About green, for Alan, something I wrote a few years ago:
Always always there are many more greens than we think -- I discovered that when I first lived here, the summer I bought the land, before I built. And my only table was in the middle of the grove, about where I'm sitting now. Not only so much green, but so many subtle shades and tints and hues. Today was that experience squared. Pale pale greens, pink-greens, blue-greens, butter greens. Gloss greens, suede greens, sandy greens, sharp greens, blatant greens, subtle greens, hard greens, soft greens, singing greens, screaming greens, and on-and-on greens. . . . The soft folds of mountains in velvet greens, the rocks in calico greens, the river in sparkling silver green, different even in sun and shade. The mosses, stark and sweet, bitter and sharp. Even salty green.
Wow, it's a banner day on the blog for description! Thank you for sharing this, puddle. I especially love "butter greens…blatant greens…singing greens…sparkling silver green. Yes. Yes.
Murphy's Law is still in effect. Today, on the hottest day we've had so far, the air conditioner broke. Sigh. I had a really bad case of heat exhaustion in my mid-20's and cannot tolerate heat at all. So we're getting it replaced tomorrow afternoon and paying overtime. We never had AC when I was a kid and somehow we survived it. Though now I don't know how. I can still remember turning the pillow over hoping to find a cool spot, sleeping under a sheet that was still too hot but getting chilled from sweat if I flung it off.
That photo is wonderful, listener. I can imagine sitting just there, watching the shadows shift and hearing the birds sing. Peaceful.
I agree about heat and how one tries to sleep. I still don't have A/C and still turn my pillow over and over, and find that to still be true about the sheet. You expressed it spot on!
The scene in the photo is from a little quiet place at the Shelburne Museum, between the Circus Train & Carousel and the really big Paddlewheeler boat. :-)
Howard's first this hot, green day.
ReplyDeleteAbout green, for Alan, something I wrote a few years ago:
Always always there are many more greens than we think -- I discovered that when I first lived here, the summer I bought the land, before I built. And my only table was in the middle of the grove, about where I'm sitting now. Not only so much green, but so many subtle shades and tints and hues. Today was that experience squared. Pale pale greens, pink-greens, blue-greens, butter greens. Gloss greens, suede greens, sandy greens, sharp greens, blatant greens, subtle greens, hard greens, soft greens, singing greens, screaming greens, and on-and-on greens. . . . The soft folds of mountains in velvet greens, the rocks in calico greens, the river in sparkling silver green, different even in sun and shade. The mosses, stark and sweet, bitter and sharp. Even salty green.
Wow, it's a banner day on the blog for description! Thank you for sharing this, puddle. I especially love "butter greens…blatant greens…singing greens…sparkling silver green. Yes. Yes.
DeleteMurphy's Law is still in effect. Today, on the hottest day we've had so far, the air conditioner broke. Sigh. I had a really bad case of heat exhaustion in my mid-20's and cannot tolerate heat at all. So we're getting it replaced tomorrow afternoon and paying overtime. We never had AC when I was a kid and somehow we survived it. Though now I don't know how. I can still remember turning the pillow over hoping to find a cool spot, sleeping under a sheet that was still too hot but getting chilled from sweat if I flung it off.
ReplyDeleteThat photo is wonderful, listener. I can imagine sitting just there, watching the shadows shift and hearing the birds sing. Peaceful.
I agree about heat and how one tries to sleep. I still don't have A/C and still turn my pillow over and over, and find that to still be true about the sheet. You expressed it spot on!
DeleteThe scene in the photo is from a little quiet place at the Shelburne Museum, between the Circus Train & Carousel and the really big Paddlewheeler boat. :-)