many divers
June 29, 2011 | Filed Under ordinary | 1 Comment
annie had an art show (with art & light and teresa, who was wearing a good hat) in a secret garden last night. save for the mosquitos, it was the perfect place for it. i want one of those annie landscapes badly, and a secret garden with mossy stones and black dragonflies and headless statues of my own just as badly. i also wish that paintings like these could hang outside and not be ruined by rain and sun.
we went on a date last night, the first in a very long time. we need to make way for a date night now and again. included in the date were cute twin babysitters, cups of peach ice cream, snoops around an amazing little vine covered art packed cottage, fish tacos, coffees, and super loud sidewalk preachers. it was good, though my sons gave the twins a run for their money with their showing off and other naughty shenanigans.
this week we’re going swimming, buying peaches, buying sparklers, going to the post, going to the farmer’s market, picking basil, eating pesto, riding bikes, breaking up fights, playing basketball, folding laundry, employing the sprinkler, painting toes, taking a walk, picking lantana, and trying not to watch too many kid shows on netflix while the sun burns for the long afternoons.
summer manifesto
June 27, 2011 | Filed Under extraordinary, lists | 3 Comments
i will make popsicles most every day
i will drink water
i will swim long laps
i will catch fireflies when i see them
i will eat tomatoes in every form
i will remember to make ice
i will sew a sundress
i will pick flowers i grew
i will ride my bike
i will read something good
i will burn through sparklers
i will shave my legs
i will eat outside
i will skewer things for dinner
i will only schedule things we really want to do
i will go to this art exhibit
i will shoot more polaroids
i will bring my camera along
i will work hard in the garden
i will make lots of garlands for this event
i will eat ice cream cones
i will take a trip to illinois
i will ride a ferris wheel
i will water my houseplants
i will make ice cream sandwiches
i will watch a tiny bit of bad reality tv
i will teach my pup to give me the ball when playing fetch
i will make baked beans and feed them to friends
i will buy lemonade at yard sales
i will employ a babysitter
i will use a tablecloth
i will go to the beach
i will eat frozen peaches
i will read madeline to lola
i will spray jude with the hose
i will lose to henry at horse
i will stay up late
i will wake up early
i will make pickles
longest day
June 21, 2011 | Filed Under ordinary | 2 Comments
the first cucumber
treading water
dark chocolate
cold coffee drink
make the beds
write
daydream
vacuumed floors for bare feet
bath for max
walk to the mailbox
buy sugar and ice cream cones
ice cream
clean towels
swimsuits hung to dry
pesto
sendak to lola
list for tomorrow
late working husband
kids to bed with sketchbooks
sunny idea
george washington
June 20, 2011 | Filed Under ordinary | Leave a Comment
early light, coffee, noisy kids, meander in garden, squash, pickles, weed to pinch, pull, wind, rain, fallen pine, chainsaws, figs on fig tree, vacuuming days of grass from floors and corners, pup on the couch, violin music for a bit, rain, smooth the blanket, straighten the rug, toys to rooms, games to boxes, laundry in one machine, another, into baskets, curry, tacos, steak father dinner, olives, to the garden again, to the church again, vbs for days, swimming, swimming again, sunshine, water over shoulders, ice cream late at night, ice cream for kids, basketball in driveway, walks with bicycling kid and pup, new plants in pots, candlelight, moonlight, no light, long sleeps by the fan, fuss at kids, yell at kids, read to kids, make stuff with kids, be with kids, forget how to speak to people that aren’t kids, days, nights, mornings, noons, birthdays, june away, july to come, summer going, going gone before too long. things are being done but something should be done. floundering a bit.
i forgot to blog about this oh happy day trip to paris that i hope to win…. did you enter? only a few moments left!
freckle moustache
June 6, 2011 | Filed Under ordinary | 2 Comments
this is the first year we’ve had friends with a pool who live close enough and with whom we feel comfortable enough to splash at their house a couple of times a week. as a result, my boys are on their way to being real swimmers, the house is a wreck from afternoon abandonment of daily chores, and i am growing a sad freckle moustache (if you freckle you will understand this. it’s terrible, freckles anywhere else are fine, even good. but on the upper lip? no. and those of you who insist i’m imagining such a thing, you are wrong, ever wrong. anyone with freckles have this problem? sad.). but the pool, the swimming, it is good. i love the water by day, the water at night, the graceful place the water takes you.
today is jude’s birthday. i have made cupcakes and fed him mac & cheese and let him watch a movie in the morning hours. and tonight we’re blazing the kitchen with a mascara melting 550 degree oven to make pizzas for him. all for love, i love him so.
two shiny quarters
June 4, 2011 | Filed Under lists | Leave a Comment
saturday
50 or so jars of jam with a friend
strawberry, berries
twice we boiled over
ernie rid the garden of grass and weeds
they come in from the sides to take over
we may be losing three tomato plants
can someone tell me where to buy garbanzo plants?
boys swim and sunburn
the box turtle requires more than i thought
the dog calms down
the dog takes a nap on my chair
jam in many jars rests on the counter
squash, peas, olive oil, paprika
church clothes out
boys in beds with library books
red cheeks, shoulders, noses
lola sleeps under her window
pink blanket
golden hair
we make coffee
staying up late feels best on saturday
making the best day a wee bit longer
heat of the day
June 3, 2011 | Filed Under ordinary | Leave a Comment
hot here, there. we’re going swimming and maybe jam making with friends. today is a day to go to the library and sign up for the summer reading program. today is the day to eat the peas that were picked last night when the sun was hidden by storm clouds that didn’t rain for us after all.
talker of summer
June 1, 2011 | Filed Under ordinary | 1 Comment
are there poems written, anthems sung, to herald the first of june? june, the month of summer in your hands, hot summer pink on noses, shoulders. june, the month of hopes and dreams, the month of brides and beetles, flowers almost ready to pick and tuck behind an ear, inside a jar.
popsicles are new in june. sleeveless dresses. fans. long evenings. dirty feet. dirty fingers. the summer new and sitting tall. oh june, i’m a little taken with you.