June in May
May dresses
bright with June’s summer blossoms;
bees fill their pocketbooks;
robins hop tall grass
for noisy worms;
wrens sing trees.
kigo used: summer blossoms, robins hunting worms, birds singing
Note: the big/tree lilacs have bloomed and gone a couple of weeks ago. The top image is of one of the dwarf lilacs that are now in full bloom.
Colleen Chesebro is the host of TankaTuesday.
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Lisa, we definitely have a few bees filling their pocketbooks around here too. We try to make it easy for them to do so. 🐝
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<3 Glad to hear it.
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Lisa, this is a lovely poem. I love the irises, and your lilacs are spectacular!! 💖
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Thanks, Colleen <3
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“bees fill their pocketbooks” I love that!
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Thanks, Melissa :)
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I like the bees fill their pocketbooks… it reminds me of the lady bug song for some reason… nice pics.
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Awww I’m glad you thought of the lady bug song, Max. Thank you.
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Those lilacs! And each image in your poem is like a bead on a necklace. Lovely. (K)
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Kerfe, you just made my day with your comment. Now I will imagine those items on a necklace. What a wonderful prayer bead one it would make. Thank you.
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It would indeed. You’re welcome.
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This week definitely feels more like June than May. Unfortunately, they’re forecasting scattered thunderstorms for Thursday afternoon & evening – just in time for The Rolling Stones – sigh!
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Christian, you’re going to see The Rolling Stones???? Oh how I envy you. Is it a venue where the band is sheltered from storms? I hope so. Just put your rain gear on, or do a Woodstock and play in the mud :)
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Yep, at MetLife Stadium. I’m pretty sure stage has a roof, so the Stones should be. I’ll bring my rain poncho and hope for the best!😀
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Heck yes! I envy you getting to see them live!
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:-)
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Glorious
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:)
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I love the bees fill their pocketbooks.
Wonderful, Lisa.
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Dale, many thanks. Glad you like it.
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Very much so.
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Sch beautiful flowers. I love the yellow droopy one. 😊
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So beautifully written Li. It gladdens my heart
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Sadje, happy to hear it <3
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💞🌷🩷
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So pretty, Lisa! Love the imagery!
Yvette M Calleiro :-)
http://yvettemcalleiro.blogspot.com
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<3 Thank you, Yvette.
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This is beautiful Lisa and it flows beautifully, I love the photos too 💜💜
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Willow, thanks, glad you enjoyed :) <3
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I really did 💜💚
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Lisa, this is lovely – the verse and the photos. Wow!
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Gwen, thanks so much.
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Ah… so that is what my lilacs might look like? I have a cutting that is perhaps two years old now. No blooms yet, but it survived the winter and is growing :)
And I’ve gotten some large iris – one has bloomed peach and purple – Ahhhh…. so pretty.
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Jules, I bought those lilacs as potted plants probably 10 years ago now. They’ve been moved a few times, and I think they’ve finally found their forever home in yard as this is the best blooming all 3 of them have had.
Peach and purple iris sounds *divine*. I love thumbing through the jung seed catalog at all of the iris. Would love to have a field of them!
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There was a gent… now gone who raised prized iris. I never did get one from him. He had quite a business selling those rizomes. I don’t think the new folks are using his iris patch for the same purpose. The wife – who sold and moved since…. might have taken up the remaining iris? There might be a few iris near the front of the drive though.
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Jules, I think this soil is perfect for iris (and grass.) I’m trying to imagine the prized iris and sorry you didn’t get any of the rhizomes :( You might ask the neighbor if you could dig up a few?
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I’ve got the two pots… so that’s good enough. Especially if they spread.
Good luck with all of your flowers and plants – I still haven’t planted any seeds yet.
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Thanks on the flowers and plants. I’ve planted many of the seeds you gave me. I was too late for the birdhouse gourds after reading planting instructions. Next year for sure. Didn’t plant the balloon flowers or Jacob’s ladder yet. Lots of seeds sprouting in the new bed.
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While it may be late… I might try some flower seeds after I get back from some weekends away – I don’t have anyone to water and the air just pulls out the moisture.
Good luck on those sprouts!
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I hope you do, Jules. The sprouts are going berserk! It was rainy and cool yesterday and cool today. Once the sun comes back out…
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The weeds are starting to return to my ‘flower patch” I haven’t quite figured out how or what to actually plant there …yet. :)
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I understand. So many choices!
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I like the idea of ‘May dressing with June’s summer blossoms and bees filling their pocket books’. Beautifully personified, Lisa.
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Smitha, many thanks.
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delightful, Lisa dear. And how gorgeous your lilacs must smell. This year I bought a new lilac tree. Hopefully it will stay the year and grow with me.
I love your haiku. “hop tall grass
for noisy worms” noisy!! I love that. Thanks for sharing.
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Best of luck on the lilac tree. Full sun! Thank you, Selma <3
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p.s. you might like this article on just how robins find those tasty worms:
https://www.wild-bird-watching.com/how-robins-find-worms.html
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Thanks so much 🤗
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You’re very welcome <3
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So much life in this. Beautifully done. A whole world in these few words.
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Jude, thank you!
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