{"id":45351,"date":"2020-04-10T13:51:02","date_gmt":"2020-04-10T13:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=45351"},"modified":"2020-04-11T10:46:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T10:46:24","slug":"the-blue-dress-saga-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/04\/the-blue-dress-saga-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The blue dress saga 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps the most pleasant<br \/>\nof afternoons<br \/>\nI put on my blue dress and go<br \/>\nOut for a walk in the forest<br \/>\nAnd the fields all about<br \/>\nThat I know<br \/>\nA radiant sun will be smiling<br \/>\nWith the bluest of skies<br \/>\nUp above<br \/>\nThe light has a brilliance<br \/>\nSuch clarity everywhere<br \/>\nThese are the days that I  love<\/p>\n<p>and my blue dress is flowing and<br \/>\nJust feels sublime<br \/>\nIt  was raining last night<br \/>\nAnd the grass<br \/>\nit is soft and its pliable<br \/>\nUnder my feet<br \/>\nTo be part of this world<br \/>\nIt\u2019s first class<\/p>\n<p>On a beautiful day<br \/>\nJust perhaps to sit down<br \/>\nOn a tree stump<br \/>\nAnd just dream awhile<br \/>\nIn this blue dress I walk<br \/>\nNow many a mile<br \/>\nThinking and hearing<br \/>\nThe bird song and sighs<br \/>\nWatching the butterflies<br \/>\nComing to sip<br \/>\nOn the floral nosegays of<br \/>\nallies<\/p>\n<p>The magick is with me<br \/>\neach moment<br \/>\nThe scurrying rodents<br \/>\nhave shown<br \/>\n\u201cHello Mrs Mouse I like your new house<br \/>\nAnd goodness your children have grown\u201d<br \/>\nThe matter of living is purposeful<br \/>\nThe dragonflies iridescent display<br \/>\nMelting away in some sunny retreat<br \/>\nIn what is a real Easter Day<br \/>\n\u201cI wish we had more rights I tell you\u201d<br \/>\nSaid old Mr Rabbit for he<br \/>\nHad run up the hill at quite a speed<br \/>\nWanting he said to greet me\u201d<br \/>\nHe knows me the lass with the Blue Dress<br \/>\nThe magickal lady who comes<br \/>\nFrom the great human world<br \/>\nin the distance<br \/>\nWith her eight fingers<br \/>\nand her 2 thumbs<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s a silence that\u2019s obvious<br \/>\non this old path<br \/>\nTo this place<br \/>\nand I\u2019m sitting here now<br \/>\nI can hear very clearly<br \/>\nA bird or two<br \/>\nand they chatter<br \/>\nBut goodness knows how<br \/>\nclearly their playing at<br \/>\nWildness<br \/>\nIt is a joyful pursuit<br \/>\nIt\u2019s good to be<br \/>\nin amongst the wild souls<br \/>\nToday<br \/>\nFor close by<br \/>\nthere are families of coot<br \/>\nOld Mr Nibbles of Leporidae<br \/>\nhas come into the woods<br \/>\nWith an eye<br \/>\nOut for his favourite wild foods<br \/>\nAnd weed<br \/>\nLooking around the dappled lit glades<br \/>\nHoping that he will succeed<\/p>\n<p>The house arrest programme<br \/>\nIs well under  way<br \/>\nBut no genuine factor for those<br \/>\nAnimal buddies who live  in the forest<br \/>\nLiving here is where they all chose<br \/>\nA family of rabbits<br \/>\nLives down by the oak<br \/>\nCasting shadows from a great height<br \/>\nDown to The forest floor<br \/>\nA detached Warren<br \/>\nAlways lit up by moonlight.<\/p>\n<p>What is more<br \/>\nMagical, than those pale streams<br \/>\nA great book of shadows<br \/>\nOf everyone\u2019s dreams<br \/>\nOf all of those colours each particular hue<br \/>\nThe music of nature<br \/>\nA tiny wee Shrew<br \/>\n\u201chello Mrs shrew<br \/>\nSo how do you do\u201d<br \/>\nA leveret dancing<br \/>\nA big red deer prancing<br \/>\nA wild badger chancing<br \/>\nWith So much accord<br \/>\nMy blue dress is magickal<br \/>\nits my reward<\/p>\n<p>For I  never see people<br \/>\nWhen I \u2018m in my blue dress<br \/>\nOut in the forest<br \/>\nTransported away<br \/>\nOut of focus apparently<br \/>\nTo human eyes<br \/>\nBut all of gods creatures.<br \/>\nAll seemingly  wise<\/p>\n<p>All say they see me<br \/>\nBut Where would I go<br \/>\nWhen Their eyes and their hearts<br \/>\nAnd their minds Love me so<br \/>\nAnd all this takes thoughtfulness<br \/>\nSuch cerebration<br \/>\ntalking  to animals<br \/>\nIs my salvation<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes with our eyes<br \/>\nsometimes with our mind<br \/>\nWith our hearts with our souls<br \/>\nWe truly can find<br \/>\nA logical process<br \/>\nA heavenly way<br \/>\nTo a land  of of pure magic<br \/>\nWhere one day I will stay<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Perhaps the most pleasant of afternoons I put on my blue dress and go Out for a walk in the forest And the fields all about That I know A radiant sun will be smiling With the bluest of skies &hellip; 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