PARTY TIME
The forecast promised a sunny Saturday
so let's plan a garden party for that day.
Let's decide on a color scheme.
How about sunshine yellow and green?
Who all should we invite?
Butterflies always bring delight.
The birds will provide music for free,
while buzzing bees hum along with glee.
Every sunny day these guests
delight me, I confess,
as they unerringly navigate
on their way to quietly pollinate.
The sun puts on its happy face.
The yellow decorations are in place.
The garden guests can't wait to party.
Here they come. They're not tardy.
What should we serve our guests?
Something cool to sip is best
and something sweet
is always a treat.
Flavored herbal teas taste just right
as they sip to their heart's delight.
This afternoon new decorations arrive -
white bouquets in bunches of four or five.
Those yellow decorations are now white blooms.
They look like miniature bouquets of balloons.
In fact there's way too many to count.
More white than yellow decorations mount.
Those sunshine yellow decorations have gone to seed
filling the landscape with countless balloons that feed
more party guests that arrive this afternoon
filling up on dandelion seed in June.
Who is it that invited themselves?
The yellow finches flock in to help
make this garden party a joyous occasion
with butterflies, birds, and bees at this celebration.
Come on in.
We're glad you came.
There's plenty to eat.
Enjoy the treats.
(In case you didn’t guess, the yellow decorations turning into white balloons were dandelions, providing a treat for the bees then for the birds.)
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Looking for the positive
in what appears negative
will not only change our outlook
but will change our countenance – look!
We'll have fewer health problems, for instance,
when we learn to look at our circumstance
with a positive mental attitude
and we’ll be in a much happier mood.
The heavy weight of depression will lift
when we possess a positive spirit.
Peace will invade our soul,
seen in a contented glow.
Each day will be filled with blessings,
instead of mindless stressing.
So stop dwelling on what's wrong
and fill your heart with song.
Your attitude will have a positive affect on others.
In fact, contagious as it's passed on to one another.
Today, be a godly example in word and deed
and start sowing positive, life-giving seeds.
A merry heart
makes a cheerful countenance.
Proverbs 15:13 (KJV)
A happy heart
makes the face cheerful.
Proverbs 15:13 (NIV)
Do good, be rich in good deeds,
be generous and willing to share
I Timothy 6:18
Whatever you do,
whether in word or deed,
do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus,
giving thanks to God the Father through him.
Colossians 3:17
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,
who loved us and by his grace gave us
eternal encouragement and good hope,
encourage your hearts
and strengthen you in every good deed and word.
II Thessalonians 2:16-17
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I sure enjoyed you merry May sonnet my friend! Dandelions are a definite favourite wild-grown herbal of mine. Blessings always as you continually are a blessing to others, Judy!
ReplyDeleteAlthough another rainy day forecasted, it's bright enough for the dandelions to put on their sunny faces. They aid my disposition also. Yellow is such a happy color. Too cold for bees to venture for nectar here. If it were warmer a swarm would be content. I've said before that dandelions were why my Gram lived to be almost 101 and did not gray.
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