WELCOME SPRING! Triumphant Spring!

I took a photo the other day of the little crocus blooming outside my dining room window...and how beautiul and welcome this little bloom. I think purple is one of the most delicious colors in nature, there's something so hopeful about it--and of course after a long gray winter--there's something triumphant about a bloom pushing its way upward from the cold, hard ground!

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THE RAINDROPS

The raindrops are a busy lot,

They have so much to do;

They clean the dainty flowers and leaves

And wash the sky so blue.

They hang some jewels bright and fair

On bushes and on trees

I'm sure you've seen some diamonds there

All dancing in the breeze.

Of course, they bring a needed drink

To garden, field and plain;

I'm sure we're thankful to the Lord

For His kind gift of rain.

--Author Unknown