For Beauty of the Blooming Trees....

I really enjoyed the poem our Heart of Dakota teachers manual had us read a while back. Natalie and I both wrote out our favorite parts and did some doodling to go along! Natalie's assignment was to copy part of the poem, and she tried really hard to "write it sweetly" :) Read this sweet poem aloud for yourself and be sure to use your best Anne of Green Gables voice:

Father, We Thank Thee

For the flowers that bloom about our feet,

For tender grass, so fresh, so sweet,

For song of bird and hum of bee,

Father in heaven, we thank Thee.

For blue stream and blue of sky,

For pleasant shade of branches high,

For fragrant air and cooling breeze,

Father in heaven, we thank Thee.

For this new morning with it's light,

For rest and shelter of the night,

For health and food, for love and friends,

Father in heaven, we thank Thee.

                                             Ralph Waldo Emerson