Dragonflies and Kingfishers: "Sisters..."

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Maria, Becki and I on Friday, after having class pictures done. David K took our picture - many thanks to him and his beautiful camera.

I love having sisters. And I love that two of them live in the same town I do. God is good to me.

inspiration

As Kingfishers Catch Fire

by Gerard Manley Hopkins

As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame;

As tumbled over rim in roundy wells

Stones ring; like each tucked string tells, each hung bell's

Bow swung finds tongue to fling out broad its name;

Each mortal thing does one thing and the same:

Deals out that being indoors each one dwells;

Selves - goes itself; myself it speaks and spells,

Crying What I do is me: for that I came.

I say more: the just man justices;

Keeps grace: that keeps all his goings graces;

Acts in God's eye what in God's eye he is -

Christ - for Christ plays in ten thousand places,

Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his

To the father through the features of men's faces.

Dragonflies and Kingfishers