“He is richest who is content with the least,
For content is the wealth of nature.”
Socrates
The Great American Backyard Campout
What a fabulous night out under the stars
Both humans and canines truly enjoyed it
And we surely hadn’t had to travel very far
I had prepared our little backyard campsite with care
Our meal and our campfire, we all thought were great
As usual, I was ready, with all sorts of campfire stories
For these tales, I knew my spouse and dogs couldn’t wait
The night was warm, calm, and filled, with millions of stars
Our camp setting, so mesmerizing, soul-soothing, and serene
Dawn finally broke, with the hint of a wondrous day to follow
Songbirds serenaded us, the grass glistened with a dewy sheen
There is something so marvelous, in being 'in tune' with nature
‘Back to Basics’ is a mindset that beckons us, more and more
We had all enjoyed this overnight backyard camping get-a-way
And, it was only several feet away from our very own backdoor
The Great American Backyard Campout,
What a fabulous night out under the stars;
Both humans and canines truly enjoyed it,
And we surely hadn’t had to travel very far.
©June 2011, Mr. Ed
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Be always safe,
Karen
Anna
Sad I am to say: that was summer of 1983! What hsppened. The next year, 1984 my "last of freedom before dialysis" I lived in JUNE in a log cabin in Cummington, Mass. and recorded all this music called RAIN MUSIC, you can hear a FREE MP3 of it on my AD poetry page tonight called "CLOUDS by Moonlight" TRUE NATURE MUSIC I began with on the piano. NOW, 2011 and all these years spun by and I've never really had that life again! I sometimes think I paid to high a price for my "medical extension on life" and to play this piano that just about everybody ignores... Lately, I want to QUANTUM LEAP back to 1984 in a big awful way, but alas, I'm not that spiritual just yet...
"There is something so marvelous, in being 'in tune' with nature"
I suppose I still am but not in the way I wish...
Check out my poem on AD: "Words More Soft Than RAIN" and hear the piano music: CLOUDS by Moonlight...
Later, loving your campfire tales...Mike
Sheila
Ron
through this lovely poem
~Mr Ed~
Has his priorities straight
Lady Vivian
Newfie Hugs, Rose