TRIP TO WINDSOR CASTLE POEM 38

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving. We all have a lot to be thankful for, so this is a day to remember what we are grateful for. The land gives us food if we care for it - so we are grateful for both the produce of the land and those that maintain it for us. It is often a time to be thankful for what your family does for you - or a friend who has helped you. Pets and other loved people are also included often.

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“Our rural ancestors, with little blest, Patient of labor when the end was rest, Indulged the day that housed their annual grain, With feasts, and off'rings, and a thankful strain.” Alexander Pope

Down The Lane

I followed you,

To see where it is you go,

For I missed you,

And for this I needed to know.

I followed you,

Down a lane,

Past a church,

Past a pond.

Imagine what I happened upon?

A flock of birds were greeting you,

And handfuls of bread they supped on,

As our treasure delighted at their squawks.

Well how am I to take in such a sight?

Filled with delight as I am.

For the birds had their bread amongst

Peals of laughter and song.

“The most fortunate are those who have a wonderful capacity to appreciate again and again, freshly and naively, the basic goods of life, with awe, pleasure, wonder and even ecstasy.” Abraham Maslow