Opening of School

 A one-roomed schoolhouse where many mountain children learned the 3 R's.

The Full Sturgeon Moon

rose like a washtub

over the Brasstown Bald,

Mama's treadle sewing machine whizzed.

When she imagined the scent of chalk,

Mama raced to make

her children school clothes.

I longed for the penny loafers

in Cutworm Phillips' country store,

but Daddy bought brogans

to last me all year long.

The town girls laughed

at my ugly boy shoes.

Prissy Linda flouted the kids

wearing flour-sack dresses:

golden years settled the score!

                   --Brenda Kay Ledford

I hope all my blogger friends who have children, grandchildren, nieces, or nephews; will have a wonderful new school year.  My prayers are with our kids and teachers.

Mama made dresses for me from flour sacks and the fabric was pretty.  I loved those clothes!  Wish I had some flour-sack dresses today.  I would wear them with gratitude!

Observe Little Things

Sometimes we get so busy or preoccupied that we don't notice little things.  I decided to make a list of little things I noticed in nature.

According to Amelia Rhodes,  "You may look back and realize they were big things."

Here's a list of little things I observed:

A butterfly on a sunflower

Scarlet leaves on a dogwood branch

Buttercups like stars scattered on the verdant grass

A hummingbird sipping nectar from the four-o-clock flowers

Dewdrops glittering like gems in the morning sun

Three wild turkeys gobbling from the woods

A tiny brown moth with white spots in its wings

One little purple flower popping up on my lawn

Fog rising like smoke signals from the mountains

Waves sparkling like diamonds on Lake Chatuge.

These are some of the little things I noticed when I really observed the wonders of nature.

I hope all my blogger friends are well and having a great summer as the autumn arrives.

Goldenrods dotting the mountains and coves of Appalachia.