thought for a friday

Be who you are and say what you feel,
because those who mind don't matter,
and those who matter don't mind."
~ Dr. Seuss ~




Now it's time to get back to
work.

Quote from the Knitting Companion

"No man has received from
nature the right to give orders
to others.
Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual
of the same species has the
right to enjoy it as soon as he is
in enjoyment of his reason."
(Denis Diderot)

apparently time marches on

So I've managed to develop a nasty eye infection.
(don't worry, I am staying home & not spreading germs).
It seems that time indeed,
does march on, even though you are
spending all your time asleep.
Calendar pages did not turn themselves
today. However, it has become June
in spite of my interpretation of Rip van winkle.
The Knitting Companion was a very
good sport today ~ and slept close by.


Happy June.

poetry for the Last day of May

Picasso

Picasso
you give us things
which
bulge:grunting lungs pumped full of sharp thick mind

you make us shrill
presents always
shut in the sumptuous screech of
simplicity

(out of the
black unbunged
Something gushes vaguely a squeak of planes
or

between squeals of
Nothing grabbed with circular shrieking tightness
solid screams whispers.)
Lumberman of the Distinct

your brain's
axe only chops hugest inherent
Trees of Ego,from
whose living and biggest

bodies lopped
of every
prettiness

you hew form truly

from XLI Poems (1925)

ee cummings

End of May

The ferns are
growing by the moment in the garden ....

What a hot day today here in Montreal.
with the humidity factor, it's 33 degrees
here in the city.

in his Garden

Here he is, the Knitting Companion
in his garden.

Updates from the Companion's garden

As i write this, the
Knitting Companion is having
a little snooze beside me.

Here is a litle garden update.

the lilac bushes looked like this for a short time:


and now, in the lower right hand corner, you can see that they're
finished blooming.



The forget -me-nots
are providing a lush show of tiny little
blue flowers.



The peonies will be in flower soon.

from the garden ...

Two weeks ago, this was view
of the Bleeding hearts in the garden ...




and here they are now ...

an abundance of delicate pink and white blossoms

One of my favourites, by e.e.cummings

who knows if the moon's

who knows if the moon's
a baloon,coming out of a keen city
in the sky--filled with pretty people?
(and if you and i should

get into it,if they
should take me and take you into their baloon,
why then
we'd go up higher with all the pretty people

than houses and steeples and clouds:
go sailing
away and away sailing into a keen
city which nobody's ever visited,where

always
it's
Spring)and everyone's
in love and flowers pick themselves





(1925)
e.e. cummings

Packing and unpacking

This view, above,
is how the Knitting Companion
helped me unpack my suitcase.
He doesn't
like to miss out on whatever is going on.
Time for some coffee now. ...

It's hot enough today to want ice cream for supper.
Lots of calcium: what could be bad about that ?

Photos & Thanks

Thank you to everyone for all of your comments.
"Pomes All Sizes" is one of my favourite books,
I'm glad to hear it's on someone else's reading
table these days as well.
I've been a fan of e.e. cummings for years.
"who knows if the moon's
is one of my favourite cumming's poems.


Black and white companion boys:
are truly brothers from the same litter.
Their mom was black & their dad was white.
Here are some overdue
photos from last week's visit
from the Knitting Companion's
brother....



He is a very cuddly boy.
You can click on the photos if
you'd like to see them larger.

Monday

Glad to be
back home from Chicago. i attended a conference,
it was terrific. The city was busy, hot and lively.

Coming home, the Knitting Companion and i have
found the garden to be exponentially more lush
than only a week ago. All that rain certainly has
had a big effect. On top of that, today it's very hot.
Certainly quite a change from the weather of the past
few weeks.

To illustrate,
below is a view of the Knitting Companion
in the garden from just two weeks ago:
May 12.





And here is is today,
May 29th.

Past Life Analysis

Past Life Analysis: check out yours!

My friend Sara found this very fun website.
have a look and see what you come up with.