The wind blew this note into our garden:
I don't want to
die with???? hugs
I had but didn't
give away.
I want to make sure
that I give
away all the???? hugs
I have to give.
Is the note a prayer? Song lyrics? Lines from a play? The lament of a dying neighbor? What does she have that she wants to give away? 9:08 am Update: oh! hugs! Thanks, commenters for pointing that out. That's lovely.
It's the holiday season, which gives the note all the more poignancy--as if it wasn't poignant enough, a heartfelt cry blown into our garden by a winter wind, sodden with cold rain, a message from an unknown, apparently uneasy soul.
I don't want to
die with
I had but didn't
give away.
I want to make sure
that I give
away all the
I have to give.
Is the note a prayer? Song lyrics? Lines from a play? The lament of a dying neighbor? What does she have that she wants to give away? 9:08 am Update: oh! hugs! Thanks, commenters for pointing that out. That's lovely.
It's the holiday season, which gives the note all the more poignancy--as if it wasn't poignant enough, a heartfelt cry blown into our garden by a winter wind, sodden with cold rain, a message from an unknown, apparently uneasy soul.
Hugs, I think!
ReplyDeleteI think you are right.
DeleteHugs! I think it says hugs. This note would torture me. I'd have to go out and hug someone.
ReplyDeleteI did.
Deletemy goodness.
ReplyDeleteMy thought, too.
DeleteHugs!
ReplyDeleteYes, that's it!
DeleteI think the indecipherable word is hugs--
ReplyDelete"I don't want to die with hugs I had but didn't give away. I want to make sure that I give away all the hugs I have to give."
A poignant way of saying never miss an opportunity to show love and affection, and a lesson we need to be reminded of over and over, apparently, especially in the wake of recent events.
Kay
Yes, we need that reminder every day.
DeleteBeautiful photos Hoover and an intrigueing note, if only those words were more legible.
ReplyDeletexoxoxo ♡
Mysteries are fun, aren't they? Happy New Year, Dianne.
DeleteIt's "hugs"!
ReplyDelete"I don't want to
die with hugs
I had but didn't
give away.
I want to make sure
that I give
away all the hugs
I have to give."
What a wonderful reminder to connect. This post strikes right to my heart due to the death of my father two days ago. I'm so grateful we hugged regularly.
I'm so very glad you got to hug your Dad regularly. So sorry for your loss.
DeleteLovely photos and fascinating note, it is a beautiful poem – wish we could get to know who wrote it. Perhaps you could send the scan to your local newspaper and invite them to ask their readers for help finding the person who wrote it?
ReplyDeleteAlas, our local newspaper focuses only on convincing its readership that raising taxes on people who make more than a million dollars a year is going to destroy civilization.
DeleteI will have to see what I can google.
What a lovely note for the wind to have delivered to you.
ReplyDeleteI don't want to
die with hugs
I had but didn't
give away.
I want to make sure
that I give
away all the hugs
I have to give
Anything more costs $200 an hour.
You work cheap, Outlaw!
DeleteHoover what supprising is must have been find a note like this.
ReplyDelete2012 is almost past and I wish you a brilliant 2013 ahead.
Hugs marijke
Hugs back, and a beautiful 2013.
DeleteI am going with "bugs".
ReplyDeleteDo any gardening, Les? ;)
DeleteThis is going from sensitive to way too funny!!! Would a gardener rather give away hugs or bugs? A gardener would certainly not want to hug any bugs though...
ReplyDeleteYes it has morphed. At first I thought it was "things", which really made it sensitive--which one of my neighbors was ill--then everyone pointed out it was probably "hugs", which isn't quite so life/death, and might be a school project or poem or something. And now--what about "pugs"?
DeleteIt's the Internet--you bounce from terrible crime stories to pictures of kittens with one click...
I think the word is "things" just written a little scratchy. But, could be "hugs"
ReplyDeleteI thought "things" as well...but not enough letters. "hugs" i think is right...maybe...
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