Happy Labor Day Weekend! 🇺🇸

 

Labor Day at the Lake is a must and a tradition. 

What an incredibly inspiring weekend  ❤️🇺🇸❤️  

Here’s hoping u get to have an awesome Labor Day Weekend your way.

 

 

 

More Sky Art… 

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No Bonz About It

 

I found a product that I used to fill my candy machines. 

They are essentially SweetTarts coated with an incredibly solid candy coating. 

Have been looking for these for years! These, and the uncoated baby sweet/tart pacifiers, kids loved them! 

I started my first route in college and always got my bulk candy from Javier’s warehouse. He was informal, reluctantly accepted credit cards, and knew all about vending bells and whistles. He carried every tiny thing, including stickers, tattoos, realistic looking jewelry, toys, and of course, gumballs. 

The coated sweettarts lasted forever, vended clean, and adults liked them, too. 

Was astonished to finally see just one style of SweetTarts finally become available in the form of Bonz, they would be perfect for a nearby pet store!

 

Except, customers may mistake them for dog treats! Even tho they are tiny, smaller than an average dog’s front teeth, and dogs certainly couldn’t choke on them, they might not be good for dogs.  

Not only that, there’s already a dog treat called Bonz specifically made for dogs, so the candy could be mistaken for meaty flavors instead of candy flavors. 

Well, phooey, I’ll keep looking… 

             

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Blogger blip

 I guess my blog manager has short-circuited again. 

    Not sure how long nor if permanent (?) 

 It seems I can continue to post but pics aren’t uploading correctly, so will keep u posted here. 

    (Some pics decided to upload and 1 came thru, yay! Included here from an awesome Towne Lake) 

           As such, no new news. Okay, a bit of candy news. I’ve changed out a canister of the delicious but overly-delicate jelly beans for the much sturdier Hot Tamales (cinnamon). Am anxious to see how they vend.  

    In the meantime, have an awesome weekend! 

            

     

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A pleasant valley Saturday

 

Where are the geese? 

    

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This day in history

This day today and in history;

Athletics Mens 20km RaceWalk

ECUADOR 🇪🇨 

Brian Daniel PINTADO

BRAZIL 🇧🇷 

Caio BONFIM

ESPANA 🇪🇸 

Alvaro MARTIN

In 1876, Colorado was admitted as the 38th state in the Union, less than a month after the US Centennial (earning it the nickname “the Centennial State”). 

In 1907, a week-long boys’ camping event began on Brownsea Island in southern England, organized by Robert Baden-Powell; the event is now marked as the beginning of the Scout Movement. 

In 1971, The Concert for Bangladesh, an all-star benefit organized by George Harrison of The Beatles and sitar player Ravi Shankar, was held at Madison Square Garden in New York. 

In 1975, a 35-nation summit in Finland concluded with the signing of a declaration known as the Helsinki Accords dealing with European security, human rights and East-West contacts.  

 

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Summer Skittles

 

 Summer Skittles? 

Jelly Bellies are popular and hold their flavors like nobody’s business and they are yummy, gummy, and delicious, but they stick so much to their canisters, the wheels, and to each other, so I gotta change them out to either chiclets or skittles, maybe M&Ms. 

The Red Hots have much thicker glaze coatings, but only still stick occasionally, so will try those instead. 

Everybody loves Hot Tamales candies 🍬  

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🇺🇸

 

 One of the most well-known patriotic songs in the USA was first actually written as a poem called, “Pikes Peak.” 

It was set to music and published as “America” for the Fourth of July 1895 edition of The Congregationalist. The poem continued to evolve for the next 16 years, and the version we know today was written in 1911. 

Oh, beautiful for spacious skies, 

For amber waves of grain, 

For purple mountain majesties

Above the fruited plain!

America! America! 

God shed his grace on thee, 

And crown thy good with brotherhood 

From sea to shining sea.

Oh, beautiful for pilgrim feet,

Whose stern, impassioned stress

A thoroughfare for freedom beat

Across the wilderness! 

America! America!

God mend thine every flaw,

Confirm thy soul in self-control, 

Thy liberty in law.

Oh, beautiful for heroes proved

In liberating strife, 

Who more than self their country loved, 

And mercy more than life!

America! America!

May God they gold refine,

Till all success be nobleness, 

And every gain divine.

Oh, beautiful for patriot dream

That sees beyond the years

Thine alabaster cities gleam, 

Undimmed by human tears!

America! America!

God shed his grace on thee, 

And crown thy good with brotherhood

From sea to shining sea. 

 

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More trees please 🙏

 More trees please  

   More trees please  🙏

 >Too many trees are bad for u. 

=But the sun is scorching the blacktop and it’s actually melting in spots. 

>And that’s my problem how? 

=People are suffering in this heat! 

>That’s why air-conditioning was invented. 

=It’s not even August yet, the hottest month of the year! 

>Try throwing shade, maybe that will help. 

=Wait a sec, who is this….? 

 

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Compasses

 

  Compasses 

Why do some compasses work and others don’t? 

If it’s not a matter of expense? What could it be?   🤔  

         

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Where are they…?!?

 $1M Powerball/Mega Millions winners

Powerball

• 2-25: Plano
• 7-19: Forney
• 10-04: Forney / Lake Worth
• 10-07: Mansfield

Mega Millions

• 3-24: Dallas
• 7-25: Anna
• 9-26: The Colony

Other Texas Lottery jackpot winners

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• 10-12: Garland -- 509 W. Avenue D (Old Town Store) $1.125 million Texas Two Step jackpot 

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