Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive

I thought these lyrics were most appropriate when so many gardens are under the stress of drought and a long hot summer. Looking to the positive there is a time for all plants and blooms to shine. In my garden succulents stand out in late summer. Their blooms my not be the showiest but lean in and take a closer look and you will see their dainty blooms are really quite beautiful.

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You've got to

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive

E-lim-my-nate the negative

Latch on to the affirmative

Don't mess with Mister In-Between

You've got to

Spread joy up to the maximum

Bring gloom down to the minimum

Have faith, or pandemonium's

Liable to walk upon the scene

To illustrate this last remark:

Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark

What did they do

Just when everything looked so dark?

"Man," they said, "we better

Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive

E-lim-my-nate the negative

Latch on to the affirmative

Don't mess with Mister In-Between!"

~Lyrics by Johnny Mercer (one of Georgia's own)