Archive for November 17th, 2009
Dancing Leaves
November 17th, 2009 | Author: Shannon
Here’s another view of our Climbing Tree.
This beautiful little maple tree is in our front yard and these radiantly red leaves have fallen to the ground in the past month.
Remember as a child watching the leaves fall to the ground, dancing in the gusty wind? And then trying to catch them?
Last Thurdsay was the perfect leaf catching day here in our backyard so we ran and danced and caught leaves and made wishes with each successful catch.
This brought back such found memories of my childhood.
This morning, I found this wonderful little poem in a book called Autumn**.
The Wind and the Leaves
1) ‘Come, little leaves said the wind one day,
Come o’re the meadow with me and play;
Put on your dresses of red and gold,
Summer is gone and the days grow cold.’
2) Soon as the leaves heard the wind’s loud call,
Down they came fluttering, one and all;
Over the fields they danced and flew,
Singing the soft little songs they knew.
3) Dancing and whirling the little leaves went
Winter had called them, and they were content,
Soon, fast asleep on their earthy bed,
The snow laid a coverlet over their heads.
The colors, smells, warmth of the last days of Autumn are so beautiful and I can’t wait to get outside and enjoy them!
**Poems, Songs, Storied collected by Kindergarten Teachers from Steiner Schools in Britain for use in their work, 1983, Wynstones Press
{The is part of the 30-minute blog challenge brought to us by Steady Mom.}
