Saturday Slight

My patches of wildflowers have brought me daily joy this summer. 

Seems every morning, afternoon and evening they offer new bursts of color.

It's probably not completely accurate to call them wildflowers because, unlike true wildflowers,  I did sow their seeds, and they're growing in garden plots.

Plus, I water them every day. 

Still, they come, stay briefly and go, making room for others to take their place and to bring me some more simple and colorful joy. 

Each time I stroll past the patches, I feel happy because  the ever-changing wildflower show is sure to last through the rest of the summer. 

So, on this quiet Saturday morning, I'll try to be as fleeting as a wildflower and just post a few photos and the lyrics to a lovely country song by Dolly Parton. 

Enjoy.  

Happy Saturday.

Wildflowers by Dolly Parton

The hills were alive with wildflowers and I

Was as wild, even wilder than they

For at least I could run

They just died in the sun

And I refused to just wither in place

Just a wild mountain rose

Needing freedom to grow

So I ran fearing not where I'd go

When a flower grows wild

It can always survive

Wildflowers don't care where they grow

And the flowers I knew

In the fields where I grew

Were content to be lost in the crowd

They were growing too close

I had no room for growth

I wanted so much to get out

So I uprooted myself from my home ground and left

Took my dreams and I took to the road

When a flower grows wild

It can always survive

Wildflowers don't care where they grow

I grew up fast and wild

And I never felt right

In a garden so different from me

I just never belonged

I just longed to be gone

So the garden one day set me free

Hitched a ride with the wind

And since he was my friend

I just let him decide where we'd go

When a flower grows wild

It can always survive

Wildflowers don't care where they grow

Just a wild rambling rose seeking mysteries untold

No regret for the path that I chose

When a flower grows wild

It can always survive

Wildflowers don't care where they grow

Wildflowers don't care where they grow