I see Trumpty Dumpty as an object lesson in depravity, stupidity and social destruction.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 7, 2022:

Dumpty is an example of what NOT to be.

VERBOMANIA.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 7, 2022:

Kinda like a chatterbox.

My son wanted to make chocolate moose so we did that very thing this afternoon.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 6, 2022:

Yum!

"I've Got No More Fs To Give" song. Ukelele. Hilarious!

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 6, 2022:

So spot on!

Toe beans!

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 6, 2022:

What an adorable baby and those toe beans!!

Don't forget to brace for the time quake at 2:00 A.M.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 6, 2022:

I hate the time change. I can see no good for it, and it is generally a PITA.

Calash noun A light vehicle pulled by one or two horses, seating two to four passengers, and ...

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 5, 2022:

And that ain't all. Google gave me this: ca·lash /kəˈlaSH/ noun another term for calèche. Well, that is so darn helpful. The MET chimed in with this: The **calash** style was designed in the late 18th century to allow women to wear a fashionable headdress without damaging their coiffure. Hairstyles during the late 18th century were growing increasingly large and elaborate, but bonnets were still required for protection and decency. The name "calash" is derived from "calèche," the hood of a "French carriage," because the material was ruched along a collapsible cane support structure, much like the hood of a carriage. Many calashes were treated to be water-proof. This later 1820s example shows how the style endured into the 19th century, probably because of its practicality and convenience for weather and travel, rather than its fashionability. And Dictionary.com gave me this: noun Also calèche. a light vehicle pulled by one or two horses, seating two to four passengers, and having two or four wheels, a seat for a driver on a splashboard, and sometimes a folding top. a folding top of a carriage. calèche (def. 1). a bonnet that folds back like the top of a calash, worn by women in the 18th century. And apparently Calash as in vehicle is also called a Brouche.

So let's break down this quote.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 5, 2022:

No, I suspect your parents/forefathers bought into the hysteria, or did as they were told. As the god believers mostly had control it was easier to go along rather than make waves. My dad and my grandfather were doubters, but chose to go along outwardly rather than buck the establishment. They were poor laborers so didn't have much clout. I went along with the BS for a long time.

From the French. "Garde l'eau!" -- "Watch out, water!"

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 5, 2022:

This makes me so thankful for indoor plumbing.

Legendary woman!

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 4, 2022:

Definitely, my cats are my small furry peoples.

Trump Comes Right Out And Says It: ‘Some Of Us Have Horrible Children’ | HuffPost

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 4, 2022:

Or maybe the children will eat them!

Friday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 4, 2022:

Great balance or defying gravity.

SABOT.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 4, 2022:

I am familiar with the Sabot as a shoe, the other meanings are new for me. Way cool.

Rhotacize verb (used with object) To change a sound to an r.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 3, 2022:

wow, new word for me!

21 WORDS & EXPRESSIONS THAT ONLY THE SCOTS USE TO DESCRIBE THE WEATHER….. [dailyrecord.co.uk]

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 3, 2022:

I have some Scots ancestry, I might have to adopt a few of those terms.

Kiss off message to a 74-year-old rolling stone.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 3, 2022:

Seriously, I'm not into nursing. He'd be a no go for me as well. Sucks to be sick and have no one.

Thursday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 3, 2022:

Adorable!

RACONTEUR.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 3, 2022:

I've heard the word, not sure I knew what it meant. Thanks!

Bazaar noun A marketplace or shopping quarter, especially one in the Middle East.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 2, 2022:

I am told there are some bizarre bazaars in the middle east if you know where to go.

A group of low lifes.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 2, 2022:

Good ones!! Thanks!

QUOD VIDE.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 2, 2022:

I have seen q.v. now I know what it means. TY!

Gorgeous cornflower.

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 2, 2022:

That is a fabulous photo! Did you take it yourself?

Samhain noun A festival of the ancient Celts, held around November 1 to celebrate the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Nov 1, 2022:

I'm just not ready to think about winter.

[twitter.com] How borders in Europe have changed over time;

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 31, 2022:

fascinating!

Preternatural adjective Out of the ordinary course of nature; exceptional or abnormal.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 31, 2022:

Good word for today!

