Sun-shower at dusk Dragonflies hunt mosquitos Hushed mid-August heat

Six little boats rest. Wind shifts, they circle moorings. One hides behind house.   —John Eddy Christiansen

August 5th Anniversary of our reacquainting   Sea, sky, air white-grey At eventide, all at once, Ruffled clouds like seafoam   Agamenticus:* Hilly place, York, Maine River Heron unmoving   Adirondack chairs Lined up like ancient gravestones But no residents   Five white boats, one blue, Slowly shift in moving tides Moored by rainy skies

Orange butterfly Flutters by orange flowers Natural kindred

Small green globes forming Apple anticipation Deer and I watching

A single pale leaf Falls silent on summer grass I am not ready