Poems & Other Lies

Poems & Other Lies

Good Morning

Good Morning

  6/7/25 5:30 58f (14.4c) Clear sky,  calm, birds singing.  A beautiful  morning  here at Bunny Hump.                      

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  6/6/25 7:00 57f (13.9c) A few mares tails against  a backdrop of blue.  No wind.  No orchard sprayers. The sun is up and shining brightly.                   Amy potted the fig starts the other day. So far, so good....

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Good Morning

Good Morning

      6/5/25 6:45 54f(12.2c) The sky is robin-egg blue without a crack. The leaves on the trees ripple in an imperceptible breeze. I think I heard the first cherry cannon of the season. A single, booming report. Maybe they were just testing it.  ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  6/4/25 7:00 56f (13.3c) Calm and cloudy.  It's louder than yesterday morning,  with orchard sprayers all around me. Thankfully none of them are particularly nearby,  so I  can soak without risk of overspray.              ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

    6/3/25 5:00 49f (9.4c) Blue sky laced with a few wisps. Comfortably cool; a slight breeze flutters the leaves of the birch. The morning  birds are chatting and the rooster is awake and on duty.                ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  6/2/25 6:00 47f (8.3c) Clear,  blue sky, faintest of breezes,  the sun hasn't quite topped the ridge.  Jay birds are tussling, raising a ruckus. Otherwise, it is a fairly quiet morning.  

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Good Morning

Good Morning

                      6/1/25 6:15 50f (10c) We slept in  the tipi last night. In the backyard, like kids having a sleepover. The oak trees were creaking in the wind when we went to bed. It was 58f (14.4c). Now it...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

  5/30/25 6:30 47f (8.3c) Blue sky, faint breeze .  Sun topped the ridge at 6:45. The rooster is crowing, birds are singing,  an orchard crew is whooping and banging  ladders in the rows down the road. I anticipate a lovely day.         ...

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Good Morning

Good Morning

              5/29/25 5:30 57f (13.9c) Cloudy. The morning started dull, gray and broken up, but now the clouds have gone all Maxfield Parrish. What I thought were swallows chasing bugs turned out to be floaters, but still,  it is a...

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