Happy New Year and Auld Lange Syne from our lodge to yours…

We said farewell to 2019 with a with some dear friends and family…

enjoying a casual raclette dinner under a giant bouquet of camellias loaded with buds just beginning to burst open.

It’s with a bit of melancholy that I face the time to undeck the halls, a feeling that made me think of the classic New Years Eve anthem written by Robert Burns back in 1788, Auld Lang Syne. {<<~~~click on the title for some background music} Its song that romanticises bygone times and optimistically yearns for the future.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

And never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

And auld lang syne.

For auld lang syne, my jo,

For auld lang syne.

We’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,

For auld lang syne.

{find the rest of the lyrics at the bottom of the post}

We’ll be packing away the stars and ornaments soon.

We will write our thank you notes and enjoy our gifts.

While I’m feeling sad about closing this chapter, I am looking forward for what the future will bring.

I am thankful for the natural beauty of all the fruits and flowers that we will watch as they continue their cycle of life here in our abode.

and I will cherish all of the Christmas memories and auld lang syne {times gone by} with family and friends, both old and new.

I am also thankful for all of you, my dear readers and I wish you a Happy New Year!

For more information on this everlasting, emotional tune click on Robert Burns, for a story that ran on NPR this morning which includes a the residents of Inverness in Scotland singing the song on the shores of Lake Ness.

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

And never brought to mind?

Should auld acquaintance be forgot,

And auld lang syne.

We twa hae run about the braes

And pu’d the gowans fine

But we’ve wander’d mony a weary foot

Sin auld lang syne.

REPEAT CHORUS

And surely ye’ll be your pint-stowp!

And surely I’ll be mine!

And we’ll tak a cup o’ kindness yet,

For auld lang syne.

REPEAT CHORUS

We twa hae paidl’d i’ the burn

Frae mornin’ sun till dine.

But seas between us braid hae roar’d

Sin auld lang syne.

REPEAT CHORUS

And there’s a hand, my trusty fiere!

And gie’s a hand o’ thine!

And we’ll tak a right guid willy waught,

For auld lang syne.

REPEAT CHORUS

Should old acquaintance be forgot

And never brought to mind?

Should old acquaintance be forgot,

And long, long ago.

REPEAT CHORUS

And for long, long ago, my dear

For long, long ago.

We’ll take a cup of kindness yet

For long, long ago.

And surely youll buy your pint-jug!

And surely I’ll buy mine!

And we’ll take a cup of kindness yet

For long, long ago.

REPEAT CHORUS

We two have run about the hills

And pulled the daisies fine;

But we’ve wandered manys the weary foot

Since long, long ago.

REPEAT CHORUS

We two have paddled in the stream,

From morning sun till dine;

But seas between us broad have roared

Since long, long ago.

REPEAT CHORUS

And there’s a hand, my trusty friend!

And give us a hand of yours!

And we’ll take a deep draught of good-will

For long, long ago.

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