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And I love that verse, thanks for sharing.
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Al wrote: "Happy Thanksgiving, y'all.1 Thessalonians 5:16–18"
Happy Thanksgiving!
We had a beautiful sunrise this morning! It was unexpected since it's cloudy and supposed to snow. Winter sunrises always remind me of one of my favorite poems, 'The House Beautiful'..."A naked house, a naked moor,
A shivering pool before the door,
A garden bare of flowers and fruit
And poplars at the garden foot;
Such is the place that I live in,
Bleak without and bare within.
Yet shall your ragged moor receive
The incomparable pomp of eve,
And the cold glories of the dawn
Behind your shivering trees be drawn..."
Meg wrote: "We had a beautiful sunrise this morning! It was unexpected since it's cloudy and supposed to snow. Winter sunrises always remind me of one of my favorite poems, 'The House Beautiful'..."A naked h..."
Beautiful!!! 😍
🦃Happy Thanksgiving Day Everyone🦃
Thanksgiving Prayer from
“We Thank Thee” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
"For this new morning with its light,
Father, we thank thee.
For rest and shelter of the night,
Father, we thank thee
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything thy goodness sends,
Father in heaven, we thank thee.
Amen."
Meg wrote: "We had a beautiful sunrise this morning! It was unexpected since it's cloudy and supposed to snow. Winter sunrises always remind me of one of my favorite poems, 'The House Beautiful'..."A naked h..."
Wow! Meg, the jewel-tones sky is beautiful.
HAPPY THANKGIVING EVERYONE!!! 🤗We walk on starry fields of white
And do not see the daisies;
For blessings common in our sight
We rarely offer praises.
We sigh for some supreme delight
To crown our lives with splendor,
And quite ignore our daily store
Of pleasures sweet and tender.
Our cares are bold and push their way
Upon our thought and feeling.
They hang about us all the day,
Our time from pleasure stealing.
So unobtrusive many a joy
We pass by and forget it,
But worry strives to own our lives
And conquers if we let it.
There's not a day in all the year
But holds some hidden pleasure,
And looking back, joys oft appear
To brim the past's wide measure.
But blessings are like friends, I hold,
Who love and labor near us.
We ought to raise our notes of praise
While living hearts can hear us.
Full many a blessing wears the guise
Of worry or of trouble.
Farseeing is the soul and wise
Who knows the mask is double.
But he who has the faith and strength
To thank his God for sorrow
Has found a joy without alloy
To gladden every morrow.
We ought to make the moments notes
Of happy, glad Thanksgiving;
The hours and days a silent phrase
Of music we are living.
And so the theme should swell and grow
As weeks and months pass o'er us,
And rise sublime at this good time,
A grand Thanksgiving chorus.
~Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Dorothy wrote: "Turkey on the brain..."
LOL!!! A plucked and cooked featherbrain!😁
Pammy Jo
Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!
Hannah wrote: "Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!"Happy Thanksgiving, Hannah! 🤗💕
Hannah wrote: "Wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!"Hannah, so good to hear from you! Happy Thanksgiving! 🤗❤
Pamela wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Turkey on the brain..."
LOL!!! A plucked and cooked featherbrain!😁
Pammy Jo"
🤣😂
Meg wrote: "In the woods after the rain..."
So pretty. 😍
I miss our woods. 😭😂
Hi Meg, Interesting lichen specimens.
Are those pink buds in the third photo?
What type of tree is it?
Ruth wrote: "Hi Meg, Interesting lichen specimens.
Are those pink buds in the third photo?
What type of tree is it?"
Hi Ruth! Yes, I'm paying special attention to the mosses and lichens now that the flowers are gone. 😊 The pink buds belong to the Skunk Currant (so called because it supposedly smells like skunk, though I don't think so!). I love to see all the buds in the fall/winter...a promise of spring!
I particularly like the formation of lichen in the last photo. An introduction to a new tree,
the pink buds are cheerful, thought the name
and possibly the scent is less than charming.😄
It is extraordinary how nature always reminds
us the promise of new beginnings.
