Monthly Archives: May 2011 ShareI was having a bucolic afternoon, as most are these days, lounging on the grass. There were butterflies and birds in the yard. One squirrel on the fence. The spinach seedlings are growing. So are the tomatoes. The cherries are ripening. The poppies have gone from seeds to frilliness and soon to bloom. The salvia […]  ShareI was having a leisurely Sunday afternoon, napping in my bed, as a dog should be doing when Hazel, the Corgi, small for her size, sneaked in and attacked. She had the initial advantage. I was asleep, unaware, groggy. She, lightning fast, quick on her tiny feet, danced on the perimeter of my dog bed […]  ShareI think Ella won this game, but I’m not exactly sure. We were playing “Simon Says.” My first time. I don’t know who Simon is? And I don’t know why I was supposed to be paying attention to him. If he had called the game, “Simon has a treat for you,” I would definitely have […]  ShareI got my feet wet for the first time tonight. I saw the duck and Ella and I forgot. It wasn’t so bad. Being wet. We found some other wordly looking trees and grass. Belle hooked a stick much longer than herself.  ShareThese bubbles, so many, bounced into the yard today. Billions of bubbles. Okay, that is an exaggeration. Lots of bubbles, floated and tumbled and landed and glistened. Ethereal, celestial, intangible, and transcendent. Almost transparent. Rimmed with a rainbow. Gentle. Gently. Wafting. Up and down. Listening to the breeze. Unaffected by gravity. Frivolity but more […] |
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