GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY!
Election Day- Tomorrow- Saturday, May 6th- The polls will be open tomorrow from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. Do your part… cast your vote!
Graham Steer Baseball Bi-District Playoffs- The Steers will play Glen Rose this Friday and Saturday. Game 1- 7:00 pm on Friday at Glen Rose. Game 2- 2:00 pm on Saturday at Graham. Game 3 (if needed) at Graham. GO STEERS!
GHS Band Concerts- The GHS Jazz, Symphonic, and Wind Ensemble will be performing on Thursday, May 19th. The performances will begin at 6:00 pm at the Graham Memorial Auditorium.
Lady Blues Track- Congratulations to Mary Lyndell Graham on setting a new school record in the Mile Run with a time of 5:25 while competing in the UIL Regional Track Meet!
GJHS One-Act Play- Congratulations to the cast and crew on earning a rating of 1 with their performance of Lafayette!
Bluebonnets Are Blooming…
What Texan doesn’t know that the Bluebonnet is the state flower of Texas? That was taken care of in 1901 when the Texas Legislature debated which plant to name the state flower, and the bluebonnet beat the Prickly Pear Cactus and the Cotton Boll for the recognition. The Bluebonnet got its name from the flower’s individual bloom’s resemblance to the sunbonnets the pioneer women wore to protect them from the grueling Texas sun.
President Lyndon Johnson’s wife Lady Bird encouraged Americans to take pride in their area by beautifying the countryside. After leaving Washington, D.C., Lady Bird extended her beautification efforts by encouraging the Texas Department of Transportation to plant native plants along Texas highways. In Central Texas, the bluebonnets seemed to thrive and spread.
Bluebonnets pop up along Texas roadways and fields, making for an incredible sight each spring! This year there was concern that the harsh winter of 2021 and the drought conditions of 2022 would hamper the return of the state flower, but the flower is thriving this Spring!
The book Legends and Lore of Texas Wildflowers shares a popular legend of how Bluebonnets came to be so widespread across our state.
This legend tells of a time when the weather was particularly unkind to the Comanche, the Indigenous peoples of Texas. The people had suffered a devastating flood followed by a severe drought. Summers were harsh with high winds and dust storms. The winters were cold with blizzards. Food was scarce and many Indigenous tribal members starved. Disease swept through the tribe. The elders determined that the Great Spirit was angry with them.
Nothing that the Comanche’s Wise Men or Medicine Men did helped to alleviate the people’s plight. Suddenly, one evening as the leaders sat around a fire, the Great Spirit spoke to them. The Great Spirit told them that their selfishness had caused the situation that they were in, and it told them that the only solution was to burn the tribe’s most prized possession and spread the ashes to the four winds.
Unbeknownst to the council, a young girl named “She-Who-Is-Alone” was nearby, in the darkness. As the wise men hesitated and argued and debated the most prized possession to sacrifice, the child knew what to do. Her prized possession was a cornhusk warrior doll, a gift from her mother who had died from the famine. When everyone was asleep, the girl snuck out of her teepee, gathered hot coals from the fire, and climbed a nearby hill. There she gathered twigs, and using the hot coals, started a fire. She lifted the warrior doll over her head and offered it to the Great Spirit. She tossed the doll into the fire, watched it burn, and then, when the ashes had cooled, scooped them into her cupped hands and let the wind carry them.
The next morning, the tribe awoke to a landscape that was covered in Bluebonnets, one that the night before had been barren. It was clear that the Great Spirit had forgiven them, and the tribe renamed the little girl, “One-Who-Dearly-Loves-Her-People”.
Just like the Bluebonnets that return year after year regardless of the weather, Texas educators are a hardy bunch that withstands challenge after challenge to provide their very best for the school children of the state year after year. Clearly, Texas educators should be named “Ones-Who-Dearly-Love-Their-Students”!
Thank you for creating a beautiful landscape in our schools!
Have a nice day… take care of yourself and others!
CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY
What did the digital clock say to its mother? (Scroll down for the answer.)
Look ma! No hands!!!
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