Web in Front

So
When you find yourself converging at a monument on Elgin
Under threatening skies (of varying pending kinds)
Convening with kindred souls
Spirits
Comrades
And embark on a journey
Pathway
Route march
That winds its way through major thoroughfares
Intersections
And Market ways
Buoyed by honks of solidarity
Comforting to know that along for the ride
Is one wee spider anchored on to the sign you're holding
'Activism is not a crime'
Block upon block upon block
Wee achranid hangs on
Deposited gently just before Sussex
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One of the best fortunes of all time (so far):
'Never wear your best pants when you go to fight for freedom'
But always bring your best totem friends when you go to fight for freedom

May days checklist

Dustings of yellow pollen on Quelo
Watermelon radish
Siberian kale
Red chard all sprouting
Squirrel ravaging the bird feeder
Forest fires
Heat waves
News of floods
Palm blister from dandelion herding
39 robins and counting
Welcome news in the mail
May days
May days
May days

Trash talkin

unexpected items in the alley by bins including:
school supplies such as binders
various foodstuffs increasingly gnawed at
bags bags and boxes
discarded paint cans
potty training seat

also unexpected but appreciated
the kindness of the collectors
'no problem...it happens all the time...we'll take care to it'
and they did

back to long grasses
wild rose bush
alley cattin

Check check

inventory
soiled stripes and polka dots
plants that need planting
seedlings that need watering
days of heat that reach out for cooling rain
quack grass that needs quieting
spanish lavender in translation
a way around the sea holly
and oregano
and the odd lily
lady bugs
worms
wisps wasps and palm blisters
all in a day's shifting

Uberville

wrestling with the impressive crop of dandelions this afternoon
greeted by a wee bug both familiar and new to me
the shape of a ladybug or ladybird depending on where you land
but cream coloured a little like caramel with a touch of bronze
it landed and stayed on my arm as I set to work unearthing our yellow blossom friends
hours later...inside alongside the kavalier...wee bug reappeared scaling the wall
promptly escorted outside into the waiting bounty of mugo sheltered begonia
possibly invasive but beautifully so

Crimson wings

a little red bird went on a journey
across plains mountains valleys
and landed on an island
a vista not far from the sea
and on the island the little red bird found sanctuary in a garden
with irises, lilies and greenery
and so the little red bird decided to stay
to feather her nest and nuzzle in
to the garden near the waves

Tucking in

the smell of salt
and soap
the brush of an air dried towel
boughs lilting upward
a panorama drive by
the sum of little things
adding up
rendering and remembering
that all in hand is not possibly everything
but that maybe all things are possible

against a may evening dusk light
yes
unfold the lilacs
yes
bring blossoms into being
and yes
all things are possible