May 31, 2013

Trimming rosemary
tendrils until smell fills the
nose. I want chicken.

May 30, 2013

Honeysuckle grows
up the fence by the house it
fills air with sweetness.

May 29, 2013

Cat on floor looking
up at me. Does he have plans?
Or is he just cute?

May 28, 2013

Windows are fogged up
from doing many dishes
on a rainy day.

May 27, 2013

Rain is falling down
as I stare out the window.
Why do I feel sad?

May 26, 2013

One strawberry finch
is perched on the wooden fence
until he flies off.

May 25, 2013

Lone calla lily
with creamy white and yellow
centre. It grows up.

May 24, 2013

Peonies smell sweet
through the whole house, reminding
me summer’s coming.

May 23, 2013

Children are playing
across the street from my place.
Their shouts fill the air.

May 22, 2013

Chaos and noise fill
the air around me driving
me to distraction.

May 21, 2013

Cascading beauty
in three white orchids and pot.
Lighting up the room.

May 20, 2013

Rolling fields of green
dotted with trees and shadows.
The sun bakes the land.

May 19, 2013

Pastoral scene out

of the window, touched by sun

and small dancing clouds.

April 18, 2013

Travelling along
beside the train and through the
desert hills. Kamloops.

May 17, 2013

Intoxicating
scent outside the front door is
my lilac in bloom.

May 16, 2013

Robin on chopped wood
looking for his worm breakfast.
Then he flits away.

May 15, 2013

Dead tree coming down,
disassembled piece by piece,
and I’m left alone.

May 14, 2013

Old Mountain Ash tree
with white flowers on some limbs
and barren branches.

May 13, 2013

Thousands of camas
flowers fill Beacon Hill Park,
turning the ground blue.

May 12, 2013

To you this flower
I give, hoping to cheer you
on this Mother’s Day.

May 11, 2013

I was wakeful last
night, tossing and turning 'round.
My insomnia.

May 10, 2013

Smells of lilacs in
the air around where I live.
I walk by and pause.

May 9, 2013

Insistent kitty
won’t leave my side without a
pet and a cuddle.

May 8, 2013

Purple unopened
blossoms of a lilac tempt
me to leave the house.

May 7, 2013

Tree outside my house,
blooms white flowers and grows leaves,
while spring marches on.

May 6, 2013

Orchid with new growth
holds the promise of beauty
and bloom renewal.

May 5, 2013

Flashing light on the
ocean’s ripples, dancing with
birds, fish, and brown kelp.

May 4, 2013

Falling back asleep,
tangled in dreams and covers.
The world slips away.

May 3, 2013

Sparkling ocean waves,
bringing fresh scents to the shore.
Then leaving again.

May 2, 2013

Cat on back of couch,
with paws outstretched, dipped in the
radiating sun.

May 1, 2013

The start of a new
month, while tulips fade, and I
walk in the sunshine.