A Bit of This and That Canada Day

 It was a nice bit-of-this-and-that Canada Day...

a bit of garden and meadow meandering,

a bit of baseball,

a bit of biking,

a bit of cooking,

a bit of reading,

a bit of fireworks

A bit of this and that is all I really want or need

A garden plot to plant a posy, pluck a little weed

A dinner table spread for tea,

A song of true north strong and free

A happy little family

And a good book to read

A bit of this and that is really more than I deserve

A little boy or girl to fit into an elbow’s curve

A cat to scat or stroke a bit

A mat to shake, a chair to sit

And in the eve a lamp soft-lit

While vesper spills its verve

A bit of this and that can make one feel quite like a king

It plants the heart with thankfulness and probes the mouth to sing

As soft we whisper, thank-you God

That you have blessed my plot of sod

With This and That; the best of laud

That life and love can bring

© Janet Martin