Relaxed Day In Summer

Gold cherry
Poem of the week

By skinner_jennifer

Tue, 04 Apr 2023
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30 comments
 

When drowsiness sweeps

us out of doors, and on the

limbs of trees blue-tits and

sparrows chorus to all who

hear.

 

Lay down sleepy head; but

don't close your eyes...look

up, inhale fragrance of

flourishing blooms;

 

humming bees wisdom

on the wing will fill your

honeyed heart with

sweetness.

 

Such are these miracles;

the gentle essence of

thoughts at moments

like this, when relaxed

therapy guides anxieties

away and nourishes till

end of day.

 

 

 

Pixabay free to use image.

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Comments

Submitted by Penny4athought on

The beauty of nature will awaken tired spirits. I loved this poem Jenny; it is so sweet and relaxing a read; perfect for a spring day!smiley

Penny4athought

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Penny,

It always makes me happy when a poem touches a reader. I'm glad you found it sweet and relaxing.

Much gratitude for reading and letting me know.

Thank you.

Jenny. smiley

 

Submitted by marandina on

"limbs of trees blue-tits and sparrows chorus..."

 

A beautiful, summer meditation. Enjoyed, Jenny :) 

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Paul,

Spring is such a wonderful time to be busy around the garden, and the weather has been perfect the past two days. The birds seem busy too, I can imagine they're preparing to nest.

Just couldn't resist writing about the lazy days of summer, when all the hard work is done and we can sit back and relax.

I'm grateful for your comment and thank you for letting me know you liked.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

You encourage the noticing of the little things to see and hear and smell, even when we can't go far! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Rhiannon,

yes you are so right, having a garden to potter around in is so important, especially at this time of the year. Being able to take time out to sow seeds and watch them appear is such a miracle in itself.

Hope you are enjoying your own garden and also the nature around.

Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts.

Jenny. smiley 

 

Submitted by Mark Burrow on

Can feel the light of the sun in this one. Nicely done. 

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Thank you so much for your kind words Mark. 

They're very supportive.

Jenny. smiley

 

Submitted by Mark Burrow on

Congrats -- this poem is our Pick of the Day. Please do share on social in the usual places. 

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Wow Mark,

I value and will treasure those gold cherries, 

Thank you so much.

Jenny. smiley

 

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

you have brilliantly evoked the importance of trees! For birds and bees and us :0) I liked you having "flourishing" as I think of it as a conjuror sort of word and Spring flowering trees ARE magical. Well Done being POD :0)

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Good morning Di,

we have a blossom tree in our garden that's almost in full bloom, you should hear the hundreds of bees humming away, it's a wonderful sound and gives me a sense of calm. It's also encouraging to know they're finding nectar. I too find "flourishing" a magical word.

It's always nice to get your supportive encouragement, which is gratefully appreciated.

Thank you for the congrats on the POD too.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by celticman on

sweet as honey, jenny. 

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

I always value your review Jack.

Much respect and thank you kindly.

Jenny. smiley

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Despite it being freezing cold here this morning (currently 14 degrees in my house) you took me to a wonderfully hot summer's afternoon - much appreciated, and congratulations on the golden cherries!

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Good morning insert,

I'm so glad I could take you to a warmer place, I know how much you prefer the hot summer.

It is nice to be busy in the garden, and they do say Easter is going to be sunny, which will give us a chance to sow those meadow seeds.

 Many thanks for your congrats on the gold cherries, they were a lovely surprise.

Jenny. smiley

P.S. I'm so glad last Saturday went so well at the read, it's good to know abc tales is thriving.

 

 

 

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

It's such a shame you don't join us Jenny. It's honestly very easy to do it. Di was apprehensive at first but now she's a whizz! She doesn't have a microphone or a camera on her computer but she can still see and hear the readers. If you ever fancy giving it a go I'd be more than happy to help - we would love you to be in the audience!

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi insert,

that's very kind of you to welcome me to the reading night. I too don't have a microphone or camera on my computer. I do wish I had someone who lives close by who could show me what to do, as I'm not much good with any technology, and don't use my computer for anything other than abc tales.

If you are able to help, I would be grateful. I don't use a mobile phone, only have a landline phone.

Thank you again.

Jenny.  

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

Hello Jenny - do you have sound on your computer? I mean can you listen to things - music, or speech on it?

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi insert, Yes I can listen to music and speech.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

ok, well you should be able to be in the audience, like Di, when we have our next event!

I'll ask Di which 'how to' video she found the most useful and let you know, and then when we next have a reading event I can give you a ring if you like and we can do a practice zoom thing as I did with di?

You can send me your phone number via email nearer the time

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Okay that will be fine insert.

