The three most important words in the English language are: “I appreciate you.” ~Author unknown, c.1960s
Yearly they appear
Asking nothing much of me
But to notice them
Note: Poetry form is Haiku. My friend Laurie introduced me to Thankful Thursday, in which we write about some of the things we’re grateful for. These Brown-eyed Susans greet me every summer by July. I didn’t plant them, and they don’t seem to demand anything from me. How cool is that?!
People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. ~Iris Murdoch, Irish and British novelist and philosopher
Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed. ~Walt Whitman, American poet
There once was a tall yellow flower
Who announced it received the power
To attract fuzzy bees
Without making them sneeze
And humans to become less dour.
Summer ends, and Autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night; and thus he would never know the rhythms that are at the heart of life. ~Hal Borland
Is it Fall yet?
How can you tell?
Oh, sure, the days are shorter, the crickets chirp a steady symphony all night long, the kids are back in school, football season is upon us, flannel shirts are showing up on store shelves.
But is that enough? Don’t you want more proof?
Musings by an ND Domer's Mom 