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

June 30, 2009 | JustAmy; St.Louie1; MamaBear; Billie

[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. : )

[JustAmy]

OH MY .... still raining. Isn’t that depressing?

It is 82 degrees at 10:30. It is too D... Hot.

We are going to the movies before swim lessons. It should be nice and cool .... when we come out the heat will probably kill me.

I was almost sick when we got home yesterday. Too many hours in that awful heat. Shade didn’t help much. We were at the pool for 2+ hours and then went to a park for a picnic. We were there for another hour and a half. Today we are going to Burger King after swimming. I’m looking for cool places to spend most of the day.

Hope you are having a Wonderful Wednesday.

[JustAmy]

Happy July, Billie.
Thank you for this adorable July Opener.
Also, thank you for the Pledge Graphic that I used today.
Thank you for all you do for Amy's Place.

Have a Wonderful Warm Fuzzy Wednesday.

[JustAmy]

Thanks for the update, Yorkie.

Hugs to your son and daughter and prayers for their father.

Hugs to you also as he was an important part of your life.

[JustAmy]

Hi everyone.
I'm leaving for the day.
I will see you this evening.

Wishing everyone a Warm (not hot) Fuzzy Wednesday.

Coffee, iced tea, cookies and chips on the table.
Help yourselves.

Have a Fun Day.

[Lady Jag]

No one’s seen it this bad in over 100 years. Not only is it messing with people’s heads but it’s doing a job on the economy in many ways.

T-storms rolling in so I’ll log off and run sopping wet cold errands.

[Billie]

I like that Pledge. :)

Hi, Dave! Thanks! I'm glad you chose that one, Amy - it works great to kick off July - with Independence Day right around the corner!

[Billie]

What a charming poem and graphic, Billie and Amy Wishing you all a beautiful summer day.

Thank you, Meg. YOUR graphic reminds me of summer camp when I was a kid; since we've never lived near water it was always such a treat going to camp, or going to the lake on vacation. :)

[Billie]

Thanks for ODB, Rus. I am ‘listening’ to your YouTube on Glenn Beck’s show last week (rather, I am letting it load fully, and THEN I will click replay and listen. I know you did great- everybody said so!)

[Billie]

That ol guy looks hard to strike out.

:)

Foolish men have tried - that ol guy WON'T be struck out. :)

[Billie]

That is DARLING, jaycee! Hope you're not feeling too stiff and sore today.

You have mail when you have time to read it. :)

[Billie]

Love it! With all that is going on, I have been in no mood to go on the Internet.

Thank you, Jane. And thank you, Amy, for letting me keep my creative juices from drying up - love putting stuff together, as you well know. :)

Jane, this is just such a nice place to forget what's going on out there for a while and enjoy good company and fun posts. Glad to see you back again.

[Billie]

Hey, Maj - I saw you catching up on June posts. :) Thank you for all your sweet comments.

[Billie]

Well, HELLO, Sistah D! It is always so wonderful to see you drop in unexpectedly! Giz is incredible - I can’t believe his little back legs have improved so much at his age. I keep thinking any day when you give us an update on that little sweetheart, it’s going to be to say he’s up there romping with Rusty and Codee and Fred....and Dutchess. It sounds like he still rules at your house. :)

[Billie]

Such a sweet picture and cutesy little poem this morning. Sure do wish I felt sweet and cutesy! Been on phone with all sorts of insurance people and that is what absolutely drives me crazy! Sometimes I feel like my whole body is shaking. It will get better, I hope. I may not be on much today as I have to take care of several things. See ya’ll when I can!

Thank you, sweet friend. I wish you felt sweet and cutesy, too, 'cause you are! Take care of YOU!

[Billie]

Good afternoon, litehaus. I don't know where the picture was taken, but perhaps it could be the Crooked Creek you mentioned near Salem, Mo.

At any rate, it's nice to have you here today and interesting to hear the location looks familiar.

Welcome to Amy's Place! Hope you come back again.

[Billie]

Happy July, Billie. 
Thank you for this adorable July Opener. 
Also, thank you for the Pledge Graphic that I used today. 
Thank you for all you do for Amy's Place. 

Thanks so much, Amy. You just never miss being the perfect host. :) Love the periwinkle colors of that hibuscus and the frame around it.

[dutchess]

Hi Billie. Glad I caught you here. Giz is amazing...and I was wrong, he's only 14, not 17 so who knows.... He DEFINATELY does rule the house though. He's like a stubborn little old man :o) Haven't posted a picture in forever. Maybe I'll get updated ones to post this weekend.

Hope all is well with you. ((((hugs)))))

[Billie]

Oh my gosh! I can't believe YOU are here right now! And right, 14 isn't quite so old for Giz as 17!!

I'm going to send you a long email - I've just become a kitty mama, which is something never in a million years anyone would have bet would happen. :)

We're doing great - way too hot here! Please don't stay away!

