Happy Canada Day!!

2016

Canada a mosaic of people

Standing proudly free

Celebrating 

The one hundred and forty-ninth birthday

Of confederation 

When we all came together

At first under the flag of Britain 

Then finally to be one under a flag

With a field of red on each side

A red maple leaf

 In a subject of white

In the centre

A symbol of our hearts

We love our country

Its people and traditions

We love the freedom of speech

Movement and freedom to vote

Some days just quietly

Thinking we are Canadian

How we are so lucky

To be in this country

To live strong and free

To enjoy our country

So beautiful far and wide

Riches of nature to behold

We love our symbols such as

The beaver and the moose

Hockey, toques, Timmies coffee

Butter tarts and maple syrup

To name a few

But most of all we love that

We can raise our families

In peace and tranquility

Proudly saying we are

CANADIAN
Blending cultures and families 
TOGETHER
For only together
Can we be one great nation
Proud and free

So we raise our flags today

And celebrating proudly our birthday

Shouting

Happy Canada Day!!

Smiling at our neighbours

Offering thanks to the heavens above

For peace as we

Get together to party

As one

Singing

¸¸.•*¨*• ♫♪Oh Canada we stand on guard for thee ♪♫ •*¨*•.¸¸¸¸. 

and ¸.•*¨*• ♫♪Happy Birthday♪♫ •*¨*•.¸¸¸¸.•*¨*• 

©Sheilagh Lee  July 2, 2016

¸¸.•*¨*• ♫♪¸¸.•*¨*• ♫♪¸¸.•*¨*• ♫♪¸¸.•*¨*• ♫♪¸¸.•*¨*• ♫♪♪♫ •*¨*•.¸¸¸¸.•*¨*•♪♫ •*¨*•.¸¸¸¸.•*¨*•  ♪♫ •*¨*•.¸

♡ Happy 148th Birthday Canada! ♡


 

This video was made a few years ago by some of my hometown people the song is 'Canadian Please'. I love this video.

Song & video produced by

Julia Bentley & Andrew Gunadie

& Bobby Gimby's Canada Song from 1967

Rose Moon, Strawberry Moon

The Strawberry Moon occurs in the northern hemisphere on Monday the 20th of June 2016. The sun will rise at 4:45 a.m. and sunset will be at 10:34 p.m. but the moon turns on  June 20 at 7:02 a.m. Eastern Standard Time,  It's the longest day of the year and Summer Solstice. Both of these will not coincide again until June 21, 2062 so enjoy tonight.

Rose Moon, Strawberry Moon 

Strawberry moon

A deceptive name

For it's amber

In its colour

Hot Moon, Honey Moon 

Long Night Moon

A Rose Moon by any other name

For Summer Solstice

Seventeen hours of sunlight

Followed by bright lit sky

The sun super high

The moon super low

Coexisting in one sky

Fragments of light

Across the spectrum

Creating amber glow

Filling the sky

With warmth

Bringing a feeling

Of peace and love

Look up, enjoy

For the Strawberry Moon

Will not be again nigh

Coinciding with Summer Solstice

Until June 21, 2062

So seek out its warm and guiding light

Let go of all the inner fight

Hold on to the peacefulness 

Of the night

Embrace the energy 

Dance and rejoice 

Eat and be merry

In the waning hours

Of the moon

                                                     ©Sheilagh Lee June 19, 2016

D-Day 72 years later

D-Day 72 Years Later

The sky was dark

The wind grew strong

5000 ships lay laden

With equipment and troops galore

Under heavy fire from guns
Whizzing over head 
Into burden limbs
Shells landing
Bursting through bodies
Blood and bodies lining the waters
A cacophony of sound
Reverberated through the hearts and minds
As the overloaded boats  

Overlooking sanding beaches

Once the crown vacation spots of Europe

156,000 American, British and Canadian forces

Landed on five beaches in Normandy

Some killed before they reached the coast

Drowned with all equipment on

Their boats short of their goal

Others fought to swim to shore

Losing guns and equipment to survive

The big guns picking some of them off

Some still bravely made to shore

Shores mined, covered with wooden stakes

Metal tripods and barbed wire

Tanks and men on foot

The troops trying to clear them

Most difficult and dangerous

Added to the pain and horror

Two battalions of Germans

And a Panzer division

Awaited the Canadians on Juno beach

The Royal Winnipeg Rifles and

The Queen’s Own Rifles of Canada

Fought strong and hard

Casualties amongst them highest

In the opening waves of battle

The Queen's Own Rifles of Canada

And all our Canadian troops

Scrapped, tussled and clashed

As did all the other troops

Proving their mettle

They reached their D-Day objectives

The Canadians took 

Juno, and so the villages needed too

They made us truly proud

Canadian landings on Juno Beach

One of the most successful

But we never forget

The sacrifice of those

Who gave their all

So we could end the war

To have peace again

And enjoy the fruits of life

So on this day 72 years later

We remember their sacrifice

And every day

For their love of country

And home they forfeited

Peace of mind, fear and life

We shall never forget

Their sacrifice 

And remember them forever

American, English and Canadian

One and all

Forever more

 ©Sheilagh Lee June 6, 2016