Comments on: Poetry Friday: Harvest edition

By: Sheila

Sheila — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:32:05 +0000

Hey, we’re the Canning Queens, aren’t we!

I just BOUGHT a bale of straw for my newest garden area. The travails of the City Gardener – no going out back for me.

Farmer Boy describes a bale-making moment in Alonzo’s life that had us all wondering at the machine. They tied the bales with wood strips, too.

By: Mrs. G.

Mrs. G. — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:36:59 +0000

You sound like you are having the most bountiful of autumns-I can smell the chokecherry jelly from here.

By: Janet

Janet — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 21:03:42 +0000

Hi again: I just clicked the “Story of Art” link in your sidebar, and was intrigued. How is it working for you? What age range is it geared for? We’re loving SOTW, and an art series that might dovetail with it could be fun… I’m not crazy about “Great Artists” or the Usborne children’s art history book I have.

By: Janet

Janet — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:59:09 +0000

Your schedule sounds exhausting, but wonderfully satisfying. I enjoyed the poem about poor lonely Mr Scarecrow too.

Hope those pumpkins finish well!

By: islephilosopher

islephilosopher — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:47:44 +0000

Praise must go to all of you – the long hours is a testimony of the dedication.

How wonderful the images you portray for we – the reader – nature in her changing seasons and of the wildlife too.

Equally an appropriate poem – worthy of continued reading.

Thank you.

By: JoVE

JoVE — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:57:53 +0000

That sounds like a lot of work but very rewarding for the kids. It must be hard for Tom, though, doing all that harvesting work after a full day of another kind of physical labour.

(I read the poem, btw.)