camouflaged yet
they always
reveal themselves
Snake In The Grass
Yellow House With Chrysanthemums
presided throughout
house and garden
Savoring The Sunshine
summer has not yet
opened the gate
to fall
The Frog Overseer
from his porch perch
supervising
summer’s bloom
Adorned
upon Buddha
a headdress of iris
Milkweed Snow
the snow
before the snow
beginnings in endings
Borrowed View
flowering frame
a passageway
into the garden’s delights
Friendly Conversation
greetings
from the tulips
as the violets wander by
A Dog’s Life
overseeing
the world
from a shady spot
Memorial Park
we sit amongst
forget me nots
and remember you
Outside Orchestra
the wind
conducts
movement’s music
Warm Memory To Store For Winter
a Saturday landscape
the playful breeze
and laughing leaves
Costumes
two witch’s hats
one adorned
by a feathering leaf
Last Dance
summer’s
last light danced
across the lawn
Hues and Shades
morning light
the sky is painted
in clouds and white
Lengthening Green
the lawn
stretches out
like summer before us
Welcome
garden hostess
greeting all
with coral kisses
Weather
petal storm
May blizzards
in flowers
Wild Strawberries
with berries gone
leaves reminiscence
still coloring the lawn
Doormen
dahlias at the gate
ushering us into the world
welcoming us home
March Morning
the pink of dawn
spilled onto
the frozen lawn
Undecided
heron on the lawn
elusive guest
unsure of hospitality
Up
lift off
is the miracle
grace is the flight
Out In Back
summer lolled
on the August lawn
luxuriating
The Nature of Time
slowly thyme
makes its way
across the lawn of summer
Climbing Tree
welcoming arms
reach down
inviting us up
Old Friends
the frail sun, the frosty lawn
the old tree and tire swing
wait for summer
Moon Landing
the night’s snow
transforms the lawn
into the surface of the moon
Flower Shower
Magnolia rains
her beauty
on to the lawn.
Mole Hill
Ants don’t question
why mountains appear
they simply climb them.