faith kept and grown
when much else could not
the rains arrived
puddles in the fields
how beautiful
the rich brown earth
primroses growing
from garden to lawn
deep decades of roots
strengthen my faith
for new dreams
beginning
in the area
where we had
to take a tree down
new peony leaves
Poems are from my archives.
Pictures are from Reusable Art.
I watch or read the news. And many hours of the day I read, pray, create, look for beauty. A lot of time with blogs. Simple work at home. There are snowdrops in the garden. Earlier this year, Karl did a lot of work in the yard, on warm days. There is new space for daylilies and hosta to grow.
We donated to the Relief Fund for Critical Care at the Aurora Health Care Foundation.
National Doctors’ Day is March 30. Karl and I sent a gift to honor our Care Teams. We are grateful.
Ellen Grace Olinger
I received Charlotte Digregorio’s new print book, Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing, this week. Yesterday, I began reading and am grateful for her art.
Charlotte Digregorio’s Writer’s Blog features many poets, and I am honored to be published there.
Please read Charlotte’s post, Heal Yourself with this Book, for more information.
You can also refer to her post, It’s Published! Ripples of Air: Poems of Healing.
Ellen Grace Olinger
May 2016 – new peonies and daylilies grow near forsythia.
The peony drawing is from wpclipart.
July 2011 – Photo of daylilies by Karl.
Peonies – wpclipart
Good research time for interesting and beautiful images for my new series at Poems From Psalms And Nature – a verse or two and a picture, one post at a time. And I have rediscovered images from our archives. Today’s post there was from Psalm 4.
Ellen Grace Olinger
Yesterday, I began a simple new series at Poems From Psalms And Nature.
I plan to share a verse or two from the Psalms, with a picture, one post at a time.
From Artistic Plants and Flowers, courtesy of The Dover Design Sampler.
Photos by Karl – April 2013
