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Sherry, you are probably right. However, there is another tree which is similar, the "Redbud Tree". They can be found all over Oklahoma City during Spring. The campus at TWU was covered with them during the Spring semester while I was there, very beautiful!

03/09/22 03:28 PM

#6621

AH-HA!! Saundra, I did not know that! So I guess our buddy Rex will have to let us know!!

03/09/22 03:52 PM

#6622

Yes, Rex. What will it be?

03/09/22 06:12 PM

#6623

Fred Miller

Here in Texas we have 3 different varieties of redbud tree. Some grow wild in the wooded areas of our property. One variety is the Ace of Hearts Redbud pictured below...

03/10/22 08:48 AM

#6624

Thank you Saundra, Sherry, and Fred for your contributions! They are great! Those are some really beautiful red blossom varieties! Any comments on other magnificent trees? Do any of our classmates have pics of Wisteria or other...?

03/10/22 12:17 PM

#6625

Oklahoma City is beautiful in the Spring! Before the Redbuds bloom, the Bradford Pears with their gorgeous white blossoms bring beauty to the City! to

03/11/22 02:02 PM

#6626

Mike Curtis

This is a menu from 1960!

03/12/22 06:25 AM

#6627

John Doyal

Mike, that was definitely a blast from the past for me. I was stationed at Ft. Sill, Ok. in the army and was on seperate rations so I had to furnish all my own meals. I had never heard of McDonald's, but was introduced by buddies. I could make my money go further by eating there. Those were the prices I still paid until I got out in 1968.

03/14/22 05:42 PM

#6628

Who spoke these words:..?

"Beware, the Ides of March" !

03/14/22 08:48 PM

#6629

Pat Sullins (Carpenter)

The soothsayer to Julius Caesar

03/14/22 09:03 PM

#6630

Rex, I agree with Pat.
I also was thinking, (UH OH),
Well, I guess anyone that ever played Julius Caesar.

03/15/22 07:35 AM

#6631

Fred Miller

Wasn't it a group effort by the senators, and led by Brutus...?

03/15/22 09:32 AM

#6632

Pat Sullins (Carpenter)

Think Brutus repeated it later.

03/17/22 10:37 AM

#6633

St Patricks Day Greetings GIF by Amanda | Happy Magic Co.

03/17/22 03:02 PM

#6634

Re: Ides of March

OK Folks! Looks like we have a few "class historians' in our midst... Pat Sullins being familiar with ancient history, Fred Miller with his great "sins 'o humah" demonstrating what happened to the back of a "Caesar's" Salad Dressing bottle... and Sherry saying ditto to Pat S. comments.

For all you Brother Dave Garner fans... In1960 Brother Dave gave his short but sweet "Southern humor" version of Julius Caesar. Brutus enters the room...

Caesar say: "Et tu, Brute"? Brutus say: "No man, I dun et..."!!

Keep them cards and letters comin' right on in !!!

03/17/22 07:11 PM

#6635

Fred Miller

One of my favorite Brother Dave Gardner lines.....

"You can't do something again. You can do something similar. But you can't do it again..."

I loved his humor.

03/18/22 10:38 AM

#6636

"The Origin of Rock 'n Roll" (David & Goliath) .... according to Brother Dave Gardner

03/19/22 10:37 AM

#6637

I learn something new every day! Didn't know David started rock 'n roll!

03/19/22 10:41 AM

#6638

That's right! Little David 'rocked' Goliath then he 'rolled' him!! Now you know who started "Rock 'n Roll"...!!!

03/21/22 12:32 PM

#6639

Mike Curtis

Loved Brother Dave! My favorate was the motorcycle accident :"babe was alright till we turned her head around". His comedy got me to thinking about the differences between then and now and I found this --

Especially the music!!!

03/22/22 06:29 PM

#6640

You bet! Chuck and Baby's motorcycle accident story was a real hit! Another favorite was Brother Dave's story about spending a night in a haunted ('hainted') house: Where the frightened man said: "If you ain't John... I'm Gone"!!!

I recall what our good friend Bill Turley used to say in response to differences between then and now:... Using his best W.C. Fields impersonation he'd say: "Back when men were men, women were women, and the sheep were nervous..."

03/23/22 03:01 PM

#6641

Patrick Riley

Boy ... so true about "our music". Before MTV and music videos, our 1960s music only had to sound good. The musical stars today have to look good and the production focus is on the videography ... not the sound.

Think of music icons like Buddy Holly and Patsy Cline ... both kind of "plain" looking people. Sad but I'm guessing neither could make it in Nashville today but on the radio in our day they "looked" fine!

Suggestion ... take any 60s song you like and listen carefully to the craftsmanship. A good example is the trumpet overlays in Johnny Cash's 1963 release Ring of Fire ... a thing of beauty! > https://youtu.be/1WaV2x8GXj0

Another example ... the drum work and bird sounds by the Ventures in Apache '65. > https://youtu.be/FMD1F34-f00

Plus ... the thunder and chimes in the Cascades' 1963 release Rhythm of the Falling Rain. > https://youtu.be/AtEKXIQCwYw

And literally everything (but particularly the simulated metronome) in the Token's 1961 release The Lion Sleeps Tonight (one of my favorite songs) > https://youtu.be/OQlByoPdG6c

And how about the vocal "wailing" and guitar work in Del Shannon's 1961 release Runaway. > https://youtu.be/0S13mP_pfEc

And an arrangement masterpiece ... Sandy Nelson's 1962 release The Birth of the Beat (listen to the rain fall and jungle sounds ... wow). > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ3GsuStFcQ

And just one more ... the inclusion of a recorder (medieval flute-like instrument) in Judy Collins' Cook With Honey. > https://youtu.be/crUfbSrNMv8

True musical craftsmanship all! I could go on for hours but I'm sure all of you have your favorites too!

03/23/22 04:24 PM

#6642

"Pat"~Patrick R., You are so right!!

03/23/22 05:13 PM

#6643