Thank you Mr. Qi...

Driving to work the other day, a Mr. Qi went thru a Stop sign and that gave me the opportunity to show him some "Irish Rage". Now I get to play the insurance, rental car, body shop, $200 deductible game! Thanks Mr. Qi, hope you had fun at Dorney Park.  Grrrrrrr.....

I used the opportunity to take a "Selfie" in the back of the police car.  The female officer was only giving me a ride to meet Susan.

NEW PHOTO:
While I was in the "squad car", I tried to get my hands on this gun. My plan was to break out of the car and go throw some lead into Mr. Qi's car... would that have been a bad thing to do??

Let's talk about Birds

TJ & Mo have not complained about my Bird Feeders. TJ saw some Hummingbirds on Monday & then brought me a Lifetime supply of Hummingbird treats! Cooker used to be in to the bird feeding thing & then he tells me that he has ended the relationship! Too much bird shit around his property, too many squirrels invading the feeders and too much cost involved in feeding the Finches & other stuff. I need to sit him down &  talk to him about the proper bird food to provide...

•                  Oh well... I still enjoy my Birds...

Where does this come from?

This is a combination of this guy and this guy...

Best Photo in the Month of August! (remember...Pea knows PhotograPea)

   
                          Baby Girls,  Mommies, Shoes & Smiles...Photo by Maura......

                                                       Great Shot!!!

Mr McKendry has begun the process necessary to have his wife entered in the 2016 Olympic High Jump competition...in Russia!

                                as I understand it, Mr McKendry has already had meetings
                                            with Vladimir Putin & Edward Snowden...

Just to "Cover my Ass" on the stuff above, I am posting a Photo of the real Mr & Mrs McKendry, along with his brother & her sister...I wish I could do Photo-shop stuff! Can you Imagine?

Paddy made T shirts & invited me to the Brandywine Folk Festival! I couldn't make it...

                           
                                           ... who would feed my Fish & Birds while I was camping?

The Green tomatoes that some people said I picked too soon are reddening by the Hour...

       
                                                       Am I Gardner or what?!?

Do you know when and where this picture was taken?

ANSWER:  December 31, 1988, Tucson, Arizona.

Why were we dressed in Philly sport team jerseys?
It was the day of the Philadelphia Eagles at Chicago Bears, 1988 Playoffs.

Why is this day famous?
It was the day of the infamous Fog Bowl.

What's the Fog Bowl?
In American football, the Fog Bowl was the name given to the December 31, 1988 National Football League (NFL) playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Chicago Bears. A heavy, dense fog rolled over Chicago's Soldier Field during the 2nd quarter, cutting visibility to about 15-20 yards for the rest of the game. Philadelphia moved the ball effectively all day and Eagles quarterback Randall Cunningham had 407 passing yards despite the low visibility; but they could not get the ball into the end zone. Many players complained that they could not see the sidelines or first-down markers.[1] The Bears ended up winning 20-12. The game eventually was named #3 on NFL Top 10's Weather Games.[2]

The game was also notable in that it involved head coaches who had been previously worked on the same staff of a Super Bowl winning team. Eagles coach Buddy Ryan had been the defense coordinator for Mike Ditka on the Bears when they won Super Bowl XX.

Click Here and Read More About The Fog Bowl!

I got these tomatoes off the Vine tonight. We had this Giant Tomato Bush that produced...

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...about 18 tomatoes...and I am thinking, will these guys turn Red?

Meanwhile, as you can see from this Photo, Keelan & her Dad are already planning for "The Harvest Moon"

I just have to add...that is Keelan, "Post Baby"!

and she already looks Great!

"oh, to be young again...."

Peninsulas... and do you have a Passport?

 Baja is a peninsula. Jason & my Daughter-in-Law are headed to that peninsula for their delayed Honeymoon as soon as Jason gets a real birth certificate & a Passport. Apparently, Home Land Security did not accept the original certificate that his Mom sent him. In the new era of "HLS" you need a different kind of Certificate than those that were issued in the '70s to get your Passport! Of course, my Daughter-in-Law was born in the same era & her Passport is fine...but not Jason's!

• But back to Peninsulas...Jason claims Florida is a Peninsula & I disagreed

What do you think? Is Florida a Peninsula or not a Peninsula?

The UnaPea

         
                                                      and The Poster!

Eddie Musikfest 2013 "When You're With Me"

                                   FYI, this Post was made by a kung fu fighter

'Eagles aren't trading Nick Foles'...this headline on Philly.com is just silly!

As I predicted last month on The Pea Blog (ahemm is that a horn tooting?) Michael Vick was named the starting QB today.
Foles is, what 24? Michael Vick is what, 32? And the writer of this piece thinks he is providing us with a "scoop" that Foles will not be traded?

