Give me one hour...

Give me one hour on a mountain
To ponder the beauty of skies,
And watch white clouds go sailing
Through yonder paradise.

Give me one hour in a valley
To wonder at nature's plan,
To drape the earth in blossoms
Painted by God's own hand.

Give me one hour in the country
To walk through meadows green,
And I shall keep forever
The memory of all I have seen.
(Anita Johns)




There were no blog entries for a week because Jeff & I went on a roadtrip in search of Spring and yes, we found it in the beautiful Ozark mountain area of northern Arkansas. What a wonderful and welcome sight it was to see all the beautiful dogwoods, redbuds, azaleas and other blossoms that are not hardy in our northern woods/gardens.


We stopped and saw many beautiful sights and enjoyed the warm spring temperatures and sunshine. On the advice of a naturalist at the elk foundation headquaters we braved a very steep, narrow, and rocky forest service gravel road for 5 miles to get down near these falls and hiked in the last few hundred yards. We enjoyed the falls and pool all to ourselves for the afternoon, a wonderful vacation experience and a memory to hold forever!

It was hard to come back to temps in the 30's & 40's but we know that spring is on its way north and we are ready for it!