Day: February 7, 2020
A Saturday picking out bonsai trees
Originally posted on Days of Sunshine:
Elise has wanted a bonsai tree for about a year now, ever since we met a man selling bonsai on a trip to Key West. We decided to indulge her today and drove out to Schley’s Bonsai and Supplies in DeLand (about an hour away from us). As it happened, the owner was hosting his Summer Bonsai Festival. We… Continue reading A Saturday picking out bonsai trees
Marshlands
Originally posted on Days of Sunshine:
A thin wet sky, that yellows at the rim,And meets with sun-lost lip the marsh’s brim. The pools low lying, dank with moss and mould,Glint through their mildews like large cups of gold. Among the wild rice in the still lagoon,In monotone the lizard shrills his tune. The wild goose, homing, seeks a sheltering,Where rushes grow, and oozing lichens… Continue reading Marshlands