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Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. Feb. 18-19-20, 2005
2-18-05 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear, Billie

Posted on 02/18/2005 7:00:00 AM PST by JustAmy




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To: silverleaf

You have mail.

Congratulations to your friend on the birth of her baby daughter.


21 posted on 02/18/2005 12:16:30 PM PST by JustAmy (Remember our President and our troops in your prayers. God Bless America.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

Looks like she's starin' at somethin' very intently...did you leave some of those steaks out on the counter again!?!


22 posted on 02/18/2005 12:31:52 PM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker (Some Americans don't understand that being an American is more than living in America.)
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To: international american; JustAmy
...at least you aren't in a parade in the rain...


23 posted on 02/18/2005 1:03:16 PM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker (Some Americans don't understand that being an American is more than living in America.)
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To: PreviouslyA-Lurker

LulaBelle is an eye contact dog. She can read your eyes quickly and accurately.


24 posted on 02/18/2005 1:12:06 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Reading is fundamental. Comprehension is optional.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
Who's eyes is she lookin' into? (Did you hypnotize her?)What are the eyes of the one she's lookin' at sayin'?
25 posted on 02/18/2005 1:16:22 PM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker (Some Americans don't understand that being an American is more than living in America.)
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To: PreviouslyA-Lurker
Laura Earl snapped that with her camera phone. She looks at the camera. See?


26 posted on 02/18/2005 1:19:47 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Reading is fundamental. Comprehension is optional.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

What a sweet face! THE DOG, silly! Would she bite me, the dog, if I tried to pet her?


27 posted on 02/18/2005 1:40:59 PM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker (Some Americans don't understand that being an American is more than living in America.)
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To: PreviouslyA-Lurker

She'd try to lick you. The dog.


28 posted on 02/18/2005 1:42:08 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Reading is fundamental. Comprehension is optional.)
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To: international american; JustAmy
I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again
I'm laughing at clouds
So dark up above
The sun's in my heart
And I'm ready for love
For love
Let the stormy clouds chase
Everyone from the place
Come on with the rain
I've a smile on my face
I'll walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
Singing, singing in the rain
In the rain.

La...

I'm singing in the rain
Just singing in the rain
What a glorious feeling
I'm happy again
I walk down the lane
With a happy refrain
I'm singing, singing in the rain
In the rain
In the rain


29 posted on 02/18/2005 1:47:38 PM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker (Some Americans don't understand that being an American is more than living in America.)
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To: JustAmy

Thanks. I'm very lazy today :-)


30 posted on 02/18/2005 1:48:56 PM PST by Grzegorz 246
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To: JustAmy; Grzegorz 246; acad1228; international american; tuliptree76; MoJo2001; Diva Betsy Ross; ...

Hi FRiends! I'm still alive, in case anyone wondered... Been really busy. I kept my 'favorite' little nephew 3 days this week and loved every minute of it. Happy Thumb Appreciation Day! :)


31 posted on 02/18/2005 1:49:35 PM PST by Jen (Free elections in Iraq! Let freedom reign! Thank you President Bush and our brave Troops!)
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To: Jen; JustAmy

I was in a bit of a vacation away from the forum.


32 posted on 02/18/2005 1:51:38 PM PST by Darksheare (It is not a ZOT, it is aggressive electro-dermal exfoliation! Yeeeeeeeeeeeagh!)
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To: Jen

I knew that was you w/o reading your name when you mentioned keeping your nephew! ; )


33 posted on 02/18/2005 1:54:46 PM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker (Some Americans don't understand that being an American is more than living in America.)
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To: Jen
Hey Jen.


34 posted on 02/18/2005 2:03:51 PM PST by Conspiracy Guy (Reading is fundamental. Comprehension is optional.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
here it comes!...


35 posted on 02/18/2005 2:04:29 PM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker (Some Americans don't understand that being an American is more than living in America.)
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To: PreviouslyA-Lurker

Green Thumb

My office plant is dying. I don’t know why. It was so lush and green when I bought it, a beautiful hanging philodendron. It grew vines almost to the floor. Now all of a sudden the leaves are turning yellow and withering. I don’t get it. I’m not doing anything different than I ever did. Why?

I just don’t have it – a green thumb. Oh, I’ve tried, believe me, I’ve tried. I would love to be surround by green, living things. It just doesn’t seem to happen. I select my plants carefully. For a while they do okay, then one day leaves start to turn yellow one at a time. After that it’s down hill all the way.

I watch my plant die until I can’t stand it any longer, then throw it away and buy a new one to kill.

I’ve read the "how to" books. They all say how easy it is to grow tropical houseplants, how it is just a matter of light, water, and humidity, with a little plant food at times. That’s immediately before they launch into 300 pages of horticultural mumbo jumbo that would make Mother Nature afraid to bring a houseplant home.

I always buy the species that say "easy to grow." The easier the better, I figure. But nothing is foolproof, well, maybe it is for some fools, but I can kill an iron plant.

Someone at the office still has a lush red poinsettia. Can you believe it? It still looks just like it did in December. I’m lucky if I have one that can make it until December 26th before all the red petals hit the dust.

What about cactus, you say? No one can kill a cactus. Wanna bet? I kill them with love - love and water. They look so thirsty I just have to give them a sip. They thank me by rotting off at the root. I kill jade plants that way too. Easy come - easy go.

I must admit, though, I had more success with cactus than any other plant. I had one that was very weird. It looked a bit like it had it long hair with dreadlocks. We coexisted for several years before it finally decided it was time to seek new ground, started putting out roots in the wrong places, and eventually dried up and died.

African violets take one look at me and start coughing. They need light, but not full sun. They need water, but from the bottom or the leaves will rot. They need plant food, but it has to be a special kind. They need humidity. See, I did read the book.

I once had an African violet that almost survived. I brought home other African violets for company when I heard that they are social. It grew, and grew until it was sprouting on the end of a long spindly stem several inches above the pot. It was ugly beyond belief – but alive.

So, I figured I couldn’t go wrong with a yucca plant, a native of the desert. But, it twisted and grew toward the sun. I turned it around and it grew in another direction. Soon it was twisted in a dozen directions and sadly deformed. Yes, it is alive – I almost wish it wasn’t.

It won’t be much longer until the stores are full of lush spring plants again. I’ll think of my philodendron with yellowing leaves, my twisted yucca, and my sick assortment of shriveled greenery. I will promise myself that if I get a new plant, I won’t over water; I’ll fertilize carefully; I’ll give it light; I’ll even mist it - maybe. .

Who am I kidding? The plant is wilting already just because I'm looking at it. Apparently some people are just meant to have artificial plants. I wonder how long it would take me to kill a plastic philodendron?

Copyright 2004 Sheila Moss


36 posted on 02/18/2005 2:10:54 PM PST by OESY
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To: OESY

So it's a brown thumb for Sheila Moss!


37 posted on 02/18/2005 2:20:24 PM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker (Some Americans don't understand that being an American is more than living in America.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

38 posted on 02/18/2005 2:23:41 PM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker (Some Americans don't understand that being an American is more than living in America.)
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To: OESY; Conspiracy Guy; Laura Earl; Jen; JustAmy; tuliptree76

Have a nice weekend! C ya Monday!


39 posted on 02/18/2005 2:30:33 PM PST by PreviouslyA-Lurker (Some Americans don't understand that being an American is more than living in America.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

Great picture.


40 posted on 02/18/2005 3:22:23 PM PST by international american (Tagline now fireproof....purchased from "Conspiracy Guy Custom Taglines"LLC)
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