We celebrated Father's Day and the first day of summer at the Toronto Bluejay's game. It was a fun game to watch...lots of hits and runs!
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Summer rolls out her green carpet
For Guests at an informal ball
Sprawled beneath a blue umbrella
Topping earth’s bloom-and-belle hall
Summer uncurls yellow laughter
Anticipation is a girl
Giggling her way through each chapter
Where bloom-and-belle hellos unfurl
Summer becomes her; the ribbons
Of breeze through tree-tops waft noon-soft
Teasing hours and flowers grinning
With bloom-belles that once snowflakes quaffed
Summer, earth’s reply to winter
Summer, earth’s song to the soul
Summer, the dreamer’s forever
Summer, a love-letter world
© Janet Martin
Not a lot of orange in the crowd, would have been different here, in "birdland" :-)
ReplyDeleteWe celebrated Father's Day playing catch in the backyard and getting stitches at the ER (a baseball bounced off my son's glove and cut his brow). He's doing fine, but it's a Father's Day to remember :-)
Oh no!!I'm glad he's doing fine! those things do make memorable days though...
DeleteI thought of you when we were watching the game...
We saw a few chirpy orioles in the crowd and by the end of the game they had a lot to sing about:)
We actually had a good time at the ER :-) by the time we got there (and we are just minutes away), though we knew that Danny would need stitches, we realized the cut wasn't too bad. It was not a busy day at the ER, we didn't see any scary stuff and didn't have to wait long. We shared a few stories, the doctor was wonderful, and Danny got a popsicle when it was all over!
DeleteI love the last stanza of your poem, Janet.
:) well, at least you didn't need to be there for hours and hours! (and a Popsicle to top it off)! here's to the rest of the summer hospital-free! It means so much to have a nice Dr. Some study so hard they forget to learn PR, it seems;)
DeleteAfter this week I hope to taste some of what summer is known for, kicking back a little. Sometimes it's good to host a family reunion or other such event to motivate me to buckle down on my to-do list-s.