I AM HERE...ALIVE...SOMETIME WITH BRAIN FREEZE

I will have to get myself "back to 'in the moment'" and try to become a respectable Aging Senior Citizen without getting those brain freeze moments

I am writing Poetry again....trying harder, and I am trying to find the old poems that I have written in the past, some of which have been published and those are easy to find because I have a copy of the books they were published in.   Sooo, forgive me for asking for TIME to complete my search and I will post many of the poems that I love.

I also have much more important news that never got to my Blog... I have a second Great-Grandchild,
his name is Finbarr Joseph Schatz (Finn for short) he was born September 8, 2014 and is passing his birth weight of 7 lb 10 oz very fast....Finn is now 5 months old and is a very happy smiling baby.

Here he is wearing the New Hat Nan made for him.......

Jamie with his new green scarf and new slippers from Nan.....Looking Great my Jamie

Look back again, real soon, please...more pictures and news to come.

flory

Where's the 'S'

Can you find the 'S'.......

Graduation Pictures

Annie's graduation from... Hannah's Graduation

JOHN STARK High School .... from 8th Grade

My special granddaughters that always make me proud.

Elmo's Song... ABC's... I2345...

Jamie's New Room

My friend, Paul sent me his latest TOUR BOOK.
He signed it and sent me a heart. I didn't think
he remembered. What a guy.

Jamie ....

Does it really need a comment??

Fast Boat Ride

JAMIE
and Grandma Peggy
just coming back from a FAST BOAT RIDE

August 8, 2009

My Granddaughter Ann and her long time friend..

Andrew Doberstein
were asked to be models for an artist/sculptor,
Luben Boykov of Bulgaria** / Newfoundland, Canada

Bronze, granite, 14' high x 5' x 2',
this statue is the result of his work!!

The finished statue remains in the
Rotary Park in Nashua, New Hampshire

**http://www.andresinstitute.org/Nashua2009lubenboykov.html

Jamie driving...

This was taken AFTER he rode down the driveway
at Grandma Peggy's house!!! ALONE??

Full Moon 8.6.09

What a awesome sight!!!
Daytona Beach
Balcony

Time for a JAMIE update...

8 months and growing...always doing something new!!!

I sure miss that little Boy!!!

Update of Great Grandson

Jamie is trying very hard to sit up... He has started

to roll over...and babbles up a storm..never does stop

He is now 4 1/2 months old...

CHRISTMAS

HAPPY, MERRY, LOVING CHRISTMAS

TO ALL MY FRIENDS... I TREASURE YOUR

FRIENDSHIP...THE MEMORIES THAT WE

HAVE CREATED WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN.


THANK YOU !!!!!

Jamie 3 months old

Well, (drumroll,please)

Here he is...in all his glory!!!

What a wonderful guy he is...I miss him greatly.

Giveaways for the Holidays

Art by Christi site is having a daily
giveaway to Christmas...check it out!!!

http://blog.myspace.com/ID=454766639

JAMESON DOTY SCHATZ

Born 8/31/08 4:03 AM 8 lb 12 oz 21 inches tall,10 fingers,10 toes, and a Boy Pointer

Mom: Grace
Dad: Andrew

Jameson Doty Schatz

born August 31, 2008 @4:03AM

8 lbs 12 oz

Gracie, Andrew and Jamie are

all doing fine...excellent...

Welcome to our proud family !!!

Jamie

you have made all of us very happy.

I just visited a new friend's Blog ...

http://daydreamartstudios.blogspot.com/

please...visit her ...it is worth your time

and you will enjoy it.

Poetry Award

Award received for my poem titled

The Hemlock Tree

Welcome...Skwiggazine

Welcome to my Blog... my pleasure to have you

Please read through all of my blogs...I believe
you will find them interesting to all...something
for everyone...young and old makes no difference

Have a cup of Tea or Coffee, sit back, relax and
enjoy!!!

Again, Welcome!!!

PS: Scroll down, watch on the right side for my
many other blogs to check out also. Come back
often, I must find time to post my new work....

