1. Last Night Something woke us in the middle of the night. Strange sounds outside. A muffled swooshing-swishing. We sat up, listening intently but seeing nothing in the dark. “Is that rain?” We dashed to the door and looked out. Indeed it was rain. Beating hard on the roof. Gushing out the downspouts. It came in […]
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Sunday Morning
Sun, 2 Oct 2011, 10:29 AM (-06:00)
A breeze blew over the bed early this morning. We woke up and scooted closer together to stay warm. The 100+ days and 90+ nights are evidently finally gone, just in time for October. The Cowpen Daisies are blooming and filled with bees. A volunteer Morning Glory that I’ve been nurturing thru the parched summer (a […]
The Path Unwinding
Mon, 29 Aug 2011, 07:48 PM (-06:00)
And so we went outside, the dog and I. We went outside, he thinking we were going for a walk, I to sit on the bench. The sun had just disappeared behind the trees in the west, and the temperature was down to a cool 99 degrees. We were sitting there, the dog on my […]
Monkey and Clown
Sat, 2 Jul 2011, 01:09 AM (-06:00)
There’s a monkey in the tree over there. Hanging from the branches. Swinging from limb to limb. Oh … my mistake. It’s a squirrel taunting our dog. There’s a clown on the bench outside. Hopping and rolling. Playing with a round ball. Trying to eat it. Oh … my mistake. It’s a grackle with a […]
Celestial Bodies
Sat, 25 Sep 2010, 12:04 AM (-06:00)
Jupiter has been rising with the full harvest moon lately while Venus sets with the sun. The rain has been falling. The gound is wonderfully soft to walk upon. The grass has been growing. And the Zexmenia. And the Russian Sage. And the Wright’s Skullcap. And the Oak trees. And… And ants are herding aphids […]
A Backyard Walk
Wed, 30 Jun 2010, 09:54 PM (-06:00)
Let’s go for a walk in the back. I’ll show you around and tell you some stories. [Click on the photos for bigger images. This is going to take a while. If you’re busy, feel free to leave at anytime.] Let’s start on the patio. Here’s our little pond. It’s in a 3′ cattle tank […]
Curbside Blossoms
Mon, 5 Apr 2010, 05:49 PM (-06:00)
I really need to go out and run with the dog — go out now before it’s too late and the 100-degree temperatures set upon us again. But first I need to tell you a short story… “Do you think people walking by notice our flowers?” Trudy asked the other day. People walk by sometimes, […]
Lilies of the Valley
Sat, 20 Mar 2010, 04:55 PM (-06:00)
“Hello!” I said, as I walked across the lawn. Joe looked over and held out his hand and pulled on his blue stocking cap, “I can’t get this thing to stay on, today.” Irene looked up from where she was wrapping some freeze cloth around one of her exotic plants, and then she stood up […]
Time to Step Away
Wed, 10 Mar 2010, 05:12 PM (-06:00)
The sun is shining. The sky is blue again after a brief rain at noon. A breeze is blowing in thru the window beside me, a window that wasn’t functional a year ago, a glorious breeze coming in here and going out the back. A moment ago I was hot and sweaty. Now it is […]
My Grandmother's Cardinal
Mon, 8 Mar 2010, 08:33 PM (-06:00)
A Cardinal talked to me Sunday morning from the branches of a leafless tree. I was bent over, pitching forks of chipped tree branch mulch into the wheel barrow in a kind of meditative stupor when I heard it singing overhead. Tweeeet. Bit-twoo, bit-twoo, bit-twoo, bit-twoo. The sky was grey, and there was a slight […]