Daffy-Down-Dilly Nursery Rhyme

 Good news! 

Today marks the second week that I've been home from the hospital due to having the cardiac ablation. The procedure went as planned with no complications and I spent the night in the hospital for safekeeping and on Saturday I was home by the noon hour. 

I thank God that He brought me through with flying colors and so far, I am doing well. I'm working on gathering my strength and stamina and I hope by the time the Neosho City Wide Yard Sales roll around that I will be able to make my way around our beautiful town - if nothing else to enjoy outdoor time and get some walking in. 

March weather came in like a lamb this year in our SW Missouri area. The old weather proverb says that if March comes in stormy like a lion, it will go out gentle and warm like a lamb and vice-versa. So far, our March has been beautiful - warm and windy, with only a few colder days/nights. We shall see how the month roars out in a few more days. 

March is my birthday month and I have always loved watching the yellow daffodils appearing and decorating the yards, roadsides, and on old homeplaces grouped around a ramshackle house or growing in a row around a fence line. Which brings me to the old nursery rhyme about daffodils. 

"Daffy Down Dilly" is considered one of the traditional English nursery rhymes whose author is not known. In 1843, Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote about Daffydowndilly in a story he titled, "Little Daffy Down Dilly." You can find the story here: https://www.ibiblio.org/eldritch/nh/lddd.html.  Just highlight the URL with your mouse, right click and you can go to the site.....

The original rhyme has only two sentences and is visually pleasing: 

"Daffy Down Dilly has come to town, In a  green petticoat and a yellow gown." 

NOTE: the two-sentence rhyme has been written in various ways. The one I use above is my own words.

Anna Bartlett Warner, born in New York in 1827, wrote a complete poem about Daffy Down Dilly. She wrote many other poems, children's books, and beloved Hymns, including "Jesus Loves Me." You can find her story here: https://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=3295.  Just highlight the URL with your mouse, right click and you can go to the site.....

Through the years, I couldn't wait to see the yellow daffodil buds preparing to burst forth with the March sunshine. I always picked a handful of daffodils, plopping them into a glass of water, and setting them on the table to enjoy. This year, I bought a couple of silk bouquets of daffodils at Hobby Lobby and they are happily in a glass vase on my coffee table. I'll save them through the years to enjoy every season. 

Spring is a time of rebirth and our earth wakes up from the cold and sleepy, resting season. Trees are working their magic to fill out their canopies with glorious leaves for summertime and plants and flowers are waking up from the cold soil and giving us an array of parading colors. 

We are preparing for Easter Week, also. I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for suffering and dying on the old rugged cross for the sins of the world. If only we choose to believe that Jesus shed His blood on the cross, was buried for three days, and then arose from the dead and we ask Him to forgive us our sins and come live in our hearts, and we begin our earthly walk with Him as our Savior, Teacher, and King. 

I pray this is what everyone chooses. I wish you a happy Spring, a happy Easter Sunday, and I hope the many beautiful flowers blooming this spring brings you a bit of sunshine in your life. Minus the allergies, though......