tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864916759227809413.post8994985121587006446..comments2022-11-25T01:30:36.676-08:00Comments on countryroadprimitives: Old Man Winter Is Headed This Way...Country*Road*Primitiveshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08005542950209921112noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864916759227809413.post-24140274352079686782008-11-09T09:17:00.000-08:002008-11-09T09:17:00.000-08:00LOL! Yes, and with several huge oaks, we will alwa...LOL! Yes, and with several huge oaks, we will always have leaves :) They are clinging on... reminds me of a poem from school by Oliver Wendell Holmes<BR/><BR/>The Last Leaf<BR/><BR/>I saw him once before,<BR/>As he passed by the door,<BR/>And again<BR/>The pavement stones resound,<BR/>As he totters o'er the ground<BR/>With his cane.<BR/><BR/><BR/>They say that in his prime,<BR/>Ere the pruning-knife of Time<BR/>Cut him down,<BR/>Not a better man was found<BR/>By the Crier on his round<BR/>Through the town.<BR/><BR/><BR/>But now he walks the streets,<BR/>And he looks at all he meets<BR/>Sad and wan,<BR/>And he shakes his feeble head,<BR/>That it seems as if he said,<BR/>"They are gone!"<BR/><BR/><BR/>The mossy marbles rest<BR/>On the lips that he has prest<BR/>In their bloom,<BR/>And the names he loved to hear<BR/>Have been carved for many a year<BR/>On the tomb.<BR/><BR/><BR/>My grandmamma has said--<BR/>Poor old lady, she is dead<BR/>Long ago--<BR/>That he had a Roman nose,<BR/>And his cheek was like a rose<BR/>In the snow;<BR/><BR/><BR/>But now his nose is thin,<BR/>And it rests upon his chin<BR/>Like a staff,<BR/>And a crook is in his back,<BR/>And a melancholy crack<BR/>In his laugh.<BR/><BR/><BR/>I know it is a sin<BR/>For me to sit and grin<BR/>At him here;<BR/>But the old three-cornered hat,<BR/>And the breeches, and all that,<BR/>Are so queer!<BR/><BR/><BR/>And if I should live to be<BR/>The last leaf upon the tree<BR/>In the spring,<BR/>Let them smile, as I do now,<BR/>At the old forsaken bough<BR/>Where I cling.Country*Road*Primitiveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08005542950209921112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1864916759227809413.post-52365748369105398102008-11-09T05:56:00.000-08:002008-11-09T05:56:00.000-08:00I have been meaning to write to you to tell you th...I have been meaning to write to you to tell you thanks for sending me those pictures of you pretties---you guys sure do nice work----they are getting so big---that doesn't mean we are getting older does it??? YIKES! I was giggling at your leave comment---blowing into the woods---the law of averages would tell you that if you are by an Oak tree---you are NEVER free of fallen leaves---heehee---them darn trees!BirchBerry Farmshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05871262705812715500noreply@blogger.com