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Summer by Alexander Pope

See what delights in sylvan scenes appear!

Descending Gods have found Elysium here.

In woods bright Venus with Adonis stray'd,

And chaste Diana haunts the forest shade.

Come lovely nymph, and bless the silent hours,

When swains from shearing seek their nightly bow'rs;

When weary reapers quit the sultry field,

And crown'd with corn, their thanks to Ceres yield.

This harmless grove no lurking viper hides,

But in my breast the serpent Love abides.

Here bees from blossoms sip the rosy dew,

But your Alexis knows no sweets but you.

Oh deign to visit our forsaken seats,

The mossy fountains, and the green retreats!

Where-e'er you walk, cool gales shall fan the glade,

Trees, where you sit, shall crowd into a shade,

Where-e'er you tread, the blushing flow'rs shall rise,

And all things flourish where you turn your eyes.

Oh! How I long with you to pass my days,

Invoke the muses, and resound your praise;

Your praise the birds shall chant in ev'ry grove,

And winds shall waft it to the pow'rs above.

But wou'd you sing, and rival Orpheus' strain,

The wond'ring forests soon shou'd dance again,

The moving mountains hear the pow'rful call,

And headlong streams hang list'ning in their fall!

But see, the shepherds shun the noon-day heat,

The lowing herds to murm'ring brooks retreat,

To closer shades the panting flocks remove,

Ye Gods! And is there no relief for Love?

But soon the sun with milder rays descends

To the cool ocean, where his journey ends;

On me Love's fiercer flames for every prey,

By night he scorches, as he burns by day.

What caught my attention in this poem was the "chaste Diana". :wah:

http://www.notablebiographies.com/Pe-Pu ... ander.html

A stroll in our backyard.........



Some flowers and hubby with tomato bush.

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along-for-the-ride;1318662 wrote: A stroll in our backyard.........



Some flowers and hubby with tomato bush.


lovely flowers!!

wow, your tomatoes grew fast!

That looks like a nice tomato. I had some when I was in Louisiana and they were lousy! Tasted like oil, really they did. My sister in law thought they were great but I don't trust the opinion of anyone who puts tomatoes in the fridge.

Here is photo I took the other day through the glass of our front door. Look close and you can see the raindow.

Somewhere over the rainbow

Way up high,

There's a land that I heard of

Once in a lullaby.

Somewhere over the rainbow

Skies are blue,

And the dreams that you dare to dream

Really do come true.

Someday I'll wish upon a star

And wake up where the clouds are far

Behind me.

Where troubles melt like lemon drops

Away above the chimney tops

That's where you'll find me.

Somewhere over the rainbow

Bluebirds fly.

Birds fly over the rainbow.

Why then, oh why can't I?

If happy little bluebirds fly

Beyond the rainbow

Why, oh why can't I?

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great shot AFTR!

Today, let's just sit on the beach and chill out with an oldie but goodie tune:



Enjoy!

not today, its pouring cats and dogs!:yh_rotfl

You could pretend, Odie! :wah:



I found this old post of mine from 5 years ago:

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showt ... #post84066

Still feel the same.

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along-for-the-ride;1319362 wrote: You could pretend, Odie! :wah:



I found this old post of mine from 5 years ago:

http://www.forumgarden.com/forums/showt ... #post84066

Still feel the same.


awwwwwwww doesn't it feel good to look back?:-6

I remember this song:



Good ole Bobby Darin.

Thinking about things. :guitarist:)

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Thinking about things. :guitarist:)


watchin lovers holding hands and laughing...........

awesome song!:guitarist

American woman................



Are you talkin' to me? :wah:

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:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl:yh_rotfl

I remember singing this song in school as a child. My favorite "America" song:





Beautiful video :yh_flag

Blame this one on Nomie.............





Stevie Winwood..........the beginning. :guitarist I loved this song when it came out.

Summer in the city........



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I just love that song!

your pic is just awesome, so nice and big!:-6

In honor of the 4th of July:

Yankee Doodle Dandy -- (Movie Clip) Yankee Doodle Boy

We get to see James Cagney dancing.

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"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."



For all of us who, during our lifetimes, who have made a personal declaration of independence by growing up and leaving home to start our own lives, or by divorce, or just by saying, "Enough!", the 4th of July is our celebration too.

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"That beautiful season the Summer!

Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light;

and the landscape

Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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that was really nice and I love the pic!:-6

Thanks, Odie. I'm always glad you come visit me here.

Sonnet 18



William Shakespeare (1609)



Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade

Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;

Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,

When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this and this gives life to thee.



