Past, Present, and Pondering
Rinsed clean and refreshed by gentle nighttime showers. Breathe in deeply as breezes blow the freshly cleaned air of a new summer sky.
Giant cotton ball clouds move rapidly by as a gleaming white headed bald eagle on blue canvas sky glides with currents of wind, circling, watching and waiting.
Refreshed.
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Rose scented winds lift wings of swirling gulls, crying out their pleasure at the quickly changing currents. Mounds of colorful rose hips hang heavily, rippling in the gusts.
Strong, cool breezes push against smokey clouds as skies clear slightly to reveal long hidden islands and mountains surrounding the churning bay. Crashing gray green waves rolling toward the shoreline to be buffeted against the jetty.
Wind and waves bring cool freshness after so many hazy smoke-filled days.
Long graveled shady path meanders alongside a thin lazy creek toward the bay. Piles of pine cones and falling leaves line the edge of the path. A stand of ancient peeling birch reveals the bark beneath their stretched white covering. 
Ducks and geese take respite in the muddy shoreline of the calm inlet. Rising tide tossing seaweed over sticks and stones and seashells. 
A seagull cacophony calls out to say the blazing red sun is nearing its dip into molten waters.
Hummingbirds race in tandem to wake the world with their constant chatter. Feathered green bellies blending with the peony and oak and raspberry leaves as they come and go, back and forth, splashing color on shades of gray.
Heavy smoke-filled clouds veil the brilliance of summer skies for another day. Dark slate waters reflect multitude shades of gray skies. Barely visible Whale shaped islands outlined in dream-like vapor obscured on the horizon. Graceful gray gulls glide on the windy currents above crying out their dismay at every gust and twist.
Sun rises to another day hidden in smokey clouds. The heavy moist morning dew cools the dry brittle grass and blankets the fragrant sweet peas and brilliant hydrangeas. Stillness and peaceful silence as nature takes a deep breath before starting another hot summer day.
Birds begin their chorale with little warm up chirps and trills and warbles. A lone gull heads toward the bay, silently flapping past the zipping hummingbird, over treetops and houses where windows begin to close after a refreshing respite from the heat has cooled the kitchens. Coffee boils as stoves are lighted for breakfast and sinks begin to fill with soapy water
Sun weary flowers and grass refreshed by a cool morning breeze. Remnants of dried leaves and overgrown daisies lay in a colorful pile creating a mosaic of green, brown, and yellow. Smokey skies slightly clearing to show a tinge of blue behind the thick grey layer of marine air mixed with drifting remnants of distant forest fires.
Honeybees fill their bellies with sweet lavender nectar and an enormous fat bumblebee and a chirping hummingbird joins their honey making party.
Pink, purple, red, yellow, bright blue and pale blue rainbow of flowers fill the garden. 
A large flock of Canada geese disappearing into the haze. Thick gray smoke– blanketing the islands, bay, and sky, filtering the blistering sun–everything appears in shadow.
Ornate bright red and orange and yellow and green rose hips hang in heavy clusters. Hot pink rose petals filled with yellow bursts enticing fat black bumbling bees to stop and sip the sweetest nectar.
A cooling breeze off the water offers a moment of relief from the sultry heaviness of summer.
Morning
Sapphire dragon flies join the dance of the hummingbirds quickly turning and twirling and kissing the flowers.
Intoxicating sweet lavender and crocosmia nectar on their tongues allows an uninhibited show of delightful flight.
Hovering overhead in a call for attention to their impassioned dance through the trees and flowers and into the clear blue abyss of morning.
Evening
Frenetic honeybees race from bud to bud as half moon rises high in the endless summer sky.
Streaks of golden sunset clouds run parallel with the horizon.
The heat of July’s farewell tribute subsides into a still coolness providing relief from the coming heatwave of August.
The hummingbirds put on their final act of the day scolding one another for taking center stage as one then two then three chase each other into the end of another beautiful day.
Pristine mountaintops covered in brightest white reflecting perfectly in a deep blue lake.
Emerald and jade forests surrounding crystal clear veins of glacial waterfalls. Hovering bees and tiny birds enjoy the view over the maze of trails.
A dusty road leads to a high precipice. Still deep pure glacier water hesitates slightly, pausing before becoming torrential rushing waters crashing far below on its constant pull toward the sea.
Glowing golden halo highlights a perfect crescent moon hovering above sparkling Venus. Barely visible wisps of cloud streak lightly across the twilight sky. Still, cool, lightly breezy last breath of another summer day.
