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

September 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
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Never Forget!





Bad Penny



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




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[Billie]

Your kitty in the red hat was so cute! All your little gifs are so cute, though!

[Billie]

Hey, I’m glad to see you got all dolled up for Friday’s enchanted evening! :)

[Billie]

Lovely job on the Oregon Graphic.

Hi, Maj, - I didn't think about anyone crediting me with that graphic - it's actually MamaBear's - I just copied her opening for her Oregon thread - pretty, isn't it?

Gosh, wonder why you liked it?! Couldn't be the colors, I'm sure. :)

[yorkie]

Wonderful Poem, NNB!

[Billie]

That may be the absolute prettiest sunrise I’ve ever seen - those rocks in the forefront look like copper gleaming! It is gorgeous!

[Billie]

Amy, your celebration graphics for Saturday are fantastic! I’m so impressed you took the time to get those together, with the FR picnic coming up a few hours later. Hope that you all had the best one yet! Anxious to hear a report, and hope Jim was feeling pretty good!

[Billie]

Thank you big time for posting the thread yesterday. It took a heavy load off my shoulders.

I'm glad I could do it - so glad that you saw my post so soon and wrote me! Was really late getting the holidays posted, but got 'em done anyway. :)

[Majie Purple]

LOL! Funny!...No not just because of the color, but that can’t hurt!
:)

[Billie]

Thanks, Maj - the picture was in a collection of 'photos' I purchased, and I originally just put the soft vignette and added the Amy's Place text, so it was much smaller than the one reworked for this thread. I no longer had the original photograph and only had the 'soft-vignetted' pic as it was posted at Amy's the 'first time around' to work with this time - so the 'tweaking' was just adding some frames/borders to it.

I'm still crazy about your poem, Bob, and the love in that couple's eyes for each other!

Thank you, PGalt and yorkie, for the sentiments you expressed, too. :)

[Majie Purple]

Thanks Luvee! You’re so sweet!

& T Y to You for Yours & all those songs...& Yes, never forgotten,Our Beloved Troops & Allies!!

[Billie]

A tribute to honor Grandpa's everywhere: (warning - kleenex necessary)

Oh. :(

Well, you did warn us. Very moving, very emotional, and the tears did flow.

[OESY]

One of my favorite songs. Your tribute to Granpas was special too.

[OESY]

Darn. I misspelled Grandpas. Sorry.

[OESY]

Interesting historical find—from Herodotus, no less. Who’da thunk it?

[OESY]

I’ve had my share of problems too.

[OESY]

Thanks, Billie. Wait ‘til tomorrow.

[Majie Purple]

Re: remembering screen names an/or spelling of...I’ll remember it next time!
The two I tried from memory,while trying to ping You, were:
osey and osay...oh so close.
:)

[Cardhu]

For those people on dial-up who are having a problem with graphics on a page who are using IE, they can go to Tools, select Options, then select the Advanced Options tag and in the Multimedia section uncheck Show images.

No graphics will be shown just little colored dots in a square.

[The Mayor]

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September 8, 2008

Compliments Given Here

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READ: 1 Corinthians 4:1-8

Each one’s praise will come from God. —1 Corinthians 4:5

Artist Tom Greaves knows how to give compliments. He designed a bright red-and-white-striped box for an art exhibit in Washington, DC, called “The Compliment Machine.” As people walk by, the machine dishes out compliments from an internal iPod. It says things like, “Your eyes are beautiful,” “You smell good,” and “People are drawn to your positive energy.”

Greaves won’t say what his motive is for the box, other than that it’s in response to a saccharine culture in which everyone is special and nobody is criticized, regardless of performance.

Everybody loves to hear a compliment now and then; that is, if it’s genuine. It makes us feel good about ourselves to have the approval or admiration of others—for a few minutes at least. The apostle Paul, though, looked at what others thought of him or even what he thought of himself as “a very small thing” (1 Cor. 4:3). He said, “He who judges me is the Lord” (v.4). He knew that one day our hearts will be revealed, and “then each one’s praise will come from God” (v.5).

Could there be any greater compliment than this from our heavenly Father when we meet Him: “Well done, good and faithful servant” (Matt. 25:23).

What joy ’twill be to hear Him say,
“Rejoice, My child, well done!
You’ve fought the battles there on earth,
The victor’s crown you’ve won.” —Sherbert

Work well done for Christ will receive a “well done” from Christ.

Bible in One Year: Isaiah 22–24; Proverbs 24:1-12

[OESY]

Sunrise
Norah Jones
Good morning, all!

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