Sunday, June 14, 2026, 64.2* F, 85% RH, 0804
Looking up, the sky seems between pale gray and slate blue but a camera reveals clouds with light shining through. On a wispy breeze, samara seeds compete with the fluff of goldenrod traveling to unknown places. Birds sing: Gray Catbird, American Robin, White-throated Sparrow, American Crow, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Eastern Phoebe, Red-eyed Vireo, Song Sparrow, Common Yellowthroat, Magnolia Warbler, Northern Waterthrush, Ovenbird.
Bread wheat spikes ripen among boulders. A fern emerges from measured, cut, stacked firewood. Reed grass fills once perpetually wet places. Sweet William, Wall Flowers, Fleabane, Willowherb, Red Sorrel, Chamomile in a hidden garden.
Blessings of morning: the sound of music, a wild garden, coffee.
Photo: LJ Austin
