~ Homemade hamburger buns. 
My mom made the best. 
I wish I had lessons from her.
Do you see the baby’s breath and greenery in the pitcher? 
They are lovely remnants of my Mother’s Day bouquet;
I’m eager to use the pitcher as a pitcher!

~ Pansies.  They grow where other plants die.
This box at the foot of our driveway lives
under our neighbor’s pine tree.
My SIL Val laughs that every space needs a ‘little splash of yellow.’

~After years of waiting, the hostas have filled in the north side of the house.

~ My girlfriend’s 12 year old son, whose last day of school was last Friday.
He showed up on my doorstep and said,
“I have a critical, desperately important question. 
Do you have any books on ancient history,
particularly on the Romans?”
I gave him Genevieve Foster’s Augustus Caesar’s World.
He’s also reading through my collection of Oxford
and Cambridge edition Shakespeare plays.

~ A new poet: Edward Taylor.  Come back tomorrow for a taste!