- JUST BLOOMED TODAY
- AWKWARD VISIT WITH SANTA PHOTO OF THE DAY
- HIDEOUS CHRISTMAS SWEATER PHOTO OF THE DAY
- HOLIDAY PHOTO OF THE DAY
- TWEET TREATS
- DID YOU KNOW...? THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
- DOG CONFESSIONS
- BIZARRE CHRISTMAS CARDS
- LETTERS TO SANTA
- PHOTOBOMBING
- GARDEN UPDATE
- FAUNA
- GARDEN GIGGLE
- WHAT IN THE WORLD?
- FEEDBACK
JUST BLOOMED TODAY
AWKWARD VISIT WITH SANTA PHOTO OF THE DAY
HIDEOUS CHRISTMAS SWEATER PHOTO OF THE DAY
HOLIDAY ANIMAL PHOTO OF THE DAY
TWEET TREATS
bringing you the quirky, funniest and most interesting tweets from Twitter that we came across.
DID YOU KNOW...? THE CHARGE OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
This poem, published today in 1854, is a tribute to a badly directed battle,a charge of British cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War. The Light Brigade was horribly outmatched, due to a miscommunication in their orders, but still fought on as they were told.
The brigade was not completely destroyed, but did suffer terribly, with 118 men killed, 127 wounded and about 60 taken prisoner. After regrouping, only 195 men were still with horses, with 335 horses killed in action, or obliged afterwards to be destroyed from wounds. The futility of the action and its reckless bravery prompted the French Marshal Pierre Bosquet to state "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre." ("It is magnificent, but it is not war.") He continued, in a rarely quoted phrase: "C'est de la folie" — "it is madness."
BIZARRE CHRISTMAS CARDS
LETTERS TO SANTA
I won't do any hittin pinchin kicken.
- Jakob, 5, Racine, Wisconsin.
I really want a perent for my best friend Jade
- Laura, 9, James Creek, Pennsylvania.
Santa be carful, we have holes in the floor. peple fall in them. I want to move. Mom says we are going to live on the street. If we are not here plese leve the presets at grammas. I love you!
- Elizabeth, 9, Auburn, Washington.
i have not got a belly buton so can i have one of them for chirstmas too
- Kyle, 9, Swindon, United Kingdom.
I was a pretty bad kid last year and now I'm back with my family and it's great I am doing really good now and just want whats best for everybody.
- Jenn, 19, Billings, Montana.
Where do you buy the nose polish for Rudolph's nose? I'd like to get some too and try it.
- Kyle, 8, Portal, Georgia.
WAZZUP, HO HO HOmeboy!!!!
- Chrissy, 11, Sicklerville, New Jersey.
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The brigade was not completely destroyed, but did suffer terribly, with 118 men killed, 127 wounded and about 60 taken prisoner. After regrouping, only 195 men were still with horses, with 335 horses killed in action, or obliged afterwards to be destroyed from wounds. The futility of the action and its reckless bravery prompted the French Marshal Pierre Bosquet to state "C'est magnifique, mais ce n'est pas la guerre." ("It is magnificent, but it is not war.") He continued, in a rarely quoted phrase: "C'est de la folie" — "it is madness."
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Half a league, half a league,
Half a league onward,
All in the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!
"Charge for the guns!" he said:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
"Forward, the Light Brigade!"
Was there a man dismay'd?
Not tho' the soldier knew
Someone had blunder'd:
Theirs not to make reply,
Theirs not to reason why,
Theirs but to do and die:
Into the valley of Death
Rode the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon in front of them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
Boldly they rode and well,
Into the jaws of Death,
Into the mouth of Hell
Rode the six hundred.
Flash'd all their sabres bare,
Flash'd as they turn'd in air,
Sabring the gunners there,
Charging an army, while
All the world wonder'd:
Plunged in the battery-smoke
Right thro' the line they broke;
Cossack and Russian
Reel'd from the sabre stroke
Shatter'd and sunder'd.
Then they rode back, but not
Not the six hundred.
Cannon to right of them,
Cannon to left of them,
Cannon behind them
Volley'd and thunder'd;
Storm'd at with shot and shell,
While horse and hero fell,
They that had fought so well
Came thro' the jaws of Death
Back from the mouth of Hell,
All that was left of them,
Left of six hundred.
When can their glory fade?
O the wild charge they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.
DOG CONFESSIONS
I won't do any hittin pinchin kicken.
- Jakob, 5, Racine, Wisconsin.
I really want a perent for my best friend Jade
- Laura, 9, James Creek, Pennsylvania.
Santa be carful, we have holes in the floor. peple fall in them. I want to move. Mom says we are going to live on the street. If we are not here plese leve the presets at grammas. I love you!
- Elizabeth, 9, Auburn, Washington.
i have not got a belly buton so can i have one of them for chirstmas too
- Kyle, 9, Swindon, United Kingdom.
I was a pretty bad kid last year and now I'm back with my family and it's great I am doing really good now and just want whats best for everybody.
- Jenn, 19, Billings, Montana.
Where do you buy the nose polish for Rudolph's nose? I'd like to get some too and try it.
- Kyle, 8, Portal, Georgia.
WAZZUP, HO HO HOmeboy!!!!
- Chrissy, 11, Sicklerville, New Jersey.
GARDEN UPDATE
Weak sun that didn't last into the afternoon. How was it at your place?
PHOTOBOMBING
Weak sun that didn't last into the afternoon. How was it at your place?
PHOTOBOMBING
GARDEN GIGGLE
FAUNA
WHAT IN THE WORLD?
On today in American history, people in gardens everywhere were talking about:
1854 Alfred Lord Tennyson publishes "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
1861 Joint Committee of the Conduct of the War created
1921 GM engineers discover that leaded gas reduced the knock in car engines
1950 Harry Gold sent to prison for his role in atomic espionage
1958 The John Birch Society is founded
1967 Linda Byrd Johnson was married at the White House to Charles Robb, who would go on to become the governor of Virginia
1972 "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy tops the US pop charts
1990 Walesa elected President of Poland
1992 US Marines storm Mogadishu, Somalia; Separation of Charles and Diana announced
2012 94 year old Nelson Mandela hospitalized
1854 Alfred Lord Tennyson publishes "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
1861 Joint Committee of the Conduct of the War created
1921 GM engineers discover that leaded gas reduced the knock in car engines
1950 Harry Gold sent to prison for his role in atomic espionage
1958 The John Birch Society is founded
1967 Linda Byrd Johnson was married at the White House to Charles Robb, who would go on to become the governor of Virginia
1972 "I Am Woman" by Helen Reddy tops the US pop charts
1990 Walesa elected President of Poland
1992 US Marines storm Mogadishu, Somalia; Separation of Charles and Diana announced
2012 94 year old Nelson Mandela hospitalized
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