Traveling certainly does expose you to a lot of “local color.” But then, so does having e-mail! I received by e-mail the following picture of an interesting scene…

I’m sure the deer would move if anyone approached, but if not, jumping on this trampoline could be dangerous!

One bit of local color we enjoyed in Michigan and Ohio was coffee from Tim Hortons. Though it’s originally from Canada, it’s making in-roads into the northern states.

I got a picture recently that I shows some of the effects of local color up in Quebec…

In Quebec, Kentucky Fried Chicken is called “Poulet frit a la Kentucky” - hence PFK. Weird! Even in China it’s KFC!

On the radio near our hometown in Ohio we caught the intro to a program called Ag-Talk … I guess it’s a call-in program for Ohio farmers. We also saw an interesting sight in a town near our home town - vending machines that cater to some of the special needs of local residents…

That sight made me think of the first item in something I’d received recently by e-mail….

You may have had a redneck Thanksgiving if…

your secret ingredient in your stuffing came from the bait shop.

you had Thanksgiving dinner on a ping-pong table.

Thanksgiving dinner was squirrel and dumplings.

you reused a paper plate.

you had a complete set of salad bowls and they all say Cool Whip on the side.

you used your ironing board as a buffet table.

your turkey platter was an old hubcap.

your best dishes have Dixie printed on them.

your only condiment on the dining room table was ketchup.

side dishes included beef jerky and Moon Pies.

you had to go outside to get something out of the ‘fridge.

the directions to your house included “turn off the paved road.”

you consider pork and beans to be a gourmet food.

you had Jell-o from an Elvis mold.

your secret family recipe is illegal.

you served Vienna sausage as an appetizer.

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My wife and I decided to go up to Michigan for a couple of days during our Thanksgiving break. We thoroughly enjoyed our couple of days with our daughter Megan, son-in-law Jim, and grandson Drew. Here are a couple of pictures…

We had lunch at Panera on Saturday with two long-time (rather than old!) friends - Shirley and Laura. It was good to see them and to get caught up. Shirley is enjoying her many activities in her early retirement, and Laura always has interesting stories to tell about her life in Bangladesh, to which she’ll return on December 31. I hope they’ll forgive me for putting a picture of them on my blog.

quotation…

“Our ultimate goal is pleasing the Chief Shepherd.” - Dr. Drew Conley

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Rob

I wonder how many venues I’ve been in through the course of my life without even knowing it, simply because I didn’t know the buzzword “venue.”