What was your favorite Halloween costume?

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 31, 2022:

1995 Halloween. The clown costume was worn by all three girls, I made it, and the pioneer dress was also worn by all three, just a few years later. This is when we lived in Snohomish, WA.

I never realized that telling a man he is "boring" is a personal attack.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 31, 2022:

Thin skinned possibly.

Happy Halloween, y'all!

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 31, 2022:

That is a generous assessment of it.

Its been such an exceptionally warm Autumn this year, that my Alstromaria, Peruvian Lilies, are ...

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 31, 2022:

beautiful!

Monday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 31, 2022:

What a sweet face!!

What they're for? You don't want to know. 😐

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 31, 2022:

They are for THEIR freedom to purge the tax the life out of the rest of us.

Hey, scariest ex-president ever.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 30, 2022:

Donnie's worst nightmares coming to his front door.

An important reason why there are so many homeless people now:

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 30, 2022:

I guess the rest of us go suck it up.

Pishogue noun An evil spell; hex.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 30, 2022:

I'd say that is a timely word given the season.

This is a truly weird disease.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 30, 2022:

wow, that is wild.

"Stop pimping out your friend," I replied. "This is an old scam."

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 30, 2022:

I got messages like that from time to time, and quickly learned not to follow up on it. It's an OH Hell NO!

This hilarious but in a reply to another I had to find what a group of Lemmings is called.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 30, 2022:

Way cool, new word for me.

I hate when that happens..

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 30, 2022:

They are masters at finding unexpected places to snooze.

Sunday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 30, 2022:

Awwww, adorable!!

Feline funnies

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 30, 2022:

When I was in HS I was home sick in bed. My cat was let in by other people in the house. She had a dead bird in her mouth which she planned to eat on my bed. That got thwarted.

The night of October 31st / November 1st is a Christian religious event in which all worshippers ...

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 30, 2022:

I do agree. It totally is hypocrisy, but it is also candy :) I had those same thoughts when I was an xian, but candy. Some churches do try to clean it up a bit, but still - candy. I don't participate any longer, I don't turn on my porch light and I block my sidewalk. Mostly I have to go down a flight of stairs to my front door several times a night. I don't want to have candy in the house, it is too tempting for me.

Cooked carrots have more vitamins absorbed by our bodies than raw.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 29, 2022:

There are a few soups that I make during the winter that have roasted vegetables in them. Carrots is one of the vegetables i use frequently. Raw carrots have their place, fiber is necessary as well. During the fall/winter I make a large batch of soup (usually meat free) every weekend, and then portion it into 2 cup containers and freeze. During the week I choose one for lunch each day.I have quite a few recipes I use, and I'm always searching for new ones. My kids were here for dinner 10 days ago, I served Apple Cider Beef Stew. There was quite a bit left over, (I can cook for one or for 20, there is no in between) so I portioned out the leftovers for future lunches as well. I am not cooking this weekend because my freezer is full.

Saturday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 29, 2022:

What a cutie pie!

Rare example of bipartisanship:

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 29, 2022:

I admire Liz more every day.

The couple in question almost divorced divorced once before; 620,000 soldiers died.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 29, 2022:

It is funny, but sad. This is going to be a really messy divorce if we keep up this way.

Uh oh is right.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 29, 2022:

It is sad times we live in.

kalokagathia - harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 28, 2022:

New one for me.

The wash your hands after you touch peppers guy died today. [youtu.be]

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 28, 2022:

He was 87, and he had a good life. RIP Jerry Lee Lewis.

Too many people don't know this at all, or know it and don't care.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 28, 2022:

Too many people want to share their opinions with the rest of the world, and have you incorporate them as your own. No Thanks, I have plenty of my own.

LARRUP.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 28, 2022:

This is totally new to me, and I will be on the look out for that word in my DuoLingo lessons. I started Dutch lessons over 100 days ago.ADDENDA: I just put larpen in a Dutch/English Google translation and got nothing.

Latest quilt and first try at a dragon.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 27, 2022:

Very cool!

