Two out front in the wee hours

 One rabbit sitting tall, the other lower.

M saw the pair. I slept getting ready for today.

Dark this morn; I’m going slow.

Seems calm although heavy wind is projected to blow.

and blow, and blow.

Rabbit rerun

 Last night I heard her saying Little

Using the voice that meant she saw her.

I did too when she pointed to the shadow.

This morning Spring is what things look like.

Sure is silent.  no movement out there.

Has changed from winter gray. Lawn is light green.

Going to the eye doctor this afternoon.

My hopes are up.

I could use a new pair of glasses.

Bill koehler gets new lenses each year for fifty dollars.

Via military service.

I’m in line, did my Navy time.

the US has been so free

 and open and kind.

Although has made grave rrrors.

is sorry for the lousy wars.

struggles now to come back together.

been so

 been so long, rain to see is a pleasure.

this one looks like spring,  i think that’s it.

must be the inviting color out there; 

the right beige and light green.

haven’t seen soft fields and lawn in a while.

everyone is ready for the out of doors.

Turned on the lights

Here is where I’ll start today.

Heaven knows we all need a starting point.

 Keep pointing out the window.

Relax into it.

Mind, I’m thinking about you and streets in Rome.

Attention now, here goes.

Arm straight to the right.

Cruise on.  Into the wind.

We’ll see how it begins.

Seems well enough, right?

You can sleep that way.

Okay, buddy, good night.

Memories of places forgotten

 that’s what photos capture.

where we’d travelled some weekends;

and repeated it so many times.

another train, another legend, another pizza.

good weather, excitement. enthralled.

thank you Italy.

All is calm this morning

 good for woods walking I’d say.

 jacket and cap, you’re on your way.

looking for signs of spring.

a small flower., anything.

liable to find a deer around here.

Though you have to be still.

quiet and a clear, what a blu sky.

Good thinking time. Oh my.

Calendar date skipping time of year

 Flexibility focus looking left and right.

Head spinning, note taking,

Yeah I have to get that note taking in there.

And get your regular chores done.

Counting old trees has begun,

Some big ones that have been gone a while.

See how they run.

Just walking by ‘em was fun.

We had two giant maples out back

that I haven’t seen or thought of for fifty years.

No wonder, i suppose i been gone that long too.

Counting rings. No telephone involved.

Draw a soft wave line to begin

 we weigh the start of the day by what’s around.

the water‘a calm.

our boat in port moves in soft breaths.

few gulls and people i see.

 room for all; there is no hurry.

mild sounds of the day, no worry.

Turn to the dim wind

 Bowling on the wide lanes

We’ve sprinkles on the windows panes.

I’m looking and still

an hour later quiet nothings.

One quick car passed, then nothing.

gee gee our veighbor began her walk.

She’s a skinny seventy eight or so, 

that’s nothing.

This could be a record breaking nothing day.

After ten now and remains silent, saw one dog walker.

I’ll think a bit

but there is nothing to say.

Sky born

look out where you are, where you’re going.

see the dawn is holding in a dash of red

call it a heavenly shade of morning

calling in a whisper, Good day, Sunny blue,

come in and fill the sky.

you can do.

start the day as you know how.

we’ll be running now with you.

Golden morning called today

 Fierce sunshine starts us together,

And will you look at the bright, light blue, unblemished heaven above.

Give citizens a chance to wake and we’ll roll together.

Mayhem  distorts 

Diligence sorts

We‘ve order today, lets keep it.

Part your hair, Roy.

several inches of snow fell overnight

 here’s a surprise to wake up to.

it looks like winter.

 entirely white out there.

the deepest drifts of the season.

overnight it came down.

muffling , white soundproofing.

the sky is covered winter gray.

no blue today.

In your hand

 Poetry you can hold and read again.

Is where you need it.

Copy it, print it.

See it, repeat it.

it’s a new day

 the second month finished.

slipped in is the third.

call the day number one again.

regard the year as underway.

cutting into the second decade of the new millennium.

before long we’ll be halfway there

into it.  deeply. jazzlike.

Stone cold

 The house across the street

has a light beige colored concrete driveway

with a morning glaze of snow covering it.

Our drive is black asphalt;

dry with no snow on it.

Just painting the scene for you.

Finding something good about wintertime

on this sunny side of the street.

Light dusting.

 Not inches of white this morning as predicted.

In fact there is very little new snow visible.

That is the storm report.

