A Stormy Interlude
There was quite a bit of drama in the sky hereabouts last evening.
I tried to beat the storm home, but I lost. Ah well.
It was a challenging drive home. But once home
The girls and I raced
to cross the space
from door to door
Drenched
by downpour
laughing
enjoying ourselves
thoroughly
Or something like that anyway.
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Dragonfly Rock
Time for a silly interlude. These guys were sunning themselves on a rock beside my driveway. It was quite a high traffic zone. The comings and goings put me in mind of that song involving a barley based beverage and a wall…
Five little dragonflies sunning on a rock, five dragonflies soaking up sun,If one more dragonfly should alight on the rock…
Six!
Six little dragonflies sunning on a rock, six dragonflies soaking up sun,
If one more dragonfly should alight on the rock…
A WASP?!
Six little dragonflies and a wasp sunning on a rock, six dragonflies and a wasp soaking up sun,
Should one more dragonfly find room on this rock? That’d be…
Seven! (Plus a wasp.)
Seven little dragonflies and a wasp on a rock, seven dragonflies and a wasp soak up the sun,
Luckily that’s all that alighted on the rock, so now this silly song is all done!
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Frog Find
I dashed out to cut some chives for my dinner the other day when I was surprised by this green guy:
Maybe it’s an all-you-can-eat slug buffet at the third clump of chives from the tarragon. Bring some friends!!
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G8…Gr8?
Between the natural world throwing us an earthquake yesterday, last night’s tornado off to the southwest of me, severe thunderstorm warnings here this morning (which amounted to only heavy rain, thankfully), and all the security and shenanigans associated with the G8, things here have been rather interesting lately.
Yesterday my kids came home excited to tell me about the military helicopter that landed across from the school and how everyone in a couple classroom portables abandoned their desks and ran outside for a better look. I guess some guy told them to get back and it took off again. The kids got a talking to from their teacher too.
And yesterday three very loud helicopters flew over the house a couple times. Those things are loud! The wildlife in my backyard was not too impressed. The low flying copters scared at least one heron and a turtle. I initially put the quake shake down to another flyover. Oops!
I know these things are necessary with an event such as the G8 and the important people attending it, but it’s a very odd juxtaposition to have such a technological military/security presence in such a rural region known for being a get-away-from-it-all vacation destination. Makes me appreciate the time when the peepers were my biggest noise complaint:
And I am fortunate that things will return to normal in just a matter of days.
G8?
Gr8
2 appreciate
1’s normal state
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