Amy's Place ... Poetry and Potpourri ... March, 2009

3-1-09 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[MEG33]

Thank you for sharing this..and for reminding me to post holidays..Welcome Home, Johnn and thank you for serving our country.

[MEG33]

I love this graphic..I have some more of that area..but none quite as gorgeous.

[jaycee]

“Today we throw the dice and see what fate brings us
Today we venture forth and dare to try, even in our fear
Today we’ll be tested, and we will win for we’ve tried
and we will take tomorrow as God gives it to us”

Johnn, the above is so good and meaningful to each of us in our daily lives!

[MEG33]

Thank you ..It is my pleasure, Johnn!

[jaycee]

One of the prettiest pictures ever, isn’t it?
Thank you, yorkie!

[yorkie]

Yes - it is a beautiful picture - and I know it has been posted before.

I need to remind myself sometimes, to Stop and Smell the Flowers.

[MEG33]

That is priceless..adorable!

[pollywog]

I love that photo.
It is one of my husband’s dreams to have a small plane fly over our foothills here in Eagle Rock and seed the entire area with wildflowers! Our hills are green in the spring and brown in the summer!

Polly

[yorkie]

Polly, thank you.

Did you fix the apple fritters today, gurl?

[MEG33]

It's time for lunch. I'll be back..

[Lady Jag]

COCA KOLA CONTAINED COCAINE COCA COLA DID NOT

After fighting for the confederacy during the civil war, John Pemberton moved to Atlanta, Georgia where he specialized in the mixing and vending of various patent medicines. The pharmacist claimed that one of his recipes, a Bordeaux laced with caffeine (from the seed of an African kola tree) and cocaine, would cure sluggishness, nervous disorders, headaches, internal plumbing, and improve sexual performance.  Not surprisingly, French Wine of Coca, was his best seller.

In November 1885, Atlanta voted to become a dry city.  Experimenting in a three-legged brass kettle in his back yard, Pemberton's various non-wine coca kola concoctions proved bitter tasting.  He added sugar, vanilla, caramel, orange, lemon, nutmeg, lime juice, cinnamon and coriander oil.  Finally, Pemberton arrived at a caramel colored syrup he merchandised by hauling in a jug to a local pharmacy called Jacob's, where it was sold at the soda fountain as a "Delicious and Refreshing" drink for five cents a glass. That same year, the world's most famous trademark-white Spencerian Coca-Cola handwriting on a red background-was introduced by a printing innovator Frank Robinson, who contracted for an interest in the company and was instrumental in launching it.  In 1886, sales of Coca-Cola averaged nine drinks per day. Unfortunately, Pemberton proved to be his own best customer.  A drug addict, he began selling interest in the floundering business (including Robinson's) and died in 1888.

Shortly thereafter, Atlanta entrepreneur, Asa Candler, at the urging of hoodwinked Robinson, purchased sole proprietorship rights to Coca-Cola for $2,300.  He removed cocaine from the recipe in 1903.  With innovative bottling systems in place and merchandising genius Frank Robinson rehired, Candler expanded consumption of Coca-Cola to every part of the nation within four years.

[pollywog]

Just wanted to share a photo of my dear dad and wish him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY in HEAVEN! ...okay...so it doesn't matter to him there now! But it sure nuf does to me here! *wink* Loved this man! Never was there a better father anywhere.

[pollywog]

Not yet yorkie. I realized I didn't have any apples! lol..I am going to fix them soon though!

Did you fix the apple fritters today, gurl?

[aruanan]

He added sugar, vanilla, caramel, orange, lemon, nutmeg, lime juice, cinnamon and coriander oil.

Coriander, huh? So that's it! I wonder how they screwed with the formula to get New Coke. More sugar, less carbonization, those two, at least.

[jaycee]

Meg, this is one I made up a couple of months ago from some of the commands that Billie had on that 'teaching thread' a few years ago. I think I took one of the wine satin looking commands and framed something with just the one! Don't know if I ever posted it or not....! Hope this comes through okay!!

[yorkie]

Here is a wonderful link with incredible pictures of So. CA wild flowers, you might find interesting:

http://www.desertusa.com/wildflo/ca.html

[Kitty Mittens]

Thank you, Dear Polly! I've been Catching Up on the Thread while Eating Lunch and just Read about your Sister's Husband; I'm So Sorry! My Prayers are with your Sister, and with you and your Entire Family.

[ConorMacNessa]

Came through great, Jaycee - wonderful graphic!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Lady Jag]

Have a wonderful Sunday!

[pollywog]

I've been Catching Up on the Thread while Eating Lunch

Kitty Mittens, I do the same....It is a very active place, this " Amy's hangout"!!! LOL