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

December 1, 2009 | 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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the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
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Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[Billie]

TOO cute, those singing kittehs!!

[Billie]

Really pretty Caturday opening, Amy!

[Billie]

Ohhhhh, this one is, too! What beautiful white furry kitties!

[Billie]

I am all alone here and humming Christmas Carols to myself, so time to take a break! Hope to get through the weekend and Monday before it’s Wednesday. :)

[jaycee]

Very, very pretty, Meg.

[jaycee]

A favorite song of mine and I love this Judy Garland version!
(What a busy day it turned out to be)

[jaycee]

What a gorgeous tree(s) with those little blue twinkling lights giving it that zing!

[jaycee]

I love this one, Amy, its just gorgeous!

[jaycee]

Those are gorgeous ornaments, Billie. I posted mine earlier when Dolly reminded all of us!! Here it is again! I remember how excited I was when you made that for me!! Ain't it purty?

[jaycee]

Thank you so much, yorkie! I think I did my last bit of shopping today. I took a cane with me to see if it might help and it did, along with my medicine! I was very surprised!!

[jaycee]

Cute graphic, good toe-tappin’ Texas music!

[jaycee]

Very sweet, Johnn! Enjoyed!!!

[jaycee]

A D O R A B L E!!!

[jaycee]

Thanks Billie. That little Teddy Bear Band has brought a lot of cheer and smiles to all of us. When the girls were little, I had to watch them so they wouldn’t bend anything, because its so programmed that if one got bent it could ruin all the songs. It was hard to say no to them but they caught on quickly! LOL!

[jaycee]

I have loved all of your beautiful graphics today, Billie! I may get back later to finish this thread! Love this horse and buggy in the snow!

[Billie]

You're back and I'm about to be off for dinner and maybe a little TV (if there's anything on)

Thank you, jaycee. That's my tree from last year - it looks almost the same every year, but I didn't take a picture this year. (I don't use twinkling lights on it, but thought the animated twinkles looked pretty on the graphic) ;)

I'll try to get back later tonight. :)

[jaycee]

I thought that may be your tree! We talked about that last year and it is gorgeous. And I noticed in another graphic, you had used a Christmas tree pattern in your tables. You told me about that last year, too. Tis good my ‘rememberer’ had worked a year....LOL!

[pollywog]

Billie!!!! Don’t mind if I do...a cookie and coffee sound so good right now.
I’ve been gone most all day, and just came home a bit ago.
Took our daughter out to eat brunch....to celebrate her 50th Birthday. She is spending the day/night at Disneyland!

Take Care!
Polly... who is in fact , NOT quite ready for Christmas yet!

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY TUESDAY TO AMY’S PLACE!

There is a story behind this picture.

Always known as a photographer who would take almost any chance if it meant getting the picture, Gene Smith’s good luck throughout the Pacific deserted him on May 23, 1945. While on the east coast of Okinawa photographing an essay titled "A Day in the Life of a Front Line Soldier," he was seriously wounded by a Japanese shell fragment. The missile hit him in the head cutting both cheeks, injuring his tongue and knocking out several teeth. Characteristically, he was taking pictures at the time and the fragment passed through his left hand before entering his cheek just below the eye and near the nose. His comment in the hospital later: "I forgot to duck but I got a wonderful shot of those who did... my policy of standing up when the others are down finally caught up with me."

Ernie Pyle, another great war correspondent, who was on Okinawa with Smith and was not so lucky, wrote of him, "Gene Smith is an idealist, trying to do great good with his work but it will either break him or kill him."

Smith’s war wounds cost him two painful years of hospitalization and plastic surgery. During these years he took no pictures and whether he would ever be able to return to photography was doubtful. Then one day, during his period of convalescence, Smith took a walk with his two children and even though it was still intensely painful for him to operate a camera, came back with one of the most famous photographs of all time: "A Walk to Paradise Garden." This memorable image was to serve as the final picture in the famous "Family of Man" Exhibition.

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[MEG33]

Thank You,Billie, for the beautiful Christmas
Graphics..Enjoying your music
Thank you for the kind comments! I love the twinkles on
your tree and the precious, lovely opening.