New Postings

I just made 2 new postings for your peek:

The first on is on Poetry... about Haiku
The second one is on Crafts ... about a rr
that I took part in with my special friends.

Take a peek... it will be worth the time

Haiku Poetry

If you have any interest in learning Haiku Poetry,
that is a Japanese form of poetry...I have started
to write (on my http://floryspoetry.blogspot.com
instructions to help you understand how and why
and what to do...it will continue for about 3 more
weeks.

Stop by, read it...you just maybe interested to read
more next week.

Until then...

Skwigglekreationz...Blog review

Good morning...today I visited http://www.blogger.com//tulipstalking.blogspot.com/
and was very interested. Lily is a photographer and I must add a
very good one.

She also has picked up on many jewelery ESTY accounts that are very
interesting and really fine items.

Please take a look at her Blog...you won't be disapointed.

Next week, I will have a different Blog referenced for you to look at.

Until then...

Poetry Column...Week 2

The second week for posting a piece of poetry
has come and is almost gone...

Week 3 will start on Monday, July 7... come
enjoy what I select...

4th of July

Flags flying
Sparkles a glow
Parades moving past
Bands marching slow

Music playing
Fireworks exploding
Bicycles decorated
Children waving

Looking great, the red, white, blue
Ice cream and popsicles
Hot dogs and hamburgers
Backyard parties too

Root beer and seven up
Turning on the grill
Popping a beer, be safe
Don’t drink and drive

Enjoy the Fourth
It comes but once a year

2008

Poetry Column

Starting on Monday, June 23, 2008 I will have
a column about Poetry...my own writings,
explain Haiku, and Tanka how they differ,
and poems from other poets...

http://www.skwigglekreationz.com/

Skwiggler is a Blog; becoming friends to
many Artists...from all fields of interest...will
be interesting for you.

Please, come and look around...you will have to
join the group to read my column.

It is listed in the SKWIGGAZINE...

I'm Back

Sorry, I have not posted again for a long time
I have had a few problems to work out...

With that done...let's proceed. I will look for
some pictures to post on all 3 blogs...

New poetry, new crafts and news about the
kids and school.

I have a new place that you can find me
florymb.wordpress.com
I am going to have a lot to learn being on
wordpress......lots of reading to do so I
learn about Tags and Widgets.......Hurray

POSH MAMA Blog

Posh Mama is an online magazine and social network exclusively for women from all around the world. The network is a supportive, interactive, and highly engaged community of Posh Mamas who share information on fashion, beauty, style, home interiors, art, book reviews, author interviews, fitness, nutrition, unique products for women, cool gadgets, high-tech toys and important product recalls. You don't have to be a "Mother" to be a "Posh Mama". Come hang out with me at www.poshmama.com.

Just Be Connected...re-Gift Swap

I joined the re-gift swap sponsored by Melba at
JUST BE CONNECTED
and I received the BEST box ever from
Anna Luna
sorry Anna, but I am already using many of
the items you sent me. Now let me see if I can
at least list the items:writing journal, colored pens,
black paper for the pens, a wonderful craft
magazine, beautiful material, a cute small leather
sheepskin trimmed basket, body soap, spray and
pillow spray, pretty pink note/envelopes, and a
lovely, friendly and awesome handwritten letter.

Anna, thank you so very much....you are my First
Friend at Just Be Connected....Thank you, again.

High School 1954

High school, 1954

This is from the year after I started dating oldjoe

The act is "Bill Haley & the Comets", we actually did this at "George Diamond's Million Dollar Ballroom" on 26th and Wisconsin Ave. in downtown Milwaukee. We were pretty good . . . we still think we are, oh well.
The big difference is we were in color not black & white.
Just a bit of where we came from . . . "if you don't understand history you'll make the same mistakes expecting a different outcome".
No mistake here. We're very happy and proud of how it, and all of you, turned out. Great fun always.

Go for it, don't let anyone tell you what the hell to do, we never did

On to the Green Bay Packers

I am a Green Bay Packer fan for many

years now....and have always been a

true, loyal, devoted fan....win or lose the

season...makes no difference us. #4 is

the BEST MVP ever.

