paid my taxes at Town Office in Hancock
took all the paperwork to Ellsworth
to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles
#34 in line – they are pretty efficient
I take time to sketch
some patrons ahead of me
a whirlwind of paperwork – title, registration
and driver’s license – Lisa handles it
magisterially
new license plate
“36 VP” with
a pine cone and a chickadee
sunday in vacation land
where I live
first night on new mattress
restless, overheated
morning rain heavy at times
Sam cleans the gutters
pancakes for breakfast
orzo salad for lunch
shopping for sundries
rebuy what we already have?
try to hike from the
garden back home – failed
family dinner tonight
eggplant parmesan
Jeff’s photo essay of a
moroccan wedding journey
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Hancock Community Garden workday
task: replace the back fence
remove old fencing encrusted with plants
eliminate sod, stubborn clumps
grasses shrubs miles of roots
install new chicken wire fencing
screwed to the cornerposts
staked to the ground
secured to fenceposts with twisties
cover edges with cardboard and wood chips
hope to foil the critters
hard work
wobbly wheelbarrow
fine company
fog layer this morning
early visit to Flex It
to get online
Sam’s coming today
with goodies — frozen foods
boxes raspberries
chocolate
he ordered a new mattress
an electric fence device
a tidal clock
my energy shifts, off retreat
single indulgences over
life as a couple resumes
we put together the futon
welcomed Sam Home
made pasta with summer sauce
left work just in time
to see this rainbow
over the airport
in bar harbor
stopped along the road
with lots of other people
everybody taking photos
tried a panorama
Facebook posted it
with interactive capabilities
different on computer
versus phone
what I really wanted
was to enjoy the contrast
neat arch on left
diffuse light on the right related
sightings – pair of bald eagles
soaring high identified
by their white heads and tails
silhouetted osprey
at the nest at sunset
wings dark angles flashing
last night in the parking lot
in Ellsworth talking on the phone
to my left, a long dark wingspan
barely visible flies low across the
road into the distant woods
must have been an owl
spending time trying to learn GREEN
reading the handprint page on mixing green
green is mixed from three colors
yellow, blue, and red
it gets a lot more complicated
the pdf is 26 pages long
taking notes on pigment codes
what I have and what I need
aureolin yellow is not recommended
nor rose madder genuine
greens in nature
are desaturated
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handprint – mixing green
jane blundell – daniel smith essentials set