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badseed1980October's Bright Blue Weather - Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885)
O suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October's bright blue weather;
When loud the bumble-bee makes haste,
Belated, thriftless vagrant,
And Golden-Rod is dying fast,
And lanes with grapes are fragrant;
When Gentians roll their fringes tight
To save them for the morning,
And chestnuts fall from satin burrs
Without a sound of warning;
When on the ground red apples lie
In piles like jewels shining,
And redder still on old stone walls
Are leaves of woodbine twining;
When all the lovely wayside things
Their white-winged seeds are sowing,
And in the fields, still green and fair,
Late aftermaths are growing;
When springs run low, and on the brooks,
In idle golden freighting,
Bright leaves sink noiseless in the hush
Of woods, for winter waiting;
When comrades seek sweet country haunts,
By twos and twos together,
And count like misers, hour by hour,
October's bright blue weather.
O suns and skies and flowers of June,
Count all your boasts together,
Love loveth best of all the year
October's bright blue weather.
O suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October's bright blue weather;
When loud the bumble-bee makes haste,
Belated, thriftless vagrant,
And Golden-Rod is dying fast,
And lanes with grapes are fragrant;
When Gentians roll their fringes tight
To save them for the morning,
And chestnuts fall from satin burrs
Without a sound of warning;
When on the ground red apples lie
In piles like jewels shining,
And redder still on old stone walls
Are leaves of woodbine twining;
When all the lovely wayside things
Their white-winged seeds are sowing,
And in the fields, still green and fair,
Late aftermaths are growing;
When springs run low, and on the brooks,
In idle golden freighting,
Bright leaves sink noiseless in the hush
Of woods, for winter waiting;
When comrades seek sweet country haunts,
By twos and twos together,
And count like misers, hour by hour,
October's bright blue weather.
O suns and skies and flowers of June,
Count all your boasts together,
Love loveth best of all the year
October's bright blue weather.
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Date: 2010-10-09 09:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-09 12:31 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-09 03:59 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-09 04:03 pm (UTC)I learned to knit from a book called Stitch 'n' Bitch. I like it because it's well-organized, and has a lot of cute patterns. The patterns range from just basic knit and purl to pretty complex, and each pattern lists the skills needed to make it, and the page of the book that describes how to do those techniques. The techniques have both text and illustrations to show you how to do them. It's pretty great. Also, http://www.knittinghelp.com has videos to demonstrate a wide variety of knitting techniques, from the most basic to the most complicated.
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Date: 2010-10-09 09:15 pm (UTC)Thanks for your tips--and know I always enjoy reading your posts.
Simply lovely, Hon...
Date: 2010-10-12 05:07 pm (UTC)Re: Simply lovely, Hon...
Date: 2010-10-12 05:22 pm (UTC)I want to have you and your hubby over for dinner sometime soon. My house has been so quiet, and you two always make a place come alive! Also, I haven't seen you in forEVer.
Re: Simply lovely, Hon...
Date: 2010-10-12 06:00 pm (UTC)*hugs*