I think no one will ever see
    Horticulturists such as we
Society meetings are never a bore --
    Good speakers add to our gardening lore.
On bus trips and garden tours we go,
    And each year we sponsor a flower show.
Our time and talents we gladly give
    To make Hensall an attractive place to live.
Our thumbs are green, our hands are brown
    From tending gardens at home and 'round town.
We plant and water and weed and hoe,
    And acknowledge it's God who makes things grow.
                                                    Yvonne Reynolds
 

Are you an Active Member

Are you an active member,
    the kind that would be missed?
Or are you just content
    that your name be on the list?
Do you attend meetings
    and mingle with the crowd?
Or would you rather stay at home
    and complain how long and loud?
Do you give a little time
    and help to make things tick
Or leave the work to just a few
    and talk about the "clique"?
There's quite a program schedule
    that means success if done
And it can be accomplished
    with the help of everyone.
So come to all the meetings
    and help with hand and heart;
Don't just be another member,
    but take an active part
Think it over member,
    are you right or wrong?
Are you an active member
    or do you just belong?
                                Author unknown

The Critic
A little seed lay on the ground,
And soon began to sprout.
"Now, which of all the flowers 'round,"
It mused, "shall I come out?
The lily's face is fair and proud,
But just a trifle cold;
The rose, I think, is rather loud,
And then, its fashion's old.
The violet is all very well,
But not a flower I'd choose;
Nor yet the Canterbury Bell --
I never cared for blues."
And so it criticized each flower,
This supercilious seed,
Until it woke one summer morn,
And found itself ---- a weed.
                                Submitted by Yvonne Reynolds