checking in

it's been over a week

but so busy

some days very warm, others with a fire burning...

these two startled me

out the living room window

one mostly shed out, 

the other still wearing her ghost coat

 my friend has her funny ones "back ta home"

 school's out for summer 

at their community school

and they return across the road

for summertime.

  it seemed i got the nectar out a little late

but the hummers were around

 through the screen their edges are unclear

 i caught the tip of the tongue

 one eats while another sits on a last year stalk

of black eyed susan

 the news is the turtle egg laying!

i generally see three every morning

big mama snappers

on the road sides

working on laying business

 and this silly teen, like my students

making a lot of noise outside my classroom

 only five more days with students

 lovely plants all along my walks

 seeds, too

 just checking in to let you know

i am still around

the stomach virus was BAD. 

i'm better, mostly.