Favorite Things––Things I Love

The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.

Robert Lewis Stevenson

 

Roses. I love the shapes, the colors, the scent, the fragility, and the variety of roses.I love wildflowers blooming beside the road and flags flapping in the breeze.

I love water lilies floating in ponds and butterflies lighting on zinnias.

I love horses  watching me from their pasture fence.

I love butterflies in sunlit places.

I love pots of African violets with fuzzy leaves and colorful blooms.

I love red poppies.

I love spiderwebs spangled with dew.

I love wild roses that tumble along the fences beside country roads.

 

I love cows resting in the grass under shade trees. and I love dancing tulips in the spring.

I love trees in fog and apples in baskets.

I love old farm machinery.

I love fresh warm-from-the-oven cinnamon rolls and orange gladiolas.

I love trees that bloom in spring and trees growing green.

I love the white clouds in the blue sky. I love hot apple pie.

I  love wreaths and I love old fence posts.

I love yellow field flowers and I love snow fall.

I love wildflowers and silly little boys wearing fishing hats.

I love zinnias and Watermelon.

The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.

Yes, we should be.