the snow comes
then the green springs
Uncomplicated thoughts: White then green
Month: March 2017
Golden Brodie digs up unusual stuff on #7
Do you know who #7 was? Hint: Initials AJ…yes, you got it…Andrew Jackson. His history is loaded with goodie dog treats… with factoids that will raise your awareness of this man who was loved by many, yet a very controversial figure. Like this…
Jackson’s parents emigrated from Ireland…Jackson killed a man in a duel and carried a bullet in his body as a result of this stand-off…”Old Hickory” won the popular vote for president three times…He was the target of the first attempted presidential assassination…He adopted two Native American boys…and much more…”Old Hickory stabled his steady stead at the White House…Sam Patch…a white stallion that he rode during the War of 1812…AJ also had a racehorse, Truxton and an African grey parrot named Poll…who cussed like a sailor, offending many guests.
Golden interesting…
Haiku: snowfall
Hush on the landscape
Each unique flake dances down
Finally resting
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 3/12/17
Haiku: Cherry Blossoms
Stay closed pink puffy
Braving the late winter winds
Patiently waiting
yet to open
Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 3/10/17
The National Park Service predicts that the cherry blossoms will reach peak bloom sometime between March 19 and 22. They revised their forecast on March 8 in light of colder than expected temperatures forecast for the coming week. Their initial prediction, issued on March 1, was for March 14 to 17.
Natural world Haiku: Lily of the valley
Delicate white cups
Silent bells line their green stems
Fragrant and tiny
Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 3/9/17
Golden Brodie fetches a gator and silks on #6
#6…John Quincy Adams born 1767…first son of a former president to become POTUS…first president photographed… born in Braintree, Massachusetts…Harvard grad… traveled abroad assisting his father…who was a founding father… outstanding multilingual talents…Q spoke English,French and Russian fluently and got by with Greek, Italian and Spanish. John Q’s life had him as a young boy witnessing the Revolutionary War practically in his MA backyard…he knew Thomas Jefferson well and hung out with Benjamin Franklin’s grandchildren…in his father’s footsteps…he dedicated his life to public service…architect of the Monroe Doctrine…after his presidency he served as U.S. Representative from Massachusetts in 1830, serving for the last 17 years of his life with greater acclaim than he had achieved as president.
Best golden digs…Q did not have a dog while in the White House…he did however, have an alligator gifted to him from the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette’s family. In the absence of social media then…ha!… we don’t know how the lovely first lady Abigail Adams felt about the reptile…but the toothy jawed creature lived in a bathtub in the East Wing…constantly shocking people with its mere image…eventually finding a new home (unknown location.) Abigail also raised silk-worms and the silks contributed in the making of her dresses. How about that?! Gator and silks…
The natural world Haiku: wetlands
Tidal soaked sponges
Link between land and water
Creatures need this space
Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 3/7/17
Wetlands have many important functions that benefit people and wildlife.
The natural world Haiku: river rocks
clear moving water
smoothing the hard surfaces
shining in the sun
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 3/7/17
“In nature nothing exists alone.” Rachel Carson, Silent Spring
Haiku: To build a nest
Gathering the stuff
Birds designing as they go
Cradle the coming
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 3/6/17
Brodie’s history nuggets about #5
5th President of the United States…James Monroe…born in Virginia…graduate of the College of William and Mary…was instrumental and in the room as one of the founding fathers…there are so many “the only or the first to” regarding his presidency that my golden-self had to take a treat and grab a slurp of water. Example…Monroe was the first president to wear long pants…bye bye knee breeches…his daughter was the first bride in the White House…first president to ride in a steamboat and the last to wear a wig. Man he was out there!
His contributions to the development of the United States were monumental.
Here’s the golden part. He had sheep dogs and a black spaniel that enjoyed living in the White House.
This is amazing… this little nugget tugs at my patriotic heart…three of the first five U.S. Presidents died on the 4th of July… John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died in 1826 within hours of each other, while James Monroe, #5, died five years later in 1831 as the fireworks and celebration of our independence rang through the skies and the streets. Golden amazing…Thanks be to these great men.
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