Saturday Song & Thanks Top Droppers

This song makes me think of my maternal grandpa. He was a wonderful fellow, and I miss him 38 years later. Grandpa Fred was a hard as nails and as soft as silk. Strong hands and a tender heart.

Last weekend I saw a friend from High School whom I haven’t seen in years. Her parents were also there. Her dad said, “Doesn’t he look like his grandpa, Fred?” It really made me feel good to hear that.

Thanks to top droppers from April.

And April’s top droppers are:


Dropper # of drops
Family Health Avenue 31
60 Were Enough 31
Photography by KML 31
sound of a soft breath 31
Pyro Electro 31
Split Rock Ranch 31
Frugal Healthy Choices 31
Rambling Thoughts in SMK Serian 31
Hello Kitty Gifts 31
BeadedTail 31


I appreciate each one of you as well as the ones who drop by little less regularly to drop an EC card on Secondary Roads. Thanks!

What It Is #3

On Monday, Secondary Roads announced “What Is It? #3.” The announcement said, “I expect this one will be the most difficult yet.” Your answers prove how correct that was. To refresh your memory here is the extreme close-up picture.

So here are your guesses:

Anonymous Bryant said…

I really need to know why you winterized/shrinkwrapped King Tut’s tomb? Everyone can still easily see his facial features under the plastic, next time try to at least challenge us!

Anonymous Sylvia (wife of Secondary Roads) said…

My first thought was a cabbage leaf, but it could also be part of a flower.Delete

Blogger Mikki Black said…

So, my first thought was

KLINGONS!!!!! Then I thought it looked like an elephant.

Then I thought maybe some sort of embellished jacket.

But it’s probably something totally common like a cat or a plunger or something.

Delete

Blogger Sharkbytes said…

I think it is some portion of a raw plucked chicken, perhaps the side of the breast looking toward the leg, but perhaps I won’t have to commit myself to the exact GPS of chicken world.Delete

Blogger Da Old Man said…

Close up of the first plant of spring poking it’s way through the ground. I’d guess a leaf of a flower like those purple ones. I don’t know flower names.

April 20, 2009 1:33 PM

Delete

Blogger Justine/Justiney/Tiney said…

It almost looks like a bear print… on something.

Or some kind of seed pod?

Blogger Lin said…

I know you are nowhere near the beach, but I would go with a really close-up view of a dead horseshoe crab lying on a warm sunny beach somewhere tropical instead of here, where the weather is cold and stinky and possibly snowy again tonight.

So now it’s time to see what it is. And here is a heron that took a breather on a cross-country jaunt. I saw it out the office window and managed to get this shot.


As you can plainly see, no one guessed a wading bird on Secondary Road’s yard. Okay, the second part is not necessary. However, no one had the correct answer. The rules say, “the first with the correct or best answer. I had trouble deciding who had the best answer.” So after disqualifying Sylvia, I asked her to help me judge the answers.

The judges are unanimous that Mikki Black’s answer, “Some sort of embellished jacket” is the best answer and she therefore receives the coveted Tommy Toe Award. Congratulations Mikki.


Mikki does not participate in Entrecard. For that reason, the 500 ECs are awarded to Sharkbytes for her answer, “some portion of a raw plucked chicken, perhaps the side of the breast.” It is a bird breast.

Finally, kudos to Lin for taking us to the beach at a time when the weather in our part of the world was not at all pleasant, and to Bryant for creativity.

Special thanks to all who participated. Be sure to watch for another contest next month.

Entrecard Update

I am accepting ads again. I will also approve some paid ads. So factor the potential exposure in before you purchase.

Thanks to those who have continued to drop regularly on Secondary Roads.

January’s Top Droppers

Top Entrecard Droppers on this blog for January are:

1. One Weigh at a Time

2. Coming Back to Life

3. Search Engine Panel

4. Sonnie’s Porch

5. Freaky Frugalite

6. A Little Boy’s Blog

7. WordJourney

8. sound of a soft breath

9. TechnologyINSANITY.com

10. Treasure Nature

Thanks to each of you for your kind support. It was an interesting January as I entered the blogosphere on the second. My sister, Clara, was a big help with setting up gadgets, Entrecard and Christian Carders. It’s been great getting to know so many of you.

This will be posted on Monday, but I’m writing this on Super Bowl Sunday. Does that give you clue where my interest doesn’t go? Here’s another clue . . . I don’t get up at 4:29 AM — except maybe to go to the bathroom and then go back to bed.

The good news about February is that it’s only four weeks long. Yes, 28 relatively short days.