"Soft Rain"...and lovlies....

"Soft Rain"
"Soft Rain" ~ Part 2
Sung by the
Choral Arts Society of Utah Master Chorale
via Annie of Blue Gables Blog
Thanks Annie!

Looking out the window on a wet June day on the farm. . .

Rain falls, soft rain at my window

 Every butterfly has hurried away,

All the honey bees have called it a day,

Lovelies from Lululiz, some purchased, some gifts. . .                                                  

Mother of Pearl buttons, laces, ribbons, vintage ticking
 and a gorgeous bookmark she made just for  me. . .

And the Columbine are bending their heads in the rain. . 

    

Rain falls, soft rain making puddles.

For the children's feet the puddles are sweet, 

And the skater-bug fleet find the small pools a treat

And the Columbine are bending their heads in the rain...

Making room for the flowers to grow in our flower beds, but the Columbine has finished blooming!

Flower bed under the deck

While the rain is falling there's a quietness about the world;

While the thunder is calling there's a quiet hush about the world. 

New orchard near our home in Washington State

Other Lovelies from Liz!

A time to remember the beautiful things . . .



To look for tomorrow and your fondest dreams!

More vintage bed ticking, ribbons, laces and buttons

Rain falls, soft rain at my window....

. . . I will go outside where the sleepy rain blows,

           Feel the wet on my face, 

                     Feel the wet on my clothes...

And like the Columbine

                             I want to bow my head in the rain...

So many beautiful things in our world, some are made by man.

But the most beautiful are God's creations.

We make things that look like the beauties of the earth to bring inside 

and decorate our homes. In this picture, even my weeds look beautiful to me. . .

I am so grateful for the many beautiful things the Lord has blessed

us with, beautiful earth and all it's wonders as well as the beautiful designs created by those with

 wonder and awe of the world and a vision to bring flowers inside with fabric.

I am especially grateful for beautiful friends, sisters, sisters by choice, family,

and bloggy friends who all add so much beauty to my life!

Thank you, to all of you, for the joy you bring

through your own blogs and your comments on mine.

Lyrics to the song

"Soft Rain" ~ by Douglas and Janet Cox

I remember this song from when I was about 14. I was at a high school choir performance

and I fell in love with this song that reflected the feelings I have about the rain . . .

I have sung it many times during the rain and decided to share it with you

as I was taking these pictures on a rainy day in June.

Joyous Hearts to you on your Rainy Days!!

Betsy

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Happy Mother's Day!!

I often go walking in meadows of clover

And I gather armfuls of blossoms of blue.

I gather the blossoms the whole meadow over.

Dear Mother, all flowers remind me of You!

Oh, Mother, I give you my love with each flower

To give forth sweet fragrance a whole lifetime through.

For if I love blossoms and meadows and walking,

I learned how to love them, Dear Mother, from You!

The beautiful white, with a hint of peach, roses in this bouquet were

given to me by Daughter*2 and her hubby for Mother's Day.

There are a dozen. They cannot be here so they gave them to me early. I added them to an

arrangement I already had, after removing the spent flowers.

I just love them and wanted to share their beauty with all of you!

Happy Mother's Day to all of you!

If you are not a mother, you can still have a Happy Mother's Day,

Celebrate your own Mother and the things you learned from her.

How to behave as well as how NOT  to  behave!

(That comment is specifically for MY children!)

I am Grateful to my Dear Husband, that he wanted to have children with me,

and grateful for the blessing of five amazing, humorous, fun, sassy, intelligent,

thoughtful, silly, musical and patiently forgiving children.

They make our lives so rich! 

I am grateful for a MomInLaw that is so kind and generous and good and loving to me

and has such a good time with our family. She helps me so much, and

has been for 32 years. She treats me like I am her own daughter.

I am grateful for a Mother who rocked me, read to me, encouraged me, spanked me,

cheered me, listened to me, sewed for me, taught me so many things 

cried with me, laughed with me, rejoiced with me and

loved me through everything life brought our way. 

I am thankful to Heavenly Father for the blessing of such good examples of Mothers in my life. 

I hope that I will be the Mother my children at least laugh at later in their lives

if not think of me fondly! I think they think of me fondly...and in frustration, and 

patience and understanding and hunger, and when the laundry isn't done, and. . .

when there isn't any gas in the car, and when I am late. . .again...

and when dinner is on time and it's their favorite meal!

Thanks for loving me, kids! At least it was not boring around here!

Happy Mother's Day to you all!

Heart hugs!

Betsy