We have a little bit of North Carolina – hanging on the door
A wreath of Fraser Fir – bought at the store.
Replaces the metallic wreath, which was shimmering and fun
But this year, fresh is back – now glistening in the sun
“From the Mountains of North Carolina,” was posted on the tag
and this fresh little beauty – we just had to snag
this wreath also caught our eye
remembering Boy Scout wreaths – we always used to buy
Nathan, our Denver neighbor, sold pine wreaths every year
and placing that order — meant holidays were near.
Today’s juniper and cones whisper of Colorado days-
Reminding us of friends, family, past holidays
fresh decor – like the “hanging of the greens” – over at St. James
Magnolia, Boxwood, Winterberry, and Pine-
aromatic and refined
So yeah, a little bit of North Carolina – on my Virginia door,
a fragrant embellishment, connecting to Colorado holiday lore.
***update: For more information on holiday wreaths, check out the igardendaily blog.
Second author update – for the poetry police, my simple rhyme scheme poem here is not trying to be the poem of the century… just for fun!
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Lastly, as many readers know, my boys are studying British Literature this year and adding to that feel, I wanted to share a wreath poem by the Welsh born English poet, George Herbert (ca. early 1600’s).
A Wreath (by George Herbert)
A wreathed garland of deserved praise,
Of praise deserved,
unto thee I give,
I give to thee,
who knowest all my wayes,
My crooked winding wayes,
wherein I live,
Wherein I die, not live:
for life is straight,
Straight as a line,
and ever tends to thee,
To thee, who art more farre above deceit,
Then deceit seems above simplicitie.
Give me simplicitie, that I may live,
So live and like, that I may know thy wayes,
Know them and practise them:
then shall I give
For this poore wreath,
give thee a crown of praise.
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Mmmm, love, love, love fresh wreaths. I captured its scent while reading your post. 🙂
Merry Christmas, Yvette.
Victoria
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Hey Victoria- well I think I forgot (or never really appreciated) the beauty of real greenery – lol.
and Merry Christmas to you too!
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Great poem! I prefer fresh greens too but it seems many don’t use fresh anymore. Your’s is very pretty, good choice!
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Thanks for the comment – and I thought about adding a big red bow to this wreath, for an even more classic feel, but the gold had to stay!
Oh yea, I also have enjoyed your daily WREATH posts this month – (WordPress linked me to your site after I posted my bit of north carolina post) and what a fun idea.
However, my favorite post the apple espalier – we plan to move in a year or two – and this is the FIRST garden project on my list. I have a small apple tree out front now – it is only a few years old but we get a good amount of apples and this year it led to my older son baking apple pies (he is not a baker – and only likes to sautee and grill – so this was even more special). well – happy gardening!
http://igardendaily.com/2011/05/24/apple-espalier-makes-the-day/
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Thank you for the nice words about my apple espalier. Well, I did see the Rudolph wreath and it definitely seems like a candidate for Throwback Thursday! You are familiar with that term? Thanks for sharing!
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yeah, I have heard of Throwback Thursday (just this summer) and here is where your seasoning and expertise comes in, because I did not “realize” that the Rudolph wreath was old and classic – but now I totally SEE it – do you think 70’s maybe? lol
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