notes from backyard at home

-watercolors circa 1940

-fluff

-the mary statue in our backyard

-sweeping the deck of peanut shells with Grampa

-water stained handwriting

-waiting for autumn as patiently as I can

-squirrels in bird houses

-"I want to feel like a bird in a bird bath."

-the way this feels like back to school time

-hummingbird touching, she is long and elegant

-tree canopy

-window boxes adorning storage sheds

-newly gessoed masonite

-light reflections

-pools of water on canvas

-mockingbirds yelling at the cat in the yard

-the familiar ache for something spectacular to read

-the need for a song that fits this feeling

-leaves rustle, dog barking

-tall clumps of lilac, white with age now

-Sammies eating remaining peanuts

-our old tree house

-the time my sister and I saw the white hawk in the woods, on a branch at eye level