How well do you know your BROWNS?

OK - IT'S ANSWER TIME! IN CASE THERE ARE ANY LATE COMERS, WE WILL PUT THE ANSWERS WAY DOWN AT THE BOTTOM SO AS TO NOT RUIN YOUR FUN.......

It's Brown's turn in the parade of color that is this meme started by Jen, who holds the list of participants you can check out at your leisure.

Meanwhile, no time for leisure here! Put on your thinking caps and see how many of these links to BROWN you can identify...

1. This:or this:or this: (starting out REALLY easy!):
2. A kind of house, most often associated with NYC:
3. What's she doing?
4. Avoid these!!!!!
5. Name the bird
6.
7. name their song with the word in it...
8. From the world of science...what's this depicting?
9. He was in old comedy movies. As I recall, he yelled a lot when in trouble.
10. Gov. Moonbeam
11. Ladies and gentlemen, the hardest working man in showbusiness! 12. P.M.
13. He had a big song with the word in it, back in the day (his first name rhymes with "Dan") .
14. Author of a best selling novel; movie starred Tom Hanks (his name rhymes with "Van")
15. The local football "team" in my neck of the woods..
16. Who's the guy on the left?
17. Yet one more guy who had a big hit song with the word "Brown" in it: Name the singer and the song...

18. And finally, everybody gets a point for this one, am I right?

ANSWERS
1. BROWNIE (I STILL HAVE AN OLD KODAK BROWNIE AROUND SOMEWHERE)
2. BROWNSTONE
3. BROWN-BAGGING IT!
4. BROWN RECLUSE SPIDER
5. BROWN PELICAN
6. MURPHY BROWN
7. "MRS. BROWN, YOU'VE GOT A LOVELY DAUGHTER" (PRONOUNCED "DAW-TA")
8. BROWNIAN MOTION - I BELIEVE IT IS THE MOTION A PARTICLE MAKES AS IT IS HEATED UP. IT IS FAIRLY RANDOM LOOKING.
9. JOE E. BROWN (OR IS IT JOEY BROWN?)
10. JERRY BROWN
11. JAMES BROWN, THE GODFATHA OF SOUL
12. BRITISH PRIME MINISTER GORDON BROWN
13. VAN MORRISON'S "BROWN EYED GIRL"
14. DAN BROWN (THE DA VINCI CODE, ETC.)
15. THE CLEVELAND BROWNS
16. BUSTER BROWN (THE LOVELY DOG WAS NAMED TIGHE OR TIGE)
17. JIM CROCE'S "BAD, BAD LEROY BROWN"
18. ...AND GOOD OL' CHARLIE BROWN

A FUN 24 HOUR GET AWAY

So we had the high bid at a church auction for a 24 hour stay at a bed and breakfast about an hour from the house. We finally got to go Friday through Saturday. It is a former home, converted to a B&B and day spa, situated on the Sandusky River. It is called Eagle Isle, and for good reason. On the property (they have 80 acres or so) is an inhabited bald eagle's nest. I was fortunate to see an eagle about six times during our stay, but could I get the camera out in time? Sadly, no.

But I got a bunch of pictures of the other fowl in the area, including a crazy bunch of white herons (or cranes?) who were fishing up a storm and appreciating the low level of the river. (They are featured on the current header picture up on top there).

Our daughter and son in law were able to join us for a few hours on Saturday - so it was a great little respite. Here are some pix from the get-away:
Goin' fishin', above, and the Bed and Breakfast building at night
An interior shot:
Keepers of the Dock
Meanwhile, back in the backwaters:
I guess we missed the big lily bloom by a week or two

how well do you know PURPLE?

Well, it was tougher coming up with a decent quiz for purple, but our crack team of researchers has delivered at least something. So have at it.

SPOILER ALERT: I HAVE STUCK THE ANSWERS AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST.

1. What movie did this artist write and star in?
2. an old hit song was named for this dude.
3. Military honor.
4. Smoke on the Water", etc.
5. Know this plant? Extra credit: name the band with this plant in its name.
6. Oprah was in this movie.
7. Name the bird...
8. Big song by this guy...
9. ???
10. And we would be remiss without including this fellow.
We are celebrating all things purple with a meme originated over at Jen's blog. Give it a look!

ANSWERS:
1. PURPLE RAIN
2. ONE EYED ONE HORNED FLYING PURPLE PEOPLE-EATER
3. PURPLE HEART
4. DEEP PURPLE
5. PURPLE SAGE
EXTRA CREDIT: NEW RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE
6. THE COLOR PURPLE
7. PURPLE MARTIN
8. JIMI HENDRIX'S "PURPLE HAZE"
9. PURPLE COW. OBVIOUSLY.
10. BARNEY

NOW GO STUDY UP ON ALL THINGS "BROWN"!

BLUE MONDAY

Actually, it is a great Monday because it is a holiday and we're seeing our daughter and son in law (and their wonderful dogs...). But Monday means color day thanks to Jen's meme, and this week's color is BLUE. And since last week's edition, in which we asked you to guess as many of the "green" references as you could, seemed to be fun, we're doing again with blue. How many of the following seventeen (nice round number, eh?) references to something with the word "blue" (or "blues") can you name?

1. What band's song was being played during the classic Sat. Night Live "More Cowbell" skit with Will Farrell (below), Christopher Walken, et al?
2.
3.
4.
5. Here's a gimme for those not sleeping under rocks. What movie featured these blue people?
6.7. Go ask a kid, if you are unfamiliar with this one.
8. When you think of (what kind of music?) you think of (who is this guy?)
9. Old doo wop song
10. Who are these guys?
11. No, I never saw this movie.
12. Can you name the actor AND the show?
13. Name the singer and the album...
14. Their only hit (that I know of) was "Summertime Blues"
15.16. The theme song is playing in my head right now...
17. And last but not least...
Next week is what, purple? I doubt we will pull off a complete quiz over that color (the artist known most places as Prince comes to mind..) but you never know. Stay tuned...