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 OUT IN THE FIELDS WITH GOD 
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Post OUT IN THE FIELDS WITH GOD
OUT IN THE FIELDS WITH GOD

The little cares that fretted me,
I lost them yesterday,
Among the fields, above the sea,
Among the winds at play;
Among the lowing of the herds,
The rustling of the trees,
Among the singing of the birds,
The humming of the bees.
The foolish fears of what may happen,
I cast them all away
Among the clover-scented grass,
Among the new-mown hay.
Among the rustling of the corn,
Where drowsy poppies nod,
Where ill thoughts die and good are born—
Out in the fields with God.


—Author Unknown
Attributed to Elizabeth Barrett Browning
and Imogen Guiney


This is my life in the country...


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Post Re: OUT IN THE FIELDS WITH GOD
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Sky - Back at ya! ;) For this is what I'm doing today - sigh!

Weeder's Thoughts
I have raked the soil and planted the seeds
Now I've joined the army that fights the weeds.
For me no flashing saber and sword,
To battle the swiftly marching horde;
With a valiant heart I fight the foe,
My only weapon a trusty hoe.
No martial music to swing me along,
I march to the robin redbreast song.
No stirring anthem of bugle and drum
But the cricket's chirp and the honey bee's hum.
No anti-aircraft or siren yell
But there's Trumpet-creeper and Lily-bell.
With a loving heart and a sturdy hand,
I defend the borders of flower-land;
While high over Larkspur and Leopardsbane,
A butterfly pilots his tiny plane;
But I shall not fear his skillful hand,
My enemy charges only by land.
Would those who lead nations in war and hate
But lay down their guns at some garden gate,
There, bury- their bombs and their bloody deeds,
And join the grand army that's fighting the weeds.


-ALMA B. Eymann

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Sun Oct 03, 2010 7:40 am
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Post Re: OUT IN THE FIELDS WITH GOD
Most excellent BB – my wife has adopted that poem and hung it on the fridge!! Hahaha!

That’s her territory too! The weeds that is. I am the handy man around here.


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