DADS 90th BIRTHDAY

Dear Dad,

Mom's Phone 011Congratulations on becoming ninety years of age. I’m here to celebrate with you and the family. I’ve selected some music videos to listen to, and hopefully, pictures (searching for them now).

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DONALD!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Taste of Honey …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I suppose listening to all this jazz … was the prelude to so many babies!!!!!

Marybeth   Jonathan   Jeffrey  (a little twinning going on)

Debra Kay and Kimmy Sue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tijuana Taxi …

 

Right after the honeymoon in Tijuana I mean Acapulco they settled down to a wonderful life. Donald had it all especially the kid factor. Talk about fertile, the man and his green bottle was the secret. He had a great job, a boat, a beautiful wife, five adorable well mannered obedient kids, and a house he helped build, on the lake of course!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This old couple (ha ha) hey you are ninety so I can say that. This old couple has aged well, like fine wine and tangy cheese. Hell, they just go together like the weather.

 

 

 

 

 

NEW YORK, NEW YORK …

 

Yes, they’ve been there and everywhere! One of their favorites as they have been around for a loooooooooooooong time.

I think they should dance a little to this guy-right everyone. Cheers. Toasting to 90 years. YES!

 

 

 

 

 

Ave Maria …

 

What I want to know is how did Donald have so many smart kids? You did something right! Every last one of them acts like they know it all and went to Harvard or Yale.

Ha ha. I guess he passed on some good jeans or their mother whipped them into shape at an early age. He is blessed to have such knowledge, courage and wit in his house. You taught us well; we love the discussions DAD!

Ave Maria … one of your favorites, I know.

 

 

 

This beautiful picture of Mom and Dad and Jonathan and Diane is very pretty like a painting!

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Perfect …

 

This song recorded in Italy, a place Dad visited with Joe and Mom, is about love and we LOVE you Dad!

 

 

 

 

 

Dad is perfect, isn’t he?

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Maybe one more trip or two in ya Dad?

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Green Green Grass of Home …

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Thank you Dad for all you do and did. I LOVE you! Kim

Author, Writer, Blogger

Una mas song beautifully done …

Over the Rainbow…

 

Thanks for watching! Have a wonderful b-day in July!!! CHEERS!!

Kim

 

Bon Voyage

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Spring is almost here and I have so much to do! Thanks for following; please follow at theivorytide or author Caroline Clemens blogs for updates. Time for me to move on.

Enjoy your time fishing, traveling, writing or reading, or whatever you like. Caroline

Autumn Quotes New Cover

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It is with great pleasure I bring you a brand new cover for my debut poetry collection I call poetic leaves. Dani from Brazil, a digital artist, has made this for me. The digital is up on Amazon and hopefully later this week the print will be live! It’s absolutely the belle of the ball …. Exquisite!

Caroline

Winter’s Dance

Frozen Scene

Winter’s Dance

by Caroline Clemens

The bleak outlook of a cold winter’s day,

Makes waltz’s misstep as slippery ice brings,

Hardened limbs and hearts, like branches and things.

The red heart pulses, while eyes visualize grey.

Can they dance if a mind has gone away?

Echoes past in cathedral loudly rings,

One and two and breathe; loves melody sings.

 

Stilled and quiet, winter grieves her lost love.

The sympathies of ages mark time in church.

Yet, sapphire souls seek freedom in futile search.

Their lonely griefs covered with knitted glove,

The Winter’s Dance keeps time like bell above,

Unites them through winter wondrous trees of birch.

Loves end lasts forever, not winter’s lurch.

 

~2 verse, 7 lines, 10 syllable w/ 1,4,5 and 2,3,6,7 to rhyme describing winter, love and the end/changing of both.

Photography by Kim Troike

Christmas Cheer

Christmas Decorations

From Gardenlilie Publishing to you and yours, I wish you a Merry Christmas!

 Happy Holidays!

Whatever you celebrate this season, which for kids revolves around Santa, may it be special and full of goodies from his sleigh.

Caroline Clemens~pen

Photo of my son Matthew with Tigger, train, tree, Santa, his sleigh and an ice cold coke.

Labor of Love

Posting this beautiful display of a cover I made for my novel next to pieces from Monet: the luncheon, the gardens, and the train station 1887. I wanted to share this with you. Quite possibly, I may change my cover back to this with the architectural history of worldly monuments and places. We’ll see.

Caroline

Credits to Wikimedia Commons (Monet) and Thinkstock Images with Amazon KDP(my cover).

Favorite Things

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Yes, these are some of my favorite things! My novel Into the Vines, card with movie picture of Gone With The Wind, vino glass Best Friends, a hand-painted plate w sunflowers, magpie, vine troubled ceramic roof mansion perfect for serving my favorite Holiday meat of turkey, which lay upon the leopard print scarf and finally a plate with palms. Find me on Amazon.

 

 

Retiring

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Beginnings and endings come and go, don’t they? Go to carolineclemens.com  for any author info if interested. This was the ‘Best Little Whorehouse in Texas’ as they might say.

Just joking. I learned, I followed, I played and guess what? I wrote a poetry book. I’m very proud of that. Autumn Quotes by CarolineClemens 

Thanks to all who inspired and helped me to complete that artistic endeavor! Please follow me at my author website (caroline clemens) by clicking the link above. Thanks.

Gardenlilie