Marilyn Monroe's Scintillating Smiles In That Little Red Dress!...

I just love this time of year, just like any other time of the year, because...I'm globally able to see, smell, touch, and live the whole thing!...and your "I'm thankful for all of the blessings I have received, and will try and make this world a better place!" smile IS IN A GOOD MOOD BECAUSE YOU LIKE TO SEE THE SMILING FACES ON YOUNG KIDS GOING TO SUMMER AND WINTER CAMP, WHERE THEY CAN LEARN, HAVE FUN, AND ENJOY MORE ABOUT THEMSELVES AND ESPECIALLY OTHERS

AND, OF CORSE THE 6 YEAR OLD HSR IS VOLUNTARILY THERE, WITH ALL OF HIS BIG MUSCLES

AND HIS "CONQUER THE WORLD ATTITUDE!"...

SO HSR LOVES WAKING UP EVERY MORNING AT THE WILDERNESS CAMP, SMELLING THE FRAGRANT TREE AND MOUNTAIN AIR, AND THE EXTRA OXYGEN SUPPLIED BY THE MANY PLANTS...

OH, AND THE MYRIAD GREAT ACTIVITIES THAT MAKE THE TIME PASS BY OH SO VERY FAST, LIKE ARCHERY

TAUGHT BY SOME CUTE INSTRUCTORS...

AND ALMOST-DANGEROUS CANYON CROSSING, SUSPENDED ONLY BY CABLES

THAT HSR HOPES STILL WORK WHEN HIS TURN COMES UP!...

BUT THE MOST FAVORITE PART OF CAMP FOR HSR, BESIDES THE SUPREMELY-ADVENTUROUS FEELINGS THAT HE GETS WHEN TIPTOEING IN, AND SEEING NEW THINGS THROUGHOUT THE UNKOWN WOODS...

IS GETTING CLOSE TO, AND GENTLY PETTING, THE CAMP'S FAMOUS TRAINED WILD (OXYMORON?) EAGLE NAMED HICKORY...

AND TALKING WITH HIS TRAINER, CIJI  LIPPIPS!...

SHE KNOWS SO MUCH!...

"ONE DAY, I'M GONNA  HAVE AN EAGLE JUST LIKE HICKORY," THE YOUNG HSR PROGNOSTICATES!...

BUT FOR RIGHT NOW, HSR JUST WANTS TO EXPLORE THE WOODS AGAIN, BECAUSE HE NEVER KNOWS WHAT HE MIGHT DISCOVER, AND...

SOMETIMES, ALL OF THIS EXPLORING MAKES HIM A LITTLE SCARED, BUT ALSO A LITTLE BRAVE AND EXCITED...

SO, HE SEES A NEW PLACE TO GO INTO...

AND AFTER A WHILE OF WALKING, HE LOOKS AT HIS COMPASS,

SO HE KNOWS WHICH WAY TO HEAD TO GET BACK TO THE CAMP...

AND LATER, HE COMES ACROSS A SUPER MASSIVE TREE...

WHICH LOOKS LIKE IT'S GUARDING SOMETHING!...

SO, HSR LOOKS THE GRAND BOTANICAL SPECIMEN UP AND DOWN, AND WALKS AROUND IT...

AND SEES A SECRET SPACE!

YOU KNOW, THAT HSR, WITH HIS INQUISITIVE SELF, HAS TO TAKE A PEEK IN THAT MYSTERIOUS SPACE AND SEE IF THERE'S ANY...TREASURE!...

AND HOLY SMOKE!...

THERE'S A SPECIAL-LOOKING SMALL CHEST BOX!...

DO YOU THINK THAT HSR'S GOING TO OPEN IT?...

WELL, YOU GUESSED RIGHT!...

AND HE FINDS A STRANGE-LOOKING SEED INSIDE!...

SO, BEING THE "PROVE IT TO ME" KIND OF GUY THAT HE IS...

HSR WALKS TO A CLEARING, DIGS A SHALLOW HOLE WITH HIS HAND...

AND POURS SOME WATER FROM HIS BELT CANTEEN ONTO THE PLACED SEED...

OMG!...

RIGHT BEFORE HIS EYES, THE SEED QUICKLY GERMINATES TO LIFE!...

AND WITHIN MERE SECONDS, THE NEW PLANT IS AS TALL AS HSR HIMSELF!...

SO HSR GOES OVER TO TOUCH THE YOUNG TREE, AND HE HOLDS THE TOP TO FEEL AROUND AND...

OH NO!...THE TREE SPURTS UP, TAKING HSR HIGHER AND HIGHER!...DANG!...HOLD ON TIGHT, HSR!

