David came up with the kids today and brought along my Fathers Day gift. I got a pack of Wiley Wallaby Soft and Chewy Licorice and a puzzle box by Professor Puzzle: The Puzzling Obscurities Box of Brainteasers. It contains ten Matchbox Puzzles and fifty matchstick challenges. Well, I worked my way through the Matchbox Puzzles. I solved nine, but I was unable to solve the T puzzle. I worked and worked on it, but I eventually did what David did. I looked up the solution. Here are the completed puzzles. Now on to the matchstick challenges.
This song was inspired by Eli, Henry Roe's little brother. Available for download and streaming on all platforms.
I transcribed it. I may have misheard some of it, but I think it is a really fine song.
Edit: I checked with Henry, and the words are corrected. Thanks, Henry.
Dream On by Henry Roe
I’m not strong sometimes Feel the weight I cannot breathe sometimes So many things how come I get so tired Mmm-mm-
Afraid to clear my eyes ‘Cause they shield me from the world outside
You’ll never get me to change my mind Mmm-mm
So here we go We can take it slow Take my hand, I’m by your side Open up your eyes to this better life Let’s take on this roller coaster ride
Dream on Dream on, yeah Dream on Dream on, yeah
I thought the fear would hide When I trusted in the hope inside Can’t give up I got you in my sight In my sight
So here we go We can take it slow Take my hand, I’m by your side Open up your eyes to this better life Let’s take on this roller coaster ride
Dream on Dream on, yeah Dream on Dream on, yeah
So here we go We can take it slow Take my hand, I’m by your side Open up your eyes to this better life Let’s take on this roller coaster ride
Sometimes my words get, tossed and turned and I don’t know if you can hear me now But if you see me, and if you hear me Know that I will be with you, yeah
With you, oh oh oh With you, yeah
So here we go We can take it slow Take my hand, I’m by your side Open up your eyes to this better life Let’s take on this roller coaster ride
Dream on Oh-oh-oh. Oh-oh-oh-oh. Dream on, Oh-oh-oh. Oh-oh-oh-oh.
So here we go We can take it slow Take my hand, I’m by your side Open up your eyes to this better life Dream on, oh-oh-oh
I’m not strong sometimes But that’s okay ‘cause I was born to fight Drop my shield and open up my eyes To you
One of my granddaughters is experimenting with pets. She had a hamster, but he kept biting her, so she passed it along to her siblings. She got a Beta fish, but it just sat in one place and never moved, so she returned it for a couple of fish that moved around, and one died. She returned it to the pet store. She wants a dog, but her parents know they would end up taking care of it. So, she is thinking of a cat. They have had a cat before.
I told her that she should get a pet rock. They are much easier to take care of. In the mean time I was digging in our back yard and uncovered a rock. I washed it off and gave it a sonic cleaning. I decided to adopt it and give it a home. So I had to make a place for it. I haven't named it yet. I thought of Rocky or Stoney, but I think I'll end up naming it something else.
Edit: I decided on Cephus. It means stone.
All cleaned up and ready for its new home.
Here is the crate I built for Cephus.
Cephus likes his new crate.
He also likes it when I take him out of the crate.
I am teaching him tricks. This is "lay down."
This one is "stay."
This is, "Take a bow."
This one is "play dead."
This is "beg."
After doing his tricks, Cephus likes to go back in his crate.
I woke up to my first White Christmas this morning. We got a dusting over night. It is about 16 degrees out, and snow covers the roads and most of the grass. It is just enough to let you know that it did snow. Marcia is very excited being a native of Ohio. She misses White Christmases.
