Happy belated birthday ...

[julchen11]

my dearest melanieathene !!!
I hope you had a wonderful day with all the things you love and you like!
May the coming year be one of your bests...

Lots of love and biggest hugs,
Julchen





Here's a little poem I've found ...

Afternoon on a Hill

                                                                            

            I will be the gladdest thing
   Under the sun!
I will touch a hundred flowers
   And not pick one.

I will look at cliffs and clouds
   With quiet eyes,
Watch the wind bow down the grass,
   And the grass rise.

And when lights begin to show
   Up from the town,
I will mark which must be mine,
   And then start down!

Edna St. Vincent Millay

Comments

[shirebound]

I will look at cliffs and clouds
With quiet eyes

What a lovely, gentle phrase.

[mechtild.livejournal.com]

Why, one of our favourite Shire poets could have written that. I can hear Bilbo or Frodo singing it softly as he walks along. Thanks for posting it, Julchen. I'd never read it. :)

[melanieathene.livejournal.com]

Thank you, dear Julchen for a beautiful picture and an even more beautiful poem. I've never heard it before, but it has instantly become one of my favourites. It suits me perfectly. I never pick flowers, I prefer to watch them grow, and I have lost count of time a thousand times, happily wandering the paths of my shire.

Love and hugs,
Melanie

[addie71.livejournal.com]

What a lovely springlike gift.

[romeny.livejournal.com]

Beautiful, just what I needed to read tonight.

[cali-se.livejournal.com]

What a pretty picture - and a lovely poem.