Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... March, 2012

3-1-2012 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie; Many Friends

[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. : )

[jaycee]

[jaycee]

Naptime! I'm so tired. Will try to get back on later!

I've enjoyed everyone's pretty spring graphics! The local
weather at noon reported 83!

[left that other site]

I WISH! LOL!
No, at present I only own 4 Guitars.
A Les Paul
A Fender Squire Strat
A Dean Acoustic -Electric
and A Martin/Goya Classical

[yorkie]

HAPPY SPRING EVERYONE!

The year's at the spring
And day's at the morn;
Morning's at seven;
The hillside's dew-pearled;
The lark's on the wing;
The snail's on the thorn;
God's in His heaven -
All's right with the world!

~Robert Browning~

[MEG33]

Happy Spring GratiTuesday To Amy's Place

Barn Swallows

I awoke to territorial fusses over a new /old Barn Swallow nest..I may have missed the
remains of an old nest behind the post but it seems new today ..There's plenty of new
mud to build one!...I love watching them swoop and soar.
Panoramic sky put me in awe of the lightning and rolling sometimes earth moving
thunder during the night.
Sandtraps on the golf course are water hazards today.
I am grateful for rain , grateful for wildflowers, grateful to be here, for family,
for FRiends and your pretty posts and poetry.

[luvie]

Happy Spring on GratiTuesday!
...even though it's cool today. :)
I'm grateful for clouds...
...ahd hopeful for rain!

[ConorMacNessa]

HAPPY TUESDAY TO AMY’S PLACE!

There is a story behind this picture:

Always known as a photographer who would take almost any chance if it meant getting the picture, Gene Smith’s good luck throughout the Pacific deserted him on May 23, 1945. While on the east coast of Okinawa photographing an essay titled "A Day in the Life of a Front Line Soldier," he was seriously wounded by a Japanese shell fragment. The missile hit him in the head cutting both cheeks, injuring his tongue and knocking out several teeth. Characteristically, he was taking pictures at the time and the fragment passed through his left hand before entering his cheek just below the eye and near the nose. His comment in the hospital later: "I forgot to duck but I got a wonderful shot of those who did... my policy of standing up when the others are down finally caught up with me."

Ernie Pyle, another great war correspondent, who was on Okinawa with Smith and was not so lucky, wrote of him, "Gene Smith is an idealist, trying to do great good with his work but it will either break him or kill him."

Smith’s war wounds cost him two painful years of hospitalization and plastic surgery. During these years he took no pictures and whether he would ever be able to return to photography was doubtful. Then one day, during his period of convalescence, Smith took a walk with his two children and even though it was still intensely painful for him to operate a camera, came back with one of the most famous photographs of all time: "A Walk to Paradise Garden." This memorable image was to serve as the final picture in the famous "Family of Man" Exhibition.

Nos genuflectitur ad non princeps sed Princeps Pacem!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[MEG33]

Lovely yellow tulips!
I loooked up rain totals for the past two days near my house in Waco...almost 7 inches! We did not get but 3 0r 4 here..
The storm was a show stopper..and a sleep stopper, too..
I recall reading that our drought would continue for more years..Here it is broken..at least for now.

Hope you get rain, LUV!

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you for your Kind Posts about my Graphic, Sweet FRiends!
I Love your 'First Day of Spring' posts!

[luvie]

Thanks, Megs! They are blooming in my garden now...though that
picture was taken last spring.

We got no more rain...the sun is now shining. :( So happy that
you and others got a substantial amount though!

[jaycee]

I love the pink graphic, yorkie. And the Browning poetry is
a favorite!

[Kitty Mittens]

Love your Barn Swallows, Dear Meg!
There used to be Some Here, but haven't Seen them the Last Few Seasons.
An Old Mud House they Built on the Porch around 2005 or 2006 has Partially Crumbled;
I Wish they would Come Back and Refurbish it; that would be Neat.

Thank you to Everyone for the Wonderful Posts!

[jaycee]

Just look at that oozing chocolate calling my name. Would love to bite into one of those at this moment with a glass
of cold milk. You should be ashamed for tempting me with something I don't have at the moment.
Remember when we all made Toll House cookies. They were the best!

Hope you've had a great day, yorkie!!

I just stuck some of those Friday's wings in the oven and they are pretty darned good!

[jaycee]

That pink rose if so gorgeous, Kitty. Hope you've had a
peaceful, pain-free day! ((((HUGS & PRAYERS))))

[jaycee]

Loves this one, teenie! Thanks!

[luvie]

You’re welcome! I’ll bet it’s looking very pretty there where you are, Kitty!

[Diver Dave]

Recieved this in an e-mail. Hope y’all enjoy it as much as I did.

http://www.youtube.com/v/6TPgJSZf5Vw?version=3&autohide=1&autoplay=1

[luvie]

Awesome and inspiring, Dave! Just shared it with FB friends, too! :)

Thank you for sharing!

[oldteen]

Wow....totally awesome!

Thanks for sharing this one, DD. Going out to my crowd! And, hopefully, to everyone elses!

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you, Dear Jaycee!
I Hope you had a Good Day, and you are in my Loving Prayers.
Please Let me Know what the Surgeon says when you see him;
With All my Heart I Pray the Upcoming Procedure will Remove All Discomfort and Pain.

(((((Many Hugs in Jesus Christ)))))