dVerse — Poetry Form Villonnet — Cool Verve

Cool VerveWhen gilded sunlight daubs the verve in fallA cooler brush upon one’s face and armsAs homely augur tickles with its charmsAlong meandered gardens do we walkWithin scorch rays and temps that burn us all,Tenaciousness unwelcome in its harms,An agent wakes, diminishes with smarm To gilded sunlight daubs cooled verve in fallLike feathers readied, gathered…

Doodads fmg

We met up at fmg on Tuesday, as we have all summer.  We headed back to the recreation of the farm from Lena’s childhood and planned on taking a back route over to the Japanese Garden, but there was work going on in that area, so it was gated off.  Instead we took a boardwalk…

Doodads over past (busy) week

On Monday, a group of 8 of us, 6 adults and 2 kids, drove out to the farmer’s market I frequent, where a playground and farm animal petting area has been added over the summer.  The playground included a giant tractor tire that has been made into a sandbox, with included farm equipment trucks to…

Doodads — GRPublicMuseum and yard pics

Instead of going to Meijer Gardens this past week we went to the Grand Rapids Public Museum.  We only had 1.5 hours in there so a limited # of pics.  Learn more about uranium glass here. The weather has been gorgeous.  Here are some pics from around the yard.

dVerse — Q206 — Royal Sisterhood

Royal Sisterhood In aerial mines of manna, probosces probe goldenrod profusion. Humming along fencelines, tigered she-workers, suspent by unstained glass wings, harvest nuggets in baskets; after, on repeat, they bend for home. When cooling breeze calls tired sisters, beelines converge en route to their royal abode. “Bee and Goldenrod” photo by Ted I am today’s…

(update with Democracy Now! video) Doodads — graffiti and new flora

On the bike ride on Wednesday I took some pics of the graffiti in the tunnel we rode in under the highway.  Interested in knowing how you feel about graffiti.  Art?  Vandalism?  Both? I also found a couple of unidentified flora in the yard.  The arrowwood berries are enjoyed by critters and are also edible…