Show spring showers in old garden it Is a rare delight to wander in an all old garden of a late afternoon just alter after a sli shower ower when the day has been intensely hot find and all nature has fairly thirsted for rain the flowers have drooped and the leaves curled tor for want of moisture even the birds have sought shelter from the fierce rays of the sun when late in the afternoon suddenly almost without warning the welcome rain descends A quick rhower soon over and bhela the sun comes out clear and bright all unmindful ot of the wet you on gather your skirts about you and go aito jito into the garden to watch the unfolding of 0 the wilted leaves you lift here and there a flower stalk which tho the rain has hag beaten down you wonder where the bees have taken refuge from the sudden downpour you find one in the deep cup ot of a illy another in the depth of a gladiolus blossom farther on you see a rose which should have been added to your rose jar when you gathered in the morning and as you grasp and pull it from the stem you feel that sharp stab ot of pain that only the sting of a bee can give which tells you that one has sought shelter in the heart ofa of a rose rebecca 13 simmons in suburban lite life |