Summer Shadows

Woke up this morning to a cool 68 degree clear blue sky day. Summer is officially over in the desert. 
I have a thing for shadows. Big or small, on concrete, wood, snow or water...

Reflection (a palindromic poem)

Still waters, deep, 

surface like glass reflecting green above; 

and below are trees, sky, 

shadows, leaves, sunlight, 

moving and motionless.

Here silent images shimmer now, 

and - air breathing suddenly - break.

Unbidden feelings confuse

reality and fantasy.

Which is which? 

Fantasy and reality confuse; 

feelings unbidden break, suddenly breathing air; 

and now shimmer images, 

silent here, motionless

and moving....

(sunlight leaves shadows) .

Sky, trees are

below - and above -

green, reflecting, glass-like surface.

Deep waters, still. 

Paul Hansford

I say goodbye to summer shadows...

Puddles everywhere...

This is what we have seen in our sky the past two days:

These led to these:

Which led to today, a day of this:

Yes, it is Monsoon Season here until the end of September

A perfect day to do this:

Also a good day to make a little video showing the first one I made from inspiration in this online class:

REMAINS OF THE DAY

Rewinding, Recycling and Rebounding...

The WSOP is over, all the out of town guests back home and although it is still in the 100's here I can feel fall right around the corner - maybe it is the change in the light. 

Today is my birthday - a big one - I am now officially enrolled in Medicare. For the week leading up to today I have spent in my art cubicle reflecting and making A Remains of the Day Journal because somehow it just seemed fitting even though there are a zillion things I want to do. I like the words Remains of the Day, Recycled, Re-purposed and Rebound. It fits, somehow it just fits me right now.

I am feeling the Circle of Life and grateful for mine...