Impending ~

"Now autumn's fire

burns slowly along the woods

and day by day

the dead leaves fall and melt."

William Allingham

*  *  *

the woodbine is turning

one of the signs

 of autumn's approach

Daylily ~

 "I know a little garden close

Set thick with lily and red rose,

Where I would wander if I might

From dewy dawn to dewy night,

And have one with me wandering."

William Morris

*  *  *

true to their name

they only bloom for a day

one can almost slip into their colors

 

"Teased Out Of Thought" ~

 "Very lovely, he thought,

 are the sudden moments of relief

 that come in the midst of strain,

  those moments of forgetfulness when

 we are 'teased out of thought' by

 a bird or a flower or the sight of old roofs in the sun;

 lovely though so transient,

 the reversal of those brief moments

 that visit us even in

 the midst of joy."

Elizabeth Goudge

 from

 A City Of Bells

*  *  *

the bluebird fledgling revived

 thanks to my kind-hearted grandson
*  *  *
John 10:27-29

More Than A Drop ~

smiles form the channel

 of a future tear

Lord Byron

 the dew of compassion

 is a tear

Lord Byron

 the dew was heavy

this morning

the Lord's mercies

are new every morning
His compassion never fails

*  *  *

"Compassion is sometimes

the fatal capacity for feeling what

it is like to live inside somebody else's skin.

It is the knowledge that there can never really be

any peace and joy for me until there is 

peace and joy

 finally for you too."

Frederick Buechner

*  *  *

No Regrets ~

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"The lovely flowers
embarrass me.
They make me regret
I am not a bee.”

Emily Dickinson

*  *  *

actually I prefer

looking at them but

Miss Dickinson does have

a way with words

you can read more about her

here

Expectations ~

"She had long accepted the fact
that happiness is like

 swallows in
Spring.

 It may come and nest under
your eaves or it may not.

 You cannot command it.

 When you expect to

 be happy you are not,

 when you don't
expect to be happy

 there's suddenly
Easter in your soul,

 though it be midwinter.” 

Elizabeth Goudge

*  *  *

the fledglings are

gone now

I believe they were

Eastern phoebes

*  *  *

may you find unexpected

happiness dwelling in your heart

 

Briars And Such ~

somewhat

deceptive in appearance

these turn into tenacious little

cockle burs that cling stubbornly

to a pet's fur and a person's clothing

*  *  *

"Keep the briars out,
they say.
You cannot live
and keep free of briars."

 William Carlos Williams

*  *  *

Keep your heart with all diligence,
For out of it spring the issues of life.

Proverbs 4:23

On The Watch ~

"Never say there is nothing beautiful

 in the world anymore.

 There is always something to

 make you wonder

 in the shape of a tree,

 the trembling of a leaf."

Albert Schweitzer

*  *  *

may you find beauty

in unexpected places this week

Turning The Quiet Up ~

"Some days, we just need to turn the quiet up.”

Dr. Sun Wolf

*  *  *

But the Lord is in his holy temple:

let all the earth keep silence before Him.

Habakkuk 2:20

*  *  *

The words to the hymn

Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence

that is based on Habakkuk 2:20

can be found

 here

A Dwindled Dawn ~

a heavy fog

obscured the dawning sun

a rare occurrence here

*  *  *

"Morning without you is a dwindled dawn.”

Emily Dickinson

Mundane Chores ~

 the dishes wait

as I get sidetracked

the daisies will wilt

the dishes won't

*  *  *

"I long to accomplish

a great and noble task; but

it is my chief duty

to accomplish small tasks as if

 they were great and noble."

Helen Keller

*  *  *

And whatever you do

 in word or deed,

 do all in the name of

 the Lord Jesus,

 giving thanks to

 God the Father through Him.

Colossians 3:17