Sunday Morning Sunshine: Winter is Past

 Winter is Past

For, lo, the winter is past,

The rain is over and gone;

The flowers appear on the earth,

The time of the singing of birds is come,

And the voice of the turtle is heard in the land. 

How's your spring? 

Sunday Morning Sunshine: Spring Brings New Life

 Spring

Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.

John Muir

Blossom by blossom the spring begins.

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Every spring is the only spring, a perpetual astonishment.

Ellis Peters

You can cut all the flowers but you cannot keep Spring from coming.

Pablo Neruda

"No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow.

English Proverb

“The deep roots never doubt spring will come.” 

Marty Rubin

Spring is when you feel like whistling, even with a shoe full of slush. 

 Doug Larson

April hath put a spirit of youth in everything.

William Shakespeare

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt.

Margaret Atwood

Spring unlocks the flowers to paint the laughing soil.

Bishop Reginald Heber

Happy Spring! 

 

Sunday Morning Sunshine: Spring Madness

 As Emily Dickinson said:  

A little madness in the Spring is wholesome, even for a Queen. 

What is your favorite season? 

Sunday Morning Sunshine: Spring and All It's Beauty

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloud,

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed—and gazed—but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.

Have a wonderful Spring Day! 

Sunday Morning Sunshine: Dandelions

 Dandelions

What was it I saw by the road today, 

So golden bright, so cheerily gay,

Sprinkled so thickly among the grass,

Along the way that I must pass?

Was it pirates gold that someone found,

Cashed away in a secret mound,

Then fled, surprised by a guard at night?

Or was it the coin of fairyland,

Cast abroad by a robber band,

Or the dowry of a princess fair?

Say, what is this gold that is everywhere?

--Unknown

Sunday Morning Sunshine: What kind of fella is March?

 

Sunday Morning Sunshine: Spring!

 Spring is God's way 

of saying...

ONE MORE TIME!

--Robert Orben

Sunday Morning Sunshine: Spring is...

Apple and Cherry Blossoms that eventually produce fruit

Sunshine-y Daffodils give us hope

Baby chicks and ducks that remind us how precious life is

Dandelions that tell us whether we like butter or not 

if we hold a blossom under our chin
and...
the leaves and stems make a nice spring "greens" dish

Easter with the Easter Egg hunts,

the dinners filled with lots of food

and family together

church services 

and remembering why we celebrate Easter

Lots of rain

but always a rainbow somewhere

There is a Season:  Spring! 

Happy Days!

Sunday Morning Sunshine: Poems to Delight

Daffadowndillly

Has come to town,

In a yellow petticoat

And a green gown.

--Mother Goose

In spite of cold and chills

that usher in the early spring

We have the daffodils.

--Kikurio

A kite, a sky, and a good firm breeze,

and acres of ground away from trees,

and one hundred yards of clean, strong string--

O boy, o boy! I call that Spring!

--Mark Sawyer

Happy Spring!

Rambling Friday: The Harbinger of Hope

I love this plant. I've forgotten the name of it (so if you know, feel free to tell me!), but it gives me hope and happiness every spring.

It's hardy. I've owned it for years, and it doesn't let the weather stop it. Doesn't seem to grow much or spread, but year after year, it's there.

It's dependable. Right on time, it appears, through the snow, cold, or rain, it blooms. Every year! I look for it, watching to see the first green, the first white blossom.

It's beautiful. Pure white against its green leaves and still unraked, fallen, last year's autumn leaves, it makes me so happy that I run out to the garden every spring and take yet another picture of this first-to-bloom plant in my garden. Yes, it even beats out the daffodils!

Small, humble, small, and could easily be beaten by the showier, more sweet-smelling spring flowers, yet this simple little plant lifts me out of the late winter doldrums and gives me hope that Spring will come again, that God is in control no matter the circumstances.

I love it!

Sunday Morning Sunshine: Looking Forward to Spring!

Cherry Blossom

Thank God for flowers.

The pre-enjoyment to the fruit.

Looking forward to Spring! 

Sunday Sunshine: Posies Make Me Smile

God has created a beautiful world!

Take a look at some of his handiwork:

So this happened.

I planted six of these pots w/petunias and other accents.

Love!

Dogwood blossoms are just totally awesome. 

See our horse in the background? 

Remember, as kids, sucking the honey from wild honeysuckle?

These tame ones always put on a spectacular display!

Is there anything more breathtaking than these stunning Rhododendrons?

Happy Posie Day!

Sunday Morning Peace: Spring has Sprung!

Zechariah 10:1

Ask rain from the LORD at the time of the spring rain-- 

The LORD who makes the storm clouds; 

And He will give them showers of rain, 

vegetation in the field to each man.

Gorgeous Wildflowers

Earliest spring flowers

Snowball bushes and the Dogwoods

Bleeding Hearts

Bradford Pears

Rose of Sharon

Blessings!

Monday Morning Gratitudes

Waking up to a beautiful, snow-covered world
the first coffee of the day
learning more and more about my essential oils--what a blessing!
strength for the day--so thankful I'm experiencing it these last few days!
good bargain buys
things that make me laugh
jokes between my hubby and me
Memories we share.

Blessings

Sunday Morning Peace: Prayerful Spring

A Prayer in Spring

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. 

And make us happy in the darting bird 
That suddenly above the bees is heard,
The meteor that thrusts in with needle bill, 
And off a blossom in mid air stands still. 

For this is love and nothing else is love, 
The which it is reserved for God above 
To sanctify to what far ends He will,
But which it only needs that we fulfil. 

--Robert Frost

Spring Blessings!

Monday Morning Gratitudes

Healing
The precious words from our grandson
Playing tag with LJ
Sharing a DQ meal with hubby and LJ
Every day God gives me
Scriptures that speak to me
Freedom so far in our country
Any encouragement I get.and can share.


Blessings!

Monday Morning Gratitudes

God's awesome earth
The green fields we pass when traveling
The brave and early spring flowers
the hope that builds in my heart for a coming spring
Warm days that cause calves, and lambs, and little boys to frisk up their heels and laugh
gentle breezes
for what I do have

Blessings

Sunday Morning Peace

Early Spring

I HEARD a thousand blended notes,
While in a grove I sate reclined,
In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts
Bring sad thoughts to the mind.

To her fair works did Nature link
The human soul that through me ran;
And much it grieved my heart to think
What man has made of man.

Through primrose tufts, in that green bower,
The periwinkle trailed its wreaths;
And 'tis my faith that every flower
Enjoys the air it breathes.

The birds around me hopped and played,
Their thoughts I cannot measure:---
But the least motion which they made,
It seemed a thrill of pleasure.

The budding twigs spread out their fan,
To catch the breezy air;
And I must think, do all I can,
That there was pleasure there.

If this belief from heaven be sent,
If such be Nature's holy plan,
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man? 

   --William Wordsworth

Sunday Morning Peace

Psalm 23: 3

And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water,

that brings forth his fruit in his season;

his leaf also shall not wither;

and whatsoever he does, 

shall prosper.

Blessings!

Monday Morning Gratitudes

A grandson who just turned thirteen, and who's still not at that age where he's ashamed to hug grandma
another one who loves to talk with grandma on the phone
minutes outside pulling weeds--yay!
Good evenings with hubby
Snacks shared with hubby
blooming trees
warm days
good talks with others

Blessings!