Our Memorial Weekend
Traditions Always Include
Wearing Our Buddy Poppies,
Visiting a Veterans’ Cemetery,
And Planting Our Spring Garden.
“Kiss of the sun, for pardon,
Songs of the birds, for mirth,
You're closer to God in a garden,
Than any place else, on Earth.”
Dorothy Frances Gurney
I always rise before the dawn
On this Memorial Day weekend
To plant flowers and vegetables
All summer, their gifts will not end
I wake my spouse extremely early
Our pets sense something in the air
We all rush outdoors to greet this day
Such lovely bird melodies, everywhere
Geraniums, for our huge planting pots
Impatiens, to vividly color our backyard
Wildflowers, which will line our walkways
Planting is so enjoyable, not at all very hard
The soil smells so vibrantly fresh and alive
The flowers we’ve selected are all quite divine
My gardening spade has been patiently waiting
A gift from my grandmother, who is on my mind
After all of our flowers have been very joyously planted
We’ll head over to our carefully prepared vegetable garden
Planting tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, and herbs and spices
Which will all so gloriously enrich our meals, until summer’s end
And when our work is finally all done, this May planting day
My wife and I will sit on a backyard bench, and marvel at it all
Basking in our tiny piece of paradise, here on God’s green earth
Thanking Him for nature’s bounty, and for our gifts, big and small
“God almighty first planted a garden,
And, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.”
Sir Francis Bacon
©Memorial Weekend 2009, Mr. Ed
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Love,
tiger ;ily
Fee
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :D
(((HUGS))) and love, Karla.
In Spirit,
Bear
And, indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.”
Yes! And so far, we have not taken care of it as he had asked. Is it too late to change that?
God bless,
Lew
But the perfume...the perfume of the forest with her face just washed off of that allergic provoking pollen...was just welcoming.
Georg
I would say more, but that is where I am at the moment ha.
Blessings! Jasmin Horst
Anna