Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. Feb. 21-22-23-24, 2005

2-21-05 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear, Billie

[JustAmy]

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[JustAmy]

"We'll need to send the zodiac boat out for IA."

We may need to send a helicopter to airlift him out of the mud and/or water.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Happy President's day, everybody.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Looking forward to Obnoxious Day, LOL.

[MeekOneGOP]

Hey, everybody ! Happy Monday!

81 degrees right now. Gonna turn cooler the next 2 days, though.

I'm playin' catchup right now. Can ya tell? :^)

[NicknamedBob]

Here's a President's Day poem from last year...

Presidents Day:


The presidents, historically, may all just come and go,
And some of them are very good, and some are not quite so.
Some remember their backers, and try to please that group,
And some are leaders of the land, so all are in the loop

We honor all of them, in various different ways,
For some there are libraries, and others have their days.
And some are on the money, and some the other way,
And some there are who really weren’t worth their pay.

I like to think the current guy, is having a good time,
And that he takes it easy now, forgets about the slime,
Those nagging nibblers at his feet, who gnaw to get his post.
They think they can unseat him, by who can chew the most.

Take the day off, W, you’ve earned a day of rest.
We’ll watch the bastions, and ba$tards too, and we’ll keep you abreast,
Of current issues troubling us, and what you ought to do.
I couldn’t be as calm as that, thank God that I’m not you.

I’m half the man that you are, you’re twice as much to me,
And that is why your Nickname is a double dose, I see.
Take the day off, Dubya, it’s President’s Day you know,
You’ve got some capable minions, and they can run the show.

We hope to hear your rhetoric, and see your boyish grin,
When that ketchup-covered “war hero” gets to take it on the chin.
So put your feet up and relax, and give the dog a pat,
When you give the word tomorrow, we will all know that’s that.



NicknamedBob . . . . . . . . . February 15, 2004

[JustAmy]

Good afternoon, Victoria. Great Graphic.

Nice to see you today. Do you have any music for a rainy Monday. (Rainy Days and Mondays?) Is that a song title?

Hope you've had a good day.

[JustAmy]

LOL ....Thursday will be here before we know it!

I'll start practicing being obnoxious. :)

[Laura Earl]

Yummy..pass me one of those lemon poppyseed muffins!

[Mama_Bear]

Yummy..pass me one of those lemon poppyseed muffins!

Preferably one that she hasn't "pawed"? LOL

[Laura Earl]

For sure!

[JustAmy]

So far, we have escaped the latest storm. The National Weather Service is issuing weather alerts every few minutes.

Southern California is being hit hard as I'm sure are some areas of the valley. Scary clouds all around.

Glad you got here, Meekie. Hope your Monday was wonderful.

[Mama_Bear]

gurgle........gurgle

That bad, huh? It's pretty bad inland too, but at least we still have our heads above water...for now.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hi Amy. Still raining cats and dogs down in LA?

How about, Come Rain or Come Shine...

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL!

[Mama_Bear]

..... if we get hail, all of our almond, apricot and peach blossoms will be on the ground.

We have been seeing warnings for hail, rain and high winds scrolling across the tv screen. Isn't this the way it so often goes? As soon as the trees start blooming a big storm comes and rips all the blossoms off. This doesn't bode well for our almond and fruit growers, or for us when we go to the grocery store.

[JustAmy]

Excellent!!

I don't remember seeing that one. It is definitely worth a rerun.

How was your weekend, NnB? Have you made it home or are you still in the library?

Hope you have a great week.

[JustAmy]

Seems like this is a repeat of every year. Is it my imagination or are the trees blooming earlier this year?

I have daffodils and ranunculas ready to bloom. Probably about 10 days; the buds are large but haven't started to open yet.

If the ground dries, I will try to get some pictures of orchards in bloom. They are so beautiful; mostly almonds now.

[JustAmy]

How about an orange poppyseed muffin?

Poppy Seed Muffins

Ingredients:
3/4 c Sugar
1/4 c Softened butter
1/2 ts Grated orange peel
2 ea Eggs
2 c All purpose flour
2 1/2 ts Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1/4 ts Ground nutmeg
1 c Milk
1/2 c Golden raisins
1/2 c Chopped pecans
5 tb Poppy seeds

Instructions:
Cream sugar, butter and orange peel. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.

Combine flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition.

Fold in raisins, nuts and poppy seeds.

Spoon batter into greased muffin tins until about 3/4 full. Bake at 400 about 20 minutes.

[JustAmy]

Wonderful ....

I hope we get the shine pretty soon.

[Victoria Delsoul]

I hope so. :-)