PATH

August 24

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,

I took the one less traveled by, ..."

The Robert Frost poem was put to music in a song we did in my high school choir. Perhaps its message influenced me, as I have often taken the path less traveled in my life.

"...And that has made all the difference."

 

Whichever of the maze of paths you take at Red Butte Garden,

you find beauty, art, color, texture, shadows, delight! 

WRITING

August 6

Pamphlet from my trip to Crazy Horse Monument
with Amy, Sept. 2011

          WRITING

List, Letter, Poetry,

Story, Journal, History,

Cursive, Print, Calligraphy,

I’m writing it all down.

With Crayon, Stylus, Feather Pen,

Lipstick, Lead, or Fountain Pen
Etched in glass or Drawn in Blood,
You can write it down.

 

On Paper, Newsprint, Palm of Hand,

Scroll, and Stone, and Metal, and

Wall of Cave, the Internet –

It’s been written down.

Apologize, Request, Create,

Advertise, Communicate,

Announce, Remember, Educate,

By writing something down!

       

MORNING

June 1 

I went out early this morning to take a friend to work.
When I got back I looked for a 'morning' shot and
found this at my apartments:

* * * * * * * * * * * * * *

A few years ago I took some photos of the sunstripes on my bedroom walls on summer mornings. I was fascinated by them moving across the wall. They even inspired me to write this whimsical poem. I was freshly divorced after 38 years of marriage, and needed to learn to become the master of my own fate, the Queen of my Todays.

The Sun Stripes appear

each morning to appoint her

Queen of Today.

Sometimes rain makes them

forget to come.

Then she imagines her annointing

and says to her subjects,

'CARRY ON'

THE WEATHER TODAY

May 28 THE WEATHER TODAY

My friend and adventurer Marlene wanted to check out Red Butte Gardens on this Memorial Day. The weather couldn't have been more delightful - sunny, but not hot; just enough of a breeze;

blue, blue sky with a few

puffy clouds

to add interest.

A Perfect Weather Day!

A Wonderful Day at Red Butte Gardens 



Marlene getting a closeup
in the Medicinal Garden.

Waterfall behind purple
and distant yellow glads.

Yellow mum in a pink lotus?
No, a peony!

Unique peeling bark.

We enjoyed this poem by
Anne Bronte.

  We enjoyed this place

 so much we bought

a year round pass.

We're going back for a

birding excusion, to hike the trails

above the gardens,

and to have a picnic in

one of the nooks with

benches and tables.

LOVE

This shirt jumped out at me from the sale rack at Walmart

because it's today's word "love".

It's a little gaudy for my taste, but for 3 bucks it was worth a photo shoot

and then I can take it back!

I love my kids and grandkids.

I love the books Jane Eyre, Robinson Crusoe, and Ickle, Bickle Robin.

Vanilla Swiss Almond ice cream.

Avocados.

Clever use of words.

President Hinckley

Moroni (both of them in the Book of Mormon)

Simplicity

Gardens

A million other things!

My newest "love" - Honey flavored Greek Yogurt,

whole milk of course, nothing else added

so you can get the full, slightly tart, slightly sweet goodness of it,

cool and smooth all the way down.

I wish I were good enough with words to describe

the experience of eating this food of the (Greek) gods.

*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^

Speaking of "love", and words, I once helped my son Josh

write a poem for a school assignment.

This is what we wrote as far as I can remember:

I love guacamole!

I could eat it by the bowl-e!

It's green and smooth,

And that's the truth!

I love guacamole!