bees gather
lemon blossom bobs,
wafting fragrant promise of bounty
Spring!
Promise
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Category Archives: Garden Grace
Making a Difference
tiny garden helper
reminds me small things matter
and I, too, can make a difference
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New Again
I have watched the knobby bare branches of our fig tree spread in the past few months, bereft of any sign of life. Now, suddenly, green buds swell and begin waving tiny green flags announcing the approach of another season of leafing and fruiting.
Morning has broken, like the first morning
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the world
Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird
Praise for the singing, praise for the morning
Praise for the springing fresh from the world
Sweet the rain’s new fall, sunlit from heaven
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass
Like the first dewfall, on the first grass
Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden
Sprung in completeness where his feet pass
Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning
Born of the one light, eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God’s recreation of the new day
Born of the one light, eden saw play
Praise with elation, praise every morning
God’s recreation of the new day
by English author Eleanor Farjeon and is set to a traditional Scottish Gaelic tune
Warming
snowflake petals shimmer,
grace bony branch fingers
warming under blue sky
“Life is so full of meaning and purpose, so full of beauty beneath its covering, that you will find earth but cloaks your heaven” Fra Giovanni
Moss
tiny garden between flagstones
growing,gathering
spreading green hope
Winter Book of Hours
Edging
wilted leaf lifts
edged with diamond beads
mercy falling in drops
quenches thirst
Grace Poured Out
shifting clouds darken
trickling tears
turn to pouring rain
garden bathed and blessed,’
grace received
Vulnerability
vulnerable
transparent
available
hanging hearts
Mosaic
clusters of jade tiles
circle wide from center
spreading shade for fish beneath
mosaic circles of respite
hiding place
Stones and Feathers 