"Learn a Little Every Day"

Dear Friends,

A happy day to all of you, and welcome to our newest followers. We hope that you find something to inspire you here!

We are enjoying a beautiful, sunny day, after a blustery, cloudy one. It's a perfect day to hang out the wash, and air the bedding outside. The children spent the night at their grandparents' house on Sunday, so we're a little late in celebrating President's Day (although Grandpa did make sure that we saluted the flag at their place).

Frankie looks like he's all ready to recite "The Gettysburg Address!"

We participated in the Great Backyard Bird Count, and were hoping to see something really exciting,

Like a great-crested fly catcher, or a bald eagle~

 

But we did see lots of fellows this like, singing their hearts out in the treetops!

Evangeline was so inspired by the roses that Mr. Graham gave us,

That she decided to paint their portrait!

While we were close to the Kansas border yesterday, a few us (my mother-in-law included), decided to visit the Victorian Trading Company "Catalog Boutique," but our dismay, discovered that the store had closed! We had to console ourselves by visiting one of the largest antique malls in America, and oohing and aahing our way through it (Have I mentioned how much I love my antique-loving mother-in-law?)~

Don't you love the creative use of a wedding dress train for a table cover?

This bonnet was made in England in the late 1800s, and was only $50 dollars! We may have to make a return visit when the tax return comes (Are you reading this,Mr. Graham?)!

While looking for a thought to leave you with, we found this little gem from one of my grandmother's poetry scrapbooks. May it bless you today, dear friends!

Love,

Marqueta

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Learn a Little Every Day

Little rills make wider streamlets,

Streamlets swell, the rivers flow;

Rivers join the mountain billows,

Onward as they go!

Life is made of smaller fragments,

Shade and sunshine, work or play;

So we may with greater profit,

Learn a little every day. 

Tiny seeds make boundless harvests,

Drops of rain compose the showers,

Seconds make the flying minutes,

And the minutes make the hours.

Let us hasten them and catch them,

As they pass us on the way,

And with honest true endeavor,

Learn a little every day.

Let us read some striking passage,

Cull a verse from every page,

Here a line and there a sentence,

'Gainst the lonely time of age.

At our work, or by the wayside,

While the sun is making hay,

Thus we may by help of study,

Learn a little every day.

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