Karl took photos of the thistle that grew in our lily garden last summer.
Winter Garden Thistle
Category: Garden Journal
Bloganuary Prompt for January 5, 2023
What brings you joy in life? The list is long, and reflected in many blog posts over the years. Perhaps I can share a few poems and photos.
breakfast and music
when a song begins
I know the words
Amazing Grace
L ove of literature
I nspires countless
B eautiful hours of
R eading many
A uthors, and sometimes
R ereading beloved books
Y early
LIBRARY
primroses growing
from garden to lawn
deep decades of roots
strengthen my faith
for new dreams
“breakfast and music” is also from my site POEMS FROM PSALMS AND NATURE.
“Library” was published by WestWard Quarterly, Fall 2018.
“primroses growing” was published by SMILE, 2012. An old poem that is still true.
Bloganuary Prompt for January 4, 2023
What is a treasure that’s been lost? There were fewer butterflies last year. A treasure that does not have to be lost.
two poems
cold
Lake Michigan winds
a tiny bird
seeks shelter
by the kitchen window
grey beautiful sky
evergreen trees
and short days
soon to be decorated
with holiday lights
November 2013
October turns
cooler weather and strong winds
all the leaves falling and we see the shapes of trees
light streams into the house as the sun moves south
red geraniums still bloom
October turns to face November
October 2011, 2021
And this is another idea for the poem from October 2012:
OCTOBER TURNS
strong cold winds
leaves fall
reveal shapes
of trees
light falls
into the house
as sun moves south
red geraniums
still bloom
October turns
to face November
gold hosta leaves
gold hosta leaves
cover the ash tree stump
the tree that fell
during a storm in 2018
Poem from October 24, 2019:
SEASONS
once the tree grew tall
before the Emerald Ash Borer
and then a storm
hosta plants
grew green again
around the stump
in Spring
they grew large
and flowered well
so blessed by rain
and a red begonia planter
now there is an
orange pumpkin
on the ash tree stump
and hosta leaves are gold
in the brilliant morning sun
fall light
fall light
on green forsythia leaves
and a yellow chrysanthemum
on an old green chair
fall light, fall
Poems From Oostburg, Wisconsin 