Dancing Dragon

I have finished the Kids Blog about

The Chinese New Year. I also has

been fixed finally and ready to be read.

Today, I am starting to write on the Kids Blog
and it is going to be about the up and coming

Chinese New Year

Please watch for the general information about
the celebration....what it means...how it came
about...why they continue to have it...and it will
include games to play and other activities.

It will begin on February 7, 2008 (the Chinese
year 4706) The year of the RAT.

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all


Thank you for visiting my Blog, and
while you are here, check out my
Poetry Blog and my Craft Blog. I
have been working on my Project
pictures today getting them ready
to put them up on the Craft Blog.

I also have some Poetry that I have never
posted, which I intend to post also. So keep
your eye on the Blogs and watch for updates.

Now we are past Christmas

The joy and happiness leading up to
Christmas is now over. We all look
forward to the New Year now. New
Years Eve is normally one big happy,
joyful big party. Hats and Horns, loud
noise makers, and paper confetti, Beer
Wine, Egg Nog to drink, and anything
else you can think of people will drink.

Then of course there is food to eat.....
from Shrimp to Meatballs, and Potato
Chips to Nuts and everything in between
that one can think of.Eat yourself silly.

The Kiss that is given at Midnight to your
great better half, happens when the clock
strikes 12 and that BIG GLASS LITE BALL
in TIME SQUARE falls to the bottom.
Then it's time to dance and dance and still
more dancing, until it's time to go home.

The New Year has started and your good
intentions should be ready to start....

A Good New Year to All, and
2008 most PROSPEROUS.....

Today is Christmas Day....Santa has
come and gone, now starts a new year
that you must be good and do good
deeds for others. I like to think of my
self as a do-gooder.....making people
happy when I have a chance makes me
very Happy in my own Heart. To me
that is the most important way to having
a wonderful, grandeur, extravagant and
peaceful life.

Merry Christmas to All
and have a Prosperous 2008.

I just did something that I never ever
did before.....I joined a Re-Swap Swap
at "Just be Connected" and I am hoping
I will get new people viewing my Blogs
and maybe even leaving comments.

I am very excited about joining this Swap.
Keep you posted on the goings on

Snow....Snow....Snow

Well, I must admit, I miss watching the
snow fall and the beautiful picture it
makes......I sorta miss the cold outside,
but I do not miss shoveling the snow.

I can just hear the bells that are on the
horses.... jingle, jingle, jingle pulling
a sleigh through the white covered snow
that is on the ground. Over the hills and
thru the woods......jingle, jingle, jingle
onto a warm, cozy fireplace that awaits
when we get to our Friends Home.

Dreaming I guess is what I do best. I have had
flashes in my head, to the point of being able to
hear the jingle of the bells thinking of that picture,
I can smell the wood burning, the coldness on my
cheeks and the wind blowing the snow that is
falling. Close your eyes just to see if the
picture just painted appears....to me it does.

Hello to all My Friends

Just so you know, today I put a place where you
can vote/rate a Poem that I have written....it is
in the right column on My Poetry Blog. Please go
and check it out.

Sorry I have not posted

I have not been feeling good, I have had Pneumonia again........
That is/was a bummer.

Yesterday the first Monday of the Month we had a Christmas
Party for my Stroke Survivor's Group. We had music
playing, food to eat that was just delicious and I made everyone
an oversize inche to hang on their Three. Marilyn gave everyone a
Music Box Ornament.......mine is a Stocking.

More about the Holidays will follow.
See you then

22 more Days to Christmas

http://artist-how-to.com/Christmascountdown07.htm

Well, here we go, counting days to Christmas...and one of my Friends asked if I would post her web address......why not....there it is.

Our Visitor

We had a Visitor that sat on our Balcony yesterday Thursday
November 1, 2007. We were very impressed with our Visitor,
can anyone help me identify what my visitor is??????

It had feathers that appeared to be black and grey, or maybe it
was dark brown and tan.....hard to tell looking through the
window.....about 15 inches tall, a 4 foot wing span as it flew off,
and a very serious beak with some even more serious Talons.

