Tropical showing
Sun exposure brings color
Beckons hummingbirds
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 7/14/17
Inspirational photo by PamelaWLucas 7/14/17
Category: Cluttered Closet
History Tidbits: Rounders and Cricket make baseball?
Baseball came about in 1839 thanks to Abner Doubleday…well…no…seems a bit more complicated.
A game that resembled baseball began in the 18th century…melding together a kid’s game called rounders played by colonial children and the well-known game of cricket. Variations of this developing game with no rules could be seen everywhere…particularly in the fast growing industrial cities. In September 1845, a group of New York City men founded the New York Knickerbocker Baseball Club.
Doubleday, a graduate of West Point, served during the Civil War and was second in command at Fort Sumter where he ordered the Union’s first shots of the Civil War in response to the bombardment by secessionist forces. His military service is impressive.
Doubleday still remains in the heart of many as the founder of baseball…but history quashed that story.
Haiku: A working marriage
the smelly flower
repels garden pests from vines
an interesting pair
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 7/12/17
Inspirational photos by PamelaWLucas 7/11/17
Read up on organic gardening, companion plants and how they support each others health and growth.
Haiku: A Skipper
Tiny bright orange
Small and skipping butterfly
Skipper loves the sun
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 7/11/17
Inspirational photo by GaryMLucas 7/9/17
The Delaware Skipper is a lovely little butterfly that flits and moves quickly. Fun to watch. Learn how to identify butterflies.
Uncomplicated: Honeybee swarm and a caring phone call
When precious honeybees swarm near your house or you see a swarm…get on-line…search for “bee removal and your address”…call one of the qualified bee keepers to come and safely relocate the bees. Do not attempt to move the bees. Do not harm the bees.
I live in Northern Virginia and here an example of a published list of bee removal sources. I keep it handy.
Amazing photograph provided by Philip Redinger. He took this photo of a swarm near his house…after he called the beekeeper. The swarm was successfully relocated.
Haiku: Vanilla-scented flowers
Fragrant at sunset
Happy growing among herbs
The Heliotrope
Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 7/7/17
Inspiring photo by GaryMLucas 7/7/17
Haiku: Hummingbird mimic
Tubular mouth part
Proboscis feeding sucking
Moth that brings wonder
Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 7/7/17
Inspirational photograph by Tara McLaughlin 7/17
Scroll through to see the amazing life cycle of the Clearwing Hummingbird Moth
History Tidbits: 20th President of US needed a metal detector
Who was the 20th President of the USA? Hints:
He was the last of the “log cabin” presidents.
His assassin shot him in the back and arm. He died in 1881 after serving only 200 days as 20th.
His inept doctor was possibly responsible for his death, as history says he could have survived his wounds.
His death helped launch the crude invention of the metal detector by Alexander Graham Bell.
Robert Todd Lincoln, first son of Abraham Lincoln, serving as this president’s Secretary of War was with 20th at the moment the assassin’s bullets struck.
So, who was the 20th? James A. Garfield
Haiku: Inside Gladiolas
Lovely sturdy stalks
Bees and hummingbirds climb in
Sword leaves beauty spikes
Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 7/7/17
Thanks to Fe Cases for sharing her lovely flowers from her garden.
Look into the meaning of the glads
History Tidbits: Who opened his mouth to Freedom?
There is always a beginning…a start…in some cases a stick your neck out and go for it moment.
So, let’s celebrate that moment… let’s celebrate the man who stood up during the Continental Congress on June 7, 1776 in the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia, making the motion…calling for the colonies’ independence from Great Britain.
That man was Richard Henry Lee, a brilliant statesman from Virginia who helped create the United States of America. We all thank you Mr. Lee, for that beginning…that moment in history and for its outcome as a result of the resolve of the great men representing the 13 colonies and their passion for independence. Happy Fourth of July.
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