Below Three horses roam their pasture Luna, alpha beauty, From Tehachapi Feral, untamed Wild as October wind Now gentled And loves her ears scratched. Gypsy, rescued from Canada, Once tethered in a stall Kept pregnant Her urine used for prednisone Tall, gentle giant With an appetite for anything edible. Sage, a BLM mustang, Branded so she’d never be sold for meat Found her forever home And plans to never leave. Three mares Rescued, content Now enjoying Ramona’s fresh air.
Jasmine clawing its way up the awning Lattice showing the way in the twists And turns, edging the top of a lemon tree Producing fruit the size of softballs Only to be stuck with the spines protruding from its branches as I think of cleaning the branches and trimming jasmine with the milky juices oozing from the stems sticking to my fingers and staining my shirt Reminds me of the hummingbird I once visited with the hose running from the mouth as my thumb squirted a stream of water making a fountain for the bird to bathe on its chest as the wings dodged in and out of the shower
Thanks, Rick. This mobile home Park used to be a walnut Grove. I am sure the crows have hovered a long time. If only they could tell tails. I often think they're talking about Goins on here.
When we moved here I could reach up and touch the lowest branches of this tree. It was on the other side of the fence then, but the fence rotted and we rebuilt it closer to the street Giving us a tree.
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ReplyDeleteThree horses roam their pasture
Luna, alpha beauty,
From Tehachapi
Feral, untamed
Wild as October wind
Now gentled
And loves her ears scratched.
Gypsy, rescued from Canada,
Once tethered in a stall
Kept pregnant
Her urine used for prednisone
Tall, gentle giant
With an appetite for anything edible.
Sage, a BLM mustang,
Branded so she’d never be sold for meat
Found her forever home
And plans to never leave.
Three mares
Rescued, content
Now enjoying Ramona’s fresh air.
Rick Stepp-Bolling
love it
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DeleteSoothing, and life affirming, thank you
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dog walkers
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hi neighbor
Love it man!
DeleteOutside the front door
ReplyDeleteJasmine clawing its way up the awning
Lattice showing the way in the twists
And turns, edging the top of a lemon tree
Producing fruit the size of softballs
Only to be stuck with the spines protruding
from its branches as I think of cleaning the
branches and trimming jasmine with the milky
juices oozing from the stems sticking to my
fingers and staining my shirt
Reminds me of the hummingbird I once
visited with the hose running from
the mouth as my thumb squirted a stream
of water making a fountain for the bird
to bathe on its chest as the wings
dodged in and out of the shower
Love the image of the hummingbird flying through the water spray!
DeleteNeighbors come and go~~
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But the
Crows remain
But the crows remain . . . great line!
DeleteThanks, Rick. This mobile home Park used to be a walnut Grove. I am sure the crows have hovered a long time. If only they could tell tails.
DeleteI often think they're talking about Goins on here.
When we moved here I could reach up and touch the lowest branches of this tree.
ReplyDeleteIt was on the other side of the fence then, but the fence rotted and we rebuilt it closer to the street
Giving us a tree.
Giving us tree . . . really nice!
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