MotherSkylark : Watching Life take Wings

"Education is not filling a cup, but lighting a fire..." -William Butler Yeats

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Location: The Mountains of North Carolina, United States

Friday, April 13, 2007

full

Today the woods were full of bluebells and wild flowers, the sky was full of blue, the trees were full with blossom. The breeze was full of stirring and the paths were full of our walking. Our pockets were full of acorns and seeds, the pond was full of tadpoles. The air was full of the songs of nesting birds and white cherry petal snow falling down on the laughter of shouting children on the big rope swing over the hill.
The bare trees in the hedgerow were full of restless blackbirds, the meadow at the bottom of the hill was full of young babies and children picking wild grasses and "sunshine flowers" (dandelions) to tuck behind my ears. Chubby hands were full of chunky bouquets of spiky things, brownish-purple things, standing up things and falling over things.
Now my vases are full of pussywillow catkins, purple grasses and branches of cherry blossoms. My cup is full of tea and my blog is finally full of writing again! Happy Spring!

6 Comments:

Blogger bluemountainmama said...

welcome back....and enjoy the "fullness" of spring! our spring has taken a spring break!

looking forward to your writing again...... luv ya, sis!

7:22 AM  
Blogger Anna said...

I am so glad that you are back!

What a lovely post...it is that kind of day isnt it? You captured it well....although I am full of laundry and trash bags as I clean the boys room! Hehehe.

BUT, I can feel the wonderful breeze from the window!

7:30 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hi Mary--I'm glad you're not letting this fade away and looking forward to seeing some photos of your clan. We hope to get a photo-blog going of our family and community life once we get a new camera.

You should check out the following: the photos and themes have always reminded me of your family.

virginia journal - steven johnson
http://homepage.mac.com/steverinojohnson/iblog/

Best,
Jim

7:58 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

I'm glad you are back! I have missed reading your blog! Graham Waterhouse

11:52 AM  
Blogger bluemountainmama said...

To a sky-lark

Up with me! up with me into the clouds!
For thy song, Lark, is strong;
Up with me, up with me into the clouds!
Singing, singing,
With clouds and sky about thee ringing,
Lift me, guide me till I find
That spot which seems so to thy mind!

I have walked through wildernesses dreary
And to-day my heart is weary;
Had I now the wings of a Faery,
Up to thee would I fly.
There is madness about thee, and joy divine
In that song of thine;
Lift me, guide me high and high
To thy banqueting-place in the sky.

Joyous as morning
Thou art laughing and scorning,
Thou hast a nest for thy love and thy rest,
And, though little troubled with sloth,
Drunken Lark! thou would'st be loth
To be such a traveller as I.
Happy, happy Liver
With a soul as strong as a mountain river
Pouring out praise to the Almighty Giver,
Joy and jollity be with us both!

Alas! my journey, rugged and uneven,
Through prickly moors or dusty ways must wind;
But hearing thee, or others of thy kind,
As full of gladness and as free of heaven.
I with my fate contented, will plod on,
And hope for higher raptures, when life's day is done

5:23 PM  
Blogger bluemountainmama said...

-william wordsworth :)

5:24 PM  

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