Pocket Full of Sunshine....

 There's a place that I go
That nobody knows
Where the rivers flow
And I call it home
And there's no more lies
And the darkness is light
And nobody cries
there's only butterflies

The sun is on my side
Take me for a ride
I smile up to the sky
I know I'll be alright

lyrics from song "Pocket Full of Sunshine"

It is that time of year once again....

March Madness and off color children birthdays all rolled

up, wrapped up and tied with a pretty blue bow.

The Bluegrass state is in a state of

basketball frenzy

as the Wildcats

won another National Championship.

Life in off color house is one of excitement.

Big Daddy screamed and clapped and texted off color son who was watching at a friends house.  I tried to watch the whole game but come the half-time show--well my eyes got heavy and before I knew it I was sleeping on the couch with Cecil, Devil Dog from the gates of hell.  I did see the last ten minutes because Big Daddy got so loud I couldn't sleep any longer.

The boys are totally excited and I must say,

it was a good basketball year in the bluegrass.

I suspect I enjoyed watching this team more than most

because they were a real example of how we all can act in the world.

If we all bring our best game,

do our part,

play unselfishly

and let others do the same....

well....

that is really what being a champion is all about......

and

the

Ky Wildcats showed us all a bit more about

how life can be if we bring forth our own gift and quit worrying about what everyone else is not doing.

Before the game, off color daughter, who will be sixteen in a couple of days,

had her birthday cookout at the park down the street.

I fixed a vegan spread that would fool even the best of meat eaters

and

Big Daddy grilled food for the carnivores in the herd.

I arrived late and after working out for the day,

I took my camera and went down to record the event.

My what an eclectic group of

friends off color daughter has...

all bright in their own way

some artsy and very different

the one in orange sunglasses

was so comfortable in her artistic kind of skin---well watching her

I couldn't help smiling---I mean who tells someones parents that they need to "go home to poop and ask to be taken"....

There they stood,

dog whisperer-hanna tard, Norman, her Mexican--a cute boy who talked about being so hairy he hated wearing sandels, her Asian as she calls her who I think found her face in every photo I took because she was hoping to make the blog, gay and straight, athletic and awkward in their array of tones and strange hair styles

all

gathered around a table

each

laughing and talking and being their own self

and

I felt proud...

proud

that

off color daughter had such an array of friends,

proud that she could let everyone be who they were

and

in the process

"be own unique eclectic off color self".

Her birthday is on Easter this year...

and

she really does hate sharing her birthday

with the Easter guy rising....

but

we will continue to celebrate as

our

week of birthdays roll on ....

off color son will head to the Smokies for his

own

road trip and we will celebrate his birthday next week.

He is ecstatic right now over the game

and

I'm sure he and his friends along with a dad

found themselves in the midst of

a bluegrass basketball frenzy celebration last night....

he promised to be safe and since the cops did not call,

I guessing they all made it home...

off color daughter

who is not a basketball fan

sent

Big Daddy a text.....

:what about those cats:

the next text she sent was:

"don't be burning my couch (she has her own couch in a room she calls her second bedroom)"

to which

"big daddy replied---the blue one is burning on the lawn"

seems that is the thing..

to burn a couch on the lawn in celebration---or that

what the students are doing this year....

I don't get it....

anyway

what a wonderful way

to spend a Monday...

I stand back

thankful

for a day

of cool breeze

celebrations

all wrapped in love and

tied with joy.....

I

I got a pocketful of sunshine.....

and

it is all good.

Happy Tuesday...

from

the radical rambler and her off color family.....

hugs.