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[glogdog]

Nanimal - what your Mom's cousin wrote is simply beautiful!  I am sure she touched many lives.  Thank you so much for sharing this with us.  Yes...this is definitely "a day brightener upper" kind of thing. 

[nanimal]

Thanks Faith and Glo.  Yes, Doris was wise and very kind. I'm glad her words brightened your day!

[walton]

I've always liked this poem.

God the Artist by Angela Morgan

God, when you thought of a pine tree,
How did you think of a star?
How did you dream of the Milky Way
To guide us from afar.
How did you think of a clean brown pool
Where flecks of shadows are?

God, when you thought of a cobweb,
How did you think of dew?
How did you know a spider's house
Had shingles bright and new?
How did you know the human folk
Would love them like they do?

God, when you patterned a bird song,
Flung on a silver string,
How did you know the ecstasy
That crystal call would bring?
How did you think of a bubbling throat
And a darling speckled wing?

God, when you chiseled a raindrop,
How did you think of a stem,
Bearing a lovely satin leaf
To hold the tiny gem?
How did you know a million drops
Would deck the morning's hem?

Why did you mate the moonlit night
With the honeysuckle vines?
How did you know Madeira bloom
Distilled ecstatic wines?
How did you weave the velvet disk
Where tangled perfumes are?
God, when you thought of a pine tree,
How did you think of a star?

[nanimal]

Thanks, GG. I'm glad the poem meant something to you. I had similar feelings after her service, wishing she had lived closer and that I had shared more time with her.  Fortunately, she's passed on gifts that will last.

Lovely poem, Walton. There's even beauty in this severely wintry weather!

[nanimal]

For the birds, GG, thanks.  I keep knocking the ice out of my little emergency bird bath container and refilling with water...many, many times this past week. Poor little things.

[glogdog]

Here's some beautiful little thoughts that hang in my bedroom:

"I do not wish you joy without a sorrow,
nor endless day without the healing dark,
nor brilliant sun without the restful shadow,
nor tides that never turn against your bark.

I wish you Love and Strength,
and Faith, and Wisdom, Goods
Gold enough to help some needy one.

I wish you Songs,
But also blessed Silence
and God's sweet Peace
when every day is done."

~Dorothy Nell McDonald

[walton]

Very nice, glog, thank you!

[walton]

Love it, GG, and the Cat Stevens version is my favorite.  Thank you! 

[glogdog]

Now you know I had to post this video, right?

gg - Stunning photo.  Absolutely gorgeous!  Thank you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylf62YYB4V8

[Faith]

That is one of my favorite hymns at church!  Thank you GG and Glog.

[walton]

I meant to post this on Valentine's Day, but forgot.  One of my favorite eagle love stories:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/07/19/138478525/eagle-love-story-injured-mates-reunited-at-rehab-center

[glogdog]

Walton - that IS a perfect Valentine's story.  Thank you for posting it.

[Redlegsix]

Now you know I had to post this video, right?

gg - Stunning photo.  Absolutely gorgeous!  Thank you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylf62YYB4V8

Glog thank you for posting this..I love this song....everytime I hear it, or play it on the piano, I think of a dear friend...a former pastor...who  LOVES this song!!! A nice way to start my day!!! (And as you can tell from the lateness in responding, it has been a while since I have been here...I have to start doing better!!!! )

[Faith]

Thank you, GG.  Perfect

[jfrancl]

A beautiful tribute GG