And thank you.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

"had so many spams on my account in the past, simply by trying to learn on my own, which then ends up costing me to get the computer sorted out....
When I ask anyone to show me what I need to do, I can immediately feel their impatience, as I'm so slow and need to do a certain thing about a hundred times for it to sink in, otherwise I forget and have to keep asking...it's all very frustrating."

Ah, I know that feeling so well! I am sorry I cannot remember how I did it, but THAT IS BECAUSE IT WAS SO EASY. I can remember struggling learning how to do Pick of the Day, and Claudine having to be incredibly kind and patient to get me through, but the zoom thing, there isn't really anything that can go wrong, I think? Please, anyone, correct this if I am remembering it wrong but

on your computer screen when you connect to the internet, there is the bit where you type where you want to go - usually here, ABC? Instead, type in

zoom.us

this is the zoom page. It says One Plan to Innovate, then some smaller writing, then a blue oval on the left, with white writing. Ignore that! Next to it, on the right, it says "Sign up, it's free" and that's what you click on.

Then it asks your year of birth, then your email, and before you know it, zoom is on your computer :0)

It will ask you to connect your microphone in an intimidating sort of way, but just click on the x beside this message.

Then, when Claudine sends you her link, you click on "join zoom meeting" and you have done it!

If I have made a mistake in all this, and you get stuck, just write down the problem and then leave the zoom page and put the problem on here, and I or someone more sensible will check what has happened and work out what to do :0)

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hello Di,

it's incredibly kind of you taking the time to type out the instructions for me. I'm very grateful to you and will definitely have a go.

Thank you so much.

Jenny. 

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

I hope you do :0)
I do understand though, about being scared of downloading things that will clog up your computer so you can't use it - I kept doing that till my partner explained about it being the sort of sites I was going on, as apparently it is little sites, (for me it was craft ideas for children, and alternative therapies), which are targeted by people planting viruses or crypto mining, because the little sites will not be able to afford proper anti virus stuff to protect themselves? So the second you go on these sites, even though the people who make them are good, the stuff bad people put on will wriggle into your computer. Apart from this problem, the other thing is "cookies". There is a way to clean these out, but you would need to be shown that and write it down. It took me AGES :0) The best thing to do is always say no, when sites ask if you will take cookies, they are never ever a good thing and will always slow down a computer. Oh, and Amazon is really bad for tricking you into paying for a premium service. I have accidentally done that. You have to take your time with Amazon because the clearest, easiest way to buy things is also the most expensive!
I hope this helps, a bit. I thought about it as like learning which plants and animals might be dangerous before going to the woods as a child - it isn't that EVERYTHING is out to get you, but it would feel like that if you sat on an ants nest to have a rest, then pulled yourself up on a dangling bramble! But that is not good if it means you are too scared to go to the woods ever again? Because there are wonderful things on the internet, too

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Good morning Di,

your information is most helpful, I only wish I had a partner who knows about computers, but sadly he's less knowledgeable than myself and never uses the computer...people must think we live off grid.

I don't ever buy anything off the computer, if I can't get it in the shops, then I don't bother, but that's not a problem at my age, because I'm trying to downsize anyway.

Also avoiding anything to do with cookies is my speciality. I was lucky enough to live in a time when books gave you all the information you needed, but sadly now as we are expected to do everything ourselves, even with the library, it has put me off. I think it's sad that human connection is becoming a thing of the past and peoples jobs are suffering because of this. Thankfully my bank still has people working. Whenever they ask me if I want to you self service, I always say, "no thank you, I'd rather deal with the humans that I've come to know and always have a chat with." Same with shopping, I never use the self service tills, always the go to the people on the checkouts and pass the time of day.

I do feel sad that maybe one day, we won't have contact with another human, it will be connecting with machines in the future...a very bleak outlook as far as I'm concerned.

Any way again thank you for your help. I haven't tried out zoom yet, as my son's with us for the weekend and I'm going to get out on the garden and get these meadow flowers sown. Hope you have a wonderful Easter, with plenty of sunshine.

Jenny. smiley

 

Submitted by airyfairy on

Such a brilliantly evocative piece. I could float away on those bees buzzing and birds singing. This is our Poem of the Week - congratulations!

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

I'm over the moon, It's such a pleasure to receive poem of the week. smiley

Many thanks and I'm so glad you liked this poem.

From a very happy Jenny. smiley 

 

Submitted by Kris on

They way you bring these eloquent, beautiful, details of nature, in moments and words that take us there in vision and emotion, breath & presence.......

Accolades well deserved*

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Hi Kris,

just popped into abc tales while I was having my lunch, and saw your kind comment. It's very kind of you to let me know you enjoyed, and I appreciate your words.

Many thanks.

Jenny. smiley