Flower Power

Flowers are so much a part of the earths natural beauty....we as gardeners are the "monets" of our own invourment ...we have the creative power to paint our own personal space by using our knowledge of gardening......so join me and let's share some ideas and get started on our journey into the wonderful world of everything from gardening to throwing some great southern parties..........Southern Soup is for anyone ........throw in some travel, great food, wildlife, and some Southen Style and the sky is the limit.....Welcome



Wednesday, July 20, 2011

"Southern Nights and Fireflies"




          GLEN CAMBELL sang a song a long time ago, around 1977, called "Southern Nights". Since Glen grew up in Arkansas, he could appreciate a warm and balmy Southern Night....His dad told him once when he was young, that this was the best time of his life and he didn't even know it......I feel that way now.....except I know it very well.....As the heat of the hot Mississippi day gives way to a beautiful star filled Southern Night,  I can't help remembering many Southern Nights of the past myself.......Only in the south as day turns into night, do lightning bugs (fireflies) set the night aglow in perfect harmony, as if conducting their own light show just for me to see.......as a young girl, I spent a lot of nights chasing fireflies, playing with  childhood friends and laying on the ground looking up at the star lit sky............ repeating .....Star light...Star bright.... I wish I may..... I wish I might...I wish upon a star tonight..........only dreaming of the many Southern Nights to come.....excited about the prospect of new challenges and being all grown up......Tonight, as I sit here on another balmy Southern Night, watching fireflies blink on and off in unison, looking up at the star filled night,  I feel much as I did when I was that young girl so many Southern Nights past........I still feel that excitement about the many tomorrows to come and all the memories yet to be made.......on this.......my famous "Southern Night"........Thanks for the song Glen..........

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Southern Rains
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