What do you think it is????????

I must now think of someone that the

"Nice Matter Award"

should be passed on to. Just give me a
day or two.....I must think about it!!!!!

Nice Matters Awards

On to the Awards Please!




“The Nice Matters award is awarded to those that are just nice people , good blog friends and those that inspire good feelings and inspiration! Those that care about others that are there to lend support or those that are just a positive influence in our blogging world!”


My dear Friend from Art by Chrysti that I have had for many years was the last one that had been nominated and she has continued the tradition by saying "I could nominate so many people, but I have decided to choose just one…"

Flory!

"She is absolutely one of the kindest souls I have ever met… I knew her years ago, when collecting paper dolls rocked my world, and have been fortunate enough to get to know her once again through my art. Thanks my dear, for truly being one of the nicest women I have ever met! She has also overcome some serious health issues, and somehow manages to remain a forceful bright light through it all… We could all learn something from you."

“Be nice to people on your way up because you’ll meet them on your way down.” - Jimmy Durante


Warmly, Chrysti


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Grandparents Day

It was my pleasure today
to attend a special program
I joined two of my Grandchildren
and celebrated this day

The special program I attended
was at Ortona Elementary Grade School
Sam is in fourth grade
and Katie is in Kindergarten.

I have attended this yearly program before
each year with Sam when it came up
So this is really my fifth year
to celebrate Grandparents Day, at
Ortona Elementary Grade School

Thank you for inviting
me to attend!!!!


Grandmaflory Brick
Thursday September 7, 2007

Crew of the Space Shuttle Endeavour

The crew members pose for their official portrait.
From the left is Richard A. (Rick) Mastracchio,
Barbara R. Morgan, Pilot Charles O. Hobaugh,
Commander Scott J. Kelly, Tracy E. Caldwell,
Canadian Space Agency's Dafydd R. (Dave) Williams
and Alvin Drew Jr. Credit NASA

Barbara Morgan, Astronaut, Teacher

STS-118 Mission Specialist.......that is Barbara Morgan title,

as she went into space and returned to earth on Endeavour on the 13-day
mission to the International Space Station.

Crew information: U.S. Navy Commander Scott J. Kelly will command the seven-
person crew of STS-118. U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col Charles O. Hobaugh will
be Endeavour's pilot. Veteran astronauts Richard A. Mastracchio and Dr.
Dafydd (Dave) Williams of the Canadian Space Agency will be returning to
space for their second missions. Barbara R. Morgan and Tracy E. Calewell,
Ph.D., and Benjamin Alvin Drew round out the crew as mission specialists.

Endeavour Lands Safely

Endeavour Lands Safely

Space Shuttle Endeavour's STS-118 mission completed the
22nd shuttle flight to the International Space Station to
deliver the 3rd starboard truss segment.

Here is the Double Rainbow that Dan took while we were
up at Peggy's home in Weare, New Hampshire, on Lake
Horace.........what a beautiful site it was to see........a very
memorable day.

My mistake....my last writing states that no one was around when
we saw the Double Rainbow*, well I was wrong when I said that.......
Uncle Dan took a picture of it and he is sending it to me; he has
more pictures that he took and will include at the same time.

Another double rainbow

Well, I am back from Weare, New Hampshire where I
went to help celebrate my Granddaughter's High School
Graduation. Grace....it was memorable.
I hope you believe this, but while there ....we
saw a Beautiful Double Rainbow* after a few
drops of rain.......No one had a camera to take
a picture of it.....so please believe me.........

My entire family went to help celebrate, and we
had a great time. Dan, Pete, Sam and Gracie's
friend Aric went fishing....pictures to follow. They
had a wonderful time.....Hannah, Katie and Sam
saw a 12" diameter turtle.....trying to go down the
stairs....he went "tail over head" a couple of times,
he didn't make it all the way. Grace had to stop her
car.....because a female moose was in front of it
and would not move......she blasted the horn....she
also blinked her headlights, and the moose finally
walked on across the road and Grace continued
on to Concord, it was dusk so Grace got a good look
at the moose, but of course, no camera with her.

