a tree grows in Texas

Marcia527
Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
edited March 2014 in Breast Cancer #1
Since I was a little acorn, I’ve been silent as can be.
I’ve stood and waited rooted here
To grow and develop into me.
Not caring what went on outside my little sphere.
For this is where I loved to live and no one interfered.
That is until one day a nasty wind blew through.
It laughed and said, "I’ve been all around the world, and yet
You stand secure and think you are all-knowing,
Take that!" and blew a plastic bag right into me.
At first I was astonished and then I was aggrieved.
Till I discovered what this was! It came from HEB!
My bag is waving high upon my limb and off I go to see
What goodies I can find that are appropriate for a tree.


Can't get the image in. Your have to go to my expressions page to see the tree. Look up at the high limb.

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  • Aortus
    Aortus Member Posts: 967
    #2
    Here you go, Marcia!
    image

    Obviously a female tree, to judge from its affinity for retail therapy!
  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #3
    Aortus said:

    Here you go, Marcia!
    image

    Obviously a female tree, to judge from its affinity for retail therapy!

    Thanks! I couldn't get it to
    Thanks! I couldn't get it to work. :(
  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #4

    Holey cow! I did it! This
    image


    Holey cow! I did it! This is my Mom and me with wildflowers. 1998
  • KathiM
    KathiM Member Posts: 8,028 Member
    #5
    I see my fruit trees in the back...
    Beautifully dressed in green, their bounty just promising little nubs now...

    MMMMMMM! early fall....Asian pears, Persimmons, and Pommegranates!!!

    Hugs, Kathi
  • phoenixrising
    phoenixrising Member Posts: 1,508
    #6
    Marcia, I love it!!
    Thank you.
  • tasha_111
    tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
    #7
    phoenixrising said:

    Marcia, I love it!!
    Thank you.

    Marcia
    You ROCK!!!!!!!!!!
  • lynn1950
    lynn1950 Member Posts: 2,570
    #8
    You cheer me
    I come here when I need cheering and you cheer me so! Thank you so much. Wish I could lose this darn cloud on my heart. Lynn
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #9
    Marcia...
    Love the little poem, but...

    What the heck is "HEB"? OK, I know it's some sort of store, just never heard of it. (I'm in the Midwest...)

    Kind regards, Susan
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #10
    Marcia527 said:


    Holey cow! I did it! This
    image


    Holey cow! I did it! This is my Mom and me with wildflowers. 1998

    Awesome!
    Congratulations on your new-found technical abilities! Well done!

    Kind regards, Susan
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #11
    Aortus said:

    Here you go, Marcia!
    image

    Obviously a female tree, to judge from its affinity for retail therapy!

    Aortus...
    Although females inherently comprehend and intuitively practice Retail Therapy (many are born with the instinct for it) - the benefits are not gender specific. Males simply usually need Tutorials. And once the males grasp the fundamentals, they can often give the females a run for their money! (Lame joke: "...run for their MONEY!" Get it?!? ha ha ha...)

    Kind regards, Susan
  • CR1954
    CR1954 Member Posts: 1,390 Member
    #12
    lynn1950 said:

    You cheer me
    I come here when I need cheering and you cheer me so! Thank you so much. Wish I could lose this darn cloud on my heart. Lynn

    Lynn.......
    Do you want to talk about it? Or you can tell me to mind my own business...you won't hurt my feelings. Just maybe if you talk it out, you will feel better. I don't know.

    Hugs,
    CR
  • rjjj
    rjjj Member Posts: 1,822 Member
    #13
    Thanks Marcia
    That was so cool!
    love, Jackie
  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #14
    Christmas Girl said:

    Marcia...
    Love the little poem, but...

    What the heck is "HEB"? OK, I know it's some sort of store, just never heard of it. (I'm in the Midwest...)

    Kind regards, Susan

    H.E.B. is a Texas grocery
    H.E.B. is a Texas grocery store. The founder used his initals for the store name because his name was Herbert E. Butt. Would you buy your food in a store named Butt's?
  • Christmas Girl
    Christmas Girl Member Posts: 3,682 Member
    #15
    Marcia527 said:

    H.E.B. is a Texas grocery
    H.E.B. is a Texas grocery store. The founder used his initals for the store name because his name was Herbert E. Butt. Would you buy your food in a store named Butt's?

