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Today in 1866 Helen Beatrix Potter was born. She lived to be 77 years old.
This little rabbit made her famous with The Tale of Peter Rabbit.
“I don’t know what to write to you, so I shall tell you a story about four little rabbits whose names were Flopsy, Mopsy, Cottontail and Peter….”
“And that – a letter to a small boy called Noel- was the beginning of the Beatrix Potter Books.”
I started my Beatrix Potter Collection in the summer of 1973 while touring England. I bought the Biography The Tale of Beatrix Potter by Margaret Lane in Oxford July of 1974.
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He’s the lily of the valley, the bright and morning star
He’s the fairest of ten thousand to my soul.
Matthew 6:28-34
“And why are you worried about clothing? Observe how the lilies of the field grow; they do not toil nor do they spin, yet I say to you that not even Soloman in all his glory clothed himself like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you? You of little faith! Do not worry then, saying, ‘What will we eat?’ or ‘What will we drink?’ or ‘What will we wear for clothing?’ For the Gentiles eagerly seek all these things; for your heavenly father knows that you need all these things. But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
So do not worry about tomorrow; for tomorrow will care for itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
Have a worry free day my friends…
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John 14:6 ~ Jesus saith unto him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.”
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There is nothing, absolutely nothing
Half so much worth doing
As simply messing about in boats
~From The Wind in the Willows
Katie and I continue on our quest to re-visit places we love in the Greater Puget Sound Area on her days off. On Thursday we headed over to the University of Washington Water Front Activities Center to use her Student card to rent a canoe and paddle about Lake Washington. Once we were in the water, her doing most of the paddling, me taking the photos, we looked at each other and said “why have we waited so long to do this?” It’s been about 17 years!
We headed over to the 520 (Evergreen Floating Bridge) to go under it and on to quieter and more peaceful waterways.
See that little wooden foot bridge? We’ll duck and go under it. “Keep paddling Katie, I’m getting some great photos!”
So quiet and peaceful. The water is so calm and is a mirror reflecting the trees and sky. It was just about here that we started singing
“Praise God from whom all blessings flow
Praise Him all creatures here below
Praise Him above ye heavenly hosts
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Amen”
I have so many beautiful photos to share from our canoeing adventure, the herons, ducks, lily pads and our journey back to Husky stadium. I’ll be sharing more later along with our trip to the Husky campus to take in the beautiful Suzzalo Library reading room. Blessings!
I love this little water color sketch I bought for my daughter years ago from Goodwill with this verse on it. We still get a big kick out of it. Kindness can be shown in very creative ways like understanding the difference between “morning people” and “night people”.
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Proverbs 11:13 ~”A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy man keeps a secret.”
Proverbs 16:28 ~”A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.”
Proverbs 18:8 ~ “The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to a man’s inmost parts.”
Proverbs 26:20~ “Without wood a fire goes out; without gossip a quarrel dies down.”
Leviticus 19:16 ~ “Do not go about spreading slander among your people.”
And on a more positive note…
I Thessalonians 5:15 ~ “Make sure that nobody pays back wrong for wrong, but always try to be kind to each other and to everyone else.”
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In youth from rock to rock I went,
From hill to hill in discontent
Of pleasure high and turbulent,
Most pleased when most uneasy;
But now my own delights I make, –
My thirst at every rill can slake,
And gladly Nature’s love partake
Of Thee, sweet Daisy! ….
~ William Wordsworth
To read the whole poem you can click here.
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“A dripping June keeps all in tune.”
“June damp and warm
Does the farmer no harm”
“St. Barnabas, mow your first grass.”
…the cloudless sky
JUNE
“A cloudless sky; a world of heather,
Purple of foxglove, yellow of broom;
We two among it, wading together;
Shaking out honey, treading perfume.
Crowds of bees are giddy with clover,
Crowds of grasshoppers skip at our feet,
Crowds of larks at their matins hang over,
Thanking the Lord for a life so sweet.”
~ Jean Ingelow
Now for my poetic license with these photos to go with this fun poem. Not the exact plants but mostly the right color….
…a world of heather
…purple of foxglove
…yellow of broom
…crowds of bees are giddy with clover
…crowds of grasshoppers skip at our feet
…Thanking the Lord for a life so sweet!
Have a wonderful St. Barney Day and don’t forget to mow your lawn…
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I’m back at the Condo in Southern California after a quick weekend to my home in Seattle. I’m sharing some photos of my walks around the yard while I was there and a couple from my typical outings when I’m home in Washington.
The Planters are filling in. The Azaleas are at the end of their pretty blooms. The Camellias are at an in-between stage. I chopped off their tops so I hope I didn’t kill them. We’ll see. My two lavender plants are getting ready to show off. They sure smelled good when I was weeding around them.
Azaleas, Lavender, I can’t tell you what the center plant is *but two of my lovely commenters say Corral Bells, yippee, and my Lenten Rose that has gotten quite hardy!
Rosemary, pears, ferns, hydrangea, little blueberry buds, wild rose, stuff in pots, my pear tree, and another photo of my blueberry bush.
The wonderful Washington State Flower the Rhododendron. I have 4 bushes that are in the need of some serious pruning to make them even hardier than they are. Just so you all know, everything I’ve shown you grows by the Grace of God. I do not want to pretend that I’m a gardener. I truly appreciate gardeners and praise God each year when these plants bloom again despite my neglect.
While I was home I had a quick walk with my Washington Walking buddies, Jody and Jan. The Burke Gilman trail is amazing in the Springtime.
Lilac bush/tree along the trail. Lilacs bloom everywhere here. I’d love a lilac tree in my yard.
Before we headed to the airport to fly back to California on Monday, I made a quick trip to my favorite thrift store in Washington State, Goodwill, not to be mistaken for California Goodwill’s. I found this pretty hand painted tea pot and creamer from Japan. (no sugar bowl to match)
But I picked up this cute little glass sugar bowl to compensate!
Greeting and Farewell ~ Quote from Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery
“Anne dressed in the cheerless grey dawn, for an early start was necessary to catch the boat train; she struggled against the tears that would well up in her eyes in spite of herself. She was leaving the home that was so dear to her, and something told her that she was leaving it for ever, save as a holiday refuge. Things would never be the same again; coming back for vacations would not be living there. And oh, how dear and beloved everything was – that little white porch room, sacred to the dreams of girlhood, the old Snow Queen at the window, the brook in the hollow, the Dryad’s Bubble, the Haunted Wood, and Lovers’ Lane – all the thousand and one dear spots where memories of the old years bided. Could she ever be really happy anywhere else?”
Well just so y’all know I’m not quite as sentimental as Anne is. I can be happy somewhere else and I do think that I will return to this home sometime in the future but there’s always a little sadness when I arrive home and then when I have to leave again. And until I can return “my heart will keep on singing” and I will choose to find joy each day I’m away.
I’ll be posting more photos from the Japanese Gardens we visited tomorrow. In the meantime I hope you find joy today.
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The Happy Wonderer ~ ellen b. 
