GLORY BE TO HEAVEN, LOOK WHO'S TURNING 7 [tomorrow !!]

                                                    

It's our precious grandson, John !!!

And we've loved you every

step of the way...

John with Grandpa and Jude a few years earlier

... and many happy returns !!!

SWEET LITTLE STORY 'BOUT KATHY AND JACK:

 THEY ARE MY ANCESTORS 

FROM VERY FAR BACK !!!

Katherine Swynford's life holds many of us in thrall for she enchanted a royal prince for many decades! As for John, he too was a very captivating individual. John of Gaunt was believed arrogant by his enemies yet considered a powerful Plantagenet prince by his friends. Was Katherine a brazen seductress? A scandalous mastermind? All the same, what special charm did she have for John of Gaunt to love her so passionately?  At a time when neither of them was young but perhaps still 'young at heart' [John at 56, Katherine at 46], he decided to finally "put a ring on it". In that day and age, nobles did not always feel the need to marry their mistresses, but John ultimately did: A month before Valentine's day.

January 13, 1396 was their wedding date

Oh, how I love genealogy !!!!!

THE CONSUMMATE REPTILIAN CANDIDATE CONS IOWA...

                                                                          

    HUGELY !!!

His skin, so green

And granular;

It quivers like

A corpse...

Satan inhabits

His brain and mouth:

Pursed lips have

No remorse.

And folks who 'like' him:

What of them?

Why choose an

Errant course?

Why credit felons

In this race?

He's not the

Wisest horse !!

Take home point to those who call themselves 'religious': Don't be a hypocrite...

A Cringe-Worthy Hostage to Fortune??

                                                                      

His dissolute antics

Appall us;

A dreadful, comedic display...

You should comprehend,

His lies have

No end;

'Deception'

Brings consequences

He'll pay...

It's incumbent upon us

As humans,

To wipe out deceit

Gone astray;

Yet the impulse remains

When we witness disgrace:

Is [to] look away,

Look away, look away...

To the f***ing idiots who

still support this felon,

SHAME ON YOU!!!!

2 SPECIAL BIRTHDAYS

                                              Just 2 days apart !!

                                   

NOTE: With every candle you blow out today, remember that you brighten up many lives... Happy Birthday!

***************

And...

Can't forget that the 6th of January

was someone's b'day, as well !!

'Tucked Away' [Yet Again]

                                                                           

Today I did bundle

The 'festive' away;

Bright greens and reds

Fade from view...

There's snow on the rooftops,

There's ice on the flue;

The New Year has marked

Its debut.

Yet, stars can revisit

The shimmer of lights;

Moonlight can warm

Chilly nights;

January doldrums

Need never succeed;

Delight(!) in our

  Plain 'winter whites'!!

poem by L.P.-G. / 1-4-2024

JUST 2 DAYS AFTER NEW YEAR'S...

                                              

Our special grandson turns '5'

WE HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY IS

AS SPECIAL AS YOU ARE !!

Oh What Birthday Bliss !!

AULD LANG- SIGH!

                                                                 

Old '23 is now dead and gone;

New '24 gets to croon its own song.

An 'elderly year' has screeched to a halt;

Let not this 'new year' [our senses] assault !!!

poem by L.P.-G. / 1-1-2024