All the good things about life in the country
Spring whispers promises and I wait through rain showers, in welcome warming sunshine, past misty mornings, and cool musical evenings. I watch buds on trees pop open and show new leaves and flowers. I watch the sprouts rise to reveal the first wonderful colors with hyacinths, crocuses, daffodils, and tulips in the flowerbeds... Continue Reading →
Spring Fashion Earth sleeps all winter and in the spring Wakes and yawns and lazes abed; As softly birds begin to sing Warm sunlight streams in and windchimes ching, Dreams and shadows take to the wing Then she lifts and rubs her sleepy head. Suddenly she's up and flings The cumbersome bulky blankets... Continue Reading →
"Across the wide acres, from the church house, the schoolhouse, the farmhouse––the bell rings and sings through the air and into your soul." c.e.hollis When I first moved to the farm 20 years ago, it was not then a farm. It had been a farm. It had grown sorghum, corn, hay, pecans, and soybeans.... Continue Reading →
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