Midsummer Wash-Out

The cowslips tall her pensioners be:
In their gold coats spots you see;
Those be rubies, fairy favours,
In those freckles live their savours:
I must go seek some dewdrops here
And hang a pearl in every cowslip's ear.

Well, I would *do* what's described in the above quotation if I *could*. In fact we were going to look for fairies under strawberry plants today (translate that as visiting a pick-your-own farm) but yet again it raineth on the righteous. So, we're going to Astley Book Farm (when I grow up I want to be a book farmer) and then off to the pub, for a pint and a pie. Anyway, I wish you all a glorious Midsummer day...oh, and here's another poem to tickle your seasonal fancy!

Midsummer's Day draws closer now
As birdsong greets the dawning day
And sunlight's gold through swaying bough
Delights with dancing shadowplay,
And here amid this garden place
A riot of colour, plants and flowers,
The butterflies at leisured pace
Flit through the hours.

I dwell in gentle shade and find
A peace that fills the heart with light,
A healing place that clears the mind
And frees imagination's flight
Where soars the spirit on its quest
Discovering untrodden ways,
From waking to the time of rest
Down all the days.

Midsummer's Day....and did I use
In thankfulness each gifted day
That I might from these treasures choose
And find, in trust, the wiser way,
Through Summer, Autumn, Winter, Spring
To live each precious moment sweet?

God's golden promised offering,
Makes Life complete!

John Mcloud