Gilbert Stuart Lansdowne painting of George Washingto

Brodie thanks Dolley Madison for saving George

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It’s time for giving thanks…using a grateful heart…remembering the good…continuing to seek the kindhearted deeds.

So, I’m wanting to reach back into the rich history of our great American struggle and thank Dolley Madison, First Lady to our 4th President of the United States, James Madison.

During the War of 1812, the British invaded Washington DC and set fire to the White House and the Capitol.  President Madison knew of this planned assault, leaving post-haste, to lead his troops…leaving Dolley to evacuate to safety.  She refused to leave without the bold and standing portrait of George Washington, painted by Gilbert Stuart.  She had the frame busted and broken in order to free the treasured piece of art, rolled the canvas up and at last fled for safety.  Word has it that she left in such haste, that her dinner was still on the dining room table…the British rolled in… ate her food and then burnt down the house.

A heart-felt thanks to Mrs. Madison for preserving this masterpiece for us all.  Go visit this Lansdowne painting that hangs majestically in the National Portrait Galley in Washington, DC.  Be sure to give a golden thank you to Dolley while giving thanks that Great Britain and the United States are true allies and good friends.

 

 

 

Male turkey puffing up and displaying its tail feathers to attract the female.

The North American Wild Turkey

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Wildly Majestic

Takes the landscape for its own

Symbolic of thanks

Flock of North American Wild Turkeys in an open field
Flock of North American Wild Turkeys in an open field

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 11/21/16

 

Brodie is cute as a pumpkin and talks about how dogs benefit from eating pumpkin

Brodie licks pumpkin and dreams of turducken

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We’re getting ready for Thanksgiving. The peeps are talking who’s making what…what’s the final head count?…who ordered the Turducken?!…the what??? yeah, that’s a deboned chicken stuffed into a deboned duck, further stuffed into a deboned turkey…did you get that?  Now I must admit my dog lips would love to grab some of that…no such luck…I don’t get people food…but then I do.

Thanksgiving time always means I get some celebration in my dish…like canned pumpkin mixed lightly in my evening meal. The pilgrims and Native Americans liked pumpkin and so do I.  Funny part is that throughout the year if my dog insides start having problems, I get served some canned pumpkin to get me regular and settled…but Thanksgiving reaps the bounty of the pumpkin just because I get something special and it’s really good for me.  Now, while I really appreciate the canned pumpkin and it’s nutritional rewards…I do wish for and would give thanks for some of that three-layered foul thing landing in my bowl.

Giving thanks and feeling grateful.

 

 

 

Fall mixture of cut flowers in the sunlight

Flower Talk

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Sun licks the petals
Delicate and quick to leave
Nature’s pace is hers

Haiku poem by PamelaWLucas 11/18/16

Photo with no fancy camera by PamelaWLucas 11/17/16

Wheat shafts blowing in the breeze

Find the light

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Light hides in darkness

Challenge the lurking shadows

Mysteries abate

Haiku Poem written by PamelaWLucas 11/14/16

Photo taken with no fancy camera, May of 2016 in Ireland.

 

Frosty Glass of Beer similar to servings at The White House of Obama's home brew, Honey Beer.

Brodie gets into the White House Basement and finds Honey Beer a brewing

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Never happened in the written or recorded history of The White House…brewing beer inside the walls of the residence of the POTUS.  You gotta read this…an adventure paid for by President Obama…involving bees and honey…hops…and more.  Seems this Honey Beer is really tasty. Go on take the tour!

 

Brodie served “Up” food and the White House Kitchen

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I have a new dog diet…it’s golden exciting when something from a can hits my dish…yeah something soft…something that resembles meat…a lick the bowl clean commodity…something that smells like pate instead of just the lonely pebble like kibbles that bounce into my bowl each morning and evening.  Don’t get me wrong…I am grateful and I gobble whatever lands in my bowl…but this stuff is something I could not have dreamt up.  HeHe says he thinks he could eat is on cracker!  Seriously!?!

Now that we’re on food…this article 11 Things Only White House Employees Know...gives insight to the transition of the sitting president leaving the White House and the incoming president-elect moving in…even talks about the transition of food.  That was my favorite section.

I share this gastronomic epiphany with you to enlighten you peeps…yes dogs like “up” cuisine and Hail to the Chief’s food.  Paws Up!

New dog food introduced:

Can of Fromm Gold dog food, Salmon & Chicken Pate
Can of Fromm Gold dog food, Salmon & Chicken Pate
Colorful stylized map of the USA

Brodie gives you TED and the Electoral College

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Ok…ok…lots of noise out there about the fairness of the Electoral College verses the Popular Vote.  I must admit that dogs don’t do numbers and percentages well…but I do get this and why our founding fathers set it up and put the rules in the Constitution.

Suggesting before emotions run away…settle… sit…stay…listen…Now that sounds like my trainer talking.  Love my trainer.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W9H3gvnN468