Garden Grove Gardens

[Judy Hamilton]

spent a RAINY morning at the Crystal Cathedral in Garden
Grove..here are a few photos of the gardens, lovely even in the rain

[Joanne Vergin]

Bird of Paradise makes me think of a ladies Easter bonnet.
Great pics as usual.

[Cindi Hammons]

"May the bird of paradise, fly up your nose!"

I'm not sure where that comes from, but that is something I always heard when I was a kid! Ha!

By the way, I thought it NEVER rained in Southern California!



Okay, I found this online...sounds like a morals story against being a cheapskate! :)

MAY THE BIRD OF PARADISE FLY UP YOUR NOSE
(Words & Music : Neal Merritt)
Little Jimmy Dickens


One fine day as I was a-walkin' down the street
Spied a beggar man with rags upon his feet
Took a penny from my pocket
In his tin cup I did drop it
I heard him say as I made my retreat

CHORUS
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"
"May an elephant caress you with his toes"
"May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose"
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"

The laundry man is really on his toes
Found a hundred-dollar bill among my clothes
When he called me I came a-runnin'
Gave him back his dime for phonin'
I heard him sayin' as I turned to go

CHORUS

I was way behind one day to catch the train
Taxi driver said "We'll make it just the same"
The speed cop made it with us
And as he wrote out the ticket
I stood by politely a-waitin' for my change

CHORUS

[Judy Hamilton]

Cindi...THANK YOU!!! for this response..I also have that one-liner
imprinted on my memory..and was beginning to believe my mind is just plain looney tunes. Thanks for sharing your crazy memory. I did not want to sound disrespectful to this lovely plant..however, the one line "May the bird of Paradise fly up your nose" each time someone mentions the name of this plant, just refuses to be silent in my thoughts. Your response has provided this senior citizen a measure of relief. I have to admit, I have been singing this one line from the tune long before I was a senior citizen. Just had no idea from whence it came.

Judy



"May the bird of paradise, fly up your nose!"

I'm not sure where that comes from, but that is something I always heard when I was a kid! Ha!

By the way, I thought it NEVER rained in Southern California!



Okay, I found this online...sounds like a morals story against being a cheapskate! :)

MAY THE BIRD OF PARADISE FLY UP YOUR NOSE
(Words & Music : Neal Merritt)
Little Jimmy Dickens


One fine day as I was a-walkin' down the street
Spied a beggar man with rags upon his feet
Took a penny from my pocket
In his tin cup I did drop it
I heard him say as I made my retreat

CHORUS
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"
"May an elephant caress you with his toes"
"May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose"
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"

The laundry man is really on his toes
Found a hundred-dollar bill among my clothes
When he called me I came a-runnin'
Gave him back his dime for phonin'
I heard him sayin' as I turned to go

CHORUS

I was way behind one day to catch the train
Taxi driver said "We'll make it just the same"
The speed cop made it with us
And as he wrote out the ticket
I stood by politely a-waitin' for my change

CHORUS

[Marsha Gupton]

"May the bird of paradise, fly up your nose!"

I'm not sure where that comes from, but that is something I always heard when I was a kid! Ha!

By the way, I thought it NEVER rained in Southern California!



Okay, I found this online...sounds like a morals story against being a cheapskate! :)

MAY THE BIRD OF PARADISE FLY UP YOUR NOSE
(Words & Music : Neal Merritt)
Little Jimmy Dickens






One fine day as I was a-walkin' down the street
Spied a beggar man with rags upon his feet
Took a penny from my pocket
In his tin cup I did drop it
I heard him say as I made my retreat

CHORUS
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"
"May an elephant caress you with his toes"
"May your wife be plagued with runners in her hose"
"May the bird of paradise fly up your nose"

The laundry man is really on his toes
Found a hundred-dollar bill among my clothes
When he called me I came a-runnin'
Gave him back his dime for phonin'
I heard him sayin' as I turned to go

CHORUS

I was way behind one day to catch the train
Taxi driver said "We'll make it just the same"
The speed cop made it with us
And as he wrote out the ticket
I stood by politely a-waitin' for my change

CHORUS



It came out of NASHVILLE, of course!!!!!!!!!!!!! haha :p

[John Kennedy]

Cindi -

From having spent 36 years in southern California classrooms on too many days with too many kids who were entirely too cooped up, I can assure you that it, indeed, does rain in southern California.

Being in my sixth year of retirement, I'm almost ready to believe now that rain is God's gift rather than the retribution he sent when he'd simply had it up to here with man.