Jewel for the month: Turquoise. Prosperity.


Though now no more the musing ear
Delights to listen to the breeze,
That lingers o'er the green-wood shade,

I love thee, Winter! well.

Sweet are the harmonies of Spring,
Sweet is the Summer's evening gale,
And sweet the autumnal winds that shake

The many-colour'd grove.

And pleasant to the sober'd soul
The silence of the wintry scene,
When Nature shrouds herself, entranced

In deep tranquillity.

Southey.