Hello Dear Readers! Hope that everyone has had a nice week so far. We have been having very pleasant spring weather (what a nice change from the rainy weather we have been having) which should continue for the rest of the week! Yippy!
My family and I decided to take advantage of the clear weather and visit the fields of wildflowers that we had heard so much about after Sunday's service.
I thought you might enjoy some pictures that I captured with my camera:
It was so nice to sit in the field and listen to the birds chirp and the sweet serenity. People brought picnics which inspired my family to make plans to visit again this weekend. I think that I will bring my watercolors along too!
California Poppies!
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row....
-In Flanders Field by John Mcrae
Book from my "library:"
You have probably seen the title on previous posts and on my profile. Exceptionally good book. I have read it twice, and always glance at my favorite quotes or chapters again and again. Recommend it to girls who are Jane Austen/Charlotte Bronte fans. It is a book about mystery, the complex rules that the main character has to follow to act like a lady, and with a sprinkle of Regency era courtship and romance.Poetry Corner:
My Heart's in the Highlands
by
Robert Burns
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,
The birthplace of valour, the country of worth;
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.
Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with snow;
Farewell to the straths and green valleys below;
Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods;
Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;
Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe,
My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
Love,
Grace
P.S. Stay tuned for a new story that I am working on. Hint: another fairytale
Beautiful pictures, Grace! Seeing God's creation reminds me that He is indeed, the greatest artist of all! And, thanks for that poem - that's one of my favorites! I know the first 2 lines by heart. The poem holds special meaning not only because I love Scotland, but I have actually been to the Highlands.
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-Bess-
Beautiful Spring is creeping up upon us I think! What pretty pictures you took! Also, I will just have to get that book!!! I AM A HUGE JANE AUSTON FAN!
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Johanna
Hey Grace. I love your blog. It sounds like we have some things in common. And, My Hearts in the Highland, one of my favorite poems. Partly because I have been there, and partly well I feel like that sometimes. :-)
ReplyDeleteWhere do you get the pictures on the sidebar from? I love them, my sentiments precisely. :-)
~Lady Dame Amy~