, either, but I’ve found of late, that just looking at it, it doesn’t seem as bad now as I thought it was! (It’s even worse.)
I started playing keyboard instruments when I was about 5, studied piano for 1-1/2 years, then my Dad bought me a big organ (that sounds AWFUL!). Anyway, it wasn’t a spinet! As a matter of fact, when I moved on to vocal performance, my Dad gave the organ to a medium-sized church, and it was quite suitable for the building! I was considered a prodigy for a few years, but i got lazy, and besides, singing turned out to be what I really loved.
I have never lost my love of the piano, however, and miss being able to play like, like,. .well sort of like you would miss Malteasers if you could never eat one again. BTW, I sure would like to try one!
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I adore this post . . . and not just because SLTW featured prominently!
What a creative take on the theme! Write on!
Glad Ashley’s Birthday Bash was a Blast!
Pictures from the day are being posted today as my Sunday post!
I think your unique fragrant ovenbird must be my favourite, Paula
Great take on Sidey’s theme….