Wise Lily Stories
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A Family of hedgehogs A family of hedgehogs Came to me today Wrapped up in a pretty box From very far away. And when I opened up the box They all looked up at me "Won't you take us to be part Of your family?" "Oh yes I will!" I did reply "But how did you all know? That I love hedgies oh-so-much They give my heart a glow!" "Oh, that's because a friend of yours Who knows you oh-so-fine Sent us to you as a gift In the summer time." "She knew that you were just the one To give us all a home Where we could dig and play and work With your garden gnome." Thank you sweet Melissa dear For your gift so fine Like this hedgie family You are in this heart of mine. This family of hedgehogs Really make me smile And think of a friend so very dear Across the many miles. © written by Christine Summerfield/September 1, 2019 "
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Good Thymes I have so many kinds of thyme in my garden green Some you may have met before and some you've never seen! And there's so many things to do with all the different thymes Here's a few to share with you in story and in rhyme... French thyme and English thyme, I like to plant in pots. They grow just by my kitchen door I cook with them a lot. And sometimes in my winter tea I like a little zing Lemon thyme and orange thyme are the perfect thing! Elfin thyme and woolly thyme like to creep and crawl In the cracks between the stones and along a wall. It's fun to walk on woolly thyme in my barren feet A lawn of thyme is fun to grow It really can't be beat! There are so many things to do with all the many thymes Fun to use and fun to grow and even fun to rhyme. But my favorite kind of thyme is one you cannot see Time for tea and teddy bears, friends and family! © written by Christine Summerfield/June 28, 2018
A Wall of Happy Houses A wall of happy houses is just along the street Full of every color for the birds who like to sing tweet tweet! The colors make a rainbow of yellow, blue and green Orange bright and violet and pinks of shiny sheen! This neighborhood’s for winged ones, for finches red and blue Who play and fly and sing all day: “Tra Lee, Tra Lah, Tra Loo!” They never seem to argue or get into a fight They’re much too busy singing and playing in the light!
Return of the Spring Time Lace Remember how I shared with you In the cooler days of fall? About the last of the summer lace The garden’s delicate shawl? And how I took my curtains down So light and pale and sheer And hung my heavy panels up To warm my home so dear. Well now it is the first of May And I can hardly wait To hang the lace back up again With patterns so ornate. Outside my garden comes alive In the month of May The Queen's wedding day has arrived With a glorious display! Of white and cream and ivory And fragrance pure and sweet Her garments they adorn her From her head down to her feet. First there is the Apple tree A shimmery snowy crown Her blossoms white they fill the sky A canopy big and round. Another garment that she bears Is a fragrant lacy gown Spirea and the Lilacs The talk of all the town! And then her slippers white she wears On carpet soft and sweet Woodruff, and the candytuft Adorn her gentle feet. But her favorite one of all Is when you look down low For Lily of the Valleys white Springtime’s magic snow! As I behold the blossoms white On this first of May I too I want to celebrate In my simple way. I adorn my little house With veils of white and cream Tablecloths and curtains too Awaiting summer’s dream. The lace bestows a bit of ease And lets the light shine through It blows so gently in the breeze Against the sky so blue. I also clip some branches long From my Hawthorn tree And on my tablecloth they stand With blossoms white and free. It is said in tales of old That Lady Guinevere Married Arthur at this time Her beloved King so dear. So as you wed your gallant King In my garden green May you bless each living thing And the spaces in between. And rule o’er your kingdom fair O maiden and her knight With goodness, love and peacefulness And flowers pure and white. written by Christine Summerfield, May 1, 2018 Last of the Summer Lace
Now that autumn time is here and days are growing cold Colors in the garden change from green to red and gold I take my lacy curtains down and put them all away Until the spring when when sun grows strong in the month of May. And now I hang my winter curtains, soft and woolly and warm They keep my little house safe against the winter's storm. But as I looked outside my window, midst the last of the garden green Another kind of summer lace could easily be seen Strings of flowers small and white reaching to the sun Climbed along my wooden fence, how happily they did run! I walked over to the sight and listened for a while And then a message soft and sweet gave me a little smile... "Oh yes, we are the special vine called the "Silver Lace" We bring a little joy to you with simplicity and grace. In summer, all the other flowers do put on a show But we keep climbing quietly, we grow and grow and grow! And then when autumn colors change and Michaelmas arrives It finally is our turn to bloom, the Silver Lacy Vine Although we look quite delicate with tiny flowers white Our vine is strong and sturdy, we really are quite a sight!" And then a summer memory came slowly drifting by Of dreamy lacy curtains white, blowing with a gentle sigh I said a 'thank you' to the vine for gifting me with grace A simple white delicacy...., the last of the Summer Lace. Mushroom Boy I know a little mushroom boy whose cap is full of spots He likes to sit under the plants inside when it is hot. If you peek about inside your home and are so very still You might just find him sitting there on your window sill In the morning he will join you for a cup of tea And sit there with a happy grin to keep you company. But in the lazy afternoon he'll tug his spotty cap over his eyes and snuggle up for an afternoon nap. Be sure to look for him in your home and become his friend For he will help you every day a helping hand he'll lend. He has a special job you see, just like the garden gnome To keep a watch an guard in all the rooms inside your home! written by Christine Summerfield/July 2016
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