Poetry and Potpourri .... October 8-9, 2003

10-8-2003 | JustAmy, St.Louie1 and Mama_Bear

[Darksheare]

Both.
*chuckle*

[JustAmy]

"I'd like to see more of your work."

So would I, Darks.

[JustAmy]

Good Morning, Billie!

I love that graphic. The little girl is so cute and the dog looks so content. Our shepherd stands at the french doors and watches for the niece to arrive each morning. It makes no difference if Marissa uses her food dish to make mud pies, Millie still adores her.

[Darksheare]

FReepmail.

[Flyer]

Jeepers, y'all have me all figured out. Just toss out a picture of a Golden and I come runnin'

Yep.

[Pippin]

thanks, Got it!

Now you have mail! :O)

[Darksheare]

Welcome.
Got it and answered.

[deadhead]

Wishing you all a lovely day.

[JustAmy]

Wishing a lovely day back to you. I really like that picture. So simple but it sure looks like fall.

I will be gone for awhile but will be back later.

[Billie]

I missed your 'birthday party' last night at the Finest, Colleen. :(

I hope that you are feeling better today, too. A belated Happy Birthday to you - you're such a special FReeper and FRiend.

[Billie]

Who could NOT love a face like that!!!

[Billie]

Yikes! Don't get on HER bad side! Neat poem though, Dark!

[Darksheare]

Thanks.
The person in my sketch doesn't really exist.
Thankfully.
];-)

[Billie]

The person in my sketch doesn't really exist.

I didn't know you were an artist as well as a poet. :) Nice job!

[Darksheare]

Thanks.
My dearest sis, whom I conned into coming into FR, took revenge by having me admit some of my meager talent.
(I have a habit of not revealing my talents. Long boring story.)

*chuckle*

[deadhead]

Thank You so much Billie! Such a pretty graphic :-)

"you're such a special FReeper and FRiend."

And the same from me to you.

[SpookBrat]

I am having a WONDERFUL day! I saved $133.00 in coupons today. Yes! That's right! I RULE!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Evening friends.

click on the graphic

[Victoria Delsoul]

Post #138 is for you too, Spooky!

[Jen]

Hi Friends! My muse hasn't visited in awhile, so I don't have any poetry to share. How about some science trivia? Nice to see everyone!

Jen

PS - Spookie, This Science Made Simple site (link at bottom) has some cool stuff you might use for homeschooling.

Why do leaves change color in the Fall?

We all enjoy the beautiful show of colors as leaves change each autumn. Did you ever wonder how and why this happens. To answer that question, we first have to understand what leaves are and what they do.

Leaves are nature's food factories. Plants take water from the ground through their roots. They take a gas called carbon dioxide from the air. Plants use sunlight to turn water and carbon dioxide into glucose. Glucose is a kind of sugar. Plants use glucose as food for energy and as a building block for growing. The way plants turn water and carbon dioxide into sugar is called photosynthesis. That means "putting together with light." A chemical called chlorophyll helps make photosynthesis happen. Chlorophyll is what gives plants their green color.

As summer ends and autumn comes, the days get shorter and shorter. This is how the trees "know" to begin getting ready for winter.

During winter, there is not enough light or water for photosynthesis. The trees will rest, and live off the food they stored during the summer. They begin to shut down their food-making factories. The green chlorophyll disappears from the leaves. As the bright green fades away, we begin to see yellow and orange colors. Small amounts of these colors have been in the leaves all along. We just can't see them in the summer, because they are covered up by the green chlorophyll.

The bright reds and purples we see in leaves are made mostly in the fall. In some trees, like maples, glucose is trapped in the leaves after photosynthesis stops. Sunlight and the cool nights of autumn turn this glucose into a red color. The brown color of trees like oaks is made from wastes left in the leaves.

It is the combination of all these things that make the beautiful colors we enjoy in the fall.

Science Made Simple