A Secret Garden was written
President Taft
Norman Rockwell
Ford assembly line
Monday, August 30, 2010
Saturday, August 28, 2010
The Village Blacksmith
Henry W. Longfellow
Under a spreading chestnut-tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he,
With large and sinewy hands;
And the muscles of his brawny arms
Are strong as iron bands.
His hair is crisp, and black, and long,
His face is like the tan;
His brow is wet with honest sweat,
He earns whate'er he can,
And looks the whole world in the face,
For he owes not any man.
Week in, week out, from morn till night,
You can hear his bellows blow;
You can hear him swing his heavy sledge,
With measured beat and slow,
Like a sexton ringing the village bell,
When the evening sun is low.
And children coming home from school
Look in at the open door;
They love to see the flaming forge,
And hear the bellows roar,
And catch the burning sparks that fly
Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
He goes on Sunday to the church,
And sits among his boys;
He hears the parson pray and preach,
He hears his daughter's voice,
Singing in the village choir,
And it makes his heart rejoice.
It sounds to him like her mother's voice,
Singing in Paradise!
He needs must think of her once more,
How in the grave she lies;
And with his haul, rough hand he wipes
A tear out of his eyes.
Toiling,--rejoicing,--sorrowing,
Onward through life he goes;
Each morning sees some task begin,
Each evening sees it close
Something attempted, something done,
Has earned a night's repose.
Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught!
Thus at the flaming forge of life
Our fortunes must be wrought;
Thus on its sounding anvil shaped
Ralph Moody
Ralph Moody
Colorado Climate:
compare that to Nashville, Tn: (Lat/Lon: 36.17°N 86.78°W)
Nashville has a moderate climate with hot summers and cold winters. An ample annual rainfall keeps things green and clean, but there are enough sunny days in between to keep everyone happy. Summers can be very humid, which pushes up the discomfort index even if temperatures do not hit major highs.
Pikes Peak seen from Castle Rock, CO
in 1858, gold was discovered in a creek near present-day Denver and the rush was on! By early spring of 1869, thousands of fortune hunters flooded across the plains. Most went home empty handed, but the hardy ones pushed on into the Rocky Mountains and some of them established fortunes. Over the next half century, millions upon millions of dollars worth of gold and silver were taken from mines in legendary places such as Central City, Cripple Creek, Georgetown, Leadville, Creed, and Telluride.
colorado is the ROCKY MOUNTAINS--they run through the state, not only forming the Continental Divide but creating some of the most remarkable scenery in the world.
Garden of the gods
Monday, August 16, 2010
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