Author Archives: Gabrielle

HELLO, I AM SWEET SPRING – I AM DRESSED IN THE SONG OF SPRING… …LAVENDER LILACS, WHITE DAFFODILS, RED TULIPS AND YELLOW CROCUS. YOU WILL HEAR THE SONG OF SPRING AT MY GARDEN GATE SO HURRY IN…DON’T BE LATE. COME INTO MY WORLD AND YOU CAN MEET ALL MY FRIENDS…TWIG AND BLOSSOM…SKUNK AND POSSUM AND OF COURSE, MY MEADOWLARK. I WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO PLANT A SPRING GARDEN AND THEN CARE FOR THE SEEDS YOU HAVE PLANTED… YES, PLANTING SEEDS…PULLING WEEDS…IT’S ALL PART OF MY SEASON. Spring is all about hearing the sounds that are all around us.  Everything is fresh and new. It is a time to plant new seeds and to wake up from the “rest” of Winter and begin the cycle of new life that comes each  year by planting and sowing only what you want to harvest in Autumn. Sweet Spring teaches children to hear and listen as the glory of Spring breaks forth all around into new life. I would like to share the words to my Song of Spring with you  and invite you to stay and plant the garden with me.                                … Continue reading →

Scene I You are snug in your warm bed.  Outside the winter night is about to come alive with all of your night-time…winter-time friends… You look out your window and see snow beginning to fall gently all around. You see small houses with chimney smoke circling up into the dark night sky. The children who live in this small town are away now in their dreams. There are two frozen lakes where the children skate in the winter day. Then, you see Winter White dressed in a beautiful snowflake-crystal gown. She waves to you and you wave back.   Right beside Winter White is Old Jack Frost tip toeing in his striped pajamas with a long knit cap to the side of his head. He waves to you and you wave back from your wee tiny bed. You look up and see the little Princess, Moon Beaming beginning to climb on an invisible ladder into the midnight blue sky. You hear her song…   “When the sun goes down and I come up…”Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark”. When starlight twinkles oh so bright and Old Jack Frost meets Winter White…Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark. The night time sings … Continue reading →

 Winter White’s Song   Winter is a time of sleeping, and most of all a time for keeping, everything Winter White.  “Til Spring is back and ready to break through, when everything starts anew. And so it is, and so it goes, that Winter White always knows to drape all things with cold white snow, to clean the air, to make things grow.   For snow makes wet the ground below ready for seeds in Spring to sow.   Soft in silence I fall in flakes, while loud and fierce the North wind blows.  I Winter White can often be seen, lying on the ground or drifting round the trees or floating in a winter-chill breeze.   I watch over my friends in the light or the dark…the children warming by the fireplace hearth.   My friends Mr. Sun and the Clouds who Steam…the Dancing Moon who always beams and most of all…above all else… The Snowman because he tried because he can…who learned to sing…who learned to dance…who read a book…who took a chance.  

      Our beloved little cowboy said “Goodbye” and rode off into the sunset early in the morning on New Year’s Day 2015. I received a call on New Year’s eve saying Jimmy was dying.  This was a shock as I had just received a funny video of Jimmy doing what I called “house cleaning”.  He had never looked better even though he was getting old in pig years. He was such a good pig…he was clean, neat, and tidy. He loved keeping everything of his very organized and in order.  He treasured his blankets and comforters. Jimmy D. had come to the Sanctuary after I had received a call from his human “Mommy” that she would like to place him at our Sanctuary.  I drove down to visit Jimmy Dean where he walked around quaint tea tables and china without ever knocking anything over or breaking one tea cup.  He eyed me as if he knew why I was there.   Did I mention how smart Jimmy Dean was?  He was a brilliant boy and just a little bit on the naughty side when he didn’t like something or someone. After our brief visit, he followed me to the … Continue reading →

                                                                                                                                                                                                                      HELLO, I AM WINTER WHITE…                    I AM DRESSED IN THE SONGS OF WINTER DAYS AND STARLIT NIGHTS.                      I SURROUND YOU WITH MY ARMS OF STARRY LIGHT.                    COME INTO MY WORLD AND YOU CAN MEET ALL MY FRIENDS…OLD JACK FROST, MOON BEAMING, CLOUDS STEAMING, THE SNOWMAN, AND                    MOST OF ALL THE CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN MY WINTER WONDERLAND.   … Continue reading →