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

1-1-09 | 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
your thoughts about any of the things on the *Menu*.

Enjoy! :)











Never Forget!





Bad Penny



Amy's personal guardian ~
the ever charming, lovable, huggable,
LouieWolf




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[gardengirl]

Glad you’re back! Been somewhat awol myself. LOL Inventory/early spring cleaning at work, cause in another month the greenhouse will be cranked up and I won’t know which way to turn.

Last hurricane we had that knocked out the power, the first thing hubby hooked up to the generator was my computer. Perhaps I was just a...tad...cranky without it. Smirk

[gardengirl]

Mornin’ GB!

My two oldest kids live close—really close—and youngest is still at home. I’d hate it if they moved away. :(

HOpe your dog is ok. Wouldn’t it be great if good dogs, the ones we really love, lived as long as we do?

[gardengirl]

Wow! Wouldn’t I love to be there right now!

Sunny, but breezy and chilly today—43. I put a pot of 15 bean soup on before I left for work this am. Imagine it’s starting to smell pretty darn good by now. Gonna go home and make some cornbread, eat myself stupid and go lay on the couch. Yep, sounds like a plan to me!

Love the ladybugs! Don’t think I could sit still that long! LOL

[JustAmy]

National Static Electricity Day







Richard Nixon's Birthday







National Apricot Day





No Bake Apricot Balls

Ingredients:
1 can condensed milk
1 cup minced/chopped dry apricots
1 packet Milk Arraroot Biscuits (or similar) - crushed.
coconut - for rolling

Directions:
Mix all the ingredients together.
Make little balls and roll in coconut.




First Seeing Eye Dog Trained



The seeing eye dog that relies on a seeing eye cat
that has a seeing eye... mouse? ;^ )

[Lady Jag]

The first seeing eye dog today:

[JustAmy]

Good morning/afternoon, JOHNN. Thank you.
Hope I didn't get here too late for breakfast.
It sounds wonderful. I take my eggs scrambled. :)

Have a beautiful weekend.

[JustAmy]

Thank you for another ODB with a great message, Mayor.
We appreciate your dedication in bringing these daily lessons.

Hope you are having a great day and looking forward to a Wonderful Weekend.

[JustAmy]

Welcome Back, Jaycee. We missed you!

When I posted the Elvis links, I thought of you.

Enjoy your luncheon today and then come back to chat!

((((( Jaycee )))))

[JustAmy]

Good morning/afternoon, GeeBee.
I know it must have been tough to watch your son leave again. (((( GB ))))

Will say a prayer for your baby.
It is really rough when our pets get sick.
I think you need more than 4 hugs!
(((((((((( GeeBee ))))))))))

[JustAmy]

[Lady Jag]

Trained as a bomb-sniffing Dick, Richard Nixon sniffs a birthday present before opening:

[GodBlessUSA]

Thanks so much Mama_Bear
I appreciate the prayers and the hug :) She seems to be doing well today.
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
HUGS

[MEG33]

LOL..so true!

[GodBlessUSA]

Thanks Meg! :)
This is so lovely! One of my favorite colors.
HUGS

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi (((Luvw))) :)

[JustAmy]

LOL ... Love your sleepy feet.
Happy Foot Day.

Have a great weekend.

[GodBlessUSA]

((((Lady Jag)))) How Pretty. Thanks! More snow coming. I always use the snowy day as an excuse to not do much of anything. ;) So it's not too bad happening on a Sat. to Sunday. LOL

[lonestar]

APRICOT BREAD

This is my friend's recipe---it's really good!

3 cups flour

2 t. soda

2 cups water

1 lb. diced apricots 2 cups sugar

3/4 cups wesson oil

1 t. cinnamon

1 t. salt

2 eggs, beaten

1 cup coarsley chopped pecans

Combine water, apricots, cinnamon, sugar & oil

boil 5 mins and let cool. Add flour, soda, and salt into cooled mixture.

Add eggs & pecaqns. Mix and pour into 2 5x9 loaf pans, greased and floured.

Bake 350 for one hour.

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Afternoon Gardengirl :)
That is great they live close to you. My son is too far away, right now. We had a great time when he visited. I hope when my daughter gets older, she stays close.

Thanks so much. She is happy today. :)

Have a great weekend!!

[MEG33]

I have the bone with meat from the Christmas Smithfield ham in the freezer..I don't make soup..though I like it..and any suggestions for a good soup recipe would be welcome.
I could freeze it in portions and have some good winter suppers, I know.