Welcome
`home is where the heart is'

Back Then

                           Now

                                      Gordon & Darlene

Thought:

Adam and Eve had a perfect marriage.
He didn't have to hear about all the men she could have married
and she didn't have to hear about the way his mother cooked. 
                                
            

My Neese and I
Wish for you
" Love",
"Christmas Year Around"
     and               

"I WISH FOR YOU"

"I wish for you.....
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Gentle hugs when spirits sag,
Friendship to brighten your being,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Faith so that you can believe,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
And love to complete your life."
             
            

                      Homesteading
    
        Long ago, I settled on this piece of mind,
         clearing a spot for memory, making a
         road so that the future could come and go,
         building a house of possibility  

        I came across the prairie with only'
         my wagonload of words, fragile stories
         packed with sawdust. I had to learn
         how to press a thought like seed into the ground;

        I had to learn to speak with a hammer,
         I took up the reins behind the plow,
         I felt the land, threading through me,
         stitching me into place.

Yesterday

Yesterday I picked a dandelion
For your buttomhole
I chose it for its primary color
And becuse it is a humble, hardy weed.
But you had no bottonhole
So you carried it for an hour
Sniffing it now and then (its scent is yellow)
Until we had to go home
And you found a hospitable bush
To place it on.

Today I snapped a sprig of lilac
For your buttonhole
I chose it for its delicate tint
And because of its exquisite grace.
But you had no buttonhole
So you carried it for an hour
Sniffing it now and then (its perfume is intoxicating)
Until we had to go home
And since it had wilted
You dropped it on the ground.

Tomorrow I will give you
A bright green inedible fruit
And see what you do with it.
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Thank you my friend, Hopie,  for this beautiful Viking background.