NOW HSR'S WAY UP AT THE TOP...AND ELEVATING EVEN MORE...YOU CAN BARELY SEE HIM!

SHUCKS!...THE TREE HAS HSR GROWING UP AS TALL AND EVEN TALLER THAN THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS!..

YIKES! I'M SO FAR UP NOW THAT...

I'M LOOKING DOWN ON SKYSCRAPERS!...

AND THE TREE IS STILL POPPING AND HUMMING AND MAKING LOUD GROWING NOISES!...

AND NOW THE TREE, WITH HSR STILL AT THE TIP, IS WAY WAY ABOVE A SECOND LAYER OF CLOUDS, 

AND THE HEAVEN-REACHING TREE IS STARTING TO TEETER AND CURL OVER UNDER ITS OWN IMMENSE WEIGHT, AND HSR IS REALLY STARTING TO GET FRIGHTENED, AND CALLS OUT, "HELP ME...SOMEBODY...PLEASE!

"OH LORD, IF I MAKE IT OUT OF HERE, I'LL NEVER DO THIS AGAIN!" HSR SWEARS!...

BUT, WAIT!...

HSR LOOKS TO THE SIDE AND...OMG!...LOOK AT THIS!...

IT'S THE PLAYFUL HICKORY, EVEN FLYING UPSIDE DOWN FOR FUN...TO THE RESCUE!...

AND HE GRABS THE GRATEFUL AND TEARY-EYED HSR, AND LIFTS HIM UP WITH A GOOD GRIP OF HIS TALONS!...

AND HICKORY GLIDES HSR SAFELY BACK DOWN TO THE GROUND!...TAKING ITS TIME AND GOING THE SCENIC ROUTE, OF COURSE!...

...FINALLY!...HE'S BACK!...AND TALK ABOUT ONE HAPPY CAMPER!...

'I LOVE YOU, HICKORY....YOU'RE THE BEST EAGLE, EVER!" SCREAMS HSR!...

"THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE!...

"BUT, CAN WE DO IT ALL AGAIN TOMORROW, HICKORY...

"OH PLEASE...OH PLEASE...OH PLEASE!"

HICKORY JUST TURNS HIS HEAD A COUPLE OF TIMES...

AND WHAT DOES THE "COOLEST EAGLE IN THE AIR" DO NEXT?...

...LIKE ANY GREAT BIRD OF THE SKY...

HICKORY TAKES OFF INTO THE GREAT AND WILD BLUE YONDER!...

...JUST ONE MORE TIME!
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When Marilyn Monroe (Norm Jean Mortensen) first burst onto the scene, the guys, especially our mighty men in uniform, went stark-raving crazy, and the women became...

...stark-raving jealous!

She changed the way women wanted to wear their hair...brunettes became blondes, redheads became blondes, and blondes stayed...blonde, because...

..."blondes have more fun!"

Her beauty, mystery, and delicacy allowed her to have any powerful man that she wanted...

...and she did...they willingly and desperately ate right out of her hand!

Daring, and trailblazing, with a set of teeth that seemed to number more that just 32, her blindingly-white smile made many women "up their game," and they demanded that their Dentists make their smiles just like hers...

Yes! Because of Marilyn, Dental Offices where booked solid for months into the future for cosmetic procedures...and their profits soared! Women didn't want their men to have to look at Marilyn to see some perfect teeth...their men could just look at them now!...(Not!)

One reason that her movie star status "went viral" even before the Internet was born, was that she had an easy, girl-next-door kind of accessibility, and charm, but only a few knew that she...

was fiercely loyal, and fought for what was right!


If Marilyn were to look into the eyes of most men this way...

...they might start stuttering...and writing bad checks!



Everyone, from farmers to bankers, from Dentists to secret agents, and from college students to professors, and all in between...



...they thought that they could relate to her public perfection and personality, and maybe even have a chance with her if they were to meet her, but only a few people in her inner circle knew the real and private and enigmatic Marilyn.


An ultimate show girl, she knew how to pull on our heart strings...



 in a master puppeteer...

...kind of way! And we would obey and just jumpity jumpity jump!



At the time, when decency laws were way more puritanical than they are now, she turned heads, dropped jaws, and otherwise caught a lot of flack for this...

...welcoming and opening display of "the lower 48 states!" Now, this pose is all too common in fashion spreads (oops!, the pun!)



Miss Monroe...your original, ahead-of-your-time, complex, and sometimes misunderstood, shining star...

...fortunately...isn't fading...not even one little bit!

May you have many...good times are only good because you think that they are good!...what are some of the things that you want to do over and over again, ad infinitum?...is the mind strong enough to make us believe that we really did do something when we really didn't?...smiles!