Monthly Archives: May 2007

75. When the fairies sing

Memories, Song Blog,

White coral bells upon a slender stalk
Lilies-of-the valley line the garden walk
Oh don’t you wish that you could hear them ring?
That will happen only when the fairies sing

My mom didn’t sing to me much, but she did sing White Coral Bells to me when the Lilies of the Valley were in bloom. They grew in a patch of earth near the end of the driveway and we both looked forward their tiny white flowers and sweet scent.

I was weeding the garden yesterday evening and saw that our lilies of the valley were in bloom and I could hear my mother singing White Coral Bells.

Listen to Laurie Berkner sing White Coral Bells.

74. All creatures great and small

Song Blog

Clare saw a fox in our backyard this morning. We knew they were around, Dean and Andrew saw one in the front yard one night last fall, but it’s always exciting to see something unusual.

It’s sad the foxes have moved into the suburbs from the surrounding area – there are fewer miles of open country between cities these days, the critters need to go somewhere. Foxes seem to have adapted to suburban life. My friend, Joan, had an entire fox family living in her backyard a couple of years ago.

This morning’s sighting made me think of that British hymn, All Things Bright and Beautiful. I loved the James Herriot books and TV series that took their titles from that hymn, but that’s a story for a blog not yet begun.

Watch a video containing the hymn mentioned above.

Fox

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My daughter spied a fox in our suburban back yard this morning. Apparently it ambled across the yard and around the house. It’s sad that wild animals need to move into residential areas – their habitat is being taken over by humans. What do foxes eat anyway?