ANSWER TO 'CAN YOU'

OK, HOW MANY OF YOU GOT THE CORRECT ANSWER?

YOU ARE VERY OBSERVING,

IF YOU DID. HERE'S THE ANSWER.:

Many injured animals

are invited to live at the 'Toronto Range'.

Stop in kangaroo corner

and marvel at the lovely

creatures within.Dig over the potato patch

to find small furry caterpillars,

but don't yell! Owls can be found

swooping for edible rodents,

earwigs or perhaps bluebottles

in the undergrowth.

The brown bear, Rob, lacks grace

and may look like an ogre, enter at your own risk!

Peacocks can be found

showing their colorful wares,

which look fantastic when viewed

with our ultraviolet torch.

HAVE FUN GETTING YOUR

FRIENDS TO FIGURE IT OUT.

CAN YOU?

CAN YOU FIND

THE ELEVEN HIDDEN COLORS

IN THE FOLLOWING PARAGRAPH?

Many injured animals

are invited to live at the 'Toronto Range'.

Stop in kangaroo corner

and marvel at the lovely creatures within.

Dig over the potato patch

to find small furry caterpillars,

but don't yell! Owls can be found

swooping for edible rodents,

earwigs or perhaps bluebottles

in the undergrowth.

The brown bear, Rob, lacks grace

and may look like an ogre, enter at your own risk!

Peacocks can be found showing their colorful wares,

which look fantastic

when viewed with our ultraviolet torch.

CHECK BACK IN THREE DAYS

AND I'LL GIVE YOU THE ANSWER.

CLUTTER

DO YOU REMEMBER THE LAST TIME YOU STARTED

GOING THROUGH BOXES THAT YOU HAD STORED?

WHAT AN EYE OPENER THAT CAN BE!

WE RECENTLY MOVED TO A NEW HOUSE.

WHEN WE LEFT OUR OLD HOUSE

WE BOXED UP EVERYTHING FOR THE EVENTUAL MOVE.

WE TRIED TO BE VERY ORGANIZED.

WE PUT BEDROOM THINGS WITH BEDROOM THINGS,

KITCHEN THINGS WITH KITCHEN THINGS,

BATHROOM THINGS WITH BATHROOM THINGS, ETC.

WE EVEN NUMBERED OUR BOXES WITH '1', '2', AND '3'.

WE WOULD UNPACK THE BOXES MARKED '1' FIRST,

THEN THOSE MARKED '2'

AND FINALLY THE '3S'.

WE WERE SO WISE.

WHEN WE GOT TO OUR NEW HOME

IT WAS GOING TO BE A 'BREEZE' TO UNPACK

AND GET EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE.

BOY, WERE WE MISTAKEN!

AS WE STARTED TO UNPACK

WE BEGAN TO RUN INTO ALL KINDS OF THINGS

THAT WE SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN RID OF LONG AGO.

SOME OF THEM HAD BEEN IN BOXES

FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS.

NOW WE HAD ALL THIS EXTRA WORK

THAT WAS GOING TO BE SO TIME CONSUMING.

IT SEEMS THAT THERE WERE MANY THINGS

THAT HAD KIND OF SETTLED IN

FOR A 'LONG WINTER'S NAP'

AS PART OF OUR VALUED BELONGINGS.

WOW! WHAT A BUNCH OF JUNK!

WHAT AT ONE TIME,

WE THOUGHT WAS SO IMPORTANT TO US,

WAS JUST HELPING

TO TOTALLY CLUTTER OUR HOME AND GARAGE.

THESE WERE NOT THINGS

THAT WE WOULD EVER BE USING AGAIN,

BUT YOU GROW SO ATTACHED TO 'THINGS'

THAT ITS JUST DIFFICULT TO LET THEM GO.

THE SAD PART IS THAT MOST OF THEM WERE JUST

JUNK, JUNK, JUNK.

THEY WERE SO CLUTTERING

THAT THEY WERE NOW A HINDRANCE TO US,

RATHER THAN A HELP.

WELL, WE GOT SOME GOOD HELP,

AND LITTLE BY LITTLE

WE'VE BEEN GETTING RID OF THEM

AND MAKING OUR HOUSE AND GARAGE

LOOK LIKE WHAT THEY WERE MEANT TO LOOK LIKE.
I'VE BEEN THINKING ABOUT HOW WE,SO OFTEN,

ALLOW IN OUR LIVES,

ALL THE THINGS THAT CLUTTER GOD'S HOME,

OUR HEART.

WE'VE BECOME SO ATTACHED TO THEM,

BY LIVING WITH THEM FOR SO LONG,

THAT IT BECOMES VERY DIFFICULT

TO GET RID OF THEM.

OFTEN THERE ISN'T EVEN ANYTHING

INHERENTLY WRONG WITH THEM,

THEY ARE JUST UNNECESSARY

FOR OUR DAILY LIVING

AND OUR WALK WITH CHRIST.

THEY DO HAVE A WAY

OF TAKING THE PLACE IN OUR HEARTS

THAT SHOULD BE THE PLACE

FOR ALL THE 'GOOD' THINGS

THAT GOD WANTS TO GIVE US

AND MAKE A PART OF OUR LIVES.

