Deep Summer at Indian Hills

Deep Summer at Indian Hills

It is nearly 9 months since I wrote on my blog and I have missed it. I hope my followers are still out there somewhere? ! 

I moved from Birney finally in the middle of May.  The packing and moving process was long and exhausting. But I am am enjoying life here in Sheridan WY.  There is plenty to do and my longtime friends for company.  For this blog I will use photos as a focal point for my essay.

Much of my time so far has been adapting the apartment

to meet my needs.

 Urban deer visit regularly. This poor lass has chronic wasting disease.

 My new office is beginning to take shape and I have written some poems there.

 The HOA flies the US flag each day; the cluster boxes 

where we receive mail are in the background

 

 Our two apple trees are loaded with fruit this year

 

My front door and chair.  My neighbor Doris and I

sit outside at times during the day to enjoy the birds

and the cool morning and evening air.

 

Each apartment has a deck in the rear for sitting outside

 

On cooler days I have lunch out on my deck. I will paint 

and develop it next summer.

 

 My friend Abbie Taylor (who is an author/poet and visually impaired)

and I performed a poem with songs included at our Wyoming

Writers Conference in Riverton WY, and this week in the 

Vaudeville show at the local theater.  

Daily poems ----from the last 2 months

 grackles fight and squawk

people walk their dog and chat

the smell of grilled food

two deer cross the courtyard

I enjoy evening in town

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flags at half mast

we remember orlando

with a heavy heart

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 I watch tv

but the best show is outside

mom feeds baby bird

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on my daily walk

robins hop out of the hedge

they know me now

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 light sometimes reveals

beauty beyond our belief

death must be like that

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 morning birdsong of

house finches and chickadees

bring peace to the heart

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