Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... July, 2009

June 30, 2009 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

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Bad Penny



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[MEG33]

Good Sunday Afternoon, Kitty

Lovely! Amen to your scripture. I am happy you enjoyed my
opening and Humminbirds
Thank you for sharing the wildflowers at King's Ranch with us
May you have a beautiful Lord's Day.

[jaycee]

1st Lt. Derwin I. Williams, USA, KIA 6JUL2009
Rest in Peace
May God Be With Lt. Williams Family
and all Those Who Love Him

[MEG33]

Staff Sgt Eric James Lindstrom, USA, KIA July 12,2009
Sgt. Michael W. Heede, Jr., USMC, KIA July 13, 2009
1st Lt. Derwin I. Williams, USA, KIA July 6, 2009
Rest In Peace Brave Warriors
May God comfort all who mourn.

[MEG33]

Good Sunday Afternoon

Thank you for honoring our fallen , Conor. Thank you for Amazing
Grace, the Navy Hymn and Amen to your prayer for our troops.
Hope you are having a blessed day.

[ConorMacNessa]

A Blessed Lord's Day to you, Meg!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[jaycee]

"Winged Jewel"

"With wings spun of silver and hearts of gold,
These tiny creatures our hearts behold.
With angelic features and colors so bright,
Make even the heaviest heart seem light.
The magical way they flit through the sky,
They appear, then vanish in the blink of an eye.
They're sending a message for us to retrieve,
Anything's possible for those who believe!

Written by: Christopher Griffiths

[MEG33]

Lovely poem, jaycee

Thank you for "Winged Jewel"

[jaycee]

These little hummingbirds are so beautiful and so amazing, we just have to celebrate them! I haven’t had as many this year. Before this season, Brenda always fed them also and between the two of us, those little hummers kept us busy! I now miss her~~~

[MEG33]

Hummingbird watching at my daughter’s house near Houston was simply amazing.. I never see more than 2 at a time here.
My raccoon friends do have drawbacks..I have not put a hummingbird feeder up since I lost my 4th feeder to their antics. Hummingbirds are such a joy to watch but I gave up.
I know you miss Brenda. (((HUGS)))

I have had papa Cardinal feeding juveniles to watch lately...

[jaycee]

Remember, the little girl down the street broke my hummingbird feeder? I could not find one just like it and that was all I was going to accept. Walmart usually has the kind I like but didn’t this year. Some of theirs were so cheaply made from China. After checking Lowe’s, I had to get on the Website and found the one I wanted. My son said to order him one too. So I ordered two and it took no time for them to be delivered. BUT I got the kind I wanted.

I have had trouble with squirrels on my finch feeder though. The same son bought me a new one for Mother’s Day (I think) my birthday and Mother’s Day are close for me. But it is trimmed in metal and has metal perches amd they can’t chew them but they continue to wrap themselves around them, trying to tear them up to get to the seed!

The little red headed finches built in one of my ferns this year again. They don’t bother it at all. I have those clear plastic things attached to the hanging pot and I water from the bottom, so they fly out sometimes but come straight back. They have raised 2 families in the fern this season and I like to watch them! And it just reminds me, I must go water and put water in birdbaths.

[MEG33]

I just went out and changed the birdbath water again..Water here is the most important thing I provide for birds and critters..
I have a large plastic bell on top of my tube feeder..The squirrels absolutely cannot access the tube feeder unless I have it too close to the trunk of the tree..Mine is one of those lifetime tube feeders, too..
The raccoons dislodged the whole thing ..down on the ground..I put duct tape over the hook and that solved that.
Moving the feeder farther away fom the tree trunk solved squirrels leaping onto the perches.

[MEG33]

I would love to have a nest I could watch! I have a lot of young house finches..Mama and papa had a big crop!

[jaycee]

As soon as I finished watering and the other chores out there, I walked to the back of the carport to the trash can and as I was walking back, a sparrow had already gotten in the saucer bath and was just having a splashing good time! I sat down for a while to just drink in the joy for a while! I do love it.

The bell you are speaking of, is that what they call a baffle? GeeBee had told me to get a baffle to put on the shepherd’s hook pole and it would keep them from climbing up there. They climb up that skinny pole! I am going to check at Lowe’s maybe tomorrow to check on the baffle.

[MEG33]

No, the feeder hooks directly inside the bell .It is to keep them from gaining access from above.. My feeders hang in the tree planted in my patio.
The baffle is on the shephards hook so they cannot climb up the pole.

My baby Raccoons and mama just came back.. no food was there so early and I scared the little ones putting food out..Mama is now back having a feast!

