Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... November, 2010

11-1-2010 | | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

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[yorkie]

I love your poem, Goldring!
It reminds me of the beautiful Aspen tree
in Colorodo in Autumn.
Each leaf, looks like a gold coin
As it quivers with the breeze.
And captures the sunlight on it's face.

[Kitty Mittens]

Your Opening Post and Pledge are So Beautiful, Amy and Billie! I Love Autumn, and the Pecan Trees Here are Already Dropping their Leaves, and I Love Walking through them as they Crunch Underfoot. It Always Makes me Feel Exhilarated and Joyful, like a Little Girl, Lol.

(((((Hugs to All FRiends)))))

[yorkie]

WHEN THE FROST IS ON THE PUNKIN

by: James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916)

WHEN the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock,
And you hear the kyouck and gobble of the struttin’ turkey-cock,
And the clackin’ of the guineys, and the cluckin’ of the hens,
And the rooster's hallylooyer as he tiptoes on the fence;
O, it's then’s the times a feller is a-feelin’ at his best,
With the risin’ sun to greet him from a night of peaceful rest,
As he leaves the house, bareheaded, and goes out to feed the stock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

They’s something kindo’ harty-like about the atmusfere
When the heat of summer's over and the coolin’ fall is here—
Of course we miss the flowers, and the blossums on the trees,
And the mumble of the hummin’-birds and buzzin’ of the bees;
But the air's so appetizin’; and the landscape through the haze
Of a crisp and sunny morning of the airly autumn days
Is a pictur’ that no painter has the colorin’ to mock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.

The husky, rusty russel of the tossels of the corn,
And the raspin’ of the tangled leaves, as golden as the morn;
The stubble in the furries—kindo’ lonesome-like, but still
A-preachin’ sermuns to us of the barns they growed to fill;
The strawstack in the medder, and the reaper in the shed;
The hosses in theyr stalls below—the clover over-head!—
O, it sets my hart a-clickin’ like the tickin’ of a clock,
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock!

Then your apples all is gethered, and the ones a feller keeps
Is poured around the celler-floor in red and yeller heaps;
And your cider-makin’ ‘s over, and your wimmern-folks is through
With their mince and apple-butter, and theyr souse and saussage, too! ...
I don't know how to tell it—but ef sich a thing could be
As the Angels wantin’ boardin’, and they'd call around on me—
I'd want to ‘commodate ‘em—all the whole-indurin’ flock—
When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock!

[yorkie]

Thank you, Mac! I’ll bet it’s beautiful up there in your neck of the woods, too!

[yorkie]

Thank you, Potlatch! If you do a Google Image search on “Portland Japanese Garden Autumn”, I promise you will be amazed at the incredible beauty! (I want to GO there!)

[yorkie]

Thank you Meg! Your graphic is TOO!

[JustAmy]

Thank you, Dolly.

Good to hear that everything went so well and that your are doing okay.

Have a delightful, Monday.

[potlatch]

What a darling picture, could that be a real house? Wish so.
Thanks for the info on the Japanese gardens yorkie.

[JustAmy]

Movie Test:

Pick a number from 1-9.

Multiply by 3.

Add 3.

Multiply by 3 again.

Now add the two digits together to find your predicted favorite movie in the list of 18 movies below.



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Movie List:

1. Gone With The Wind
2. E.T.
3. Beverly Hills Cop
4. Star Wars
5. Forrest Gump
6. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
7. Jaws
8. Grease
9. The Defeat of Obama in 2012
10. Casablanca
11. Jurassic Park
12. Shrek
13. Pirates of the Caribbean
14. Titanic
15. Raiders Of The Lost Ark
16. Home Alone
17. Mrs. Doubtfire
18. Toy Story

[ConorMacNessa]

I end up with number 9 regardless of which number I pick. :)

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[TheConservativeParty]

Works like a charm!

It’s “The Defeat of Obama”.

[potlatch]

#9 !! How very neat. Lol, thanks for posting Amy, I have to send this out in email!

[fewz]

Always #9. Good one and correct too.

If I had seen
what lay between
the last election and this Halloween
I’d have spent the time with a jug of Jim Beam
so as not to see the evil scheme
unfold itself like a bad dream
of demonic forces like sour cream
coating every facet of the national scene
and threatening to bust our national seam

[JustAmy]

I don’t know the logic but it has something to do with the multiply by 3 and then mulitplying it by 3 again.

I think #9 would be the favorite of all of us. LOL

[tiapam]

What a beautiful November graphic and lovely poem! Of course we can’t forget about the awesome frame, as well!Thank you very much!

[ConorMacNessa]

Indeed!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[tiapam]

Hi Conor! Happy Monday! How are you feeling?

[tiapam]

Hi Meg! What a beautiful Botanical Garden in Fort Worth! Have you ever been there? Hope your having a good day!

[ConorMacNessa]

Hi, Tiapam - feeling good, thanks! How about you?

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[tiapam]

Just SWELL! Thanks for asking!!