Flowers
How they share our
desires, shape
our days.
Passion to hope,
fingertips to
lips. Some bud
easily, others
struggle. A little
water, light, a kind
voice. Sometimes so
little achieves
so much. Yesterday’s
sunflower droops on
the sill. Today’s promise
arrives with rain.
A little rain would be MUCH appreciated around Austin!! Forecast says tomorrow maybe … meanwhile, 99 again today. We’re watching even zinnias struggle!
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I don’t miss those temperatures! Tomorrow’s high in Indianapolis is supposed to be in the 50s. Jacket weather!
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Oops, that’s Saturday’s high. Tomorrow will be in the 70s…
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Also in Bathurst Australia they have gone to stage 5 rationing. Washing only on cwrtain days, fluishing toilet olny so many times per day, do not water garden, showers are restricted to one every several days. You can go to jail if they catch you.
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I’ve experienced droughts, but never one to that extent. I do not envy you!
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Yes, and they are hsving the Bathurst Races there now and the influx of all those poepleis making it worse. I suppose they will be trucking water in – lets hope it rains soon.
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May your days be rainy. And soon!
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Fabulous, I get lost in the ambiance of the lines–a very nice escape this evening.
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Thank you. I’m so pleased that this one resonates.
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Today’s promise arrives with rain. How ethereal!
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I appreciate those kept promises!
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I can not say anything more than what your wondrous words have given my eyes
“Sometimes so
little achieves
so much. Yesterday’s
sunflower droops on
the sill. Today’s promise
arrives with rain.”
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Thanks, Ivor. Yesterday’s rain ushered in cool weather. Who knows what today’s sun will offer?
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The embodiment of all things floral. That last stanza especially. Mmmm.
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If only my poems were capable of releasing floral odors!
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No comparisons allowed in the garden. 😉
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