June

June in Houston is lovely. It's so hot in the afternoons that it makes the cooler mornings and evenings even more appreciated. Not all the grass is dead yet, from heat and drought, so everything is still green, gardeners are still hopeful, and people still think it might rain today. Whenever today is.

June, by Elaine Goodale

For stately trees in rich array,

For sunlight all the happy day,

For blossoms radiant and rare,

For skies when daylight closes,

For joyous, clear, outpouring song

From birds that all the green wood throng,

For all things young, and bright, and fair,

We praise thee, Month of Roses!

For blue, blue skies of summer calm,

For fragrant odors breathing balm,

For quiet, cooling shades where oft

The weary head reposes,

For brooklets babbling thro' the fields

Where Earth her choicest treasures yields,

For all things tender, sweet and soft,

We love thee, Month of Roses!