I sit here on my front porch enjoying a pleasant morning. The birds are chirping, people are mowing their grass, and my dog keeps bringing me a ball to play with. The clouds are starting to gather, promising me more of the nonstop rain we have experienced this year. I read that June provided a record amount of rain for Colorado. For someone who loves the sun, I spent the month looking for joy whenever possible. In this first week of July, that was mostly in the flowers that are drinking up all this water.
7/1 - July First Start of a new month brings new life where once all was thought loss to June storms I never thought my flowers would come back after they were knocked around by severe storms last month.
7/2 - Just Keep Driving My car is a guest in this long line of highway traffic heading west I knew there would be traffic heading up to the mountains before the July 4th holiday, but I went anyways. My estimated driving time kept growing the longer I drove. It was still worth it!
7/3 - Giants All Around (Collum lune poem) Feeling very small looking up at the sky through the trees In studying haiku writing, I have learned about lune poetry, often referred to as American Haiku. Collum lune writing uses a 3/5/3 word count.
7/4 - Fourth of July Old establishments Must give away their strong hold To allow progress Its amazing to see new growth on the root system of fallen trees.
7/5 - Last Night's Rainstorm Thanks Mother Nature For watering the flowers They have had enough Our Fourth of July plans changed when the wall of rain fell on us. I won't be watering for a few days.
7/6 - Morning Walk (Collum lune) Slow and steady Site of unexpected creature reward Zephyr missed out Strange to see a pond creature on the hard sidewalk. I'm glad my dog didn't see it.
7/7 - Sunflowers Reaching for the sun Basking in its loving warmth My kindred spirit If I was a flower, I would be a sunflower. I feel like one when I go outside and just take in all the sun has to offer, especially on a cold winter day.
Tiffany Painter 