In early June the world of leaf and blade and flowers explodes, and every sunset is different.
John Steinbeck
Heart of a Rose
nestled within her silky white petals
baby sunbeams reach
with tiny arms and fragile hearts
to their mother
June 5 fallen leaves caught by the petal of a Japanese dogwood blossom
June 7 Eastern Gray Squirrel chewing on a green pine cone
June 8 - A cluster of flowers on the mock orange tree, backlit by the rising sun in the front yard
June 8 - Robin building her nest in an old lilac bush by the driveway
June 10 - Cabbage White Butterfly settles on the wild herbs by the roadside
June 11 Tiny Pine Squirrel ate seeds fallen from the river birch outside the front door
June 12 - a bee sat, unmoving, near the eye of a wooden step
Spring being a tough act to follow, God created June.
Al Bernstein
It’s been a quiet week of gardening, resting and getting ready for summer here. Seeing flowers bloom. Watching the little wild things emerge and come looking for food. Walking down to the lake in the early morning. Wandering around the neighborhood. Summer will be here soon with all its busy activity and social commitments, and that will be good too, but for now I’m really soaking up the quiet.
Thank you for letting me share a few of my favorite moments of this week. Hope your week was beautiful too.
June 12 - A rainbow fragment unexpectedly appeared across the lake as I was walking back up the bluff stairs
