Happy Thanksgiving 2018

A lovely song from John McCutcheon- enjoy! 

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day everyone!

Flower of the Week is Amaryllis

Autumn Leaves in Maine

We have snow on the ground now, but last week this is what my yard looked like. We had a couple windy days when leaves rained down on the house and yard. The cats enjoyed watching nature's show.

Flower of the Week is Flanders Poppy

In Flanders fields the poppies blow

    Between the crosses, row on row,

  That mark our place; and in the sky

  The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead.   Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

  Loved and were loved, and now we lie

      In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

  The torch; be yours to hold it high.

  If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

      In Flanders fields.

~John McCrae

Flower of the Week is Carnation

The carnation's symbolism changes depending on the color.  Pink symbolizes a mother's love. Light red is friendship.