Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Johnny Appleseed .. Pigeon Roost Farm .. After Apple-Picking BY ROBERT FROST

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MQTlogoa1500x500 Johnny Appleseed Birthday: September 26, 1774.. “Johnny Appleseed traveled extensively across mid-western America and planted apple seeds wherever he went. Besides trees, he planted several small nurseries too and left them in the care of his neighbors, giving them a small share of his earnings. He built fences around the nurseries to protect them from livestock and returned every year or two to look after the nurseries.” READ MORE

johnny (I didn’t know this) “The apples that Johnny planted were not considered to be edible but were commonly known as “spitters,” suggesting what one would do after taking the first bite. His small and tart apples were used to made hard cider and applejack. In those days, cider was more popular than beer, whisky, or any other alcoholic drink, owing to the fact that it was cheaper than any other drink.”

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Pigeon Roost Farm and Great Pumpkin Fun Center in Hebron, Ohio. (This is in Johnny Appleseed land)

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After Apple-Picking

BY ROBERT FROST

My long two-pointed ladder's sticking through a tree

Toward heaven still,

And there's a barrel that I didn't fill

Beside it, and there may be two or three

Apples I didn't pick upon some bough.

But I am done with apple-picking now.

Essence of winter sleep is on the night,

The scent of apples: I am drowsing off.

I cannot rub the strangeness from my sight

I got from looking through a pane of glass

I skimmed this morning from the drinking trough

And held against the world of hoary grass.

It melted, and I let it fall and break. READ MORE

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DSC_0011 Have a great day. If you don’t leave a comment Linda will put you in the “Time Out Chair.” LOL

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Wild Florida .. Born: September 25, 1929 Barbara Walters ..

MQTlogoa1500x500 Florida Gator and Wildlife Park:: Inside the Gator and Wildlife Park get up close and personal with more than 200 animals in the Middle of Nowhere! Explore the interesting habitats and heritage of the animals. READ MORE

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Linda the “Gator Whisperer”::

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Happy Birthday Barbara Walters Happy Birthday Barbara Walters Happy Birthday Barbara Walters,, Barbara Jill Walters (Born: September 25, 1929) 

barbaraw  American broadcast journalist, author, and television personality. Walters is known for having hosted a variety of television programs, including Today, The View, 20/20, and the ABC Evening News. Wikipedia

“Show me someone who never gossips, and I will show you someone who is not interested in people.”

“It would be nice to feel that we are a better world, a world of more compassion and a world of more humanity, and to believe in the basic goodness of man.”

“Every genius I have met could be classified as crazy by most people. They possess the highest level of sanity that us people find difficult to understand and accept.”

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George W Bush George W. Bush is seen crossing the Potomac river on foot. The Washington Post : "President Bush crosses the Potomac River". The Washington Time : "Bush's conservative approach saves taxpayers a boat". NPR : "Bush can't swim"!

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newspaperfunnydone Have a great day and don’t believe everything you read….





Monday, September 24, 2018

Hot Springs, NC .. A.T. Trail .. Francis Scott Fitzgerald Born September 24, 1896 .. A Drunk Story……

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MQTlogoa1500x500 Hot Springs is a town in Madison County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 560 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area. Wikipedia

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Appalachian Trail Hikers Resource Guide for Hot Springs .. Laughing Heart Lodge and Hostel Located on NC 25/70 across from the elementary school, hikers can’t miss the Laughing Heart Lodge and Hostel. You can pitch a tent there for $10, which includes shower access.

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After being on the trail all day:: Soak and relax in earth’s healing mineral waters For centuries the naturally warmed mineral waters of Hot Springs, NC have been cherished and enjoyed.

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Happy Birthday F. Scott Fitzgerald Happy Birthday F. Scott Fitzgerald

NPG.72.107 “Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American fiction writer, whose works illustrate the Jazz Age. While he achieved limited success in his lifetime, he is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost Generation" of the 1920s.” Wikipedia

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”

“The loneliest moment in someone’s life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly.”

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”

“Here's to alcohol, the rose colored glasses of life.”

“First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you.”

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Maybe F. Scott Fitzgerald drank a little to much::

A really drunk guy walked out of a bar stumbling back and forth with car keys in his hand. A  nearby cop saw this and said,

“Hello Sir, Can I help you ?”

“Yesssh! Ssomebodyyy sstole my carr”, the man replied.

The cop inquired, “Where did you see you car last time?”

Drunk : “It was on the end of this key”.

At the same time the cop looked down and saw the man’s wiener carelessly hanging out of his fly. So he asked the man, “Excuse me Sir, Are you aware that you are currently exposing yourself?”

Confused for a moment, the drunk looked down at his crotch and without wasting a second, blurted out….

“Holy shit! What the hell… My girlfriend’s gone too !!”

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