Early winter has arrived and is determined to laugh at us.......
....as I look across to the mountains they are covered in dark grey clouds
The only smiling face I saw today was high up on a billboard.......
....it was advertising a tropical hideaway but there was no you to be seen.
Orchid Lady, there is no place on earth I would rather be than with you
You are my hideaway - with you; I live in a paradise I shall always treasure
Sweetheart, each day before my eyes are gently closed by the darkness of night.......
....I say a silent prayer in thanks for the happiness and love you share with me.
The night is approaching with a grim nightly reminder of its arms of coldness
I am waiting for our pet poodle to prick its ears at the sound of your car's arrival
Little does it know I too am restlessly waiting for you and I keep looking at my watch
Without you here; this house looks so lonely as if it too needs you to make it live.
There is a break in the clouds and I see fresh snowfalls on the mountain tops
It is as though Mother Nature has placed a white tablecloth over her high charges
By the morning a blanket of frost will adorn the pathway - yes honey, winter is here
My only thought at this moment is for me to keep this fire burning brightly to warm you.
As if in unison pooch and I hear the sound of your car's engine and a tail is wagging
I can tell whose pet this is as he has raced to the door, completely ignoring me
Orchid Lady you are home and this house seems to have come alive.......
....welcome home my love, welcome home to my open arms.
