August Celebration
It was a brooding, gray backdrop kind of day...
Where yon billow broods and breaks,Where the shower spills its lakes...
Where the flower-bower-toastThrills us to the uttermost
Where the planted furrow brimsWith fruition’s harvest hymns...
(Farmer-patience is tried this year due to much rain!The neighbor's were able to salvage the last of the straw just before today's soaker!!)
Where dust, threshed from wheat and ryeWafts between the earth and sky...
Where cricket-minstrels repeatRepertoires of tweet-tweet-tweet...
Where garden has Cook beguiledWith dinner-buffets, run wild...
Last night's supper bottom right corner...topped with browned ground beef-green pepper-red onion medley
Where yon billow broods and breaks,Where the shower spills its lakesWhere the flower-bower's toastThrills us to the uttermostWhere the planted furrow brimsWith fruition’s harvest hymnsWhere the hand of God anointsEarth in exclamation points
Where wonder and worship meetIn climaxes, simple-sweetWhere delight and sadness sparWhere hello and farewell areWhere we revel in the blissOf the afternoon that isWhile the gate to twilight’s starWaits to swing softly ajar
Where dust, threshed from wheat and ryeWafts between the earth and skyWhere cricket-minstrels repeatRepertoires of tweet-tweet-tweetWhere garden has Cook beguiledWith dinner-buffets, run wildWhere bravado cannot stayWhat no wish can keep at bay
Where hollyhock bistros buzzWith busy bee biz, becauseWhere each honeyed moment dripsA sparkle of August slipsFrom lips, fingertips, and sighsWhere before our very eyesHeaven lends to earth a hintOf what waits beyond Time’s stint
Where we cannot comprehendAwesome August without endWhere goldenrod wicks are litJust for the sheer joy of itWhere, beyond four-seasoned tideRolls a summer countrysideWhere death never enters thoughtMum blooms with forget-me-not
© Janet Martin
Tonight's supper...
Green Bean Casserole2 of my bean jars didn't seal from canning this yearand because I prefer canned beans for this dish, it was the perfect side!Comfort food on a very fallish feeling evening!
(I also use milk rather than sour cream)
Zucchini CasseroleI added a bit of ham to make it a one-dish meal(for a 9X13 pan I used 2 more eggs and added a generous tbsp. of melted butter to the olive oil)
another recent meal fav using Swiss chardFeta was a splurge extra 😊😋