The obituary notice of Luciane MURFITT

1st November

"Welcome what each season brings,
the sunshine or the snow.
The summertime was sweet,
but it has gone, so let it go....
Happy is the heart that sings
when skies are dark and grey—
hearing on November winds
the nightingales of May."

"Patience Strong's Thoughts for Every Day"
pub. by Bounty Books 2014
ISBN: 978-0-753727-53-9

1st October

The Golden Days

"Crimson vine and fading roses
on the cottage wall.
One is half inclined to say,
This is the best of all :
this time of fruit and falling leaf,
blue smoke and pearly haze.
Time of peace and of fulfilment :
Autumn's golden days."

"Patience Strong's Thoughts for Every Day"
pub. by Bounty Books 2014
ISBN: 978-0-753727-53-9

1st September

"Now the orchard boughs are hung with apples ripe and bright -
russet, red and yellow in the mellow golden light...
Once again the ladder stands against the laden spray -
a touch of Autumn in the air : the first September day."

"Patience Strong's Thoughts for Every Day"
pub. by Bounty Books 2014
ISBN: 978-0-753727-53-9

1st August

"The wheat is like a sun-flecked sea
beneath the summer sky.
Little ripples break the surface
as the wind goes by ...
Here and there the scarlet poppies
with their petals wide -
dip and rise like red-sailed boats
upon the restless tide."

"Patience Strong's Thoughts for Every Day"
pub. by Bounty Books 2014
ISBN: 978-0-753727-53-9

"And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day." - Genesis 3:8

1st July

The Presence

"In a quiet garden where birds and flowers abound
Speak gently and tread softly,
You walk on holy ground.
For unto every garden God cometh secretly
His presence there disclosing
To all with eyes to see."

"Patience Strong's Thoughts for Every Day"
pub. by Bounty Books 2014
ISBN: 978-0-753727-53-9