I must say, I am not ready for the mention of
the word- spring.
I was disappointed when I learned the name, too. 😂 'Swamp' Currant would be prettier, and more appropriate! Here it is in flower...
Rather!!😄What pretty delicate petals.
Thank you, Meg.
This is pretty much what happens at our house every Saturday! 🤣
Meg wrote: "This is pretty much what happens at our house every Saturday! 🤣"
🤣🤣 Ohhh, yeah I can relate to that!! 🤣🤣🤣
I like the supportive musical Golden Rules.😊🎶🎻🎺📯🎸🎶
Meg wrote: "Ruth, I love you new title!!! 😃🤗"Hi Meg,
Haha! Thank you. It was on a whim,
expressing my sentiments, I thought
it would be fun to add as a group title.
Ruth wrote: "Meg wrote: "Ruth, I love you new title!!! 😃🤗"Hi Meg,
Haha! Thank you. It was on a whim,
expressing my sentiments, I thought
it would be fun to add as a group title."
I just clicked on the group page this morning, looked over at your name and saw it! I thought it was so neat! 😂❤
Meg! A bear? Is that a joke between you
and Emma?
Ruth wrote: "Meg! A bear? Is that a joke between you
and Emma?"
🤣 I was feeling mischievous this morning. And now look what I've started! She and Dorry are trying to "outbear" me! 😳 But my bear is the only one who's real... 😏🤣🤣🤣
Meg wrote: "Ruth wrote: "Meg! A bear? Is that a joke between you
and Emma?"
🤣 I was feeling mischievous this morning. And now look what I've started! She and Dorry are trying to "outbear" me! 😳 But my bear ..."
😤
This morning?!?! 🙄 HA!
Emma wrote: "This morning?!?! 🙄 HA!"It was this morning! 🤣
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "This morning?!?! 🙄 HA!"It was this morning! 🤣"
My point is only this morning you're mischievous??! HA! 🤣🤣
Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "This morning?!?! 🙄 HA!"It was this morning! 🤣"
My point is only this morning you're mischievous??! HA! 🤣🤣"
Well... 😏🤣
Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "Meg wrote: "Emma wrote: "This morning?!?! 🙄 HA!"It was this morning! 🤣"
My point is only this morning you're mischievous??! HA! 🤣🤣"
Well... 😏🤣"
Mmhmmm...🤣🤣
My bear is real, and so is Emmi's!
Dear Meg.Sorry your shadows followed you.😋
Dorothy wrote: "My bear is real, and so is Emmi's!"Quite right! 😤
You are out camping in the wilderness. You are awakened by a rustling noise.
You go outside and see a bear outside your tent.
You run 1 mile south, 1 mile west, and 1 mile north,
to return to your camp which has been destroyed.
What color is the bear?🐻?
Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "My bear is real, and so is Emmi's!"Quite right! 😤"
So what if someone put toy towers beside my bear?!
Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "My bear is real, and so is Emmi's!"Quite right! 😤"
So what if someone put toy towers beside my bear?!"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Ruth wrote: "You are out camping in the wilderness. You are awakened by a rustling noise. You go outside and see a bear outside your tent. You run 1 mile south, 1 mile west, and 1 mile north, to return to your ..."Something's fishy about this...🤔
Emma wrote: "Ruth wrote: "You are out camping in the wilderness. You are awakened by a rustling noise. You go outside and see a bear outside your tent. You run 1 mile south, 1 mile west, and 1 mile north, to re..."Most peculiar...I can't figure out how I'm supposed to know his color...
I think it has something to do with East...🤔
Emma wrote: "I think it has something to do with East...🤔"🤨
Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "I think it has something to do with East...🤔"🤨"
Read it again! Notice that it doesn't mention going East...now, don't you think that's peculiar?
Emma wrote: "Dorothy wrote: "Emma wrote: "I think it has something to do with East...🤔"🤨"
Read it again! Notice that it doesn't mention going East...now, don't you think that's peculiar?"
Yes, I did notice that...but what color is related to east?
Early American Literature
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