“In olde days of the King Artour, Of which the Bretons speken gret honour, All was this lond fulfilled of faerie; The elf-quene, with hire joly compagnie, Danced ful oft in many a grene mede. This was the old opinion as I rede; I speke of many hundred yeres ago; But now can no man […]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
That beautiful season . . . the Summer of All-Saints! Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape Lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Today we have seen some rain at last, though not a great deal. It was a rainy morning followed by a warm sunny late afternoon. Now the clouds roll in again and the pond is still but for the song of summer as the crickets chirp in anticipation of of a the coming summer storm. […]
“A break in the heat away from the front no thunder, no lightning, just rain, warm rain falling near dusk falling on eager ground steaming blacktop hungry plants thirsty turning toward the clouds cooling, soothing rain splashing in sudden puddles catching in open screens that certain smell of summer rain.” – Raymond A. Foss, Summer […]
Alone with myself The trees bend to caress me The shade hugs my heart – Candy Polgar
Today I have been stumbling around the blogsphere, looking at some blogs I haven’t seen before, always trying to find something new. I have also been experimenting over the past month with new things but have not found what is missing. I suspect it is not to be found by opening a new space or […]
“Moon, for what do you wait?” “To salute the sun, for whom I must make way.” Night’s darkness is a bag that bursts with the gold of the dawn. “I have lost my dewdrop,” cries the flower to the morning Sun who has lost all its stars. “Are you too proud to kiss me?” the […]
“The serene philosophy of the pink rose is steadying. Its fragrant, delicate petals open fully and are ready to fall, without regret or disillusion, after only a day in the sun. It is so every summer. One can almost hear their pink, fragrant murmur as they settle down upon the grass: ‘Summer, summer, it will […]
Yesterday I went on a long hike with my son. He wanted to take me to a secret place he has found, a path off the trail he normally walks. He warned me of course, about the climb and the hill, but I had no idea what to expect. We started down our usual trail, […]
The holiday weekend has come and gone and while I worked my way through it, it was enjoyable just the same. For the first time we had a community festival four blocks from home complete with the lovely park and lake, always there, food, music and of course, fireworks. My brother joined my son and […]
