Jack J Juice Box has had a long tiring week.
It’s hard work
keeping all the squirrels on their toes
making sure all the ups drivers know that he knows they’re leaving an important package
greeting all the mail carriers from the front window
staying up to date on all the neighborhood happenings
It’s hard work
But, Jack makes it look easy
Sweet dreams Jack…you’ve earned them…
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Ellie894 October 25, 2024
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Ellie894 October 24, 2024
No matter the season,
no matter the day
make time to loaf.
It’s good for your spirit
so find a way.
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Ellie894 October 23, 2024
Tuesday for toads,
Over the ground they hop hop hop
Only on occasion do they stop.
Perhaps that is a little like me…
Tuesday for turtles,
Along the log they line up to bask in the sweet sunshine
For ever so long and long of a time.
Perhaps I should be still like thee…
Tuesday for trees,
Who reach tall and tall to touch the sky
And dwell in the blue of the by and by,
And never but never ask why and why…
Perhaps I’ll shh now, and simply be…
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Ellie894 October 22, 2024
Mornings are chilly now.
I wrap my long sweater close about me and open the door to the remains of the night.
The moon is quite bright and casts her soft beams through the drying leaves of the woodland trees.
One by one the dogs rush out bouncing off the deck boards and into their own wilderness.
A few gallops and they disappear to me, engulfed by the darkness.
I can only guess where they are from the rustling.
A sound up high catches my attention…was that a…??
I hold my breath and wait.
There it is again!
Owl is calling….Great Horned Owl…
Mysterious and mighty, his majestic Halloooo hypnotizes me…
Time lapses slowly but I cannot bring myself to go inside lest I miss the next and the one thereafter.
Which tree he is in, on which branch does he reign and to whom does he talk.
Seconds that feel like minutes tick by between his treasured notes, until they come no more.
Yet,
He is up there somewhere, silent and still, closing his weary eyes to rest…
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Ellie894 October 21, 2024
I planted one small seed in September.
It’s very late in the season to be planting moonflowers.
But, I did it anyway.
I watered and waited.
The days have continued to be summertime hot and the seed sprouted in no time at all!
It didn’t take many days for her to begin to climb the fence that I placed her next to.
Up and up she twirled and twined, as gently as any dancer could.
Buds magically appeared here and there along her delicate vine.
And, when the moon came full in the night sky…so, did she…with her soft petals and sweet scent.
In her center she has a pale green star that radiates all the way to her ruffled edges.
In September, I was afraid it might be too late to plant a summertime seed.
But, I tried anyway.
And, now there is a moonflower that opens each night as gracefully as a star in the vast Milky Way…
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Ellie894 October 20, 2024
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Ellie894 October 19, 2024
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Ellie894 October 18, 2024
It’s a Bat!
No! It’s a Cat!
Crazy Caterpillars Batman!
It’s a CatBat!
Hey, Batta Batta Catta!
Fly Catta Catta Batta!
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Ellie894 October 17, 2024
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Ellie894 October 16, 2024
all my heart sees 