June Collage

"Our Creator would never have made such lovely days, and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy

....them, above and beyond all thought, unless we were meant to be immortal" (Hawthorne)

"Glad that I live am I, that the sky is blue, glad for the country lanes, and the fallof dew" L. W. Reese)

"The thought that is beautiful is the thought to cherish. The word that is beautiful is worthy to endure." (B.Bailey)

"I took a day to search for God. And found Him not. But as I trod by rocky ledge, through woods untamed, I saw His footprint in the sod." (Bliss Carman)

"We who play under the pines, we who dance in the snow that shines blue in the light of the mon, sometimes halt as we go. Stand with our ears erect, our noses testing the air, to gaze at the golden world, behind the windows there." ( Elizabeth Coatsworth)

 Smoky and Spencer.................................

Cordelia in her haven.

"Joy is the mainspring in the whole of ednless Nature's calm rotation." (Schiller)

"My heart was once a garden by dim, enchanted trees, with hint of untouched violets and shy anenomes.  (Noel Lane)

Rhodociton.......starting to take over  in the greenhouse.

"It is only through the morning gate of the beautiful that you can penetrate into the realm of knowledge. That which we feel here as beauty we shall one day know as truth." (Schiller)Cordelia  in her greenhouse.

"Back country roads,and cawing crows, stone walls with stiles going over, daisies, queen ann's lace, clocer, night tunes of crickets , frog songs, too, starched cotton cloth, the colour blue, bells that ring from white church steeple, friendly dogs and friendly people." (E. Ellen Long)

"In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful, and the beautiful things that God makes are His gift to all alike. " (Harriet Beecher Stowe)

"Every child should know a hill, and the clean joy of running down its long slop with the wind in his hair. He should know a tree, the comfort of its cool lap of shade, and the supple strength of its arms......." (E. C. Joll)

"Today I have grown taller with walking with the trees the seven sister-poplars that go softly in a line, and I think my heart is whiter  for its parley with a star, that trembled out at nightfall and hung above the pine." (Karle Wilson Baker)

"I cannot hold thee close enough thy winds, thy wide grey skies. Thy mists that roll and rise. My sould is all but out of me, let fall no burning leaf, prithee, let no bird call....." (Edna St. Vincent Millay)

"We are living in a world of beauty but how few of us open our eyes to see it! They are ours for the asking, all our own to have and to enjoy; if we only desire them enough." (Lorado Taft)

 

 First Sweet pea of the season.......................bring them on!

Sog of a Day.......

 Rain, rain, go away...it's June ......not November in case you haven't noticed.

 Shasta Daisy petals  getting squashed by the rain.

 Wild  roses  spotted with pink,  made of sterner stuff than the cabbage roses.

 Driving, driving in the endless rain.........don't worry I wasn't multi-tasking.

 Verbeena seems to like the rain. It is always perfect.

 Grape leaves love the rain. It collects on the leaves and plops on the muddy ground beneath.

And Dale's truck. It holds neat rocks, puddled in rain water. The truck used to hold playmobil and dolls and sand. A poignant reminder of  summers a while back. I think there was rain then.

Waiting in the Rain

                             Pouring...some sort of summer pour.

                                            Coral Rose drenched...

 Spencer. Ever hopeful he's gonna get one of those fat pigeons...

     Peace  Rose. Huge under the eaves. Sheltered from the rain.

 Porch pots stuffed to the gills with begonias and fuschias. They are beautiful this year. Must be the fertilizer.

                                   Begonias under the trees.

               Geraninums not loving the rain so much  But weathering it out.

                            Another coral rose................a little drier.

     Rhodochiton bells hanging from baskets, holding hands with each other. They are the coolest vine.

                Cordelia at a break in the rain.

        And I just could not resist this one. Someone sent it to me the other day. Must be all the           rain...............Only I would substitute the word "fabric" for "yarn"..............

LEDGER 1938-1941

 This week I finally fiished scanning the old ledger my mum kept from 1938-1941.  They were married in 1936, so she only kept one for a few years. There must be 42 pages in total. These are only a few.  I think it's amazing to see how medical expenses  seemed to take up a lot of their paycheck.

 And no matter how the month was going , there always seemed to be a few dollars for a new outfit, or a small trip. Seattle seems to be a recurring theme. In another ledger I noticed Seattle cost $7.00...sometimes $15.00 for a weekend, depending on wether or not they went to a show.

 Rent never seemed to change. $15.00 for a small apt on Cook Stree in Victoria.

 Then by 1941 things got decidely more difficult. No pay and no work coming in for a while. My dad had to have numerous operations for various maladies. But by the end of 1941 they went back to Bethune, Saskatchewan for another visit. Just so happy to be with family. Her writing was even happy. They had nothing and yet they had everything. I like the part where they spent $350 on 2 trips home...they were content.

                                                            1941 Bethune. My dad. Davey.

                                                          Spring. 1941.

                                                        November 1941

Snoozies

Snoozies on warm pavement. Forming a heart.

                                           Snoozies with your best friend...adopted brother

                           Hearing thunder in the distance....amd your human parents calling you home.

                                         Snoozies in the warm afternoon. Ignoring all else.

                                            Snoozies for Spencer and Smoky......zzzzzzzz