Parakeets are bold. One might even say rash. This little bird insists on picking at the dog’s teeth. How does he know he isn’t going to be eaten in a single gulp? The dog could easily do it.
But it’s not nice to bite your dentist!
Category: Video
By Request, ‘I Lift My Eyes’
Requested by Susan, this is Psalm 121–“I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help,” in the old King James Version–set to music by Keith and Kristyn Getty, sung by Kristyn. Background sets by God the Father.
The Cat Can Climb These Stairs; Can You?
Maybe I’m just getting old or something; but man, these stairs in this video look like a really, really bad idea! Sure, the cat can climb them–and in a hurry, too. It’s even fun for him. But for a human being, it sure looks like one slip and you’re out of the saga.
By Request, ‘Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne’
Requested by Joshua, Thou Didst Leave Thy Throne. I couldn’t find the name of the artist performing it, but I went with this version anyhow. It’s nice and soothing, and it found me in the middle of collecting nooze–which was not doing my blood pressure any good.
We have the Good News of the gospel, and we’re still in the Christmas season: cling to Christ’s throne. Cling to His cross.
Encore: ‘Pat-a-Pan’
There aren’t many carols for a fife and a drum anymore; but here’s one from medieval Burgundy, before it was part of France: Pat-a-Pan, performed by Quadriga Consort. We used to sing this in school–imagine that.
Do Your Pets Like Popcorn?
These videos were all supposed to be about dogs and cats and popcorn. Some of them contain no popcorn at all. If Tiberius were still emperor, heads would roll for this.
By Request, ‘Come On, Ring Those Bells’
Requested by Erlene–Come On, Ring Those Bells, by Carroll Roberson with… is that Mrs. Roberson? I don’t know, but I’m sure some of you out there do. Please advise.
Encore, ‘The Sussex Carol’
Well, no one has requested any hymns this morning, though we should still be in the mood for Christmas carols; so I thought I’d like to encore one of my favorites–The Sussex Carol, first published in the 17th century for surely older than that, performed the old-fashioned way by Maddy Prior and the Carnival Band.
We’re not really done with carols, are we? Christmas 2021 is a very long way away…
Cat Doesn’t Like the Weather
Oh, this brings me back! Our cat Henry didn’t like slush. I’d open the door to let him out, but when he saw what he’d be walking into, he’d go to the other door and make me open that one. Imagine his disappointment when he discovered, every time, that different doors led to the same slushy landscape. He used to blame me for this: he had a special dirty look and cross meow just for me when it wasn’t nice out.
I say the lady in this video is getting off easy.
‘Gaudete’
No one got around to entering this carol in the carol contest: a medieval Christmas carol, Gaudete–whose lyrics tell us, in Latin, to rejoice, for Jesus Christ is born of Mary.
Performed by the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge, and the London Cello Orchestra.