Archive for August, 2008
Dropping Green Walnuts
It’s going to be a cold winter, so says the predictors. They say all the old farmers are reading the signs the animals are giving. Cold winter up ahead. Well I’m a sorta old farmer, and what I am seeing or rather hearing is ……
the sound of dropping green walnuts.
Yes, I finally figured that one [...]
the sun has sunken south
and the shadows are growing long
i see these words showing on the land
the green is slowly turning
with patches of yellow, orange and red
green walnuts are falling off the very tall trees
the ones that stretch to the sky and shake with the wind
the morning and nights a bit cooler now
the dry crisp [...]
butterfly kisses
life is amazing here
i’ve just been kissed a dozen times by a butterfly
Large, orange and very beautiful
the two of them courting and swirling in this late afternoon August sunlight
timeless, ageless in their dance
So beautiful and carefree
e
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )morning grey light
morning grey light
towering over me
making the sky an endless cathedral
light and dark grey high
changing between hope and foreboding
e
my little shed
my little shed shimmers in the morning sun
it’s ravaged brown shaker tiles
are colored temporarily beige and dark earth tones by early morning dampness
it’s tight tar roof side patch job, glistens like tiny diamonds, reflecting the suns early morning dew
it stands there always ready
for help, shelter, solace and solitude
my little shed
somehow it sits there knowing, unobtrusive, [...]
little blue feather
little blue feather
you caught my eye at my door
fallen on the ground you looked like none other around
i pick you up and see how beautiful you are
little blue feather how precious you are
e
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Alviiin our backyard chipmunk!
Alviiin, our backyard Eastern Striped Chipmunk
standing up on your hind legs at the base of our cellar doors,
you look at me, then looking toward the salt marshes
you scoot, hop skip, merrily away!
e
Summer Brreeze thru the Big Maple Tree
more about "Summer Brreeze thru the Big Maple Tree", posted with vodpod
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )the sunny room & the fresh cut grass
it’s morning and dark in the house except
when i pass the closed door on the writing room
its bright sunlight shines thru
under the door and all around its edges
i open it and the sunlight fills everywhere
i smell the sweet fresh cut grass
the robins are hopscotch running across its ground for breakfast
the junior red northern cardinal is [...]
the quiet of the evening 6:15pm Westbrook
everything is quieter now
the wind, the sounds,
stillness a suspended magical time
between day and night
early evening
when people and wildlife are home and comfortable in their houses
the days worries are forgotten
and the smell of good cooking and happy children playing outside in their, summertime before dusk
e
« Previous Entries
