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

JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[JustAmy]

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and those who enjoy poetry.
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Never Forget!





Bad Penny



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




Many thanks for stopping by. : )

[Mama_Bear]

Oh, I am so sorry to hear of your mother's passing. I can sympathize with your loss because I lost my mother-in-law on June 13th, she was 91. We were with her here at home when she passed.

It's so very hard losing our parents. Even when we know it is coming, it's impossible to be prepared. My heart goes out to you.

[tiapam]

Know that you took good care of her, Lonestar! Of course you'll miss her!
God Bless You! Love, Tiapammie

[Mama_Bear]

That is the most gorgeous blue on those birds!

[DollyCali]

I am so sorry about the loss of your mom . Such a difficult thing.

Now I need to go into the other room & be nicer to my mom..

{{{ lonestar }}}

[jaycee]

I thank all of you so much! You’re too nice!! (but I loved it anyway.)

[jaycee]

Thank you, Lori! In case you didn’t see my post to everyone, I got a new monitor! Mine was awful and I had quit framing altogether, except a little black border! I can’t believe how colorful all the posts were on Amy’s Place.

[Mama_Bear]

Ah, yes, a new monitor will make all the difference!

[jaycee]

Well, it looks like I must run and get some candy....I’m having one of those ‘spells’.....LOL!

[jaycee]

I thought so, too, Lori! Thank you! I have seen parakeets that color!

[yorkie]

Lonestar, my sincere, heart-felt condolences are offered,
At the loss of your dear mother.

It is my true belief that
She is now in full, perfect health,
And in the encompassing arms of our Lord in Heaven.

[Kitty Mittens]

[The Mayor]

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The Price Of Involvement

July 10, 2010

While making his landmark documentary about World War II, filmmaker Ken Burns and his colleagues watched thousands of hours of military footage. Scenes of the devastating Battle of Peleliu often invaded their dreams at night. Burns told Sacramento Bee reporter Rick Kushman, “You’re listening to the ghosts and echoes from an almost inexpressible past. If you do that, you put yourself into the emotional maelstrom.”

There’s a price to becoming involved in the struggles of others, whether artistically or spiritually. Paul experienced this in his work of sharing the gospel: “Apart from such external things, there is the daily pressure on me of concern for all the churches. Who is weak without my being weak? Who is led into sin without my intense concern?” (2 Cor. 11:28-29 NASB).

Oswald Chambers said we enter this spiritual struggle as we “deliberately identify ourselves with God’s interests in other people” and “find to our amazement that we have power to keep wonderfully poised in the center of it all.”

Paul realized that God’s strength is made perfect in our weakness (2 Cor. 12:9). Jesus paid the greatest price to be involved in our world, and He strengthens us as we share His love with others.

Though weak, you still can serve today
And follow Christ’s command;
Behind the lines or in the fray
In Jesus’ strength you stand. —Hess

If we obey God’s calling, He will provide the needed strength.

Read: 2 Cor. 11:22-33

. . . besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep concern for all the churches. —2 Corinthians 11:28

Bible in a year:
Job 41–42 & Acts 16:22-40

[jaycee]

~Happy Caturday FRiends~

[yorkie]

What a sweet kitten with yarn, JC!

WOO HOOOOOOO! CATURDAY!

[luvie]

Happy Caturday...zzzzzzzz......

[jaycee]

How cute!

[jaycee]

Me too, Luv! We never get tired of our kitties, do we?

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY CATURDAY TO AMY’S PLACE!

The Old Gumbie Cat

I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;
Her coat is of the tabby kind, with tiger stripes and leopard spots.
All day she sits upon the stair or on the steps or on the mat:
She sits and sits and sits and sits - and that's what makes a Gumbie Cat!

But when the day's hustle and bustle is done,
Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun.
And when all the family's in bed and asleep,
She slips down the stairs to the basement to creep.
She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice -
Their behaviour's not good and their manners not nice;
So when she has got them lined up on the matting,
She teaches them music, crocheting and tatting.

I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;
Her equal would be hard to find, she likes the warm and sunny spots.
All day she sits beside the hearth or in the sun or on my hat:
She sits and sits and sits and sits - and that's what makes a Gumbie Cat!

But when the day's hustle and bustle is done,
Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun.
As she finds that the mice will not ever keep quiet,
She is sure ist is due to irregular diet
And believing that nothing is done without trying,
She sets straight to work with her baking and frying.
She makes them a mouse-cake of bread and dried peas,
And a beautiful fry of lean bacon and cheese.

I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots;
The curtain-cord she likes to wind, and tie it into sailor-knots.
She sits upon the window-sill, or anything that's smooth and flat:
She sits and sits and sits and sits - and that's what makes a Gumbie Cat!

But when the day's hustle and bustle is done,
Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun.
She thinks that the cockroaches just need employment,
So she's formed, from that lot of disorderly louts,
A troop of well-disciplined helpful boy-scouts,
With a purpose in life and a good deed to do -
And she's even created a Beetles' Tattoo.

So for Old Gumbie Cats let us now give three cheers -
On whom well-ordered households depend, it appears.



a poem by T S Eliot

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[luvie]

No, we don’t! I reeeeeallly want a real one!

[left that other site]

It's Caturday!

Old Cat Proverb:
Revenge is a Dish
That Is Best Served Up COLD.

Good Morning, and Happy Caturday, Everybody!

Love,
ML/LTOS