Catfish

Catfish shed winter

Undulating shapes of gray

feeding cautiously

Attempt at Haiku for Imaginary Garden With Real Toads

Five Minutes with a Child...Enlightenment

I read three books

Got three Skittles

I read at home

I get stickers

Get a bunch

I get a toy

MS E made a volcano

She dug a hole 

with her hammer

Poured stuff in

Where are the frogs?

The volcano blew up

MS E put a can in

We put dinosaurs all around

but when she poured the liquid

the pterodactyl died

I kissed Summer all day

Ms E can't hear

She's old

And she's nice

I was good today

Played outside twice

All the dinosaurs died

I really like Olivia

My pictures, Z's story with enlightenment for the day and foolishness because I should listen more.
Poets United

Mushroom Love

Inky Cap mushrooms have many varieties.

They stood out like a grizzly in snow

I wanted to get closer

I laid down on wet ground to get the perfect shot.

Hubby laughed.

Since I laid down

I caught some of these.

It's tick season....a small price to pay for good pictures.

We call these Spot Backs but they are the Lone Star female.

Wordless Wild Things

The Old Couple

The old couple stood in a place of honor.  I'm wasn't sure why I loved them.  Was it the beauty of their stature or innocence of a time when honesty and hard work measured your worth? I believe it was a time, sadly past for too many, a time I strive to live.

Carefully I dusted.  The man fell from my hands and shattered on the hard floor.  I wept.

When the tears dried I carefully gathered the pieces, reassembling him with glue and love. The tiny porcelain chips were returned to their original position yet the old man rattled from a tiny chip I missed inside.

Once again he stands with his mate, complete and whole, doing the chores they've always done and will always do.

Their expression never changes. I believe it is contentment, love and joy that they are together forever in their moment of time.