The Greyhaired Raggedy Man He was down on one knee staring intently at the lock on my apartment door. This raggedy man, locksmith, who had grilled me on the telephone about my lost keys. I was annoyed and irritated. I came up the stairs each one drew me closer. After I reached the third-floor landing, […]
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Here/ between day and fall of night/ thunder’s tease-no rain. ©Nancilynn Saylor 23 July 2017
They Might Be Giants
That was the name of a favorite movie of mine starring George C. Scott. Well done story about a group of people with mental illness. These are my Elephant Ear Caladiums,Giant Colocasia They also are growing to be giants this year. The plants have been moved to various spots in my yard on three […]
Butterflies
Scattered throughout my yard are vines and plants suitable for feeding visiting butterflies. In some years I have nearly no Passion Vine flowers or Milkweed. This year, I have lots of flowers and seeing butterflies are more rare. As we do not poison our land I suspect the culprits responsible are elsewhere in the […]
First day of Summer
It was already hot this morning when I went to the garden. The high temperature all week is predicted to be in the upper 90s to nearly 100. Factoring in the ever present humidity means I will not be out side very much after the noon hour. A rain shower now would only make […]
Nancilynn is Writing again 