RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (85949)

Daytona Beach, Florida • Age 68

Joined myLot 10 years ago

New York City is my hometown. I have now relocated from Riga, Latvia to Daytona Beach, Florida along with my cat Sid. I am passionate about poetry and writing.

nothingbutpoetry.wordpress.com

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Meeting Up With History

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 18h

Again my online travels have amazed me. I found the passenger lists and the ship my parents took when they left Germany for the New World. They boarded the General Harry Taylor at Bremerhaven, Germany on January 12. My mom Elvira...

arriving on the general harry taylor

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Amazing Facts Like It or Not

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 13 Jun

In my travels round the Internet I arrive at some very interesting sites. One of them informed me that even though the facts I would be reading were completely useless they are things that nonetheless everyone should know. Really?...

strange facts

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The Horrors of Indian Plane Crash

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 12 Jun

In Ahmedabad, India a plane crash of an Air India plane heading to London, England has crashed and killed at least 240 people. It is some kind of fate or miracle that Vishwashkumar Ramesh is in the hospital having survived this...

indian airlines plane crash one survives

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May Brian Wilson Make Good Vibrations in Heaven

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 11 Jun

Brian Wilson, the legendary frontman and co-founder of The Beach Boys, has died at the age of 82. He leaves the world with his legacy and the great music The Beach Boys all gave...

brian wilson of the beach boys has died

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Beware the Vampire Squirrel

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 10 Jun

Why should people be the only ones to get in on Halloween fun? I just stumbled across the vampire squirrel online. The bad news is that this squirrel is for real. Researchers have seen it in the wild at present in a national park...

vampire squirrel for real

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A Song Dedicated to Elvis

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 8 Jun

I simply love a song which I had listened to many time called “Black Velvet”. I had no idea that this song was all about Elvis. Then one day I was searching for words to describe the night sky and coming to black velvet I saw an...

black velvet and elvis

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The Smartest Cockatoos

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 7 Jun

Even living in a city like Sydney, Australia the iconic sulphue-crested cockatoos have learned how to adjust to urban licing. They are very intelligent and have nimble feet . In Western Sydney scientist took note when cockatoos...

cockatoos drink from public fountains in sydney

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A Poem From Song Titles

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 6 Jun

I thought it was a cute idea to create a poem with the titles of songs so that it seems to come out like a real poem. Hope you enjoy. All About You Brightest Star Closer to the Heart Dance Me to the End of Love Every Beat of My...

song title can make free verse poems

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Emotional Roller Coaster

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 5 Jun

Let's see if I got this straight, I am stuck at the Mad Hatters Tea Party with no way out. The party keeps going on and on and gets about as strange as what Alice experienced in Wonderland. Now if I could make an exit to get back...

jumbled thoughts

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The Cat Kingdom in Heaven

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 3 Jun

Once there was my darling Sid who ws like a cat warrior bold and sure about what he wanted. I told him tales about another cat warrior also bold and sure ruling over his own Earthly kingdom and that was Scar. i hope both Sid and...

in honor of both my sid and of scar

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Interesting Shadows

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 2 Jun

Both Martin and I were interesting in taking photos of shadows on sunny days. In thsi photo on the left is Martin and on the right me. If you look closely a little bird had decided to escape from the sun for a while and is...

shadow memories

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Remembering Apple Blossom Time

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 31 May

My garden in Latvia had five apple trees and for a short time in the spring it was like a white wonderland. From this inspiration I created this poetic meme my very last time in the garden in springtime.

apple blossoms

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Have Deleted My Post

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 30 May

OK so I got caught up in the fact that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle now have had twin boys. Since I was also one of those who did not usually follow stories about the royals I will now go back to that. Thanks to all who pointed...

post deleted

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My Mother's Birthday

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 26 May

My mother was born on May 26, 1911 in Riga, Latvia. All her birthdays we celebrated were not always on Memorial Day. I miss her and she passed at the age of 84 in 1996. The photo is of my parents shortly after they married in the...

mom and dad in augustdorf

germany

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Pennywise the Loggerhead Turtle

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 25 May

It was unfortunate that a huge 302 pound loggerhead turtle was hit by a boat off the Atlantic coast in Juno Beach, Florida. The turtle named Pennywise was taken to the Loggerhead Marinelife Center but had to be transferred to the...

pennywise the turtle is having babies

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What a Likeness

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 23 May

Just for fun I found a picture of Queen Victoria as a baby and put my photo alongside it. I wonder if there could have been any kind of relation or perhaps reincarnation. I even have the right hand raised. What do you think?

we do seem alike

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Capuchin Monkeys are Kidnappers

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 20 May

One capuchin male monkey has been named Joker and he along with four subadult and juvenile male monkeys have abducted at least 11 infant howler monkeys between January 2022 and March 2023. Researchers have put down this behavior...

capucin monkeys kidnap infant howlers

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Baby Queen Victoria

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 18 May

I think I look a bit like a baby Queen Victoria in this photo. Sitting on my throne ready to command my subjects. i was four months old in the summer of 1957. My parents had friends who lived in Westbury, Connecticut and rented...

ready to rule my world

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Stopping Wildlife Poachers

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 17 May

Interesting to read that the kennels of Dogs4Wildlife in the Welsh town of Carmarthen are a non-profit organization that trains doegs to support anti-poaching units (APUs) in their efforts to protect endangered wildlife across...

doga against poachers

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Seaweed Problems in Florida Part Two

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (85949) • Daytona Beach, Florida 16 May

The fact - the Atlantic Ocean has a toxic seaweed problem. Brown islands of algae floating about washing up on beaches and it's still growing season for it. Fact- Sargassum hurts ecosystems and economies wherever its overgrown...

seaweed problem in miami

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