A Few of FR's Finest....Every Day....11-14,15-07....Oklahoma ~ "The Sooner State" Turns 100!

Aquamarine; Billie

[Aquamarine]

So glad you stopped by Timydnuc. You sound like a true Texan, lol.

Saw your thread on the Veterans the other day, it was awesome.

[Billie]

I think both the elementary school AND the park we pictured are in Will Rogers' hometown of Claremore, OK, dita.

Yes, Jim Thorpe is also from OK - and a BUNCH more! LOL These were in the full list where I found the singers & actors I grouped together :)

Johnny Bench baseball player, Oklahoma City
John Berryman poet, MacAlester
Garth Brooks singer, Tulsa
Jeremy Castle singer, Blanchard
Iron Eyes Cody Cherokee actor
Gordon Cooper astronaut, Shawnee
Ralph Ellison writer, Oklahoma City
James Garner actor, Norman
Owen K. Garriott astronaut, Enid
Vince Gill singer, Norman
Chester Gould cartoonist, Pawnee
Woodrow Wilson Woody Guthrie singer, composer, Okemah
Ike,Taylor, Zac Hanson music, Tulsa
Roy Harris composer, Lincoln Cty
Paul Harvey broadcaster, Tulsa
Van Heflin actor, Walters
Tony Hillerman author, Sacred Heart
Ron Howard actor, director, Duncan
Karl Guthe Jansky engineer, Norman
Ben Johnson actor, Pawhuska
Jennifer Jones actress, Tulsa
Jeane Kirkpatrick diplomat, Duncan
Shannon Lucid astronaut, Bethany
Mickey Charles Mantle baseball player, Spavinaw
Reba McEntire singer, McAlester
Shannon Miller Olympic gymnast, Edmond
Bill Moyers journalist, Hugo
Daniel Patrick Moynihan N.Y. senator, Tulsa
Patti Page singer, Clarence
Brad Pitt actor Shawnee
Tony Randall actor, Tulsa
Oral Roberts evangelist, Ada
Dale Robertson actor, Oklahoma City
Will Rogers humorist, Oologah
Dan Rowan comedian, Beggs
Robert Stemmons whistler, Tulsa
Maria Tallchief ballerina, Fairfax
James Francis Jim Thorpe athlete, Prague
Jeanne Tripplehorn actress, Tulsa
Ted Shackleford actor, Tulsa
Wilma Mankiller Cherokee chief, Tahlequah

[Mama_Bear]

Well, I didn't think Cheetah Girl should win in the end, but she was doing so much better than some of the others that it was just a shock when she was voted off. I think she was just a little too chunky to be as graceful as a dance contest winner needs to be. Of course, it takes more than being graceful to win too....otherwise, Jane Seymour would still be a contestant.

I sure have to give Marie credit for doing as well as she has. She is so much fun to watch and you are right, there was no way she was going to be voted off after passing out and having her father die.

Helio has my vote to win. :-)

[La Enchiladita]

Sooner born & Sooner bred & when I die I’m Sooner dead!:)

No way, Connie, are you?!! :) Here's one from the OK wildflowers pages that Meg linked..,

Rose of Sharon

There was wild hibiscus (mallow) growing next to my aunt and uncle's pond, but I recall the color being more like maroon... very beautiful, I think even moreso than our tropical hibiscus, which blooms shocking pink outside my front window.

[Billie]

Of course, it takes more than being graceful to win too....otherwise, Jane Seymour would still be a contestant.

True, but Jane couldn't do the Latin or 'fast' dances well - she was beautiful and fluid with the waltz and foxtrot, and Sabrina could nail the Latin dances but just didn't make the 'pretty' dances work. Mel B can do both. I "want" Jenny Garth to wow all 3 judges at least one time though.

[La Enchiladita]

Thanks for pinging me to this beautiful poem, JustAmy.

[Billie]

Gaaaah! That Rose of Sharon is BEAUTIFUL!

[Mama_Bear]

I "want" Jenny Garth to wow all 3 judges at least one time though.

Actually, she's the one I would like to see go next. Maybe it's her lack of confidence that just leaves me a bit cold, I don't know. Now, it's your turn to stick your tongue out at me. LOL ;-)

[Billie]

LOL!

[AZamericonnie]

Actually I'm an AZ native but my family moved there when I was two & I spent the next 25 years there.

My sonboy IS a Sooner born, corn fed Okie tho.:)

A wonderful place to grow up. Salt of the earth people & I will always love the state.

Oklahoma scrub oaks....

[Aquamarine]

Another view of "End of The Trail"

[Aquamarine]

A wonderful place to grow up. Salt of the earth people & I will always love the state.

I know, it's got my heart too.

[Billie]

I just love this piece, but it’s also so sad. :(

[Aquamarine]

This piece is both beautiful and agonizing to look at. The irony for me is that I once lived 1 mile from where the Trail of Tears went through here in Georgia and know some of the offspring of those that did escape going on the Trail. Having experienced living on both ends of the Trail - at a much younger age I went to school with some of the Cherokee Indians offspring that had been displaced to Oklahoma.

[william clark]

Oops, how could I forget

[Aquamarine]

Is he still on the Tulsa fairgrounds?

[william clark]

Well, I’ve lived in Southern Cal for the last 20 years, but last I knew he was still there. I think I’ve done at least one drive-by within the last five years while visiting and saw him.

[La Enchiladita]

Thank you both for all the work and love you put into this thread, this thing of beauty, a tribute to O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A....Oklahoma!!!

[La Enchiladita]

Well, I’d say those were your formative years, Connie.
That looks a lot like the wild part of my aunt and uncle’s land. The trees had a little crick running nearby.

[GodBlessUSA]

Hi Dita
I love Rose of Sharon. It blooms here in August.
Your other picture of Gaillardia aka Indian Blanket, is very pretty flower too!.