Summer Begins

Memorial Day weekend is behind me.
Summer vacation is now.
Wondering if I'll have
the energy
to continue my follies
here
as I try to entertain
an only child.

Suddenly 11 weeks
seems
an
eternity.

No dreams to report.
Garden looks good.
Pickin' peas
Pickin' peas
Pickin' peas
Some of the beets
are ready
too.
Still need to plant a few herbs
(the legal variety)
and waiting for a few
pepper seedlings
to get a little bigger
before I introduce them
to the slugs
that ate my
marigolds.

Have an unfinished painting
(or two)
staring me down
like it's alive
and screaming, "Give me LIFE!"

I'm content in simply
being.