Life happens while we make different plans.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 27, 2022:

I just sold my 16 year old car, so I feel your pain. I have had a dead battery a few times, and I've had to call my insurance company as they send Roadside Assistance. One thing I did recently was to buy an device that will charge the battery that I can plug in in my garage. I haven't had to use it yet. My dad told me I didn't need to learn anything about cars because I'd have a husband to do that. My ex hated to get his hands dirty, he wouldn't do anything more than add oil and wiper fluid if needed. The reason I sold my car was my daughter moved to the Netherlands and did not take her car. I bought her car as it is newer than mine and it helped them out.

Metamorphose verb (used without object) To undergo or be capable of undergoing a change in ...

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 27, 2022:

I have seen some incredible metamorphoses.

The tetrahydrocannabinol must be getting stronger in the hooch they use in the Netherlands.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 27, 2022:

I am planning a trip to the Netherlands in the next 18 months or so, my oldest daughter just moved there. I'm not sure she would appreciate me sampling the local products; but then again she might not care. The climate activists are going about their protests the wrong way, destroying historic works of art isn't spreading their message. It is sending a message, just not the one they want sent.

Mom! Why you keep moving my litter box?

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 27, 2022:

LOL!! A necessary place.

I think my kids haven't eaten all day long.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 26, 2022:

growth spurt, get ready to buy new clothes!! Seriously, those look good! I hope they tasted as good.

Uraeus noun The sacred asp as represented upon the headdress of divinities and royal ...

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 26, 2022:

New one for me!

Excentered: the center of an escribed circle.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 26, 2022:

new one to me, too!!

Why does it work with the GOP?

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 26, 2022:

He bit off more than he could chew.

JACKANAPES.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 26, 2022:

I remember my grandmother using this word, usually to describe one of my brothers.

Computer tempest in a teapot. You will laugh at this.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 25, 2022:

It is such a good feeling when you can work it out by yourself!! My kids call me a dinosaur, and I wear that with pride. And they generally fix my stuff. Two of the Sons in Law and one daughter are programmers, one daughter is a data base manager. They grew up with computers, we didn't.

Cantrip noun A magic spell; trick by sorcery.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 25, 2022:

New one for me.

@starmrio looks like a scammer.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 25, 2022:

I agree, thanks for posting.

In case you wanted to know some trivial information I looked up why the letter i is capitalized in a...

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 25, 2022:

I am learning to speak Dutch, and I have wondered why I is capitalized in English, but the Dutch word meaning the same is not capitalized. Now I know. Nu weet ik het

And in the most unexpected places!

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Wonderful!! Yeah, I discovered something on the carpet barefooted in the middle of the night last week....

Im ready for my closeup Mr DeMille

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Adorable!

IGNOMINY.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 25, 2022:

Nixon faded out to ignominy after he was out of office.

HARPY (pl.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 24, 2022:

I have been called a harpy a time or two, I wear it with pride!

...1955 was the beinning of the couch potato?

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 23, 2022:

We used to joke that my dad has six voice controlled remote controls, my mom gave birth to all of us. He'd holler at us if we were in another room to change the channel for him. It wasn't a request but a demand. He was a brickmason to he was pretty tuckered out at the end of the day.

Rat infestation this morning in Los Angeles, California (south-bound 405 freeway).

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 23, 2022:

Holy moley. I'd have been flipping a finger, but I'm sure they wouldn't see it. What friggin morons.

'This is her store; we just work here': Meet the cat that has become a fixture at this Home Depot

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 23, 2022:

I would shop there before I shopped at the competition, just because of the kat.

Selcouth adjective Strange; uncommon.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 23, 2022:

New one for me.

Cats and the fam…

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 23, 2022:

When your cat looks you in the eye and slowly blinks her/his eyes, they are telling you they love you.

Put 'Mandarin Mussolini' Trump behind bars with tax charges, Michael Cohen says.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 22, 2022:

I think Garland needs to make an example of Donnie Boy so that crooks will think twice about messing around like Donnie did. Make Donnie an example of how serious this is and how harsh the punishment will be. If this is left unchecked the next generation is going to be that much more audacious and daring. Let's create a huge moment of caution for future scammers.

diadromous adjective di·​ad·​ro·​mous | \ dī-ˈa-drə-məs Definition of diadromous...

