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

October 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. : )

[Jack Deth]

For All The 'Serenity' Fans and Cat~People Of Amy's Place


A Warm, Fuzzy Wednesday Offering



Serenity Haiku





Inara, Kaylee and
River wait for their Human
named Captain Tight Pants

Captain Tight Pants is
not their Human's real name.
It's what they call him

Turn about is fair
play, since the girls are named for
Sci-Fi characters

Gray and white River
is the youngest and always
looking for mischief

Charcoal Inara
is the beauty of the three.
A true seductress!

Studious Kaylee
has the sharpest eyes and is
gifted at scheming

The girls lay in wait.
They know that Captain Tight Pants
will soon bring them lunch

A playful ambush
is in the works. Almost time
for the Big Surprise!

The Big Glass Door slides
open. Muscles compress in
anticipation

Captain Tight Pants bends
to lower the Food Bowls. The
mock attack begins!

Silken fur snakes and
wraps around beneath a cloud
of contented sounds



Jack Deth ~ 10/29/08.

[ConorMacNessa]

Sorry I'm so late - I'm back to work and don't have any of my "stuff" there. :)

HAPPY WARM AND FUZZY WEDNESDAY!

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Happy Wednesday to Amy’s Place!!!

[TASMANIANRED]

They are lovely.

[alarm rider]

Nice picture of some fine cats, and great poetry as usual Cat Man.

Brought the barn cats in this evening, now installed at the hearth, checking out the food dishes, purring and relaxed. Dogs looking on. All is well.

Regards,
AR

[Fred Nerks]

Beautful. Food for the soul, did my heart much good to read that.

[yorkie]

Wonderful words - and oh, so true. Thank you Jack!

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you for Sharing this Sweet Tribute to your Mother with us, Diver Dave; what a Beautiful Person she was, and now she is Beholding the Face of Jesus Christ, in Joy and Peace. Hugs and Prayers for our Lord's Presence to be with you in a Special Way at this Time.

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you for your Compliments on the Pic of the Sweet Puppy I Posted, and Thank you to Everyone for the Pings and Fun Posts. : )

Goodnight to All FRiends, and our Lord Grant us a Peaceful and Restful Night.

[luvie]

Thanks, Cat Man! They are an adorable little trio of mischief!

[WayzataJOHNN]

OK, whats been happening while I was reworking this &&^^%%$$##@@ computer?

Was Lady Jag arrested yet?
Was Meg caught doing her famous nude clog dance on the table again?
Did Amy find those two dead fish I forgot in her car?

I hate it when the computer dies, it makes for absolute frustration! Now that I’m back, I hope the be as big a pain as always!

;^)

[Uversabound]

Starved after reading that recipie!!

God Bless Our Troops and Their Families!

Almost-Friday-Ping.

[jaycee]

Wanted to say hi and sorry I have not been with you all for the last few days but as wonderful as computers are, when they start with problems they absolutely drive us crazy...! Mine is a little better but not well yet. I did get on long enough to view some of the threads and they all are wonderful as usual.

My computer is on the back burner today though. My next door neighbor and good friend, Brenda, passed away yesterday morning. She had been in the hospital in July to have a hernia repaired and they spotted a mass on her right side. It was cancer and she had had no symptoms yet. It was in her liver and pancreas. I researched it right away and then stopped when I found out it was almost always fatal.

She has only lived 3 months with this terrible thing. They tried several chemo’s and she has suffered so much. I know she is at peace in Heaven today and I say Praise the Lord.
I visited with her husband and son a few minutes yesterday morning and of course, we all had our cries.

I will be fixing food for them today and will go to visitation tonight. Sometimes we need to get our priorities straight...when things like this happen in our lives, we sorta do put the computer on the back burner. Thanks for listening friends. Kitty Mittens and the Prayer Warriors have been praying for Brenda since it first happened. God Bless Them and that precious Kitty Mittens. Brenda was only 61 years old and had one son and two little grandsons. Whisper a little prayer for this precious family. And thanks for listening.....guess I needed someone to talk to this morning. And the best FRiends are FReeper FRiends!

[The Mayor]

Times like this are very hard Jaycee. You and her family are in my Prayers. So very sorry, 61 is the same age my Mom was when she went home to be with the Lord 12 years ago.

