The wayside aster splashes its bright blue
Along the dusty road, the Queen Anne's lace
Foams colt-high in the pasture, frosty white
Late summer strolls with slow and leisured pace
And in quiet woods where it's cool and damp
Delphinium lifts up its pale blue lamp.
The shorn wheat-fields now lie like gold-bronze rugs
In rustling taffeta, green glows the corn
The meadowlark, with silver-fluted throat
Sings sweetly still, though misty now the morn
And when the grackle gleams, then fills the sky
Brown thrasher, thrush and (---) soon say goodbye.
(most of a poem that I memorized in grade 7/8 for class, which I've always loved- from a book of Canadian poems called A Slice of Moon)
If I remember the rest, I'll put it in- I can't find it online to reference it properly. It's really not related to winter at all, but I just like it:)
Yesterday, I attended a performance of the UWOSO, the University of Western Ontario Symphony Orchestra, with my sister and some friends. I hadn't been since last year, and it was so refreshing to go back! Watching them, and hearing the unbelievable sounds produced by those instruments, was really inspiring to me, almost energizing. I wish you could have heard those many dizzying violins just barely making a sound all together, and the wooing notes of the oboe, and the haunting bassoon, and the capricious flutes.
Liz and I hope to go to Handel's Messiah in December- I haven't been in years, and it's such a great work, especially hearing it at Christmas.
So far, November is flying by and I am waiting in anticipation for the Advent season. My dad's side of the family is getting together next Sunday to celebrate the first day of Advent, and I don't think I can go, but I do enjoy this season before Christmas. It's very German to celebrate Advent, and I love this part of my heritage.
At church yesterday, they gave us journals for Advent, so that we can reflect on the verses and on Christ's birth. I'm looking forward to this, because in high school we always had to do Advent journals and I miss not doing that; I find that journalling during Advent is really beneficial to me, to prepare me for Christmas and to give me the right perspective during the madness of the season.
Do any of you celebrate Advent? Or have any Christmas traditions you're looking forward to?
2 comments:
That is so neat you can connect with your German heritage like that :) I feel bad asking this but what exactly is Advent?
RYN: I'm not too sure what our plans are for over the holidays but I would definitely like to see you! I'll let you know!!
xo me
Advent means the coming of Christ, so it starts 4 weeks before Sunday and it's like a celebration or time of reflection in waiting for the actual day/Christ's coming. You know where they have those wreaths with candles? Anyway my family always gets together on the 1st Sunday of Advent for singing, food etc:)
I would love to see you too over the holidays! But what is RYN??? :)
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