Greetings all! We kicked off Tuesday's Parlour Games with a recitation of one of my favourite springtime poems by William Wordsworth:

I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
-William Wordsworth

Inspired by that bit of springtime bliss, we set about creating phrases from words found the poem, as follows:

CLOUD - Children Love Oranges Under Daylight

GOLDEN - Gerbils Only Lack Dentures Every November

DANCING - Darling Angel Needs Cupid's Insight Nowadays Generously

DAFFODILS - Dangerous Always Finding Frogs Once Daily In Leftover Sandwiches
(Sister Erato noted that Lilipad Swamps would have been a happier home for them <G>)

And on that merry note, with visions of tea and sandwiches (hopefully minus the frogs) dancing in our heads we found homes for Melpy's quite Daffodil-coloured Teacup fuzzie and bid our guests a fond farewell.

Do join us every Tuesday at 4 p.m. WAT in the Morpheus Rose Garden East for fun, games and general merriment in the Parlour!