Friday, March 18, 2016

Spring Activities

Spring decor on the front door
Doing some pruning of our spring flowers planted earlier
Closeup of the many blooms on our tiny peach tree
It is tiny, about 4 ft tall but had lots of peaches last
year which a hungry chipmunk feasted on.
Time to prune this unruly bush that is growing too tall
Now hopefully it will sprout out and not just up...


Tuesday, March 15, 2016

New poem techniques

From our workshops a couple of weekends ago, I'm trying a new technique using alliteration of three words followed by a fourth different word. Trying to create diversity in my poetic structure. This poem was inspired by a robin nesting by our bedroom window. My photo is below.


Spring Nest

red robin rests while nesting
notices noises nearby, she freezes
flies frantically far away
waits while warmth returns

time ticks tirelessly daily
intuitive instincts initiate patience
soon survival skills pay off
nature nurtures new growth

Friday, March 11, 2016

Week of parties

This week has been non stop parties with our Relief Society birthday party then a Chili Cookoff Branch party. Fun food, entertainment and socializing.We combined two branches for about 100+ sisters to celebrate. We sat at tables according to our birthday months-thus mixing us up and giving us a theme to decorate with for our tables. We had Hawaiian Haystacks for our main course! It was yummy!

Tables were decorated by months-this is July!
September here with apples and pomegranates, 
October fall colors made up this table setting.
Thanksgiving them fit perfectly for November. 
June and spring colors are the them for this colorful table.
This table was May flowers with soft pastels...for spring!
Christmas colors can't be missed for December
Kathleen led our music as we sang Sisters in Zion
Juliann told us the story of how our song was written.
We enjoyed singing along together.
Many new friends were made as we mingled.
Our special guest told us of the history of Relief Society
A beautiful antique quilt was displayed and explained
Notice the beautiful real pink roses for May and Mother's Day
Food was rice, chicken gravy and condiments-very delicious
Lots of work but lots of fun and visiting went on.
Lots of yummy desserts ended the meeting.
We tried to wear name tags to make it easier to get to know each other