THIRTY DAY CHALLENGE--Day Sixteen

A photo a day for thirty days.

New feet within my garden go,

New fingers stir the sod;

A troubadour upon the elm

Betrays the solitude. 

New children play upon the green,

New weary sleep below;

And still the pensive spring returns,

And still the punctual snow!

Emily Dickinson

THIRTY DAY CHALLENGE--Day Fifteen

A photo a day for thirty days.

The spring rain left a lot of nice puddles.  

This killdeer is fluffing up and preparing to take a bath.

More fluffing and flapping of feathers.  Nice fresh water, not much breeze.  

Why the procrastination?

"This is April.  That water's gonna be freekin' COLD!"

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Mother, may I go and swim?

Yes, my darling daughter.

Hang your clothes on yonder limb,

But don't go near the water.

THIRTY DAY CHALLENGE--Day Fourteen

A photo a day for 30 days

April Rain Song

Langston Hughes

 Let the rain kiss you

Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops
Let the rain sing you a lullaby
The rain makes still pools on the sidewalk
The rain makes running pools in the gutter
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night
And I love the rain.

Waiting At The Window

A. A. Milne

 These are my two drops of rain

Waiting on the window-pane.

I am waiting here to see
Which the winning one will be.

Both of them have different names.
One is John and one is James.

All the best and all the worst
Comes from which of them is first.

James has just begun to ooze.
He's the one I want to lose.

John is waiting to begin.
He's the one I want to win.

James is going slowly on.
Something sort of sticks to John.

John is moving off at last.
James is going pretty fast.

John is rushing down the pane.
James is going slow again.

James has met a sort of smear.
John is getting very near.

Is he going fast enough?
(James has found a piece of fluff.)

John has quickly hurried by.
(James was talking to a fly.)

John is there, and John has won!
Look! I told you! Here's the sun!