Also a story in the news on the permanent chemicals

ingested when you eat Lake Erie perch and walleye.

The lakes are not as clean as they used to be.

predicted heavy snow

 talked of a large snow blast all winter, haven’t seen much fall.

It melted as it dropped.

Not a comforting time

As rhe news is filled with armed conflict in many countries.

Can’t we just take it easy.

on the wind

a light patter on the roof this morning..

squirrels are up early.

already birds, squirrels and neighborhood walkers are out  doing their thing.

now we seem to be nearing the last vestiges of winter.

give us a weather turn to meager warmth. 

it won’t break ya.

spring will abound. 

there’s a good prediction.

for now my gracious, old 52 Chevy 3100 truck that cousin Don fixed up to a charm comes to mind. beige I painted with a brush. four on the floor, what a gear shift. a tight positive dream to drive across the Golden Gate Bridge. coming or going. loverly.

To car place

 They’ll fix what’s required as indicated on the car service package.

Doesn’t matter what, it always takes a lot of time.

We sit and read and wait; naturally we wait.

Quiet, no donuts. They quit buying them for clients.

Wrong. There were donuts. 

I thought they were donuts

My wife termed it a pastry.

Not great quality. I ate one.

Also now we can buy their lousy out-of-state plastic packaged donuts out of a tall, blue, robotic standup machine. I’ll call Mike.

Yeah, the world is changing faster.

It is real tough for people living paycheck to paycheck.

Lucky me? that was the name of a jazz tune from the fifties or sixties that i liked when I heard it on the nighttime radio, now it is gone and forgotten.

@@@.  @@@.  @@@

look at the big to-dos, undone.

make another list.

Look ahead.

What do you think?

boat comfort

 light rolling on the wide open.

 cruising galore to the beyond

 a two-cylinder diesel thumper humming along.

800 pounds of steel imported from China, solid as can be. friend of the sea.

clean and dusted, polished Inside.

gleaming as she flashes on the bay.

a reward for care and upkeep.

a 28 foot Monterey when Snort was a shot of booze.

fifty foot Diamondback, powerful 671.

37 ft Tranquility Base, formerly sureptitous 500 Mexicans.

cozy home. friends visited and took a ride in sight of the Golden Gate.

a fine decade.

keeping order

flooded yesterday, okay today.

in stone morning quiet the puddles are gone,

not saying dry,  i doubt that;

squirrels are out hopping, sun has just started.

distant clouds touched by rose.

light sky blue.  minutes later a mist of grey absorbs the blue.

all day you bet rain

so they say and Meri said 

pouring thick without pause.

who do you believe and where’s is it now?

give me a break and wipe my paws.

cloudy upon all and get nothing wet.

Geese, it’s pouring down, you bet.

Working it out

 We patch things together.

Take the pieces we have

Move them to places they belong.

Find good fortune for all.

can I stall on the wall have a ball?

the tale is tall.

that all? don’t fall. 

last call.

Scraping

Get set now. It is off to the dentist for cleaning. Get ready.

Meridith drives us there and back. No kidding, 

Lisa does it well. The cleaning.

Tabby is the office and administrator and secretary and receptionist and organizer and bookkeeper and operator and controller and supervisor.  And she answers the phone.

Dr Tajour is the dentist. Good fellow.

I am the ever enduring patient. Meridith also.

heavy sun and cold

bright this morning.

starting in a whirl.

right, light blue sky

floating overhead.

a large red cardinal in the bush

jumping to the ground.

day starting you see.

born free.

rained last night

 heard it splatter during the wee hours.

 a pleasant wakening for me.

this morning all the puddles are gone. 

there is no green, the lawn is yellow.

winter looks over yet spring has not begun.

it is a tight tween space.

green will be here.

i see rain has splattered the windows.

good wishes came from Rosemary, Bill and Terry.

split creek

over the water run, a half mile back,

few birds fly while keeping alert for predators.

in the large oak tree all is calm on every branch.

what the birds make of the day

searching for food

guarding their area.

working out where to build a nest.

seems to be the spot. same as last year.

when spring begins they’ll be ready.

it’s fascination

spinners hanging from the trees

crooning softly through the night.

giving honor to the day.

fearless heart we love your way

Oh , my stars

 it’s a week after the hospital  blasted my kidney stone

thirty-five hundred times with audio waves to pulverize it.

i remember when my dad suffered from kidney stones in 1955.  they didn’t have audio wave blasters.

thank god and science we develop.