Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... August, 2008

August 1, 2008 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

Welcome To....


'Amy's Place' welcomes all poets
and those who enjoy poetry.
'Amy's Place' is more than just about poetry.
Come in, relax, and share with fellow FReepers
your thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*.

Enjoy! :)











Never Forget!





Bad Penny



Amy's personal guardian ~
the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[JustAmy]

PS ..... I will be here for 2 1/3 more days. I will probably post FRiday’s Welcome on Thursday night. I will try to get on Friday to say .... “I’m outta here!”

[JustAmy]

Hoping you get some rain to go with that sprinkle.

Our mountains may get a little rain tonight. Hope there is no lightening to start more fires.

[JustAmy]

Yorkie, that is so sweet. Thank you. I love your graphic.

I will try to check in once a day to say hi.

Billie and MamaBear will be posting the Welcome Pings; I know they will appreciate any help.

Amy’s Place visitors are the greatest.

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you All for your Kind Posts about my Sweet Doggie; she is a Blessing! : )

[JustAmy]

I'm happy you shared Doggie with us; she is a very pretty girl.

Sweet Dreams, Kitty Mittens.

[Diver Dave]

Enjoy your vacation, Amy.

We leave tomorrow evening for our annual trip to Spokane.

We’re gonna save hundreds of dollars on fuel ‘cuz I checked the tire pressure. B Hussein O will be so proud of me. :)

[JustAmy]

August 6, 2008



Graphic by Billie

[JustAmy]

LOL

I better tell hubby to check our tire pressure.

We don’t leave until Friday. We will probably be following in your tracks part of the way.

We are headed as far north as WallaWalla thru Bend. After a couple of days there, we will head down to Boise to visit my brother. We plan to take a couple of days sightseeing on the way back. Going thru Alturas and plan to spend some time in Burney.

You have a wonderful time in Spokane .... see you when you get home.

[yorkie]

Praying that things will start looking up
For you and yours!

Sleep well, FRiend!

[JustAmy]

Hi, FRiends. Hope you are enjoying Wednesday!

Today's Holiday Celebrations are ......
Fresh Breath Day
Halfway Point Of Summer
Hiroshima Day
Pamper Yourself Day
Try Hypnosis Day

Enjoy Trying Hypnosis Today!

[JustAmy]

We miss you PollyWog.
Hope all is well with you and yours.

Hope to see you soon.

[JustAmy]

OOOOPS ..... I left one of today's holidays off the list.

Today is also "Wiggle Your Toes Day!"

Now, how could I forgotten that????

[derllak]

Wiggle my toes? Whew, what a relief! If I had to wiggle anything else, I’m sure I’d hurt myself. ;)

[DollyCali]

It is also WARM FUZZY WEDNESDAY

Well, at least it used to be!!!!

These pix from this past Monday "down by the riverside", where I was wiggling my toes among other things. All four dogs got a bath

[ConorMacNessa]

Happy Wednesday to Amy's Place!

[OESY]

Uncle Wiggly lived in a perilous world.

(I know, I know. He wiggled his ears and his nose--and not his toes.)


Before being immortalized as a children's board game, Uncle Wiggly was the beloved hero of a long series of children's books. American author Howard Roger Garis (1873 - 1962) wrote dozens and dozens of Uncle Wiggly stories, beginning in 1910. However, the first short stories initially ran in a New Jersey newspaper, the Newark News. The formula for the stories remained a fairly constant cycle of commerce mixed with confrontation.

Lovable elder rabbit Uncle Wiggly runs some errand or another, usually going to fetch an item requested by his muskrat housekeeper, Nurse Jane. During his outing he runs into one of his many friendly animal pals, a small bit of mischief or adventure ensues, and Wiggly is then ambushed by one of several large ‘bad’ animals, who usually want to ‘nibble his ears’. More often than not, whatever item he's just purchased is then successfully used as a weapon to aid in his deliverance. ‘The Bunny Gentleman’ also seems to be fond of employing jovial banter during these potentially life-threatening encounters.

In addition to tales of Uncle Wiggly, during his career Howard R. Garis (using several different pseudonyms) wrote many books in various classic junior lit series, including Tom Swift, The Bobbsey Twins, and The Campfire Girls. His wife and children wrote similar material, also using pen names. Collectively they authored over 1000 books. The images in this set are from ‘Uncle Wiggly’s Picture Book’, first published in 1922. This edition was printed in 1940, by The Platt & Munk Co. Campbell's work would appear in many other children's books over the years, including (predictably) Bre’r Rabbit.

.

[Cardhu]

PowerPoint Presentation with music.

GI HUMOR

After clicking on the picture click Download

Manual advance

For those of you that do not have PowerPoint
the FREE Microsoft PowerPoint Reader can be downloaded from Here or HERE


Click the picture to see the Presentation.

[OESY]

That's a really neat picture, yorkie. It exudes warmth and friendship.

.

[jaycee]

Dolly, I love your dog pics. I do believe they could win a prize in competition. They’re wonderful!

[OESY]

Your picture is so much better than mine--so much for
keeping the home fires burning. I'll stick with the air conditioning.




.