Category Archives: Weather

The Garden Today

Posted on July 24, 2024 by sputterpub

This time of year the garden overgrowsencouraged by the sunlight and the hose.I’m quite content among the green I chose,and former-neighbor gifts of plum and rose.

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Ripeness

Posted on July 11, 2024 by sputterpub

I must have bought too soon. Each apricotI ate last month was like a tease to me.The color was inviting, but I gotin flavor an imperfect quality.The velvet skin and golden tone was notan indication of sweet pungency.It took until … Continue reading →

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Summer Cleaning

Posted on June 30, 2024 by sputterpub

There spans an oblong redwood deck betweenmy one-room home and mini office shed.I dragged the flexy hose to it, to cleantwo months of droppings off its planks, insteadof calling for the pressure wash I meanto have before this summer goes … Continue reading →

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Springtime Bingtime

Posted on June 19, 2024 by sputterpub

It’s cherry time again. The Bings are in.I try to moderate, but I’ll admitI overdo each spring. Once I begin,I never stop till I have stripped each pit.Appreciating local origin,I savor all the flavor. I don’t quituntil my plate’s exhausted. … Continue reading →

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Gauge

Posted on May 2, 2024 by sputterpub

Regardless of the calendar, I thinkthat spring begins when I hear sprinklers spray.The system’s set to let the garden drink3 times a week, and as of yesterday,its switch is flipped to operate the wayintended: early morning; minutes – 10.If winter’s … Continue reading →

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Anticipating Serenity

Posted on April 27, 2024 by sputterpub

The one event that’s calendared todayis lunch with a companion dear to me.The weather’s soft and vernal – insects playin blossoms – through my window all I seelooks healthy, clean and stirring in the swayof breeze. Before and after lunch, … Continue reading →

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The Thrumming Din

Posted on April 6, 2024 by sputterpub

The thrumming din of rain enchants my ear;it almost makes me want a roof of tin.I turn the TV down, so I can hearthe thrumming din. I scan the forecast – when will it begin?I scrutinize for dark the atmosphere.I … Continue reading →

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Look What’s Leafing

Posted on March 24, 2024 by sputterpub

Although we’ve changed the clocks, and daffodilsamid new tulips spice the yards nearby,and morning birds greet sunrise with their trills,and former dormant insects start to fly,the sight that tokens springtime to my eye,impressing and engendering beliefrenewal isn’t dead, is how … Continue reading →

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Deckoration

Posted on March 23, 2024 by sputterpub

Between my room and office spans a deck.Above it looms a eucalyptus treethat often drops its leaves and leaves a wreckat times with sap and seeds or twig debris.But not till last week did I ever seea limb so large … Continue reading →

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Prunus

Posted on March 10, 2024 by sputterpub

I woke to petals scattered on the deck,and raised my gaze to note the floweringthat seemed to open overnight – each specka sign that still surprises every spring,a harbinger of fruit the weeks will bringthat only birds and squirrels want … Continue reading →

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