flush of pleasure
the blushing dusk
closes a splendid day
The Day is Full of Gifts
take
a moment
in the sun
Beacon Home
burning bright
in summer days
flowering lamppost
Splash
hot day
refreshed by
a splash of color
Enter Stage Left
swooping in
summer arrives
on red wings
Dunes
seeking
heat and blue
white and cold found
A Lingering
red canoe
a memory
of summer’s kiss
Aperitif
last of the phlox
the final sips
of summer sustenance
Birch Brush
summer drawn
with wind and water
moving while still
The Queen’s Snow
flurry
of fluttering lace
in the quiet white light
Roadside Arrangement
summer
decorates the byways
with charm and cheer
Kit
self possessed
the surety of instinct
edges out all doubt
Meadowland
lupin shared their secrets
of beauty, bloom and seed
summer spread across the field
Garden Party
plants and insects
celebrate
the first of summer’s days
Pink In The Field
cavorting crown vetch
a flowering thicket
coloring summer’s carefree days
Out In Back
summer lolled
on the August lawn
luxuriating
Procession
ascending blooms
parade color
across summer
Arrival
summer flew in
on the wide blue sky
and landed in the greening field
The Nature of Time
slowly thyme
makes its way
across the lawn of summer
Last Song
late blooms sing
a yellow serenade
to summer and her sunshine
Elsie and the Queen
splendid summer day
royalty and the working class
share the same sun
Inside Pink
audacious
is the yellow heart
that beats the pulse of summer
Basking
tiny toad
on a wild lily leaf
soaking up the sun
Red on Rock
hot red begonia
rests against the cool granite
summer lovers
Sail Away
a shimmer of sunlight
the kiss of the breeze
and cares sail away
Sun Kissed
like the sun in July
yellow spreads across the field
Duet
an alto and soprano
in lavender and purple
sing of summer
High Spirits
catching the sun
an exhilaration of color
profusion of petals
Oceanic Ornamental
their splash of red
and foam of flowers
washes across June
Lessons
wildflowers instruct us
bloom where you are