This book is dedicated 

                    to my four precious children

                Gena, Michael, Richard and Shannon.

       and to their children and their children's children

                        for generations to come.

                      My love for you shall live for ever.

   Pretty little Blue Bird out my window pane

Chirping so merrily do you have a name?

What is your world like, perched there in a tree?

 Are your friends the butterflies

      And The Bumble Bee?

           Your nest so neat and tidy

Nearly hidden from my view