The Windy Month

Tuesday 4!

I am hoping to get more people to give this a try.

So many subscribe and come to see Tuesday 4 but only a few participate.

On another note,  a few weeks ago someone was making fun of  Senator Elizabeth Warren. She is remembered for having taken a university job meant for an indigenous American. It was her family traditional history that they had Cherokee ancestors.  Well, it turns out she did but she inherited only 1/1000th from that ancestor and of course we know the job is for someone with a complete experience..  I do not approve of her taking that job.. it was wrong,  But  something else struck me as I was thinking things over.

Which of us will be remembered for generations to come with pride and reverence?  Why most of us don't even know our great grandparents and when we pass on we will be forgotten by future gnerations, as is most common.

 Yet, this man or women is remembered by many generations even down to relations who retain little of their DNA but 'wear' it with pride!

 Imagine what kind of person this must have been!   It reminds me of the  scripture that says " her   children rise up to call her blessed."    In this case her children's great great great grandchildren call her blessed.  Imagine that!

   Every story has many sides to it if we look deeply and consider things. .  I just thought it would be nice to share my thoughts on this with you.

Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4 where we try to have fun answering questions about various subjects.

March, they say, comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb.  It is called the windy month like Chicago is called the windy city!

1.  Has March come in like a lion or a lamb in your neck of the woods? 

Windy days began at the last weeks of February and March has been very windy indeed!

2. There have been some awful storms of late.. have you suffered through them or have you ever suffered through a very bad storm in your life? (if so we wish you well)

There have been some wind storms that knocked down limbs and twigs in the woods and today was the remnants of the severe storms that ravaged the mid west and south the past 2 days .  For us, there was wind and rain.. a good soaking.

3. Spring begins March 20th and ends with summer on June 20th this year.  Any plans for Spring in general? How about the spring holidays? 

My family will gather for the spring holy days coming up in April.  

4.  What are your favorite springtime flowers?  I think Daffodils, Hyacinths, violets, tulips, bluebells, lady slipper are all so very pretty.  Mountain pinks are wonderful and grow around the pond.

From my garden in Spring:

Lilac

Scotch Broom

Some of my wisteria.. its all over the place 

White Mountain Pinks

Rhododendrun

 Trees or shrubs? Lilacs, Pussy Willow, Forsythia ,  Azalea and Rhodedenrun all grow in my yard and I think they are very pretty. 

How about a song with a springtime theme to it that you enjoy?   I remember the song "April Showers" that our 2^nd grade teacher taught to us.  We had music lessons in our town schools from kindergarten all the way up.    Everyone learned to read music and play an instrument.  Music, art, homemaking and 'shop' were considered important classes then and America was better for it.

Here is a recording from the Frank Sinatra Radio Show broadcast on April 2, 1947. The show was sponsored by Old Gold cigarettes and Jane Powell was the guest that night.