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 22, 2022:

I had not known this was a thing. New word and concept for me.

Libation The use or sacrifice of an alcoholic drink in religious worship or ritual.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 22, 2022:

I don't generally hear libation used in any quasi religious ways :) it's generally just too drink. But good to know the origin of the word.

It’s about time!!

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 22, 2022:

He's gonna sit there for a very long time.

Good morning! Adorable Kittens!

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 22, 2022:

I'd be delighted to give them all a home!!

FOMENT.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 22, 2022:

I have known the first definition, but not the second. Fascinating how our language evolves.

Cons still getting conned!

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 21, 2022:

I don't feel all that sorry for them.

Learn, Baby, Learn

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 21, 2022:

Those of us who are familiar with history cringe at some of the outrageous claims made today.

Ring, ring.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 21, 2022:

Were you too harsh? Depending on my mood and what was going on at the time I may have played him on for a bit longer. Or I would have run him around in circles until he hung up. Most of the time I'd just hang up and block the number. I usually operate from the "life is just too short" frame of mind.

[images.app.goo.gl] Happy Friday, everybody!

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 21, 2022:

This is true!

EPHEMERAL.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 21, 2022:

Many relationships are ephemeral as well.

What's a shocking thing a date said to you? His words haunt me.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 21, 2022:

I've never encountered anything like that, but I've been ghosted more times than I can count. There was one thing a date did tell me that confirmed I would never see him again, he told me he was looking for someone to help him grow up. I told him that was his mama's job and I had already raised my children. He had dropped out of college and had a string of tedious jobs since then. I think he was living with him mama as well. Talk about a HUGE red flag.

Another case of arrested development:

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 20, 2022:

Not arrested development, just total brainless moron.

Not an exaggeration

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 20, 2022:

Freedom for them, not for the rest of us.

Pharyngeal adjective (of a speech sound) articulated with retraction of the root of the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 20, 2022:

A term I am familiar with after working in healthcare.

Got part of the back wall and niche done today

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 20, 2022:

You've been busy!

The advertising plus protests (years and years of agony) say it's not Jesus that we're advertising ...

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 20, 2022:

Hey, I'm Paula, the originator of this group. I am moving this post to your profile. I cannot find a connection to Trump in this. We bash Trump, and our postings need to have a connection to Donnie Boy.

Thursday morning cuteness

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 20, 2022:

Baby must take after her daddy, and they're both beautiful.

Umpteenth adjective Of an indefinitely large number in succession.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 19, 2022:

I have only heard that about umpteen times!

Diane Archer on the Medicare Advantage Racket

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 19, 2022:

I am planning to avoid Medicare for a few more years by staying employed and staying on my employer's health plan.

I have not made cheese enchiladas until today.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 19, 2022:

Looks yummy!

On FB, my cousin (once removed) just posted, "JESUS IS KING!" That's just great, but as yet, the ...

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 19, 2022:

I wouldn't even vote for jeebus to be dog catcher. He's imaginary! Yeah, this is why many of my cousins have unfriended me.

Who would want to live in the USA given Donald Trump, Timothy McVeigh, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Derek...

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 19, 2022:

One of my kids decamped the US for the Netherlands. The US was just getting too threatening for them, their oldest would be starting public schools next fall, and just too many other issues that the Republican party seems to be behind. It wasn't totally political, but still traumatic.

What was a turning point in your life?

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 19, 2022:

I joined the Army after HS. I got outta my dad's house, out of my small town, and never looked back. I went to Germany and Japan, I learned leadership skills, and I found myself. In the circumstances it was the best move to make. Dad was not going to sign paperwork to allow me to go to college, his wife wanted me at home for slave labor. I have NO regrets.

Vlad makes Freddy and Michael look like amateurs.

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 18, 2022:

He is the lowest of the low.

Yellow flowers are uplifting. What's your favorite flower color?

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 18, 2022:

I love Peonies! I love the smell, I love the way they grow, and I love the pouffy flowers. Too bad they have such a short season.

Trump was too busy trying to line his pockets and rig the election in plain sight!

HippieChick58 comments on Oct 18, 2022:

Can they sink any lower, and as I write that I know they can and I am very frightened.