Sunday Muse

Alas, that June should come when thou didst go;
I think you passed each other on the way;
And seeing thee, the Summer loved thee so
That all her loveliness she gave away;
Her rare perfumes, in hawthorn boughs distilled,
Blushing, she in thy sweeter bosom left,
Thine arms with all her virgin roses filled,
Yet felt herself the richer for thy theft;
Beggared herself of morning for thine eyes,
Hung on the lips of every bird the tune,
Breathed on thy cheek her soft vermilion dyes,
And in thee set the singing heart of June.
And so, not only do I mourn thy flight,
But Summer comes despoiled of her delight.

~ Sonnet by Willa Cather

Summer Colours Week - Red

we're joining Poppytalk for Summer Colours Week
check out all the beautiful summer contributions in the Flickr pool

Summer Colours Week - Pink

We're joining Poppytalk for Summer Colours Week
Check out  all the pink lovliness in the flickr pool

Weekly Top Shot

linking with Madge at The View From Right Here for the Weekly Top Shot and A Rural Journal for Your Sunday Best

please don't forget to comment on Wednesday's post before 8 p.m. today- it's a give-away!

Glimpses of Dogwood

After all, I don't see why I am always asking for private, individual, selfish miracles when every year there are miracles like white dogwood.

~Anne Morrow Lindbergh

More...

We just can't help sharing more... more spring blooms... more flowers... more blossoms.

The blueberry bushes are heavily laden with blooms in shades of white, pink and deep red.  The fruit trees just keep treating us with more beautiful blossoms.  Hopefully this week's freezing cold temperatures and snow flurries will do nothing to harm what should be a bountiful crop of fruit this summer.

Happy Easter

The air is like a butterfly
With frail blue wings
The happy earth looks at the sky
And sings. 
~ Joyce Kilmer

Sunday Muse

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 leaves 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.

The Daffodils ~ William Wordsworth

Glorious

From first light to the setting sun

the newer varieties with their flaring trumpets

the older than memory ribbon of blooms near the foundation of the old farm house
the old, enchanting doubles and the small, elegant singles
even after a remarkably mild winter
you cannot help but pause and admire their beauty

The daffodils are beautiful magnificent glorious this year

Closer to Spring

Slowly but surely we are inching closer to spring ~ the maple tree buds are swelling and  so are the daffodils.  The roadside wildflower coltsfoot are popping out and beginning to bloom.  The cardinals' springtime dance has begun ~ with first a glimpse... a glance... a flit... and a flutter.

In just one short week, it will be official... it will be spring!

Loving

♥  one branch on the old maple tree bravely clinging to its red and orange leaves

♥  a clean chicken coop

♥  the beauty of chicken feathers in the autumn sunlight

♥  wild birds... migrating and staying

♥  the vivid red of the season's final geranium blooms

♥  eggs... in all shapes and sizes

Sunday Muse

the air is different today
the wind sings with a new tone
sighing of changes
coming
the harvest gathered
a flower, a nut,
some mead, and bread,
a candle and a prayer
returning the fruits
in thanksgiving
to the grove
and receiving
it's blessing
again
-- Rhawk, "Alban Elfed"

Late Summer

hanging on tight to what remains of late summer
soaking up the sunshine... the color...the sights
the sounds of summer insects... especially in the evening
trying to take in... absorb enough memories of this summer
to last until the next

{this moment}

A Friday ritual.
A single photo - no words - capturing a single moment from the week.
A simple, special extraordinary moment.
A moment to pause, savor and remember.
Participating with the SouleMama blog.

photo credit: daughter/niece Lena

Roadside Beauty

roadside beauty

reaches out for the light

butterflies

flutter by

Summer Colours Week - Day 2 - Pink

Day 2 of Poppytalk's Summer Colour Week - today is pink - enjoy all the beautiful contributions in the Flickr pool.