TOPSY-TURVY

Yolanda Renée © 2017

Sometimes, no matter what you do,

you can’t keep the world

from going topsy-turvy!

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LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT

Lead, kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom,

Lead thou me on!

The night is dark, and I am far from home,--

Lead thou me on!

Keep thou my feet; I do not ask to see

The distant scene,--one step enough for me.

I was not ever thus, nor prayed that thou

Shouldst lead me on:

I loved to choose and see my path, but now

Lead thou me on!

I loved the garish days, and, spite of fears,

Pride ruled my will: remember not past years.

So long thy power hath blessed me, sure it still

Will lead me on;

O'er moor and fen, o'er crag and torrent, till

The night is gone;

And with the morn those angel faces smile

Which I have loved long since, and lost awhile.

---John Henry Newman

HOW ARE YOUR SAILS SET?

A changing sky for your enjoyment.

"One ship drives east, and another drives west,

With the self-same winds that blow.

"Tis the set of the sails, and not the gales

Which tells us the way they go.

"Like the waves of the sea are the ways of fate

As we voyage along thru life.

"Tis the set of the soul which decides its goal

And not the calm or the strife."

                                     - Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Photo's were all taken Friday, February 17, 2017 as the sun made his appearance.

All pictures Copyright 2017 by Yolanda Renée