Of course he won't be traded....!@#!.... He is called the "backup quarterback".  He is 8 years younger than the starter. He is in training. And he appears to be well on his way in learning his position...by the way...


There are not too many Tom Bradys' out there folks!

A good web site for Kids reading suggestions

                                                           http://www.readkiddoread.com/

Grandpops' Chess Class

I don't let them Win if I can help it but some of these guys are getting pretty darn good!

My brief time with Charlie... & Missy is waiting at the airport for us...you know who Missy is...right?

We are on a private plane provided by The Phillies! I have never been on a private plane before. It's really cool!  Anyway, this is my Interview with Charlie:

• Pea: Are you upset Charlie?
• Charlie: Friggin' (sic)  yea I'm pissed!
• P: What went wrong?
• C: Pea, as u know, Baseball is about 4 bases. U got those 4 bases covered & things go good.
• P: 4 bases???
• C: Yea 1st base is Pitchin', 2nd base is hittin', 3rd base is fieldin' & 4th base is Umpirin'

"We can't do a lot about 4th base (Charlie told me). but when we have 1st, 2nd & 3rd covered we do real good. Now, sometimes we only got 1st & 3rd covered & we do ok. Other times we got 2nd & 3rd covered & we have a little trouble. When 1st & 2nd is covered we most of the time do just as good as when all 4 bases are covered!"

• At this point I asked the "Flight Attendant" for a Libation...

I ventured on...

• Pea: so what went wrong in the past few years?
• Charlie: we didn't have 1st, 2nd or 3rd base covered! Simple as that.
• Pea: and who is to blame for that?
• Charlie: "ask Ruben"

I did not get a flight back after Missy picked up Charlie at the airport. Charlie did ask me if I wanted to play golf with him the next day...but I declined the offer...

• I am now stranded in Florida & wondering how I'll get back to The Pea's Place...

So long Charlie...

I'm going to miss this guy...

Not only have they let Charlie go but they have also let Charlie's secret Body Double go!

Hillmans?... some people want them. The 50th Anniversary of Hillmans

Me & my little brother have been having a Blast with our New Toy!

Problem is...he wants to shoot the squirrels and I won't let him...we shoot Diet Coke cans...

Except when these kinds of God's creations show up around your dogs food bowl! Then I bet you wish you had a bee-bee gun handy...

I have found that a Photo is the best way to cover your tracks when you Post something that no one is interested in...

                     

                                           ...more Photos to follow. I have Tons of 'em...

                                                          is this Pea in his earlier days?

                                                                   very strange

I'm very sorry. I know that nobody cares about this stuff, but...Pea does stand for Politics...

Have you ever heard of someone that retires from a job that needed a "Transition Chief"?

• Hillary ended her 4 year stint as SOS in January. She is 65. A nice age to retire (eligible for Medicare) & Social Security is in her future but, she still keeps Huma on her payroll (how do you have a payroll when you are retired?)

and of course, Huma is married to Anthony. By the way...how do Anthony & Huma afford a $3million "apartment" in Manhattan?

• Abedin has been an aide to Clinton since the Former First Lady's White House days, currently serving as her transition office chief.

All I know about him is that he is from New Jersey. Not exactly a "Hot Bed" for Baseball development.

We never get to see this guy play. How did he get so good? Where, in New Jersey, is he from? Who were his mentors? I guess all this stuff is answered in your subscription to Sports Illustrated, Baseball News, etc, but I have no clue about him! And I am a "general public" senior citizen fan.

1. Mike Trout ($510,000), which should be no surprise. Trout is the best player in baseball, and he makes $20,000 over the league minimum. As Alex Rodriguez makes $29 million and Johan Santana$24.6 million and Vernon Wells $21 million (IS  VERNON WELLS STILL AROUND?) and Barry Zito $20 million and countless others stupid amounts of money, Trout is one of the lowest-paid players in the game and continues to set himself up for a historic raise at some point in the near future.

(Thanks to Cot's Baseball Contracts at Baseball Prospectus, the invaluable clearinghouse for all baseball salary information, for the previous and forthcoming dollar values.)

As magnificent as Trout was last year during his age-20 season, he has been even better this season, a staggering achievement seeing as he entered the year peerless already. Batting average? At .330, four points ahead of last year. On-base percentage? A mere .425 after his excellent .399. Slugging percentage? Just .572, up eight points from '12. Trout is walking more, striking out less, still excellent in the field and a terror on the basepaths.

Never throw a Photo away...

I'm not sure who that is on the left but, I believe that is my Big Sis on the right.....

                              and this one is Alyce, Mary, Nana & who else???