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Texas Lone Star State, Motto Freindship , flower Blue Bonnet, Flying Mammal Mexican Free Tail Bat,Folk Dance Square Dance,Song Texas our Texas, Bird Mockingbird, Dish Chili,Fish Guadelupe Bass,Fabric cotton,Fruit Texas Red Grapefruit,Insect Monarch Butterfly,tree Pecan,Vegetable Sweet Onion,Sport Rodeo,Snack tortilla chips and Salsa,Shrub Crape Myrtle,Retile Horned Lizzard(horny toad), Large Mammal Long Horn,plant prickly Pear cactus, this is probably more then anyone wanted to know about my adopted state of Texas.
Jimmy

New Mexico Land of Enchantment,The cactus State,The Spanish State. Name Nuevo Mexico form
Aztec spelling means place of Mexitli one of the Aztec Gods.Bird Chaparral, flower Yucca flower, Animal Black Bear,color Red and Yellow of Old Spain, Amphibian New Mexico Spadefoot Toad (Spea multiplicata),Insect Tarantula Hawk Wasp,Poem "A Nuevo Mexico" by Luis Tafoya, Vegetables Chile & Frijol (Pinto bean),tree Nut Pine,Slogan "Everybody is somebody in New Mexico
Reptile New Mexico Whiptail Lizard (Cnemidophorus neomexicanus,Symbol Zia , Stone Turquoise
Blue Sky...Blue Stone Bilingual Song "New Mexico - Mi Lindo Nuevo Mexico" by Pablo Mares ,Ballad "Land of Enchantment - New Mexico" words and music by Martin Murphy, Chick Raines and Don Cook ,Spanish Language Song "Asi Es Nuevo Mejico" words and music by Amadeo Lucero
These are some of the Song "O, Fair New Mexico" by Elizabeth Garrett e symbols from my home state of Nuevo Mexico (New Mexico). Hope two states is not overload.
Jimmy

Hey JV ~

Well, I am as shocked as can be that the official State flower of Texas ISN'T The Yellow Rose! I grew up singing that song!

Merme

Merme we all grew up singing yellow rose of texas and san antonio rose, for years the son I thought was the state song was Texas A & M school song also same song the played for theme of Texas Rangers back in the 60's which is The Eyes of Texas are upon you. The tune is from Working on the Railroad. Funny how things turn out huh?
Jimmy

Blooming ~

HEMLOCK!

"Socrates drank something awful." Remember that?

JV ~

Well, forever in my heart The Yellow rose is the sweetest flower Texas has got. Golly! There have been some GREAT songs written about that state!

Merme

Yes there have been a lot of songs written about and for Texas. From Texas independence from Mexico, through the civil war and back to statehood and the many heros Texas has had. Most came from our sister state Tennessee. songs still being written about Texas George Straight just released Texas cd. Asleep at the wheel did an Cd about Texas a few years ago. Don't forget Willie Nelson, Ernest Tubbs, Johnny Horton,George Jones,Waylon Jennings,Bob Wills, Buddy Holly,Freddie Fender, Johnny Rodriquiz, J.P. Richards (big bopper) Tex Ritter And the lists goes on of famous people from Texas both singer,actors etc.
Jimmy

Arkansas...the Natural State

flower....Apple Blossom

Bird.....Mockingbird (I thought the CooKoo!)

Gem...The Diamond (I live very close to the diamond mines)

Insect....The Honey Bee

tree....the Pine tree

Fruit/veggie....vine ripe tomatoe (now yur talkin!)

And, last but not least...State dance...the Square dance

Tennesseans love Texans. I was born and raised in Tennessee, but my mother was born and raised in Texas, a little place called Hackberry, TX that doesn't exist anymore. It was near Farmer's Branch and Carrollton, TX. I lived near Austin for two years and my daughter now lives in Hilltop Lakes, TX.

Arizona I believe has the cactus flower. It's, like, 197 degrees here right now.

Thornius as you well know Texans love Tennesean's. Where would have been without the Volunteers. Know very well where Hackberry was still got Hackberry creek running through Farmer Branch as well as Carrollton and a lot of streets named for it also.
Jimmy

Well JV, Arkansas is my "adopted" state...and I amashed to admit I had to look up the state flower...I didn't have a clue! I was born/raise in Oklahoma...home of the Redman!

State flower....mistletoe

tree....the redbud

Bird....scissortail fly catcher

Animal.....Bison (buffalo)

Game bird.....wild turkey


Nick name...The Sooner State

Motto: Labor conquers all things!

Vanessa that is also my Mother's native state (territory then)right smack dab in Indian Nations. I had to look up New Mexico's because been too many years since I lived there.
Jimmy

I think it was still a "territory" when I was born!!!!
I do love Arkansas, but will always be an OKIE at heart!

"Oh! I'm proud to be an Okie...."



Merme

but NOT from Muskogee!!!!!

Oh but Vanessa! Have you ever visited the azalea's of Muskogee? Something like 35,000 acres under cultivation with nothing but lovely azaleas? Wow! That got me when I saw it!

Merme

Yes, they are beautiful! I didn't mean that in a bad way,,,just meant that "I'm" not from Muskogee. I love many of the neat towns in Oklahoma...my old stompin grounds!
The azaleas do so much better in that area than here. I love Woodward Park in Tulsa in the summer with all the azaleas around the creek, pond area...spent a lot of time there as a kid. It is one of the most beautiful parks to take pictures in! Oh, just makes me want to go to T~Town!!!!

New Hampshire has the Purple Finch as a state bird And for a flower, we have the Purple lilac ^.^

*sings* as i wander, through the wild woods where the purple finch says 'hello!'And they take me back to New Hampshire where the purple lilacs grow!

Ya i probably sang that wrong, but i haven't been to a 4H camp in like 5 years :p

~Phoebe

Hey, it sounded REAL good to me Phoebes!

Good job Phoebe. Oh my goodness, I can remember most the words to Here We Have Idaho and I bet I haven't been to camp one HECKUVA lot longer than you!!!!!!

Oh Phoebe, that was splendid! I could just hear it as you sang!

And, ah, Fernie, now let's have your song?

Where I grew up the summer song for kids was "The Ash Grove".

Merme

Ahem ahem....

And here we have Idaho
winning her way to fame
silver & gold in the sunlight something
la la la la lala
Singing, singing of you
all our lives thru
we'll go singing
singing of you
singing of Idahooooooo


thank you, thank you very much

Fernie...you are a hott & 1/2!!!!!!!!!

oops! that was SUPPOSE to be HOOT!!! I wouldn't know about the HOTT..