[JustAmy]

OCTOBER

Bright and beautiful art thou,
Autumn flowers crown thy brow,
Golden-rod and Aster blue,
Russet leaf with crimson hue.
Half stripped branches waving by,
Softly as a lullaby,
Tell of summer's days gone by,
Tell that winter's very nigh.

In the forest cool and chill,
Sadly moans the Whippoorwill,
Not as in the summer days,
When he gloried in his lays,
Lower-toned, but sweet and clear,
Like thy crisp and fragrant air,
Warbling forth with voice sublime,
This is nature's harvest time.

Crickets chirp amid the leaves,
Squirrels hop among the trees,
Brown nuts falling thick and fast,
On the dewy, dying grass,
Glowing sun with softer rays,
Harbinger of wintry days,
Tell the year is going by,
Sighing forth its lullaby.


By Mary Weston

[JustAmy]

The Happiest of Saturday Wishes to everyone.
Have a wonderful week-end.

[The Mayor]

[Victoria Delsoul]

Morning Amy, and everyone! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Love's Secret

Never seek to tell thy love,
Love that never told can be;
For the gentle wind doth move
Silently, invisibly.

I told my love, I told my love,
I told her all my heart,
Trembling, cold, in ghastly fears.
Ah! she did depart!

Soon after she was gone from me,
A traveller came by,
Silently, invisibly:
He took her with a sigh.

-- William Blake

[JulieRNR21]

I thought this was just darling:


"Roses are red, Violets are blue,
Oh my, lump in the bed, How I've missed you.
Roses are redder, Bluer am I,
Seeing you kissed by that charming French guy..."

-President Bush wrote to his wife

."And then the finale:

"The dogs and the cat, they missed you too
Barney's still mad you dropped him, he ate your shoe
The distance, my dear, has been such a barrier
Next time you want an adventure, just land on a carrier."

(Barney the dog had a tumble when Mrs. Bush was handing him to her husband on a tarmac.)

[Calpernia]

LadyX found a lovely site at the Finest this evening. Here is one pic from that site called the Spirit of Halloween.

The Alaskan Natives believes the aurora brings the spirit of their ancestors back to the earth to see how their descendents are doing.