"Wait till the sun shines, Nellie
And the clouds go drifting by...
Lyrics by Andrew B. Sterling, 1905
We are all much happier
when the sun shines, don't you think?
I know I am
and here at our cozy little Cottage
spring has truly arrived and the sun is shining brightly.
This has been a long, hard winter
and who knows if it is really over,
but we are living in the moment
and loving the heck out of it!
The Cottage parlor is smiling again after many years of being out of the sunlight.
At the time we moved into the Cottage,
the Captain had refinished
the original fir flooring in the parlor.
Then, for some odd reason
that we don't even remember now,
we decided to cover up
all that lovely patina with carpeting.
I had forgotten how beautiful
the floor looked
and now it can really shine again...
this sweet little line of birds
and if appears that
they were made to sing brightly
We moved the two blue arm chairs from the sitting room into the parlor.
I like the space they take up
and, of course,
the color is just right.
This old house that
came into existence so long ago
has its very own personality
and the more we try to update it,
the more we are finding
that our first instincts
were the best instincts.
The Captain and Rugby are out in the garden weed hunting
but Robin stayed inside,
forever Mama's little helper.
Today there is a pot of spaghetti
cooking on the stove
and pavlova for dessert.
"Wait till the sun shines, Nellie,
We'll be so happy, Nellie
You and I".
Happy days full of sunshine
to all of you,
my friends.
...xxoJudy...
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