Garden Bloggers Muse Day July 1st

BY THE RUDE BRIDGE

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,

Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,

Here once the embattled farmers stood,

And fired the shot heard round the world.

The foe long since in silence slept;

like the conqueror silent sleeps;

And Time the ruined bridge has swept

Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.

On this green bank, by this soft stream,

We set today a votive stone;

That memory may their deed redeem,

When, like our sires, our sons are gone.

Spirit that made those heroes dare

To die, and leave their children free,

Bid Time and Nature gently spare

The shaft we raise to them and thee.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson~

Happy July 1st! Happy 4th of July!

Be sure to go to Carolyn's blog Sweet Home and Garden Chicago, the home of Garden Blogger's Muse day!

Garden Bloggers Muse Day - May 1st

May arrives at dawn and kneels in prayer.

Her dress of green rustles as she rises to meet this day.

Feeling the warm spring breeze on her cheeks,

She smiles as she dances to celebrate the end of winter.

(Her work clothes cast aside for the day)

May is my favorite month , my birthday month! The weather is (usually) great, and I can get outside and plant and enjoy the flowers. May first is my grandmother's birthday. She was born 1 May, 1904, and would be 104 if she was still alive. She loved to garden, too.
Go to Carolyn's blog, Sweet Home and Garden Chicago, to join in for Garden Bloggers Muse Day!