tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post3444893166856581525..comments2023-10-17T07:41:01.330-07:00Comments on Told You I Was Ill: Spring flowershydrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17050622432144268086noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post-83856565916657932012010-03-12T04:50:39.301-08:002010-03-12T04:50:39.301-08:00Our snow hasn't melted all the way yet, but I ...Our snow hasn't melted all the way yet, but I just know there are crocuses under there somewhere trying to push through. I can feel it.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post-46159921933529108132010-03-08T01:10:31.119-08:002010-03-08T01:10:31.119-08:00I have to say that when I glanced through, I didn&...I have to say that when I glanced through, I didn't even notice, Jacula!!!hydrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050622432144268086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post-37985185583802190482010-03-07T11:13:33.632-08:002010-03-07T11:13:33.632-08:00What a pity we can't edit comments. Whoever t...What a pity we can't edit comments. Whoever typed the poem onto the net can't spell. I should have read it through first! Corrections, as I'm sure you know are 'dams' to replace 'damns' (LOL), it should read children's 'HANDS' not 'hand', pheasants' to replace 'pheasents' and 'pleasant' to replace 'pleasent'.Jackie Saylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047994593375513101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post-4225539662372689272010-03-07T09:42:16.963-08:002010-03-07T09:42:16.963-08:00Have just looked it up. In Chaucer's time and ...Have just looked it up. In Chaucer's time and Shakespeare's time it was a carnation, but it can also be soapwort, or pinks.hydrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050622432144268086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post-77272620902159827712010-03-07T09:40:37.074-08:002010-03-07T09:40:37.074-08:00Thanks for the poem, Jacula. Wonder what a gilly f...Thanks for the poem, Jacula. Wonder what a gilly flower is?hydrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17050622432144268086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post-81308894600126434052010-03-07T03:16:30.246-08:002010-03-07T03:16:30.246-08:00Incidentally, the poem you quoted is this one:
Th...Incidentally, the poem you quoted is this one:<br /><br />The Months<br /><br />January brings the snow,<br />makes our feet and fingers glow.<br /><br />February brings the rain,<br />Thaws the frozen lake again.<br /><br />March brings breezes loud and shrill,<br />stirs the dancing daffodil.<br /><br />April brings the primrose sweet,<br />Scatters daises at our feet.<br /><br />May brings flocks of pretty lambs,<br />Skipping by their fleecy damns.<br /><br />June brings tulips, lilies, roses,<br />Fills the children's hand with posies.<br /><br />Hot july brings cooling showers,<br />Apricots and gillyflowers.<br /><br />August brings the sheaves of corn,<br />Then the harvest home is borne.<br /><br />Warm september brings the fruit,<br />Sportsmen then begin to shoot.<br /><br />Fresh October brings the pheasents,<br />Then to gather nuts is pleasent.<br /><br />Dull November brings the blast,<br />Then the leaves are whirling fast.<br /><br />Chill December brings the sleet,<br />Blazing fire, and Christmas treat.<br /><br />Sara ColeridgeJackie Saylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047994593375513101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post-35249709508786654942010-03-07T03:12:17.698-08:002010-03-07T03:12:17.698-08:00Our snowdrops have been flowering for some time no...Our snowdrops have been flowering for some time now and were joined by the crocuses last week. This morning, the cheerful yellow of winter jasmine has joined the show and I've noticed the big weeping willow nearby has developed the golden glow that means new leaves are not too far off.Jackie Saylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13047994593375513101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-291831426744506816.post-64927631930008720362010-03-07T02:37:20.049-08:002010-03-07T02:37:20.049-08:00I haven't seen so much as a snowdrop yet!I haven't seen so much as a snowdrop yet!Teresa Ashbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15350697922935549188noreply@blogger.com