"Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day;
And give us not to think so far away
As the uncertain harvest; keep us here
All simply in the springing of the year.
Oh, give us pleasure in the orchard white,
Like nothing else by day, like ghosts by night;
And make us happy in the happy bees,
The swarm dilating round the perfect trees."
- Robert Frost, A Prayer in Spring
Today's Joy: Gratitude & Spring Sunshine.
It's one of those quiet days, Reader, when nothing extraordinary happens. A little peace on a warm afternoon--the perfect time to take stock and count blessings. I'm grateful for windows that roll down, yellow shirts paired with pink-n-orange scarves, homemade potato salad, dinner with loved ones, listening to Aunt read from the latest issue of Victoria Magazine and fat, orange tom cats crabbing because they're ready for bed. It's after seven at night, I'm drinking Limeade and the sun hasn't gone down yet. Yep, a darn good spring day!
"What delights us in the spring is more a sensation than an appearance, more a hope than any visible reality. There is something in the softness of the air, in the lengthening of the days, in the very sounds and odors of the sweet time, that caresses us and consoles us after the rigorous weeks of winter."- Philip Gilbert Hamerton
"I stuck my head out the window this morning and spring kissed me bang in the face. "
- Langston Hughes
Quotes courtesy of the Green Way Blog, by Mike Garofalo.
Photo: Earring Detail, Chaplin Creek Re-enactment, Franklin Grove, IL, June, 2008.
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Nothing like a beautiful spring day to lift your spirits and a cool spring evening to sleep by! May our lives be full of spring! Here's to a spring in our step!
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