Amy's Place .. Poetry and Potpourri .. June 17-18-19, 2005

6-17-05 | JustAmy, St.Louie1, MamaBear, Billie

[Victoria Delsoul]

LOL! OK, I won't tell ya.

[JustAmy]

*grin*

[Victoria Delsoul]

Hope you like this song.

[Alberta's Child]

Yes, I did -- thanks!

[OESY]

The Juggler on Juggling Day!





Juggling Books





Jailed for Juggling the Books

[snugs]

HAPPY JUGGLING DAY

[The Mayor]

June 18, 2005

Creative Connections

Read:
Genesis 2:7-8,15-22

God said, "Let Us make man in Our image." —Genesis 1:26

Bible In One Year: 1 Kings 11-13

I built my first racecar for less than $15. With band-saw precision and painstaking effort, I carved a solid rectangular block of pine into an impressive aerodynamic package.

My 9-year-old son painted the finished product French blue. I polished the axles to a mirrored shine. Together we detailed the body with fiery decals and dubbed our Pinewood Derby entry "The Flaming Speeder." The look on my son's face was priceless.

No sense of accomplishment can match that of a parent who creates something with his child. It's a setting where both young and old can appreciate the joy of teamwork.

In the Bible we see God displaying delight in His creation. Genesis 1 records the crowning achievement of this divine creative process. "So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them" (v.27). Then God charged mankind with this task: "The Lord God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to tend and keep it" (2:15).

Like a father with his child, God takes joy in a partnership with us. As the perfect triune Being, He could have chosen to work alone, but He didn't. He created us in His image, and He delights in our creativity. —Dale Beaver

How blessed are the children
Who in their fathers see
The tender Father-love of God,
And find their way to Thee. —Johnson

Our heavenly Father longs to spend quality time with His children.

FOR FURTHER STUDY
Knowing God Through Genesis
God Our Father

[Billie]

I went back to the bordered background. That isn't really cheating is it? :)

LOL! Nope! Not at all!

P.S. That site has a *lot* of those double borders, too - aren't they beautiful? Lori found that one a long time ago, and I'm so glad she shared it! (I *had* to look to see if you had gotten REALLY clever and reversed the left border to put it on the right - the shadow is the giveaway!) :)

[JustAmy]

6-18-05

Graphic by MamaBear

Youth

To lay among the flowers,
To smell the fresh clean air.
To have no doubts or worries,
To live without a care.
We had that in our young days,
Before we grew up fast.
We need it more than ever,
But can’t live in the past.
So I propose a simple task,
To make us all feel great.
Get out there on the back roads,
Pull off the interstate.
Find a field and park the car,
Take off your shoes and run.
Sit beside a little stream,
Watch the clouds, it’s fun.
We can’t be kids but we can play,
And shed our cares and fears.
Thank the Lord for all you have,
Be glad for all the years.

Conspiracy Guy 4/8/4
aka DIF © 2004 - 2005

[JustAmy]

Good morning, OESY Happy Saturday.



Happy Juggling Day!

[JustAmy]

Yes, that is a really nice song, Victoria. Thank you.

I had planned to come back last night but didn't make it. I woke at 4:00 to turn off my computer. :)

No wonder my electric bill is so high. :)

[JustAmy]

Have a Happy Juggling Day!

[Diver Dave]

Got an e-mail that JustFrank might want to share with Turbin Durbin...

History of Middle Finger


Well, now......here's something I never knew before, and now that I know it,
I feel compelled to send it on to my more intelligent friends in the hope
that they, too, will feel edified. Isn't history more fun when you know
something about it?

Giving the finger before the Battle of Agincourt in 1415, the French,
anticipating victory over the English, proposed to cut off the middle finger of all
captured English soldiers. Without the middle finger it would be impossible
to draw the renowned English longbow and therefore they would be incapable of
fighting in the future.

This famous weapon was made of the native English Yew tree, and the act of
drawing the longbow was known as "plucking the yew" (or "pluck yew"). Much to
the bewilderment of the French, the English won a major upset and began
mocking the French by waving their middle fingers at the defeated French, saying,
See, we can still pluck yew! "PLUCK YEW!"

Since 'pluck yew' is rather difficult to say, the difficult consonant
cluster at the beginning has gradually hanged to a labiodental fricative 'F', and
thus the words often used in conjunction with the one-finger-salute!

It is also because of the pheasant feathers on the arrows used with the
longbow that the symbolic gesture is known as "giving the bird."

IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY! (and Dick Durbin)

And for many other appropriate occasions....
And you thought you knew

[Alamo-Girl]

Thank y'all for the precious poem and graphic!

[JustAmy]

ROGLOL ..... Thank you.

"IT IS STILL AN APPROPRIATE SALUTE TO THE FRENCH TODAY! (and Dick Durbin)"

Thank you Dave.
Yes it is a very appropriate salute to the French and also to Dick Durbin.

Still LOL.

[JustAmy]

Good morning, A-G. Thank you from our team.

Have a Happy Saturday.

[JustAmy]

Good Morning, Rus. Happy Saturday.

Thank you for the morning nourishment.
I look forward to your daily devotional.

[JustAmy]

Good afternoon, Snugs. Happy Juggling Day to you!!

Your graphic and table are so cute. I love to see what you are doing with these.

Thanks again. Have a Happy Saturday.

[JustAmy]

Happy Saturday, Friends.
Hope you are enjoying the weekend.

Happy Juggling Day!

[ValerieUSA]

Love that beautiful graphic and poem.
That's the way I like to take pictures -- get WAY off the interstate.