Dog Days

HAPPY SUMMER!!

It's not even 9am here & the temp is high

& the air is thick.

There is a sporadic breeze that passes through

cooling your damp body

swaying the trees

& the netting on the gazebo.

But it is not nearly enough to keep

one comfortable. 

...or should I say keep this human comfortable

For most of the birds are singing choruses

while others hop about my lawn picking

up breakfast provided by last nights rain

& my cats climb the fence posts,

 jumping & chasing

one another

their fur coats shinning in the sun

completely unfettered by the heat. 

New Hampshire is an odd place when it comes

to it's inhabitants & the weather

It is a general practice to wish for the heat in the deep

of winter snow & cold

&

complain about the mugginess

(cuz it's never the heat always the humidity)

at the height of summer.

BUT if it rains

that's not right either

people here will say that we didn't

have much of a summer at all.

The weather is the common bond among the natives.

But the summer is indeed beautiful here.

Green

Green

GREEEN

Lawns the size of fields surround older homes

where one would almost expect to see ladies in white victorian

garb under parasols enjoying a summer picnic.

The Old Atlantic, known for it's dark, cold, angry waters

glistens in the summer sun while cooling it's people

with lapping waves along the coastline.

If you think I romanticize my home
you are correct.
I Am In Love 
with
The gathering, cracking & savoring of Tiny Pine Nuts come Fall,
with
Deeply breathing in the sweet perfume of burning oak in Winter
& the heady scented, rain soaked earth of Spring,

this is not my image the owner is unknown to me
please let me know if it's yours & I'll give credit.

and lastly I am
Passionately in Love
with the 95 degree days that puddles the flesh,
keeps slumber at bay, and burns the soles
during the lovely fleeting Summer.