sweatshirts
in July
PNW summer
Saturday chores
a new shelf and
dog crates
the year already
half over
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
June 29, 2012
a purple house
with rainbow rooms
no white
therapy appointment
followed by
mahjong with friends
the dogs chase
squirrels
Thursday, June 28, 2012
June 28, 2012
a crow
in the birdbath
dogs bark
phone conference
with my publisher
lunch with
a dear friend
lovely day
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
June 27, 2012
in the shower
next to my feet
a slug
teaching
a bridge class
therapy appointment
vet visits to clean
a dog's teeth
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
June 26, 2012
piecing in straight lines
quilting in curves
diversity
errands
and an appointment
napping
playing computer games
with a friend
Monday, June 25, 2012
June 25, 2012
sunny lawn
slug trails across
dog poop
quiet day
reading
Terry Pratchett
cat sleeps
in my lap
Sunday, June 24, 2012
June 24, 2012
the dog barks
at a moving branch
only the wind
the sun shines
a windy day
spent reading and
napping and
a little quilting
Saturday, June 23, 2012
June 23, 2012
finishing one book
starting another
dogs sleeping
picking strawberries
between rain showers
relaxing Saturday
reading in my
recliner
Friday, June 22, 2012
June 22, 2012
moving too fast
to photograph
a slug
long week
catches up with me
therapy appointment
a long nap
rainy day
Thursday, June 21, 2012
June 21, 2012
a squirrel races
across the yard
green ginger tea
running errands
a good friend’s birthday
working on
novel revisions
a dragonfly swoops past
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
June 20, 2012
sharing strawberries
with dogs and slugs
sunny afternoon
wonderful students
in my bridge class
therapy appointment
vet visit
quiet evening
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
June 19, 2012
mood slips
as bills mount
overwhelming darkness
formatting
my novel
headers and fonts
and page numbers
stressful technology
Monday, June 18, 2012
June 18, 2012
three dogs
wearing matching neckerchiefs
groomer’s signature
pouring rain
turns to sun
pruning and weeding
last tutoring
for this year
Sunday, June 17, 2012
June 17, 2012
an atmosphere
warmer than the ground
icy Pluto
tutoring a student
the Scottish play
a hummingbird
at the door
strong winds
Saturday, June 16, 2012
June 16, 2012
body aches
too much gardening
a phone call
from my cat
Saturday chores
with a splitting head
a long nap
looking at quilt patterns
reading a book
Friday, June 15, 2012
June 15, 2012
pruning
the lithodora
a garter snake exits
as Sasha weathers
her third surgery
formatting my novel
picking strawberries
filling bird baths
Thursday, June 14, 2012
June 14, 2012
my cat
another surgery
a skilled vet
meetings and
a lunch date
napping
on a cool
cloudy day
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
June 13, 2012
sitting on
the velociraptor statue
a robin
errands and chores
teaching bridge
picking 56 strawberries
a hummingbird flits
through the pond fountain
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
June 12, 2012
nineteen strawberries
from the garden
a crow caws
intermittent
rain showers
as I read my novel
from start to finish
again
Monday, June 11, 2012
June 11, 2012
another round
of novel revisions
the birds chirping
proctoring
an algebra final
pruning
some bushes
wonderful sunny day
Sunday, June 10, 2012
June 10, 2012
teaching
the quadratic equation
a monarch butterfly
six more chapters
of my novel revised
an algebra student
tutored for a final
the sun shines
Saturday, June 9, 2012
June 9, 2012
light green tips
on a dark green evergreen
a butterfly rests
laundry done
and the bed changed
nine more chapters
of my novel revised
fresh strawberries picked
Friday, June 8, 2012
June 8, 2012
a snail
under the hot tub lid
taste for warmth
sun
turns to rain
turns to sun
again and
again
Thursday, June 7, 2012
June 7, 2012
bringing in
the groceries
the sky drops
stocking
the pantry
for me and the pets
graduation ceremony
eight proud students
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
June 6, 2012
fresh strawberries
in the garden
a crow overhead
tutoring students
working in the library
listening to presentations
more tutoring
the weekly vet visit
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
June 5, 2012
over the roar
of the hot tub jets
birds chattering
library books
return to the shelves
another school year
draws to a close
summer approaches
Monday, June 4, 2012
June 4, 2012
a snail
crawls along
the shower wall
a doctor's appointment
stopping in at
the nursery for pots
piecing more quilt strips
sneaking a nap
Sunday, June 3, 2012
June 3, 2012
floating
in the hot tub
a shooting star
novel revisions
cutting fabric
walking in the garden
a nap in my recliner
the snail returns
Saturday, June 2, 2012
June 2, 2012
bathing the dog
in my outside shower
as it rains
squaring and
binding my lap quilt
napping
underneath it
peaceful Saturday
Friday, June 1, 2012
June 1, 2012
picking
the first strawberry
a slug moves past
a skirt finished
my quilt pinned
and quilted
two bees share
my shower
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