“Another fresh new year is here . . . Another year to live! To banish worry, doubt, and fear, To love and laugh and give! This bright new year is given me To live each day with zest . . . To daily grow and try to be My highest and my best! I have the opportunity Once more to right some wrongs, To pray for peace, to plant a tree, And sing more joyful songs!” ~ William Arthur Ward

Ahhh...

peaceful days in the country
restore our calm,
as 2011 winds down...

and 2012
knocks on the door.