PERHAPS WE NEED TO, ONCE AGAIN,

GO THROUGH THE 'JUNKY STUFF'

AND GET SOME HELP TO GET RID OF IT.

I KNOW A GREAT HELPER.

IN THE BIBLE,

THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD IS CALLED,

(CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?)

'THE HELPER'.

IF YOU HAVE 'JUNK' CLUTTERING YOUR LIFE,

GO TO THE LORD.

HE KNOWS HOW TO GET RID OF IT.

WON'T YOU JOIN ME IN ASKING HIM?

DEAR LORD,

THROUGH THE WEEKS AND MONTHS

AND YES, EVEN YEARS THAT HAVE PASSED,

I HAVE ALLOWED MY LIFE

TO BECOME CLUTTERED

WITH MANY UNNECESSARY THINGS

THAT HAVE KEPT YOU

FROM PUTTING IN MY LIFE,

THOSE THINGS THAT ARE

THE ABSOLUTE BEST FOR ME.

I PRAY THAT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT

WILL, INDEED, BE MY 'HELPER'

AND DO AWAY WITH ALL THE JUNK

THAT I DON'T NEED

AND THAT I HAVE ALLOWED

TO ACCUMULATE IN MY LIFE.

CLEAN ME UP, LORD.

MAY MY HEART, YOUR HOME,

BE CLEAN AND ORGANIZED,

AND A PLACE OF BEAUTY,

WITH GRACE, MERCY, KINDNESS,

PATIENCE, LOVE,

THOUGHTFULNESS AND COMPASSION.

MAY THOSE THINGS BE

THE BEAUTIFUL 'FURNITURE' AND 'ACCESSORIES'

THAT YOU, O LORD, HAVE PLACED THERE.

MAY MY LIFE BE FULL OF LIGHT

AND ATTRACTIVE TO THOSE WHO ARE WANDERING

AND IN NEED OF A PLACE OF REST.

THANK YOU LORD, FOR YOUR WORK IN ME.

JUJU AND JASMINE GO TO THE SAME HAIRDRESSER 

JASMINE LOVES TO RIDE THE PONIES 

JEOPARDY

IN CASE YOU ARE EVER ON JEOPARDY,

YOU SHOULD KNOW THESE THINGS.

A GOLDFISH HAS A MEMORY SPAN OF THREE SECONDS.

A SNAIL CAN SLEEP FOR THREE YEARS.

ALL 50 STATES ARE LISTED ACROSS THE TOP

OF THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL

ON THE BACK OF THE $5 BILL.

BABIES ARE BORN WITHOUT KNEECAPS.

THEY DON'T APPEAR UNTIL

THE CHILD REACHES 2 TO 6 YEARS OF AGE.

BUTTERFLIES TASTE WITH THEIR FEET.

CATS HAVE OVER 100 VOCAL SOUNDS.

DOGS HAVE ONLY ABOUT TEN.

IF THE POPULATION OF CHINA WALKED PAST YOU,

IN SINGLE FILE,

THE LINE WOULD NEVER END

BECAUSE OF THE RATE OF REPRODUCTION.

IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SNEEZE WITH YOUR EYES OPEN.

MAINE IS THE ONLY U.S. STATE

WHOSE NAME IS JUST ONE SYLLABLE.

NO WORD IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

RHYMES WITH MONTH, ORANGE, SILVER OR PURPLE.

ON A CANADIAN TWO DOLLAR BILL,

THE FLAG FLYING OVER THE PARLIAMENT BUILDING

IS AN AMERICAN FLAG.

PEANUTS ARE ONE OF THE INGREDIENTS OF DYNAMITE.

THE BIBLE DOES NOT SAY THERE WERE THREE WISEMEN,

IT ONLY SAYS THERE WERE THREE GIFTS.

THE CRUISE LINER QE2

MOVES ONLY 6 INCHES

FOR EVERY GALLON OF DIESEL THAT IT BURNS.

THE WINTER OF 1932 WAS SO COLD

THAT NIAGARA FALLS FROZE COMPLETELY SOLID.

THE WORDS 'RACECAR', 'KAYAK' AND 'LEVEL'

ARE THE SAME WHETHER THEY ARE READ LEFT TO RIGHT

OR RIGHT TO LEFT.

THERE ARE 293 WAYS TO MAKE CHANGE FOR A DOLLAR.

THERE'S NO BETTY RUBBLE

IN THE FLINTSTONES CHEWABLE VITAMINS.

TIGERS HAVE STRIPED SKIN, NOT JUST STRIPED FUR.

WINSTON CHURCHILL

WAS BORN IN A LADIES' ROOM DURING A DANCE.

WOMEN BLINK NEARLY TWICE AS MUCH AS MEN.

YOU STOMACH HAS TO PRODUCE

A NEW LAYER OF MUCUS

EVERY TWO WEEKS;

OTHERWISE IT WOULD DIGEST ITSELF.

NOW, ARE YOU READY FOR JEOPARDY?