the rain in africa
The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company...
I bless the rains down in Africa..
Let me, O let me…
Let me,
O let me bathe my soul in colours;
let me swallow the sunset
and drink the rainbow.
~Khalil Gibran
(8th November 1908)
The Earth Laughs in Flowers…
"I will be the gladdest thing under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
And not pick one."
- Edna St. Vincent Millay
Hello Spring
I want to do to you what spring does with the cherry trees.
~Pablo Neruda
Early spring
I hear the passing echoes of winter
and feel the warming spring on my face.
~Terri Guillemets
There is a silent eloquence In every wild bluebell…
Spotting a carpet of bluebells in a woodland is a highlight of any springtime walk in the countryside... The bluebell has been voted Britain’s favourite...