Poems for Mary's Tea Room

Joyful Gardener
D. A. Hoover

Spading in the mellow garden,
Sunshine warmth and glow,
Bright-eyed robin searching near
The even, moist, black row;
Seed can balanced on a fence post,
Cackling hens scratch nearby,
I watch a woolly cloud patch float
In a high and deep blue sky.
Raking, smoothing, dropping kernels,
I my golden dreams have spun'
Bumper harvest, recreation--
Every precious minute fun.

APRIL Fools' DAY!
Jenny Whitehead

A trick by a friend,
a prank by a brother
pales dearly compared
to one planned by your mother.

She's plotted all year
while she scraped, scoured, and scrubbed
your grass stains, your grease stains,
your grimy-ringed tub.

She may try to set
your alarm clock ahead,
so you're washed and dressed
while the world's still in bed.

Or lovingly make
your ham sandwich for school
with paper, not cheese,
that reads "April Fools!"

But lucky for us
on this one single day,
a trick on you mother is also okay.

So, no one will blame you--
it won't be your fault.
The sugar-bowl sugar's not sugar--
it's SALT!

Oh Ho Deery!  DH thought to do a fool on DS and told him his car tire was flat...of course it wasn't but DS now says, he owes his Dad one.  I can truly wait to hear what that will be!  Our weather is clearing and very typical for spring, with temps in the 50's in the afternoons.  The heatwave of a few weeks ago is just a memory, and a fuzzy one at that.  The smell outside is just divine, all grassy and green with a few brave blooms.  Happy Easter and many blessings to you and to your family. Mary

Hi Mary, what a good April fool joke to pull. lol  Wishing you and your family a Happy Easter also.   ~Deery

Violets
Addie Abele

When I kneel to gather violets,
The long years fade away,
And I am now a child again
On a warm and sunny day,
Walking through a shady lane
Where purple violets grow,
And as I touch their velvet heads,
How am I to know
that every year my heart will ache
With sweet remembering
Of misty dreams and little girls
And violets and spring?

Walk in the Garden at Easter
Minnie Klemme

Come, walk in the garden at Easter
And see the lilies in bloom.
Recall how our crucified Savior
Stepped forth from the depths of the tomb.

In the chaliced heart of the lily
Rests a crown that is lovely to see,
Not unlike the crown which the Savior
Will wear through Eternity.

The lilies were there all about Him,
Supporting Him all through the night.
They, too, had conquered the darkness
As they rose with the coming of light.

In the beauty of springtime flowers,
Feel the tug that is light and is life.
The cross and the crown have new meaning
In the spring when the lilies are rife.

Come, walk in the garden at Easter,
Your life and your light to renew,
For the Gardener who cares for the lilies
As tenderly cares for you.

Dear Deery,  I am struck so profoundly by the eloquence of this poem.  It is the culmination of heart, mind and soul and goes beyond....How rare and beautiful it is to be captured in the sacrifice and loving embrace of Our Savoir. 

Happy Easter to you and to your family.  I hope you are well and happy.  Your friend, Mary

Thank you Mary. You help me to see so much more in poetry. I know it is there but I do not have the words to say it. May God Bless you my friend. It is finally beginning to feel like spring here in the NW.                    ~Hugs, Deery

I declare after all there is no enjoyment
like reading! How much sooner one tires of
anything than of a book!
        --Jane Austen, pride and prejudice
               

Tea, tea, what a wonderful drink.

the more I drink, the more I think

the more I think, the better I feel

so lets drink tea with every meal.

                              by Dorinda Davis

"In three words
 
I can sum up
everything I've
learned about life

It goes on"

   by Robert Frost

Good Sunday Morning,

We have sunshine thus far and colorful spring blooms in the garden. Birds are flying by with shreds of grass and twigs in their beaks, so busy building nests. Where is everyone these days, I ask?? I miss reading news about what they have been up to in their lives.

Today is DD Erica's last day of art classes she's been attending this week about an hour down the island from home. It wasn't a class in technique - it was about how to get out of your head and loosen up - grab that brush and go! She's enjoying it much and happy to have the experience.

I'm thinking  should bake something today and since I keep staring at ripe bananas on the counter, it probably should be banana bread or banana cake. Erica probably would prefer cheese cake.....maybe there's a recipe out there for banana cheese cake? I'll do a search and see what I can find.

I hope all of you are enjoying a pleasant Sunday afternoon and that no one has been involved in any of those dangerous tornados from yesterday. Thinking of you and hoping you keep in touch with the rest of the tea angels.

Anne

    Maybe.....

It is true that we
don't know what we
have until we lose it,
but.. it is also true that
we don't know what we
have been missing
until it

    Arrives....

           --unknown

Spring Promise
D.A. Hoover

When spring was new and robins came,
Sun splashed the earth with rainbow flame;
The gardener brought his tools and seeds
To plant and tend and fight the weeds.
By patient toil his crop grew on,
A reward for work from early dawn.
God gave the soil, sent sun and rain;
The lesson He teaches is simple and plain:
Earth's bounty is taken by just one plan--
The partnership of God and man.

May your troubles be less

and your blessings be more

and nothing but happiness

come through your door.

To the eyes of the man of

     imagination,

        nature is

  imagination itself.

    William Blake

God Bless Your Day
unknown

May God bless your life today,
With so many beautiful things:
Sunshine, love and laughter;
the joy that friends can bring.

With happy thoughts and smiles
And nothing to bring you tears;
I pray for no one to hurt you
or cause you to have any fears.

For when the day has ended
And long shadows softly creep;
I pray that God will bless you
With a night of peaceful sleep.