[dutchess]

Just read and freepmailed back! Now I know why I’ve been staying away...this place it downright addictive! Need to get back to work! (((HUGS)))

[TheConservativeParty]

***PRAYER REQUEST***

Hi all, I have an Aunt who has been ill since about Mother’s Day. She has been having what she believes is allergy related symptoms that have gone out of control. They are having more rain than normal in Colorado Springs where she lives, and there is more pollen etc in the air than other years. Her regular Doc has not been able to help her. She has now seen an ENT specialist who ordered and gave her a CAT scan, and just today, an MRI. My aunt is not one to complain and has been healthy as a horse most of her life. She has been a widow for nearly 7 years. My uncle died unexpectedly at the young age of 63. She has gotten through that loss, through her strong Christian faith. This illness she is suffering has her rattled, and she is not one who is rattled by much at all. I just phoned her a while ago and I promised to keep praying for her.

I ask you my Freeper Prayer Warriors, to join me in prayer, that my Aunt Mickey will be protected by Jesus and that The Lord will guide her doctors to the source of the problems she is having. She is so ill, she has been staying at the homes of her 2 sons and their families, since she is too ill to be alone at home. She gets horribly dizzy and feels off. The primary doc says it probably involves the inner ear.

The ENT specialist was just seen for the first time on Monday for the CAT scan, today was the MRI. She will not know the results of the MIR until she sees the ENT July 10th, a long time to wait if you ask me.

She is in her late 60’s and a go-getter. She still paints her own house,does all the yard and housework and helps with her 9 grandchildren. She was until not long ago, so strong and vital. Now I hear real fear in her voice. And if she is scared, that makes me know she needs all the help she can get. Add your prayers to mine please and send them to Jesus on her behalf. Thank you in advance for your kindness. Peace.

[dutchess]

Will you be able to make the Tea Party and the Freeper Banquet in DC? It would be great to see you again.

I would absolutely LOVE to but that's the beginning of my big campaign season so not sure I will be able to fit it in. BUT, the way things are going under Bambi....I may just have too!!!!

Thanks for keeping this great site going and (((hugs))) to you and Miss Prissy!!!

[Jane Austen]

I agree!

I read two Tasha Tudor books to a three year old girl. One was "1 Is One" with her charming drawings and lines such as "1 is a one duckling swimming in a dish. 2 is two sisters making a wish." The other one was "Annabelle, Grandmother's doll." She loved them, and wanted them read again.

[jaycee]

That is a really beautiful graphic and frame, Amy!

[Jack Deth]

For All The Cat~People Of Amy's Place


Dexter Dance




Not every single week, but when we have the chance
My Pretty One and I play a game she calls 'The Dexter Dance'
A special occasion for those times when I've been very good
That in my opinion should happen more often than it could

If not for those times when she comes home with bags dripping from her arms
Full of smaller bags and odd shaped boxes hiding treasured delights
That My Pretty One tries to quickly make safe and secure and out of sight
For these Pretty Things have special value, which I can understand
Yet, it is the forgotten soft and noisy paper that fits into my plans

For tackling and tumbling and rolling and slashing to my heart's content
While My Pretty One sleeps the night away and I'm in my element
Making slick and crinkly piles from wide thin and shiny sheets
That offer next to no traction for my silky hands and feet
When coming in for a four point landing after a dashing leap

Which usually ends in a crashing interruption to My Pretty One's sleep
And a late night scowl quickly informing me that I'm in trouble deep
Knowing that our next 'Dexter Dance' will suffer another slight delay
Until I can better inform My Pretty One of a Kitten's definition of 'Play'



Jack Deth ~ 07/01/09.

[Jack Deth]

For All The Cat~People Of Amy's Place


Nature's Art





This clear wet stuff that's called "Rain" is rather strange, yet entertaining
Requiring lots of attention given to its brief time remaining
Since it seems to arrive unannounced and without any rhyme or reason
Falling gently or in great torrents depending on the season

While I'm watching warm and dry from my favorite perch, the Window Sill
As the wet drops touch the clear Window and seem to slowly spill
In lines that are quite irregular and very rarely straight

Unless one drop hits another and both then fall at a much faster rate
Which is quite intriguing and sometimes requires a different point of view
While the big plump drops hang by themselves creating something new

Sunlight slowly returns and everything Outside seems to shimmer
The big plump drops stretch the light to make the Window glimmer
Dividing my attention as the flowers Outside open up and appear to rise
I might need a nap to help digest what's been happening before my eyes



Jack Deth ~ 07/01/09.

[jaycee]

~~Goodnight FRiends~~

[yorkie]

Sweet Dreams, Jaycee.......

[yorkie]

Oh, Conservvative Party, my heart goes out to your Aunt - and I hope the doctors can discover and successfully treat the cause. Prayers for your Aunt, and for you and her large, extended family. Please tell her she has extra prayers tonight.

And, if possible, remind her of Ps.46:10; “Be still and know that I am God.” He will calm her spirit, dear friend.

[Kitty Mittens]

Amy and Billie, your Opening Post is Adorable, and Yorkie and Jaycee, I Love your Cute Goodnight Graphics! Jack Deth and Lady Jag, the Kitty Poems and Pic are Wonderful.

TheConservativeParty, your Aunt will be in my Prayers.

Goodnight, Dear FRiends, and God Bless.

