Making It Up As I Go Along #505

Trees Grew In My Living Room

Trees grew in my living room

Before the room was here

With squirrels scurring up the stairs

When branches filled this air.

Songbirds perched in my bedroom

They nested in the hall

But that was before my house was here

And no people could hear their call.

My garage it was a mossy pool

Where frogs would splash and play

With Garter snakes on the shore

Sunning themselves all day.

A moose ambled through my kitchen

A pause to nibble tree

But now the sound of microwave

Would surly make it flee.

Nature lovers walked my space

They wore a path to take

Until bulldozers came along

And my own house did make.

And to the woods I now venture

It lays across the street

And I watch the growing trees

And many squirrels I meet.

The songbirds perch above my head

They look down protecting nest

So I pass by so quietly

Not wanting to disturb chick’s rest.

I pause at the flooded pools

I watch the frogs splash down

And when the snake feels my steps

It slithers away upon the ground.

The moose so big it is too smart

Only tracks are left to see

In cleared cut land just over there

Where another kitchen soon will be.

WEDNESDAY…

--- Day shift.  Fairly slow most of the day… picks up after 3:00.

--- Gas on the way home… Survivor on TV… and a bit of hockey.

THURSDAY…

--- Days again.  Fairly regular day.

--- A couple of BBQ burgers for supper and some TV in the evening.  Some hockey… baseball… and a movie.

FRIDAY…

--- Nights.  Pretty normal one.

SATURDAY…

--- Another night.  Walk before work… Chinese food for supper at work.

SUNDAY…

--- Up around noon… an hour walk on a great sunny day.  Some TV and laundry after that.

MONDAY…

--- Busy day.  Lunch with Karl… groceries… physio… softball.  First ball game in over a year… and first outdoor game in more like 18 months.  We win… I hit ok… field iffy… and pitch one inning badly.  But still happy enough to be on the field again.

TUESDAY…

--- Raining.  Still go for a woods walk for more than an hour.  Big rubber boots and rain jacket make it a splish splash type of venture.