Gathering the stuff
Birds designing as they go
Cradle the coming
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 3/6/17
Haiku: To build a nest
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.
Uncomplicated thoughts: giving
What do you give to someone who seems to have everything?
More love
Haiku: peaking green
peaking green slivers
slender and slow to emerge
standing tall will come
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 3/4/17
Photo by PamelaWLucas 3/4/17
Uncomplicated thoughts: just not words
life gives choices
Uncomplicated thoughts: Sometimes
Life can become complicated and/or challenging.
Which way? Why? Next?
Haiku: Wild March Winds
Unleashed and moving
Spreading seeds making trees bend
Yet Invisible
Haiku by PamelaWLucas 3/2/17
We could not live without the wind…read and find out why.
Haiku: Come spring rains
Delicate touches
nature emerges with drops
wet and nurturing
Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 3/1/17
Brodie delves into history nuggets and finds a bird
James Madison…#4…Fourth President of the United States…one of the 8 presidents born in the great state of Virginia…one of the founding fathers…known as the “father of the constitution”…the one responsible for drafting the first 10 amendments to the Bill of Rights…the shortest president at 5′ 4”…there’s more…
My golden digs also uncovered that his wife, Dolley Madison was a very popular and fashionable first lady…she threw great parties..enjoyed wearing a turban..she was the first lady who abandoned the White House with a few precious belongings…fleeing the British soldiers who would set fire to the “People’s House” during the War of 1812…yeah…she left her house open…her food on the dinner table and the invading forces gobbled it up…then burnt and trashed the nation’s capitol…the nerve…
While the Madison’s did not have a dog…they had a green parrot that they adored. Dolley’s quick exit from DC had her clutching the birds cage…the cage that contained her precious talking pet who…by the way… out lived both her and #4. What a sturdy bird!
Uncomplicated thoughts: Mardi Gras
There is nothing complicated about Fat Tuesday.
Laissez les bons temps rouler!…”Let the good times roll!”
Photo by PamelaWLucas 2/17
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