I bet you think I have been swallowed up

by the garden.....oh, I wish that were so

I have had computer problems up the wazoo

Now, hopefully, I think it is all back to hunky dory

We have had sprinkling restrictions and the grass is showing it

and I confess, I have sinned...

and watered at night in the cover of darkness..

my trees,

my flowers,

my plotted plants

yes, I am one of those

So go ahead and bust me...

I wonder what Mr. Poland, my grammar school teacher would  think of this?

Would I have to write sentences?

"I will not water during restricted times,especially sneak-idly in the darkness"

100 times!!!!

So, not only is my computer fixed, but the water restrictions have been lifted

But I must say, being unplugged from the internet

has been a rewarding experience 

I have spent a lot of time in the garden

sitting and listening

Oh it is a beatuful time

For some reason the Gold finches have been singing quite a repertoire

of tunes in the trees...and it is a sweet pleasure of life 

listening to them.

Yesterday, the yard was full of fliting butterflies

and hummingbirds and hummingbird moths

and my resident field mouse was bravely

nibbling at fallen sunflowerseeds...now don't go 

getting squeamish on me....he is just an animal

living where he was born,living how God intended for

him to live (as long as he stays outside)

and he delighted me with his quick moving antics

I was going to tell him....Autumn, which is coming sooner than later

is the time that nasty Harry Cooper'sHawk takes up residence

in the garden....so he best be enjoying the summer days

for soon it will be war for him....live or die...day to day

But truly is it any different for me?

for us?

No, I don't really think so...life is fraught with danger

and one false move...or being in the wrong place at wrong time

could be fatal

Or it is just your days run out..the number in the book of life completed.

Like this past week

I went to the funeral of a 20 year old 

son of a friend....got caught in undertow

and another friend...pain in the back

non-Hodgkin lymphoma 

MY OPEN BAR OF JOY

you have brought me comfort and joy this week

joy in the insignificant field mouse

joy in the black toad I spotted this morning

sitting in the sprinkler water

joy in the burst of late summer blooms

joy in the sound of the wind chimes

moving in the breeze

joy in the passing of morning light across the yard

joy joy joy

I am so happy this moment for it

may it fill my well

...that I know... someday

I will have to draw from

blessings counted