The orchard lands of Long Ago! O drowsy winds, awake and blow the snowy blossoms back to me, and all the buds that used to be! Blow back along the grassy ways of truant feet, and lift the haze of happy summer from the trees that trail their tresses in the seas of grain that [...]
One Horse Open Sleigh By James Lord Pierpont (1822–1893) Dashing through the snow On a one-horse open sleigh, Over the fields we go, Laughing all the way; Bells on bob-tail ring, Making spirits bright, What fun it is to ride and sing A sleighing song tonight. Chorus: Jingle bells, jingle bells, Jingle all the way! [...]
For flowers that bloom about our feet; For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet; For song of bird, and hum of bee; For all things fair we hear or see, Father in heaven, we thank Thee! ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The garden where you sit Has never a need of flowers, For you are the blossoms And only a fool or the blind Would fail to know it” ― Louis de Bernières, Captain Corelli’s Mandolin We all need this as a reminder to ourselves that we hold real true value in this world. We don’t [...]
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow. My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the [...]
October’s Bright Blue Weather by Helen Hunt Jackson O sun and skies and clouds of June And flowers of June together, Ye cannot rival for one hour October’s bright blue weather; When loud the bumblebee makes haste, Belated, thriftless vagrant, And goldenrod is dying fast, And lanes with grapes are fragrant; When gentians roll their [...]
Often I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town, And my youth comes back to me. And a verse of a Lapland song Is haunting my memory still: “A boy’s will is the wind’s will, And [...]
He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Gulf Stream and he had gone eighty-four days now without taking a fish. In the first forty days a boy had been with him. But after forty days without a fish the boy’s parents had told him that the old man was [...]
Hi I'm Nancy Anne Elizabeth and this is my Blog and Atelier Website. I am a country girl transplanted to the city who desperately longs for the country! Lavender farming to be exact. I have a mad passion for God, words, dirt, animals, kids, family, art, food and all things American. Venir Un Venir Tous Les! Come One Come All!
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Ingredients: 1 tbsp. grated zest 1 cup (7 oz) sugar 1/8 tsp. salt 2 cups [...]
INGREDIENTS – 3 c powdered sugar – 1/4 c margarine or butter – 1/4 c [...]
Chocolate Blackberry Mille-Feuille INGREDIENTS 200g/ about 7oz good quality dark chocolate, finely chopped (divided) 100g/ [...]
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