…
I have sat on this bench loving and loved
no I will not carve it here
but I will sometimes remember
And so a taste of late summer here at the ranch. The cool reminds us that it doesn’t last forever. Good to pull weeds for a bit, to let the hands be busy and the mind set free. An orange band is along the tops of the trees, the last of the setting sky. A single small cloud holds the last of the brilliance, shines just a little longer. There is still beauty is says. Wait for the night.
It will be gorgeous.

…
There are times I know
I would have been better off
not to speak
or rather
to speak
without words
“So I begin to understand that some things are for the mind to handle. Others are for the heart.
And it’s important to know which is which.”
And so a retreat of sorts, remembering what is important to me.
Nowhere near the shape of summer I had hoped for, a lesson in expectations.
I suppose that’s the downside of being able to envision, something so beautiful it’s hard not to hope.
But I will hope.
Still do.
And finally I was reminded
that there is beauty
long after the sun has set.
Slowly I became aware of the sky.

Stepping away for a moment, I turned and saw this.
I love this small flower for its tiny perfect beauty
and for where it chose to grow
From doing what was needed for others
now a time to walk with my own sense of life
but a moment before moving on
to be still…
thanks for what has brought me here
thanks for what is here
may it be honoured
in doing
and in being