I had a cell phone
\nfor about thirty seconds
\nwell actually it was more like
\na couple of months
\nand now
\nit’s
\ngone<\/p>\n
in truth, \u00a0I really did nothing with it
\nexcept avoid learning
\nhow
\nto use it
\nwho has time for these things
\nanyway?
\nI sent one text
\nin all<\/p>\n
and really a phone
\nwho needs these contraptions?
\nall that terror involved
\nin having to create
\na voice mail message!
\nand, what if somebody calls
\nanswering??<\/p>\n
my only plan had been
\nto bombard
\nmy husband
\nwith
\nmessages of Love
\nin case
\nhe should forget
\nand I’ll do that
\nanyway…<\/p>\n
so now, \u00a0the phone
\nbelongs to my son
\nand there
\nwith him
\nit will be useful
\na much
\nhappier home
\nI’m sure<\/p>\n
stepping outside,
\nI feel much freer
\nwithout
\nthose extra 200 grams
\nweighing me
\ndown
\nI’ve got more important
\ncalls to answer
\nanyway …<\/p>\n
Just outside the door, \u00a0Robert awaits, \u00a0my downy woodpecker, she and I are dear friends. \u00a0 Soon enough the yard also fills with the bright and cheery ‘chick-a-dee-dee-dee’, compelling me to sing along. \u00a0As well as the saucy scolding of a grey squirrel who is voicing great concern over something quite upsetting. \u00a0 Coming around the side of the house to see, I spot him greedily gathering peanuts from the feeder and I suppose warning off anyone who dares to move in for a share of his feast. \u00a0“How very bossy you are”, I tell him , and he gives it to me right back. \u00a0“Cheeky”, I say, \u00a0as it was just I who filled that feeder so generously, at the kind request of Mrs. Cardinal who came knocking at my window moments ago.
\nHe keeps me in his icy stare, as he madly nibbles away. \u00a0I decide then to leave him to it, and off I go to check in at the pond.
\nThe sun is only shining a little as the clouds have gathered in. \u00a0With the closing in shade it allows areas of the pond to remain hidden. \u00a0Secrets kept. \u00a0Moving closer, I can now spot the rarely seen ‘golf ball’ fish, that seems to have invaded this peaceful sight. \u00a0Quietly nestled in the bottom, close to the edge. \u00a0Hmph. \u00a0I suppose I will have to speak to someone about having that one removed and returned to his rightful owner.
\nMoving round to the shallow end, I am eager to check on the many strands of toad eggs, laid I fear, a bit too early in still unpredictable spring weather. \u00a0The first planting. \u00a0They appear to be tiny little black lines now, not the little black pearls they once were. \u00a0However, cool nights can’t have been good for them in such delicate states.
\nI squat down, with a soft sigh of sadness, \u00a0no movement, to think of what may have been lost. \u00a0But just then, I see a little squiggle, now two. I am elated at the possibilities and miraculous buoyancy of life! \u00a0‘Never lose hope’, I say!
\nA wander to take in just how fast everything is springing to beauty. \u00a0The violets, the tulips, the quince all early bloomers, and the mighty dandelion. Roar! \u00a0The apple blossoms just starting to peek, primping and perfuming backstage, \u00a0waiting on cue. \u00a0The lilac, plumping their purple pompadours ready to open the show. \u00a0 The delicate bud of my woodland poppy gracefully stretching her neck. \u00a0The trillium stretches her arms, now almost ready to turn her beautiful head. \u00a0The delightful lilly- of the valley starting to gather in numbers. \u00a0Shades of mint, and moss, emeralds and kelly’s dancing around me everywhere. \u00a0 Delicate twinkling wind chimes, and the soft crackles of pine cones under foot. \u00a0The hawk shrieks across the sky, and I gaze up at the clouds, and the bursting forth of the tree tops.
\nAs I slowly feel myself float back down,
\nit is there I spot you,
\nmy little one,
\njust waiting to be noticed.
\nIn your lovely little shell all spiraled in browns and yellows,
\nyou and me
\naren’t we
\na pair
\njust quietly here ..
\nadmiring,
\nwatching,
\nlistening …<\/p>\n
no cell phones… \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2665<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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