<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span style="caret-color: rgb(72, 72, 72); color: rgb(72, 72, 72); font-family: sans-serif, serif; font-size: 42px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;">A Beautiful Day</span></div><div><br></div><div>by Francis Duggan</div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72); background-color: white;">In the blue sky just a few specks of gray<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(72, 72, 72);"><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">In the evening of a beautiful day<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Though last night it rained and more rain on the way<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">And that more rain is needed 'twould be fair to say<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">On a gum tree in the park the white backed magpie sing<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">He sings all year round from the Summer to Spring<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">But in late Winter and Spring he even sings at night<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">So nice to hear him piping in the moonlight<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Spring it is with us and Summer is near<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">And beautiful weather for the time of year<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Such beauty the poets and the artists inspire<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Of talking of Nature could one ever tire<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">Her green of September Mother Nature wear<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br style="box-sizing: border-box;"><span style="background-color: white;">And the perfumes of blossoms in the evening air</span><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">http://www.MoscowCares.net</span></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div></div></body></html>