NATIONAL POETRY MONTH

Crocii

Small, strong

Purple, yellow

Reaching towards the sky

Offering joy to all who pass

Gardens

SCOTTISH STREET SONGS

Nostalgic street songs of my day...

We did not have much in the way of  material things, but it did not take much to have fun.

COULTER'S CANDY

This beloved children's song is sung by Scottish Mammies, and Grans in Scotland, and wherever they ended up in the world.

STORY

These lyrics have blown me away from the first time I heard them.

Lyrics to The Story :

All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true...I was made for you
I climbed across the mountain tops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
But baby I broke them all for you
Because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks
You do
I was made for you
You see the smile that's on my mouth
It's hiding the words that don't come out
And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed
They don't know my head is a mess
No, they don't know who I really am
And they don't know what
I've been through like you do
And I was made for you...
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true...I was made for you

All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true...I was made for you
I climbed across the mountain tops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
But baby I broke them all for you
Because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks
You do
I was made for you
You see the smile that's on my mouth
It's hiding the words that don't come out
And all of my friends who think that I'm blessed
They don't know my head is a mess
No, they don't know who I really am
And they don't know what
I've been through like you do
And I was made for you...
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I've been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don't mean anything
When you've got no one to tell them to
It's true...I was made for you

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJa-KazVMYU 

A WOMANS BEST FRIEND TOO....

Tami Akanuma, 83

In this Wednesday, March 23, 2011 photo, Tami Akanuma, 83, holds her Shih-tzu dog 'Babu' at an evacuation center in Miyako, northern Japan. When a massive earthquake struck on March 11, 2011, Akanuma was with her dog at home located 200 meters (about 219 yards) away from a coast. Soon after the lights went out, the dog started running around furiously. Then she prepared to walk her dog, even though it's a bit early from their regular dog-walking hours. During her preparation, tsunami alert was issued and she opened the door of her house for evacuation, and the dog dashed out toward a hill, which was different walkway from regular course. According to Akanuma, when she became sluggish, the dog looked back on her and seemed it urged her to walk, and once she caught up with her dog, it stroke out again. And finally Akanuma could arrive at a shelter about 1 kilometer (0.62 mile) away from her home, just before the tsunami engulfed the walkway they took. Babu was usually unwilling to take a walk, so Akanuma believes that the dog might have predicted the tsunami. Babu celebrated her 12th birthday on March 23.« Read less

(AP Photo/Yomiuri Shimbun, Tetsuya Kikumasa) JAPAN OUT, 

I have a Shih Tzu much like 'Babu' and they do hate to walk.  All the more wonderful ......

REBA - IF I WERE A BOY

AGAPE

"I'll get by with a little help from my friends."  

These dogs touched me deeply, as they did so many worldwide.  Everyday when I return home to my own wet nosed fur baby, I know that this heroic dog and mine are one in the same, in their hearts.   And that kind of unconditional love is profoundly healing.  It helps turn a bad into a better day,  it lifts sadness, it brings a smile to one's face, and  offers acceptance even when you are not very lovable.  Hug a dog today, it will lift you up. 

Prayers offered for all in Japan.