This has been a mini-episode of Masterpiece Theatre. :wah:

along-for-the-ride;1320983 wrote: Thanks, Odie. I'm always glad you come visit me here.

Sonnet 18



William Shakespeare (1609)



Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date:

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

And often is his gold complexion dimm’d;

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade

Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;

Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade,

When in eternal lines to time thou growest:

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

So long lives this and this gives life to thee.



This has been a mini-episode of Masterpiece Theatre. :wah:


Your welcome anytime to visit Odie's room to!:-6

another great writer!

I think he is the best.

“The mountains are calling and I must go.

John Muir

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along-for-the-ride;1321100 wrote: “The mountains are calling and I must go.

John Muir


please, take me with you.:yh_rotfl

All joking aside, lovely saying and pic!:-6

along-for-the-ride;1321100 wrote: “The mountains are calling and I must go.”

John Muir


Do you suppose that was taken in Muir's Woods? That's a gorgeous place. I just copied a VHS to DVD yesterday of us in Muir's Woods.

I've missed you, I hope everything is alright.

Thank you, Odie........it's nice to be missed by a buddy.

Hubby and I just returned yesterday from our week in the Smokies. We had a great time and, yes, I did take some photoes. I shall be presenting them in installments because I took quite a few. :wah:

Today, I will show you Tallulah Falls, which is on the Georgia/North Carolina Border. This was our first brief stop on our journey to the mountains.

Here, we were looking down the gorge. We also saw some lovely flowers and a floppy-eared rabbit.

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along-for-the-ride;1322444 wrote: Thank you, Odie........it's nice to be missed by a buddy.

Hubby and I just returned yesterday from our week in the Smokies. We had a great time and, yes, I did take some photoes. I shall be presenting them in installments because I took quite a few. :wah:

Today, I will show you Tallulah Falls, which is on the Georgia/North Carolina Border. This was our first brief stop on our journey to the mountains.

Here, we were looking down the gorge. We also saw some lovely flowers and a floppy-eared rabbit.


It sounds and looks like a lovey week!

Your photos are fabulous, I love the way you can just click on one now and you just click next. The gorge looks stunning and I love that floppy bunny!:wah:

We visited other places, but for today, here are some scenes from the town of Cherokee, North Carolina, where we stayed for the week.

One photo is of a young Native American male dressed in full Indian costume strolling in front of our motel. (We had a room on the second floor with a balcony).

Cherokee has several of these painted bears at various places around the town.

The last picture is of a groundhog which came out in the parking lot to scrounge for food. Note the color.

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along-for-the-ride;1322485 wrote:

We visited other places, but for today, here are some scenes from the town of Cherokee, North Carolina, where we stayed for the week.

One photo is of a young Native American male dressed in full Indian costume strolling in front of our motel. (We had a room on the second floor with a balcony).

Cherokee has several of these painted bears at various places around the town.

The last picture is of a groundhog which came out in the parking lot to scrounge for food. Note the color.


You look really nice standing beside the Native American in costume.:-6

The painted bear is really quite the attraction and love the view of the river from your balcony!

That' a huge groundhog, we don't get that big here.

One of the places we usually visit is "Ghost Town in the Sky" in Maggie Valley to the east of Cherokee. It is an amusement park on the top of a mountain with a cowboy theme. We would ride a chairlift to the top of the mountain. However, it was closed this year because of this:

Rain threatens Maggie Valley mudslide area; evacuees could be away for weeks | citizen-times.com | Asheville Citizen-Times

Nothing is mentioned on the Ghost Town website about this. Hubby and I met several disappointed vacationers who came with their children just to enjoy Ghost Town.

I just visited the Ghost Town website. They finally closed it down. But I did find this link:

Ghost Town in the Sky

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along-for-the-ride;1322659 wrote: One of the places we usually visit is "Ghost Town in the Sky" in Maggie Valley to the east of Cherokee. It is an amusement park on the top of a mountain with a cowboy theme. We would ride a chairlift to the top of the mountain. However, it was closed this year because of this:

Rain threatens Maggie Valley mudslide area; evacuees could be away for weeks | citizen-times.com | Asheville Citizen-Times

Nothing is mentioned on the Ghost Town website about this. Hubby and I met several disappointed vacationers who came with their children just to enjoy Ghost Town.

I just visited the Ghost Town website. They finally closed it down. But I did find this link:

Ghost Town in the Sky


oh dear, mudslides.......and now its closed.......just not good.