Double Rainbow

Thank you to my
good friend, Rengin,
from Istanbul, Turkey
that I have this really
outstanding picture that I think is just awesome.
I don't believe I have ever seen a double rainbow.

Have you???????

School's Out

Time for another post.....I added a new Blog to my group,
It is for my Grandchildren. They are all getting older and
older.....yesterday 5.22.07 was the day that Hannah had
her graduation from 5th grade and she will now be start-
ing middle school......Hurray for Hannah...Congratulations
to Hannah.......Grandpa and Grandma love you very much.
Today is her last day of school until 8.20.07.........Hannah
have a great summer.
5.24.07 Katie Graduates with Cap and Gown from her
Kindergarten and will start 1st grade on 8.20.07 going to
the same school as Sam goes to, and Sam will advance to
the 5th grade, and by the way he did really great on his
F-CAT Testing Hurray for Sam..Congratulations to Sam
for his great report card......Congratulalions to Katie too.
Both Sam and Katie are on summer vacation also.

Well, I did it with the help of the Google Help Group.

Now I must think of the next thing I want to do.......

Until next time............

Same day.......much later in the day......late afternoon....I feel pretty good, worked hard on my blog and it is better than it was.......I got the template fixed the way I wanted it.....now I have a problem
with the colors......and I still cannot do that drag and drop: back to the pages that I printed....... to read more on that drag and drop, maybe I can figure it out.

April 30, 2007

Where am I, all I know is that I am lost.....lost in the middle of Blogspot ....... I think I must have, without knowing that I was doing it, changed the Template info......now I can't fix it.....

I have now joined 2 groups, Blogger Help Group and Google Helpers they have a real challenge with having me..........HELP HELP HELP

I am now known as Ms Error.Goof-Up

Friday the 13th........April, 2007


Are you a superstitious person....Black Cats, Walking under a Latter, Living on the 13th floor, oh!
there must be more I could mention but I can't think of any more right now......Well just so you
know, I am not.....I have had Black Cats in the past and I probably walked under a latter many
times.....I am still here and I don't have any worries.


I have other things to think about, this Blog is one of the things I have nightmares about. It is
not going as fast as I wanted it to go....I am talking about the Basic Layout....I can't figure it out.



Click and Drag....easy as that....NO IT IS NOT.....not for me, but I will learn how...and you will
know when I have accomplish the task.

I am back and I have great news to post.........

I received a letter posted 2 April, 2007 by Nigel Hillary, Publisher Poetry Division Noble House U.K. requesting that I write and submit a new poem for their next book 'Centres of Expression' a unique poetry Edition that is being distributed worldwide by Noble Nouse......it is scheduled for release in Winter 2008.

So,I better get to it and write the poem that I will submit.......

This is today's post......
Watch the Eagle morph
into ??????

Watch me turn into a
Eagle at YouWild.org

I guess work is done for the day and he thinks it's time for a break to play with his friend, Fritz,
After play time he will resume his lap time with me.

Hemmingway is my cat.......He has long white fur and he also has 7 toes on each front paw. I must tell you, he loves me...he sits on my lap all the time, when he is not working like in the picture. He is looking for a special picture that he wanted me to post......he is still looking for it.

Sweetpea.......is one of our cats. She loves oldjoe and waits for her morning nuggle everyday. Oldjoe also feeds the cats.......could that be why she loves him? Treat time is at 11:00 AM and at
8:00 PM.......he also gives them that........another reason.......

Sweetpea helps me when I am on the computer, but not as good as Hemmingway does......

Well, I am at it again....sorry for the confusion with the three different blogs. I am more confused than you are, part of the problem is not my fault but most of it I will take the blame for.

I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge.
That myth is more potent than history.
That dreams are more powerful than facts.
That hope always triumphs over experience.
That laughter is the only cure for grief.
And I believe that Y love Y is stronger than death.

--Robert Fulgham, The Storyteller's Creed, from All I Really Need To Know I Learned In Kindergarten: Uncommon Thoughts on Common Things

It wasn't me
Flory the Great