Easter is Hope: Images of Garden Valley Community Church

"The great gift of Easter is hope - Christian hope which makes us have that confidence in God, in his ultimate triumph, and in his goodness and love, which nothing can shake."  Basil C. Hume

Today I wanted to catch the Easter spirit in photo images at church. Our little Garden Valley church was busting at the seams with 80 people praising today.

 Cute shoes!

 Lovely dress

 Pastor Shane

Celebration!

Amen!

A Garden Room

 In the winter when the weather is freezing and snow blankets the gardens I like to do decorating in the house. When the sun comes out like it did today I like to begin redoing garden rooms. My rooms may be in a corner between fences, a shady spot behind the greenhouse, or the middle of the wedding garden.

 Today I worked on the Lucy Garden. This garden is in memory of my dog Lucy. It is where she is buried. It is an area behind the gazebo that used to be empty. When we buried Lucy there we began to add plants.

Last summer we redid the Lucy Garden into a BBQ eating area. Today I added even more.

 Grayson was my assistant.

 We decided tonight as we rested and watched the sun go behind the trees that this could be one of our favorite spots around the place.

Happy Earth Day!

 The earth is what we all have in common.-- Wendell Berry 

 

 

Concerto for Early Spring: An Original Abecedian Poem

"An abecedarian poem is a special form of an acrostic poem, in which the initial letters of the words beginning each line or stanza spell out the alphabet in order.

Psalm 119 is one of the earliest famous abecedarian poems, the song arranged in sections according to the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, each of which is featured in its own section. Geoffrey Chaucer’s “An ABC” is an abecedarian poem based on his translation of a prayer to the Virgin Mary in Guillaume de Deguileville’s allegorical poem Pèlerinage de la Vie Humaine (Pilgrimage of Human Life)." about.com

This form of poetry is very fun to try. Here is one I wrote.

 Concerto for Early Spring

After winter

Bulbs began to awaken

Crocus do the maiden voyage

Despite the snow.

Ever hardy daffodils emerge,

Forsythias' buds begin to swell

Giving us hope for early spring.

How long before we till the earth?

Ice still covers the pond,

Just a bit of snow remaining in the garden plot,

Knowing birds are now being sighted,

Longer days begin,

Morning sun has shifted,

Nests will soon be constructed

Over the wedding garden.

Presiding over the concerto the

Quail quickly cross the road,

Robins look for worms,

Starlings return to their same house

Too high to tempt the cats.

Until this season arrives

Very soon I hope

We'll sit by the fire

X-tremely excited for a change while

Yearning for shades of yellow and green

Zigzagging through the yard.

by inlandempiregirl

 Christy Woolum

Woman Who Loves Gardening

 Woman Who Loves Gardening

I have dirty nails

and rarely paint them, living out

my long growing season in the flower garden, trellises

giving view to clematis, Stargazer lilies

whose aromatic flowers

grow in profusion.

I pull the weeds

in the early morning

gritting my teeth

wiping sweat from my brow

and listening

to footsteps of my husband

coming in range to help.

Sun makes my face red;

each sniff with my nose

leaves lily pollen behind.

When I rest it’s the beauty

that causes anxiety to shake loose

from a woman in need

of a quiet place to retreat.

inlandempiregirl

Christy Woolum

June 20,2007

Traveling the Rivers of Washington

 The Pend Orielle River by Metaline Falls

 Traveling the Rivers of Washington

In Washington state

 rivers flow out of the mountains,

connect to guide travelers,

 merge with the ocean,

and roll on to the Columbia.

Coastal Indians paddled the Nisqually, Nooksack, Quinault;

Northern bands camped on the Kettle, Colville, Sanpoil, Okanogan;

Explorers relied on the Spokane, Yakima, and Palouse;

Missionaries journeyed close to the Touchet, Tucannon, and Walla Walla;

Locals love the sound of Methow, Pend Oreille, Puyallup;

Wynoochee, Chehalis, Skykomish, and Elwha;

But when it comes to spelling them-

My favorites are Green, Snake, Lewis, and Rock.

by inlandempiregirl

Christy Woolum