I would just love to visit there!:guitarist

To go west to Tennessee from Cherokee, we have to cross over a big mountain. But, just before we start going up the road, there are a few miles of flat land. On this flat land is old homestead exhibit. We stopped there and I took a few photos of the kitchen, a buggy, and a rooster in the barn rafter. The most special pictures, to us, are the ones of the elk that were right beside the road.

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along-for-the-ride;1322987 wrote: To go west to Tennessee from Cherokee, we have to cross over a big mountain. But, just before we start going up the road, there are a few miles of flat land. On this flat land is old homestead exhibit. We stopped there and I took a few photos of the kitchen, a buggy, and a rooster in the barn rafter. The most special pictures, to us, are the ones of the elk that were right beside the road.


Oh my, you two have the most exciting trips!:guitarist

The exhibit is really nice, reminds me of the old western movies.

and the elk........so cool to see them along the roads and trying to cross them.

You look just lovely sitting on that ol country porch.:-4

In Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, there is a small Dinosaur museum. It was awsome! You get to see how big they really were...........

Did I look nevous? :wah:

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In Pigeon Forge, Tennessee, there is a small Dinosaur museum. It was awsome! You get to see how big they really were...........

Did I look nevous? :wah:


You look calm!:yh_rotfl

Nice museum but a tad large!:wah:

:wah:

These were taken at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge. Dollywood is a fun place. We did alot of walking around and enjoyed ourselves. No, we didn't see Dolly, but we did see her uncle Bill. He is the guy with the hat on the left in the photo of the singers.

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along-for-the-ride;1323432 wrote: :wah:

These were taken at Dollywood in Pigeon Forge. Dollywood is a fun place. We did alot of walking around and enjoyed ourselves. No, we didn't see Dolly, but we did see her uncle Bill. He is the guy with the hat on the left in the photo of the singers.


Is that your husband in that one pic?

He is very handsome!:-6

A really nice place to visit, I love the old gas station and drive-in!

Yes, that's my Hubby in the white shirt. :-4 I snuck a photo of him. :wah:



When we keep travelling west from Pigeon Forge, we went to the Great Smokies Flea Market. A huge place.....vendors indoors and outdoors.

http://www.greatsmokiesfleamarket.com/

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Gatlinburg is another beautiful little city in Tennesee. Hubby and I have visited there several times, but this was thie first time we went up to the top of the Space Needle. What a view!



The first photo shows the Space Needle in the distance and how high it goes. The other photos were taken at the top. Another visitor was kind enough to take the photo of Hubby and me.

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along-for-the-ride;1323639 wrote: Yes, that's my Hubby in the white shirt. :-4 I snuck a photo of him. :wah:



When we keep travelling west from Pigeon Forge, we went to the Great Smokies Flea Market. A huge place.....vendors indoors and outdoors.

Great Smokies Flea Market | Home | East Tennessee's Flea Market


tis good to sneak pictures in, he is very handsome:-6

That's a massive flea market, 1,000 vendors!:guitarist

along-for-the-ride;1323853 wrote: Gatlinburg is another beautiful little city in Tennesee. Hubby and I have visited there several times, but this was thie first time we went up to the top of the Space Needle. What a view!



The first photo shows the Space Needle in the distance and how high it goes. The other photos were taken at the top. Another visitor was kind enough to take the photo of Hubby and me.


What a view is right!

Cute pic of you both.:-6

Our next stop is Bryson City back in North Carolina. It has a train station and a fantastic train museum.

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It looks awesome, we have a huge one here as well, how I love watching trains.

While we were in Bryson City, Hubby and I stopped at a local store on Main Street by the Train Station. I was intrigued by this book, and so I bought it.

The Legend of Nance Dude by Maurice Stanley

I just finished it a few days ago. A tragic, sad story based on fact. If you ever want to get a feel for life in the mountains in the late 1800's and very early 1900's, you will enjoy this book. This took place in this area of North Carolina. Life was hard then, and folks, sometimes, had to make hard choices.

This last group of vacation photos comes from our visit to Santa's Land in Cherokee, where Hubby and I get to be kids again for a little while.

http://www.santaslandnc.com/

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along-for-the-ride;1324637 wrote: This last group of vacation photos comes from our visit to Santa's Land in Cherokee, where Hubby and I get to be kids again for a little while.

http://www.santaslandnc.com/


lovely!:-6

we have the North Pole right here, about a 2 hour drive north to Bracebridge with Santa, his workshop and his reindeer's.:guitarist

I found a few more photos. Hubby and I were catching a grand mountain view when an Amish family stopped to admire the view as well. The children had no shoes on. Great moment.

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