    No!
    So, I guess that's why he used his initials and not his name. Although many people favor "butt steaks" as their favorite cut of beef! (I don't like 'em...)

    Thanks for the explanation. :-)

    Kind regards, Susan
  • Aortus
    Aortus Member Posts: 967
    #16
    Christmas Girl said:

    No!
    So, I guess that's why he used his initials and not his name. Although many people favor "butt steaks" as their favorite cut of beef! (I don't like 'em...)

    Thanks for the explanation. :-)

    Kind regards, Susan

    Yes!
    But then, I insisted to Moopy that if and when we got a dog, the dog would be named "Uranus." I meant it, too. "Honey, did you take Uranus to the vet?" or even "Sweetie, could you find Uranus for me?"

    But when Moopy took me to see the little brown ball of fur she had just adopted from the animal shelter, I fell for the poor little pup at once and named her Eefy Josephine instead.
  • djteach
    djteach Member Posts: 273
    #17
    Hi Marcia,
    That was great.
    Hi Marcia,
    That was great. Are you a Texas girl? It's really ironic. I am being treated for my cancer at the H.E.B. Harris Methodist Hospital. The H.E.B. there stands for Hurst, Euless, and Bedford-the cities that it serves. It is a small world.
    Love ya,
    Donna
  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #18
    djteach said:

    Hi Marcia,
    That was great.
    Hi Marcia,
    That was great. Are you a Texas girl? It's really ironic. I am being treated for my cancer at the H.E.B. Harris Methodist Hospital. The H.E.B. there stands for Hurst, Euless, and Bedford-the cities that it serves. It is a small world.
    Love ya,
    Donna

    Not Texas born
    I was not born in Texas but there is a saying here: "I wasn't born in Texas but I got here as soon as I could." I might not have quoted that right and I might have blown the punch line but you get the idea.
  • tasha_111
    tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
    #19
    Aortus said:

    Yes!
    But then, I insisted to Moopy that if and when we got a dog, the dog would be named "Uranus." I meant it, too. "Honey, did you take Uranus to the vet?" or even "Sweetie, could you find Uranus for me?"

    But when Moopy took me to see the little brown ball of fur she had just adopted from the animal shelter, I fell for the poor little pup at once and named her Eefy Josephine instead.

    Dodgy Doggie Names.....
    A friend of mine had 2 Dobies named "Castor and Pollock"..
    Next door had a huge Black Lab called 'Tarmac.'
    My first dog was called '****-head'

    My first cat was called..(Umnentionably politically incorrect)

    I was going to call my son Marmaduke (settled on Jamie)

    Guess what I'm going to name them guppies????

    Suggestions welcome....

    Hugs Jxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Marcia527
    Marcia527 Member Posts: 2,729
    #20
    tasha_111 said:

    Dodgy Doggie Names.....
    A friend of mine had 2 Dobies named "Castor and Pollock"..
    Next door had a huge Black Lab called 'Tarmac.'
    My first dog was called '****-head'

    My first cat was called..(Umnentionably politically incorrect)

    I was going to call my son Marmaduke (settled on Jamie)

    Guess what I'm going to name them guppies????

    Suggestions welcome....

    Hugs Jxxxxxxxxxxx

    amazing
    Texas also had a govenor named James Hogg and he named his daughter Ima. Put that one together. Talk about self confidence. She over came this and never married or changed her name. You have to read about her. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg

    That's it! Name them guppies all Ima and then some animal.
  • tasha_111
    tasha_111 Member Posts: 2,072
    #21
    Marcia527 said:

    amazing
    Texas also had a govenor named James Hogg and he named his daughter Ima. Put that one together. Talk about self confidence. She over came this and never married or changed her name. You have to read about her. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima_Hogg

    That's it! Name them guppies all Ima and then some animal.

    Oh Marcia........Too funny!
    My Grandma was named Lily, she had 3 sisters named, Rose, Ivy and Daisy......Their surname was...........PLANT! This is not just inconsiderate, this is child abuse!

    My Sister named her first son Jason...Thank Goodness, she was going to call him Wayne.., The poor kid already has an aunt called Jo!
    And their last name is..........KING. I worry about these people in the small hours of the night. I really do.

    Hugs Jxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

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