~The Dragon Flies' Lair~Thread XIX~

March 24, 2005 | ~bentfeather ~ Poets of The Lair~

[Soaring Feather]

Good evening, HopeandGlory.

Awww empty nest.


Lovely Haiku and adorable graphic.


Thank you.

[HopeandGlory]

Thank you so much for recommending "Settlers Crossing" as a place to stay in Fredericksburg, Texas. It is a "First Class Inn," as are the owners, David and Judy Bland. David and Judy are personal aquaintances of Hubby and I.

Anyone wishing to know more about Settlers Crossing can access them here

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening Ms. Feather.

Van Morrison & The Chieftans~Irish Heartbeat

[HopeandGlory]

You're very welcome Miss Feather . . . I'm so happy to be back . . . since I can't walk and chew gum at the same time, no poetry for a month . . . :-( . . . Little Miss Hope has a short attention span and Sissy took up all of the attention that I have . . . LOL!!!

[Texas Songwriter]

Ms. Bentfeather,
Well, the BBQ is done, the concert is over, and my brother and sister have gone back home. We had a great weekend. My daughter played the concert wonderfully, and I am very proud of her.
When I was a little boy, 3rd grade or so, when I was sick and had to stay home from school, I played Frankey Lane over and over and over...North to Alaska,I'm going north, the rush is on. I also wore out Fats Domino....On Blueberry Hill. I would sit on the sofa and rock (I come from a long line of rockers) and sit all day and play and sing those guys songs.
The reason I brought up Franky Lane and Fats Domino is because I missed your thread yesterday and saw where someone was talking about Frankie Lane. These days he would be called Freaky Lane I suppose.
Had some cows get on my neighbors property and had to go round them up and haul them home today. So I did and got luck and trapped a bunch of cattle I had not yet vaccinated and wormed. So that is what I did this afternoon. It was cool enough, so it was nice.
Hope you are feeling well and all of your afflictions and pains are quiet for now.
Oh, yea. I wanted to tell you about our flowers. I have about 300 amaryllis bulbs and this year they were spectacular. Our roses are also. We have a bottlebrush plant which has shown itself this year. (That species hales from Australia). The azalias were somewhat disappointing this year. I am also disappointed in our irises. They have come up well, but have not yet put up a spike. Our neighbors are very nice. Our daylilies are putting up scapes prodigiously. They get better every year. They like cow manure and I am full of it.
Talk to you soon.
Jeff

[Texas Songwriter]

Have you stayed at Settlers Crossing? I thought I read that the owners have it up for sale.

[Soaring Feather]

Good evening, ms marlowe!

Oh how I love Van Morrison and especially this album, I have it. Our President and First Lady are very fond of Van, too.


Thank You so much.

[Soaring Feather]

Good evening, Texas SongWriter.


You certainly had a busy and joyful weekend. So glad daughter's concert went well.


I am the Frankie Lanie lover. Since I was a young lady.


Oh my, the flowers on your ranch song so lovely. And the cattle, wow your ranch must be huge!

I live in the city so my little flower garden is little, but I love it. Right now when I walk out back I am greeted by a large area of Johnny Jump Up. Little tiny pansies. Of course, when the lawn gets mowed down they will go.


I had a very quiet day watching old movies. Betty Davis, in the Three Little Foxes. Such acting. It was great.



Thanks for stopping in and reading the thread.

I am well.

[HopeandGlory]

Yes, I have stayed at Settlers Crossing and the owners did have it up for sale, but the last time Hubby talked to them they had taken it off the market. Would you like to buy it? They were only asking $3.2 mil. . . . LOL!!!

[Soaring Feather]

ms feather and her Mother.

[Texas Songwriter]

My wife and I talked about trying to buy it, but it is a little pricy for us. We stayed at Settlers Inn, on or obout April 1, 1999. We go out there to see the wild flowers and hill. We love Fredricksburg. Perhaps Ms. Bentfeather will post a song I wrote about that trip called "That Sweet Bluebonnet Day" if you ask her. When we came home from the trip I asked the girls if they would like me to write a song about our trip and they said yes. So I did. I would post it, but I don' know how.
Anyway, we stayed at the largest of the houses out at Settlers Inn. My daughters, especially my oldest, was very involved in reading "Anne of Green Gables", and she felt like she was Anne when we were out there. They had a small herd of sheep on the property and lots of deer. We thoroughly enjoyed that trip. Your friends have a nice operation going on. I hope we will someday next spring, go there and stay a few days. It was very relaxing. Close, but seemed remote.

[laurenmarlowe]

How lovely Ms. Feather!

[Soaring Feather]

Thank You. My mom was a beautiful lady.

[Soaring Feather]

~Texas Song Writer's~That Sweet Blue Bonnet Day~
Thank You, Texas Song Writer,
for sharing your music with the Lair.
Uncle Shag, thanks for bailing ms. feather out.

[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you all. Your song speaks to my Texas heart, Texas Song Writer.

[Soaring Feather]

Good morning everyone.

[SAMWolf]

Good Morning Everybody.

You Know The Drill
Click the pics

Coffee & Donuts

[SAMWolf]

Hedgehogs



Snubby nose,
Grubby toes,
Spiny prickles
Full of tickles.
Snuffling round,
The leafy ground,
Hedgie urchin
Goes a-searchin'

Anonymous

[Colonel_Flagg]

Good morning, Lair! Vacation feels wonderful! Happy Monday to everyone!

The Unlucky Apple
by Paul Laurence Dunbar

'Twas the apple that in Eden
Caused our father's primal fall;
And the Trojan War, remember --
'Twas an apple caused it all.
So for weeks I've hesitated,
You can guess the reason why,
For I want to tell my darling
She's the apple of my eye.

[SAMWolf]

What's a vacation? ;-)

ENJOY!!