[MEG33]

Goodnight dear FRiends

Thank you for coming by today and sharing your lovely graphics, scriptures,
poetry, music, prayer, memorials and comments.
May you be blessed with pleasant evening and restful sleep.
Thank you so much for the lovely garden photograph, Billie.

[JustAmy]

Absolutely beautiful, Meg.
Thank you for your Sunday Blessings.

I love all of your hummingbird replies.
They are such special little birds.
Years ago, my Dad had a hummingbird nest outside his kitchen window.
They really entertained him.

Thank you for being such a wonderful hostess for us.

Have a Blessed evening.

[yorkie]

Darling graphic, JC!

I haven’t been able to get online all day - hopefully in the next couple days, I will be able to read all the pings!

Happy Monday!

[WayzataJOHNN]

I know some of you will not understand this message, but I bet you know someone who might. Unfortunately I remember them all.

FENDER SKIRTS

I came across this phrase yesterday 'FENDER SKIRTS.'



A term I haven't heard in a long time, and thinking about 'fender skirts' started me thinking about other words that quietly disappear from our language with hardly a notice like 'curb feelers'



And 'steering knobs.' (AKA) suicide knob, Neckers Knobs.



Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went that direction first.
Any kids will probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of these terms to you.
Remember 'Continental kits?'
They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.



When did we quit calling them 'emergency brakes?'
At some point 'parking brake' became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with 'emergency brake.



I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the accelerator the 'foot feed.' Many today do not even know what a clutch is or that the dimmer switch used to be on the floor.



Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you could ride the 'running board' up to the house?



Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never anymore - 'store-bought.' Of course, just about everything is store-bought these days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a store-bought bag of candy.



'Coast to coast' is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now means almost nothing. Now we take the term 'world wide' for granted. That floors me.



On a smaller scale, 'wall-to-wall' was once a magical term in our homes. In the '50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.



When's the last time you heard the quaint phrase 'in a family way?' It's hard to imagine that the word 'pregnant' was once considered a little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company, so we had all that talk about stork visits and 'being in a family way' or simply 'expecting.



Apparently 'brassiere' is a word no longer in usage. I said it the other day and my daughter cracked up. I guess it's just 'bra' now. 'Unmentionables' probably wouldn't be understood at all.
I always loved going to the 'picture show,' but I considered 'movie' an affectation.



Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure-'60s word I came across the other day - 'rat fink.' Ooh, what a nasty put-down!



Here's a word I miss - 'percolator.' That was just a fun word to say. And what was it replaced with? 'Coffee maker.' How dull. Mr. Coffee, I blame you for this.



I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so modern and now sound so retro. Words like 'DynaFlow' and 'Electrolux.' Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with 'SpectraVision!



Food for thought - Was there a telethon that wiped out lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore. Maybe that's what castor oil cured, because I never hear mothers threatening kids with castor oil anymore.



Some words aren't gone, but are definitely on the endangered list. The one that grieves me most, 'supper.' Now everybody says 'dinner.' Save a great word. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts!



Someone forwarded this to me. I thought some of us of a 'certain age' would remember most of these.



Just for fun, pass it along to others of 'a certain age'!



IF YOU AREN'T OF A CERTAIN AGE. YOU MUST KNOW SOMEONE WHO IS...

[jaycee]

Loved your most unusual and attractive flower you posted yesterday and your words from Psalms, Kitty!

[The Mayor]

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July 20, 2009

Small Step—Giant Leap

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READ: Ephesians 4:17-24

Be renewed in the spirit of your mind. —Ephesians 4:23

In July 1969, I was at Fort Benning, Georgia, training to become a US Army officer. Infantry Officer Candidate School was intense and highly regimented with only rare moments of free time. Surprisingly, on the evening of July 20, we were ordered to our company Day Room, seated in front of a flickering television set, and told simply, “This is history.”

Amazed, we watched Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong become the first human to set foot on the moon as he said, “That’s one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.” Our usual curfew was suspended and we talked late into the night—not only about what we had witnessed but about life, God, and eternity. Our demanding routine had been interrupted, and our attention was shifted to what truly matters.

All of us need to shift our focus on a daily basis. Maintaining a regular time alone with God allows us to step away from our demanding jobs, break the routine, and concentrate on Him through the Bible and prayer. Our thoughts and actions will change as we follow Paul’s urging to “be renewed in the spirit of your mind” (Eph. 4:23).

What may seem like a small step can be a giant leap each day in our life of faith in Christ.

A small step is a giant leap
In growth and faith each day
If this step is your time with God
To read His Word and pray. —Sper

Each small step of faith is a giant step of growth.
Bible in One Year: Psalms 26-28; Acts 22