trees have grown
and summer is here
the view where I read
is more green than sky
perennial gardens
grow well with rain
and sun and time
as if always this way
a summer day

Ellen Grace Olinger
trees have grown
and summer is here
the view where I read
is more green than sky
perennial gardens
grow well with rain
and sun and time
as if always this way
a summer day
Ellen Grace Olinger
calendar
on my study wall
June days going by
all we could not know
when we bought the calendar
and how life would change
yet gardens grow
birds sing
and soon it will
be summer here
lunch
at the kitchen table
healthy food
and conversation
about the news
and gardens
then we each work
on other things
anniversary
yesterday
Mandevilla Plant was from The Home Depot in Kohler, Wisconsin.
Photo by Karl – July 2019
predawn
a deer discovers
the hosta
new leaves
on the birch tree
and on the branch
with no leaves
a robin
on the branch
with no leaves
sun and shadows
reading poetry
my own words
return
plant with new growth
fills with light
grows towards the light
early May
robin visits
the cedar tree
warm Saturday
in early May
windows open
Ellen Grace Olinger
sunrise stillness
branches and clouds
light
Yesterday:
late afternoon
sunlight on the
April calendar
one step one day
at a time