From 1914 to 1918, Flanders Fields was a major battle theatre on the Western Front during the First World War. A million soldiers from more than 50 different countries were wounded, missing or killed in action here. visitflanders.com
The poem, ‘In Flanders Fields’, by John McCrae, went on to inspire the use of the poppy, which once grew on the battlefields of Flanders Fields, to become an enduring symbol of remembrance across the world.
HAVE A BLESSED MEMORIAL DAY 2024
I hope you are enjoying a happy/healthy 4th of July today.
Here’s HR sending you a sparkling “Holiday Hello!” from both of us.
So Robert and I were walking around in Pet Smart today, minding our own business, when we came upon this …
Seriously? Gay trappings for your pet?
My first reaction was “Oh, how cute!”
My second was “Big business, marketing whatever can sale.“
Then my gay husband put it all into perspective …
I love Thanksgiving!
I always have. It is so wonderful for our nation to have a special day set aside for GRATITUDE.
Except …
What we often forget (or at least try to forget) (or refuse to even believe) is that the traditional First Thanksgiving Day taught in grade school and fixed in our individual and national consciousness is a Disney-fied mythology.
Here’s a terrifically sobering post from a wonderful blog, “Esperational.” The You Tube video is eye- (and heart-) opening. Please take a moment to read the short post and watch the short video.
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It has been my tradition on Thanksgiving to honor the other side of the story. For members of the first nations of this country this is a day of …
The Other Side of Thanksgiving
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Difficult truths …
Why is Truth so often Difficult?!
I don’t think this means I can’t celebrate Thanksgiving Day, as long as I recognize that the mythologized beginning is historically inaccurate.
Maybe I should celebrate … Happy THANKS-giving.
May today be a joyful Veterans Day to all our courageous veterans.
And a special Thank You with Hugs to my very own Veteran HR — Robert John Smith Jr. Retired Army.
A few random pics from Halloweens past …
Happy Halloween 2022!
So HR and I were on a morning walk today here in downtown Savannah near us and came across this cool holiday display …
“How cute,” I exclaimed. Until I realized that someone had actually CARVED THAT INCREDIBLE JACK-O’-LANTERN!
SERIOUSLY?
For the past 60 years, my jack-o’-lanterns have looked exactly the same.
Pumpkin Joy!
On a cool morning walk today, HR and I came upon this incredible fall pumpkin display outside a beautiful Savannah historic district townhome.
OK, maybe the shadows messed that photo up a bit.
Here’s more.
And more.
Seriously?
And look! Here’s HR claiming squatters rights.
October beauty and fun!
And here’s our sad, lone “punkin” …
But he’s a proud one.
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