Totem posing,Early opening,Beginning shades of fall.Rock climbing,Decree issuing,White saucers hover over all.Bold summer freckles,Berry-like flowers,A few remnants of early dew.Lily pad hopscotch,The favorite fountain, A sharp angle from me to you.Polite “Good mornings” to our dear Shaw as the church bells begin to chime,Still, listening, one finger per peal,Our visit ends at the stroke of…
mastodons and madagascar moon moths
About twenty miles south of our house you can find some pretty impressive mastodon remains right where they were discovered. E and her dad spent their day off yesterday hiking around and checking them out. This has been on our list of things to do since she read the story Buried in the Backyard and…
another year gone by
It was this time last year that I began this blog. That weekend I thought about it on the drive up and the drive back from our annual amusement park trip – how I would start it, what it would be. The two of us tossed around titles and subtitles, themes and mastheads. The first…