[The Mayor]

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October 30, 2008

God-ography

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READ: Hebrews 11:1-6

Without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him. —Hebrews 11:6

A National Geographic News survey in 2006 reported that many young Americans are geographically illiterate. According to the survey, 63 percent of Americans aged 18-24 failed to correctly locate Iraq on a map of the Middle East. The results for US geography are even more dismal. Half could not find New York State on the map, a third could not find Louisiana, and 48 percent could not locate the state of Mississippi.

Understanding geography is helpful in daily life, but “God-ography” (finding God) is infinitely more crucial—for now and for eternity.

In Hebrews 11:6 we are told that to find God and please Him, we first have to believe that He exists. How can we prove that God exists? Finding God is a matter of faith—confidence in Him and commitment to Him. This confidence and commitment should remain strong even though the objects of our faith are unseen. The writer of Hebrews and the apostle John agree that ultimately the way to find the Lord and please Him is by believing in His Son Jesus (Heb. 11:6; John 14:6).

Finding God is solely a work of God. Those who seek Him will find Him because God will give them a heart to recognize Him as Lord (Jer. 29:13-14).

I sought the Lord, and afterward I knew
He moved my soul to seek Him, as He sought me;
It was not I who found, O Savior true;
No, I was found of Thee. —Anon.

To find God, we must be willing to seek Him.

Bible in One Year: Ezekiel 10–12; Proverbs 11:12-21

[DollyCali]

Oh I am so sorry about Brenda! I got Kitty’s FR Mail yesterday but did not realize it was your friend/neighbor. I may have missed that info in one of her postings.

Yes life does have a way of smacking us in the face with reality & priority evaluation

My thoughts & prayers for you & for Brenda’s family

{{{ jaycee }}}

[DollyCali]

funny man! welcome back

Computers can be a source of tremendous fun & joy or source of immense frustrations

Often BOTH in a 2 minutes!

[DollyCali]

morning all!

cold out now but next 5 days will be in 50s & 65 predicted for tomorrow

Got our absentee ballots mailed yesterday & mom & I canceled out each others votes. Had I let her ballot be mailed the way she had it, it would not have counted. It was a double envelope situation & the ballot was to be in the inner envelope. She just had all the ballots alongside the envelope in the mailer. I fixed it for her. Wont have any voter fraud or mis-"anything" in our house.

Might be her last presidential election, but I thought that 4 years ago.

There was snow that accumulated all around us 2-5" yesterday but nothing here. Rain/snow showers were heavy all morning.

It was a week today that I fell & broke my wrist. The cast immobilizes my wrist & elbow so there is no rotation. The fingers stick out of the cast & are swollen & black/blue.

After Bible study last night I put some of the pix from that gorgeous hike in a photo sharer. I have been trying to find a good one so as to not post excess pix here but still have them available for those interested. This is Picasa - one of Google's offerings. I have email (which I really like) so was already signed up to use, but it is free & easy to use so I hope some of you with photo interest will check it out.

When you go to see someone's gallery, you can use the sliding bar to enlarge or reduce the pix size. You can chose a slide show & adjust time for pix(default is 3 second, which to me is too short for esp reading captions.)

As some one posting pix, it can be a photo journal. There is a location map, space for comments on the gallery & you can put a caption for each pix. There is also option for people to leave comments for each/any pix. I am still a novice with this program but so far find it superior to others I have seen


Here is the link for my outing. It still really isn't complete as I have a lot of captions to add but maybe some of you can register (free) & put your own pix in. Warning. You get a LOT of storage space free but it gets eaten up quickly if you don't reduce pix size . I use a Fuji Fine Pix program to batch reduce pix after I do the Picture It editing. They go from 2848 X 2136 (1635kb) to 640 X 480 (40-70 KB). I always retain the larger pix for possible printing & have a lot in storage. Have 5 external hard drives at various levels of full & just purchased one at Office Max for 89 dollars for 500 gig (that is a good deal if you need one to back up.)

Walking a River - Brandywine October 2008

[yorkie]

All the pictures are beautiful! And, if I didn’t tell you this before, let me say it now. Picture #42 (”Last shot prior to the fall/wrist break) is the most incredible river photograph I have ever seen! Thank you for sharing with us!

[JustAmy]

October 30, 2008


Graphic by Billie

[MEG33]

John 14:1-3

Rest in God's Arms~Brenda
Putting my arms around you, Jaycee.
May the Lord comfort all who loved her.