Yard, Gardens, Birds and Critters

Lacy-The Baby During Storms By Mary J Williams © It’s storming out The rain is coming down The lightning and thunder Lacy doesn’t like the sound She is up and walking In my bed you see Wakes me up with whining I don’t know where she wants to be I try to act like those storm shirts I pull her into me Put the blanket around her Settle down I plea Nope, that’s not good enough She moves around a lot Until the cover is off Cuddling was for naught What am I supposed to do? The wind is still blowing I don’t hear more thunder The lightning seems to be going I get the dogs up I let them outside The deck is all wet This they can’t abide Back in the house they come I get the bed for Rosebud Head for the computer room Throw it on the floor with a thud Now Lacy is lying beside me She seems comfortable in this room Or maybe it’s that the storms gone And she hasn’t met her doom I just Googled dogs and storms You know what they suggest Little Hemp pills I really should have guessed The cure all now fo...

Leaves In My Yard By Mary J Williams © I just realized The way the wind was blowing A lot of my leaf mulch Blew about and was going To the neighbor’s yard They blow their leaves anyway They don’t like the leaves On the their yard to stay I leave my leaves Mulch is what they are But in these heavy winds They could go far Or maybe just next door To the neighbors they did go They are going to be upset When again they will have to blow Or maybe they went farther Down the hill to the back There they can stay And not cause any flack! I still have lots of leaves They keep my perennials warm In this cold, cold weather And in any snowstorm I went outside to check And boy was I surprised To see how many leaves In my yard, did still abide I didn’t lose any That is for sure I have all the neighbors Of that I can assure I will have plenty of leaves Plants won’t have a care Even the yard will have enough Good for pollinators everywhere The wind is still gently blowing I have an easy way to tell A wi...

The Quiet Woke Me Up By Mary J Williams © Yesterday the wind blew Blowing in the bedroom I even shut that window Before my figurines met their doom When I went to bed I opened the window just a crack Letting air into the room Then I hit the sack You could hear the wind blow Going across the yard Moving the trees and bushes It was gusting really hard It was just before three in the morning I woke up with a start Something was really different It appeared the wind, did depart The quiet woke me up It was so awfully still Funny how I’m sound asleep But missing wind, penetrated the will It was so very quiet No sound of wind was there I got up to check the temperature And see how we did fare From the Sixties during the day It was Twenty-three right then Wind chill was Eighteen Fahrenheit my friend I crawled back into bed No worries about my trees Falling on the house In the mighty breeze I should have paid attention To Lacy laying there She wasn’t concerned at all She didn’t have a care My l...

Dance of the Leaves By Mary J Williams © I stand outside The wind is blowing The leaves are in the air They don’t know where they’re going Some are flying around and around not really knowing where they are bound Some from the South Are blowing to the North And yet some from the West are blowing back and forth Take your blower out Blow the leaves off the yard It doesn't take long It’s not really hard Go inside the house And just sit a spell Look back outside More leaves there will dwell It’s a useless job right now The leaves will just return They like our yards When will we ever learn All the leaves I blew today Are right back there and more Leaves love living Just outside my door Let the leaves blow In the wind, let them play It’s fun to watch them That’s what I say  

How I Feel By Mary J Williams © I was at the store A donut did I see Went to the case Picked some out for me Thought of what’s for supper What do I need to buy Grabbed a bag of carrots Then gave a great big sigh There were some lovely green beans When can I eat those I will have to clean and snap So, they were what I chose Wanted something different To go with the roast beef Hope that’s okay with hubby And he doesn’t give me grief Home, I went with my groceries Planning ahead is hard Think I will take a walk And take pictures of my yard It’s pretty darn windy out Which makes it pretty cold I have my jacket on My camera I will hold Look at the survivors Flowers still in bloom Temps below freezing Dying was not their doom Inside and cooking Gardening feels like this Flowers and fresh air Snapping green beans is bliss Even watching Starlings And the sparrows too Bathing and splashing the water How can winter make me blue Snapdragons Vinca               ...

 While I was watering the other day, around the 10th of August, everywhere I looked it seemed something was going on. A hole in the ground, where I think a chipmunk resides. Then mounds of dirt in my front yard again. The mole was pretty busy. I glanced around and saw all the places Wild Ginger was growing. I don't plant them there, the ants do that. I just wish they wouldn't plant them in sunny areas. Oh, and the hostas now chewed down to nubbins. The deer come up the driveway, or go down it and stop for a treat! Every time I saw a new spot, a poem would form in my mind. When I got in the house and at my computer, the computer wasn't working. I grabbed a pen and paper and started writing. Kind of a condensed poem. One that included most everything. I never did finish it until this morning. Poems In My Head By Mary J Williams © The other day While working outside Started many poems Thoughts I didn’t try One about the piles Of dirt upon the ground Meant the mighty mole Reall...

  What Could it Be? By Mary J Williams © I am watering The plants in front of me When out of the corner of my eye A butterfly I see I see it floating around The wind carrying it too First in one direction Then another it flew I watched it for awhile Then slowly it came down Then before I knew it It dropped onto the ground Not a butterfly I saw But a leaf blowing around That was gently falling With the wind, to the ground It was a peaceful moment I noticed more leaves then Silently they are falling I’m sure I will see them again