“Farewell, old year; we walk no more together;
I catch the sweetness of thy latest sigh…
Here in the dim light of a grey December
We part in smiles, and yet we met in tears;
Watching thy chilly dawn, I well remember…”

~Sarah Doudney (British author and poet; 1841 – 1926)

Gratefully shared by Betty Hanselman
Gardener’s wife (& thankful time traveler)