"The April rain, the April rain,
Comes slanting down in fitful showers,
Then from the furrow shoots the grain,
And banks are fledged with nestling flowers;
And in grey shawl and woodland bowers
The cuckoo through the April rain
Calls once again."

- Mathilde Blind - "April Rain"

 


 I wish you dear Friend a weekend with peace
and that you enjoy Mother Earth beauty.
With Love
Ana

"I think over again my small adventures
My fears, those small ones that seemed so big
For all the vital things I had to get and reach
And yet there is only one great thing
The only thing
To live to see the great day that dawns
And the light that fills the world."


- Unknown Inuit -

 

 ... another monday, a new week.
I wish you dear Friend, a perfect one
With Love
Ana

What if you slept?
And what if,
in your sleep, you dreamed?
And what if, in your dream,
you went to heaven
and there plucked a strange
and beautiful flower?
And what if,
when you awoke,
you had the flower in your hand?
Ah, what then?

- Samuel Taylor Coleridge -

 

... I wish you my dear Friend
 a week full of dreams
 With Love
Ana

"Our task must be to free ourselves
 by widening our circle of compassion
 to embrace all living creatures and
 the whole of nature and its beauty."

Einstein - about Nature

 

 ... I wish you a peaceful weekend
 my dear Friend
With Love
Ana

Our friendship is an ocean
Stretching
Far and wide
Never ending
Filled with memories
That last a lifetime
Our friendship is
Just like the stars
Both go beyond
Man's reach
So best friends it is
Now and forever.
That's the best feeling there is
Nothing could be better
Now and forever.

 

 With Love
 Ana

CONNECTED TO OUR MOTHER

If you understand Nature,
The deer will eat from your hand.
The sun makes the plants,
Animals eat the plants,
The humans eat the animals,
and Earth needs the humans to take care of it.
So you see, as you stare
into the endless sky,
we live from our Mother Gaia's birth,
and if you understand Nature,
The deer will eat from your hand.
And we all, plants, animals, humans,
are children of the Earth

Maria Domeier,gr. 5, Red Wing, MN

 

 ... with Love
Ana

"A friend is someone
 who dances with you in the sunlight and,
 walks with you in the shadows.
 Is someone
 who stays there in silence and,
 hears what you say no mater the subject.
 Walks by your side and,
 behind you and catchs if you stumble.
 A FRIEND is a gift, a treasure to keep,to honour,
 whom we give a permanent place in our hearts."



... I love you sweet friend and,
 I wish you a wonderful weekend.
Ana

Kindness to Animals

Little children, never give
Pain to things that feel and live
Let the gentle robin come
For the crumbs you save at home
As his meat you throw along
He’ll repay you with a song.
Never hurt the timid hare
Peeping from her green grass lair
Let her come and sport and play
On the lawn at close of day.
The little lark goes soaring high
To the bright windows of the sky
Singing as if t'were always spring
And fluttering on an untired wing
Oh! Let him sing his happy song
Nor do these gentle creatures wrong.



... and a blessed week sweet friend
With Love
Ana

A Smile
 
A smile
can tell a story
or whisper a single word
Brightens a face
Shadows a past
Welcomes
Repels
A cover-up
A window to the mind

A stairway to the heart.

by Maria (aged 12)




... I wish you dear friend,
a week full of smiles  
With Love

Ana

Halloween

Three ghosts knocking on my door,
I gave them candy now they want more!
Down the street, here comes a nurse,
and a mummy clearly under a curse.
Thankfully it's only just one night
(or my candy bill would give me a fright!)
I'm glad it s only once a year
So sit back and enjoy -
- Halloween is here!



Have a wonderful weekend
With Love
Ana

What is a Poem
 A poem is hidden in the soundlessspeechless soft clouds
Tossing turning twisting
in the crystal clear aquamarine sky
Look inside a pleasing pretty flower
Climb immeasurable immenseimpressive mountains
If you find a poem handle it carefully
Like a newborn puppy
For a poem can die or slip through fingers
Like creamy butter
And be lost in the dark streets
Look in places where you
 have never been before
And there you might find a poem
Lost somewhere in the soft clouds
The clear sky or a pretty flower
Waiting for you!
by Amber Hickman (aged 8)


Have a great week
Ana

You have a special place in my heart
The place that will never empty
You take up the biggest space
When your sick
I will be there to confort
When you hurt yourself
I will be there to help
When you heart gets broken
I will find the peaces
No matter where you go
Whatever you do
I will be here for you
No matter what happens
Always know I love you
In every way I can
I will give you my heart
Every last bit of it
I give you my Love
All I have in it.



... thank you my friend

Ana

"The past cannot be changed, the future

is still in our power. Earth is our home

so let us thank Her giving a chance to cure

the wounds we made."

... I wish you a wonderful weekend
sweet friend
With Love
Ana

A Special World

A special world for you and me
A special bond one cannot see
It wraps us up in its cocoon
And holds us fiercely in its womb.

Its fingers spread like fine spun gold
Gently nestling us to the fold
Like silken thread it holds us fast
Bonds like this are meant to last.

And though at times a thread may break
A new one forms in its wake
To bind us closer and keep us strong
In a special world, where we belong.

... with Love

Ana