Seasonality
Our wettest month is May
and this one sustains that history,
ten days in. This June should be
a radiant green, the trees and grasses
lush and leafy. The blossoms
should be abundant, fragrant,
and full of bees and butterflies.
But, then, the withering heat
of mid-July and August's drought
will yellow lawns, singe the shrubs,
and amplify cicada song.
and this one sustains that history,
ten days in. This June should be
a radiant green, the trees and grasses
lush and leafy. The blossoms
should be abundant, fragrant,
and full of bees and butterflies.
But, then, the withering heat
of mid-July and August's drought
will yellow lawns, singe the shrubs,
and amplify cicada song.
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I vote for your June optimism!
Thank you, Matt.
Life's a cycle, or a bunch of mini-cycles *
The bluebonnets were exceptional this year.
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Thank you, Foster.
Thank you, James
How fast and deep the changes are. Very visual. *
I like the month of July too with its wheat harvest - all yellow.
Lovely poem.
Thank you, Angela.
Thank you, Erika.
Love. *
Thank you, Keith.
We can't pick and choose. Gardening is always a crapshoot. Glad I'm not a farmer, I would have died from anxiety years ago...
Thank you, Kitty.
Love "amplify." New.
Thank you, Dianne.