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Posted on 01/09/2005 4:58:38 AM PST by Soaring Feather
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There is a huge poem sitting inside me
preparing itself to bloom
I feel it straining to burst out
laughing or perhaps a shout
We shall see the presence she be
Wearing velvets or silk negligee
or crying from the depths of her soul
a sad lovers song we both know.
Ja, MM the Finn is singing.
I can hear you singing across all the land ~ sing your song ~ Bird ~ sing all day long ~ FLY ~
....while I eat my san of fresh sliced tomatoes and lettuce on Buttermilk bread ~ with mayo & salt & pepper too.
I love tomatoes :)
As the thought precedes
the act I would try
to journal back to
Henry David Thoreau and you
Hei, hei, Norskie, MM
I love those tomatoes, too
slapped on good bread
with bacon and mayo
thick as ice
a little blue cheese
hits the spot and cold milk
is worth the lot!!
ah, SILVER words.
... might you be Finnish? lol ;)
Norskie
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ~
ja derrrrrrre Helga! I vas vunderin if yu caut dat!
you a smart Kookie yu
...now go put da red bird on yur head and ~ Go!
har har har! 
Oh dat Hagar he dont' know what dat Helga is up to next!
Our local fire department got a call that a flock of wild geese were stuck in a frozen lake. So a rescue team crawled out onto the frozen ice, pushing a boat and ice-breaking tools. They got within three yards--and the flock flew off. The men were left staring at open water. "So how`d it go?" someone back at the station asked. "Wild goose chase" was the reply.
by Richard Toivonen
KOKKO
This pyre is burned every year during Juhannus.
More than anything,
I must have flowers,
Always, Always.
--Claude Monet
The name "daisy" comes from the Old English phrase "day`s eye" because some daisies open their petals in the morning, revealing the center disk, and close them each night.
R O S E
The rose is the oldest domestic flower known; fossilized imprints found in Florissant, Colorado, indicate that roses existed around 40 milion years ago.
I so love Gardenias ~
To prevent a gardenia from browning, spray with a mister bottle filled with full-strength lemon juice.
* I am going to try this tip above.
I place one in a small brandy snifter 1/3 filled with shaved ice, on top of my desk. Then I can lift it and smell its sweet fragrance without touching the petals, as they will turn brown.
Some things in life, I think are only to be admired, not touched.
The Gardenia is one.
~ melody
Smell ~
Smell is a potent wizard that transports us across thousands of miles and all the years we have lived.
Helen Keller
A thing of beauty is a joy forever.
--John Keats
A garden is a place to feel the beauty of solitude.
--Bob Barnes
I have a garden of my own... shining with flowers of every hue.
I love it dearly while alone, but I shall love it more with you.
-- Thomas More
The greatest gift of a garden is the restoration of the five senses.
--Hanna Rion
I have been thinking of our five senses all week long;
Sight Sound Smell Taste Touch
melody ~
~ Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each.
Henry David Thoreau
Now I realize why I chose Thoreau this morning.
He answered my questions about the five senses for me, that I had pondered all week long.
I have always known which sense is most precious to me, but I think that I am to enjoy each one for the season in which allowed to me, to experience them. No matter how long or short the season.
It isn`t the length of the season, it that I experience them at all.
Today I will enjoy all five senses. *
~ melody
In joy or saddness, flowers are our constant friends.
We eat, drink, sing, dance, and flirt with them.
--Kokuzo Okakura
If I had 24 hours for living, the things that don`t matter could wait.
I`d play with the children and hear all their stories, I`d tell you I love you, before it`s too late.
~ Author Unknown ~
Oh such fun times and great memories for all.
Sharing is Beautiful :)
`Celebrate Life`
Yes, you make this come alive for for me, through memory of the sense of smell. Isn`t this amazing how we can retain our senses through memory?
I can smell each, tomatoes, geranium and fiddlehead ferns!
There is a woman who has a Fiddle Head Fern Farm near Talkeetna Ak.
She has written a little book telling about them and so many ways to cook them. Soon into Spring, we can pick them on the mountain side. I like to quick fry them. They taste sensational!
They are very healthy too.
They are so cute too! Did you ever hear of something edible being cute? These are a tiny spiral of green stem and they remind me of a little seahorse, kind of. They are so pretty on a platter or mixed in with other foods. They can be fresh frozen too.
Do you like them too?
There`s rosemary, that`s for remembrance;
pray you, love, remember.
And there is pansies, that`s for thoughts....
There`s a daisy. I would give you some violets,
but they wither`d all...
--William Shakespeare
Now LunaRed don`t you be upset about what William has said,
before days end I shall find you a fitting poem about violets!
Their fragrance is wonderful too, and lilacs ~ Oh sweet Spring hurry fast.
The ferns in my back yard are fiddle heads.
Yes, I have frozen them many times.
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