[yorkie]

Kitty Mittens, thank you!
I hope your sleep tonight
Will be as peaceful as this kitten!

[Marechal]

A poem:

Oh, she was an acrobat’s daughter;
she swung by her teeth from a noose.
But, in one matinee,
her bridgework gave way,
and she flew through the air like a goose.

Fin.

[jaycee]

Conservative Party, I didn’t read your post until this morning. I wasn’t on the thread much at all yesterday. But I did read about your ‘special Aunt’ this morning. What a wonderful lady she must be. I will certainly keep her in my prayers for healing and I hope you will keep us updated on her condition. God Bless her and God Bless you for being so kind to your Aunt.

[jaycee]

Yorkie and Kitty, Both your kitty graphics were so sweet. I cut my computer off early (as soon as I posted my Kitty Goodnight) so I just saw your posts.

And Jack, I always enjoy your kitty pictures and your poetry so much and thank you for them. We appreciate your talent!

[jaycee]

Cute, cute!

[The Mayor]

Freep mail me to be on or off the Daily Bread ping list

July 2, 2009

The Choice

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READ: Genesis 2:16-17; 3:1-8

Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat. —Genesis 2:16-17

I watched as a young mother tried to get her 2-year-old child to make a choice. “You can have fish or chicken,” she told him. She limited his choice to just two because he was too young to understand beyond that. Choice often allows a wider variety of options, and it also must allow the person to reject the choices.

Adam and Eve were in the best possible environment. God had given them freedom to eat of all the trees in Eden. He drew the boundary lines around only one tree! They had a choice, and it should have been a no-brainer to choose wisely. But their choice was tragic.

Some blame God for what they see as His restrictions. They may even accuse Him of trying to control their lives. But God gives us a choice, just as He did Adam and Eve.

Yes, God draws boundary lines, but they are for our protection. David understood this. He wrote, “You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies . . . . I understand more than the ancients, because I keep Your precepts. I have restrained my feet from every evil way, that I may keep Your Word” (Ps. 119:98-101).

God cares so much about us that He gives us boundary lines so that we will choose what is right.

Lord, help us to obey Your Word,
To heed Your still, small voice;
And may we not be swayed by men,
But make Your will our choice. —D. De Haan

God’s commandments were given to fulfill us, not to frustrate us.
Bible in One Year: Job 22-24; Acts 11

[GodBlessUSA]

Good Morning! :)
Miss you all and hope you are doing well!!
Been a busy week. Booboo graduated Elementary School. Very proud to say, honors in all her classes. Coastie will be home tomorrow, after not seeing him for 6 months. Yay!! :)

Wishing You All A Wonderful Day!
A Very Happy 4th of July Weekend!!!


Home Of The Free, Because Of The Brave!

[DollyCali]

Quick hello.. made one more stop at computer before leaving for day. Raining here .. most of week. Might get to Niagara & my uncle Bills for Fri/sat. Sat is his birthday.. he will be 89.. My dogs also enjoy the time on the lake & in the lake. The fireworks they do NOT like.

Good friend of mine is giving a concert at Cleveland Institute of music today.. need to make stop enroute to get my GPS checked out. Might need battery. Hope it is that simple

Jaycee.. thinking of you. hope you will get to chiropractor to get things fixed - not just covered with meds... I know I am a broken record..

hugs & love to you all

[DollyCali]

prayers for your aunt & uncle!!! OF COURSE

pinging a few of the prayer warriors to ping their lists..

PLEASE keep us posted.

[DollyCali]

have a wonderful visit with your son... nice to have the family together again!

[GodBlessUSA]

Send money that should help. LOL!!!

Hang in there Lady Jag. One more day and then we will have a gorgeous weekend. Can't wait! Have a wonderful weekend! Love your graphic :)
HUGS

[LUV W]

Beautiful, GB!

Happy 4th to you!...and I know it will be this year! ;D

[GodBlessUSA]

Sounds like a fun weekend Dolly!
Enjoy! Happy Birthday to Your Uncle Bill :)
Happy 4th of July!

[GodBlessUSA]

LOL!! It sure will be. :)
Thanks LuvW

Have a great day! Talk with you later today.
HUGS

[jaycee]

Hi GeeBee, nice post this morning. You have mail! (((Hugs)))

[jaycee]

Thank you Dolly! Sounds like you’ve got a nice weekend ahead of you. I hope you have a wonderful time!!

I plan to go to my son’s. He has a big cookout with a terrific fireworks show. It gets bigger each year. Both of my guys love to do fireworks and inherited that from their Dad. He always did that and all the kids in the neighborhood would come here to see the show.

Now the torch is passed....LOL! Guess you’re gone now before you get my post......have loads of fun!

[jaycee]

~~Have a Wonderful Day~~

[Lady Jag]

One day a week, weathermen forecast a week of sun coming up and change it back to all rain for their next forecast.

I'll believe sun when I see it.

[Lady Jag]

Morning.

[jaycee]

A storm is starting here now!
Did you send it my way?
I couldn't blame you as
you have had more rain
than I can imagine!

[Lady Jag]

I'm trying to send this rain anywhere but here!

So are my friends!