June , 20

It is not everyday that we get both an earthquake and violent thunder storm. I must say that Moxie never gave the impression that earthquake was imminent, even as the rocking chair shook under me, she was climbing up the front porch screens. I think tha she missed the whole thing. The air is so rich with moisture that it condenses on the windscreen as one drives.

June 23, 2010

After the Solstice - I took the spotting scope down to the garden this evening and found myself inspecting the moon in between the partly cloudy. I was there before sunset, but the sun was low enough that it illuminated the clouds from the side, turning low cumulus clouds into mounds of french vanilla ice cream with a waxing moon on top. Behind moon was a sky of light blue, almost green, framed by the low clouds. The clouds were moving quickly from the west, so I had to time my observations. As the light faded from the evening sky, it was like watching the Cheshire cat slowly appearing. The local murder of crows returned to roost just north of the gardens. Really, what so rare as a day in June.
I still enjoy watching the moon. It is comfortable; it feels like the ticking of the hall clock.

June 11, 2010

I was down at the boardwalk last evening at dusk. It seemed cool and cloudy, but it was so obviously summer. The honeysuckle has ceased to bloom but the wild rose blooms stuck out of the gloaming, white against the grey. I did not hear any peepers, but there were tree frogs and bull frogs, yellow irises, willow flycathchers and kildeers. And fireflies. Not a lot; at first I thought that I was having eye trouble, but it was fireflies. Fireflies always catch me by surpise, they always make the weather warmer, I can run faster, jump higher, it makes me feel like I am falling in love, even if i am all alone. In the winter, as spring approaches, I look forward to the peepers, the dogwoods, but I never plan on seeing firefies, but when I see them, it takes my breath away.