May. 21st, 2016
Saturday Yardening
May. 21st, 2016 07:55 pmFirst round: cut grass around goddess garden.
Second round: cut brush to clear mow paths in forest garden.
Third round: cut brush to clear mow paths in prairie garden.
There is some spring bulb blooming tiny pink flowers in the wildflower garden. There are what look like iris buds coming up at the edge of the patio where I certainly never planted iris but the leaves look different. We'll see how those bloom out.
Today I saw the cardinals courting. The male would take a sunflower seed from the feeder, shell it, and then fly down to feed it to the female. Kissing birds are adorable. <3
Second round: cut brush to clear mow paths in forest garden.
Third round: cut brush to clear mow paths in prairie garden.
There is some spring bulb blooming tiny pink flowers in the wildflower garden. There are what look like iris buds coming up at the edge of the patio where I certainly never planted iris but the leaves look different. We'll see how those bloom out.
Today I saw the cardinals courting. The male would take a sunflower seed from the feeder, shell it, and then fly down to feed it to the female. Kissing birds are adorable. <3
Poem: "Whose Lives Are Quite Different"
May. 21st, 2016 09:57 pmThis poem came out of the February 2016 ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
alexseanchai. It also fills the "missing paperwork" square in my 11-3-15 card for the Disaster Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by lilliane and LJ user Ng_moonmoth. It belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.
Warning: This poem includes some challenging content. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. Shiv is struggling with some unfamiliar social dynamics, Dr. G talks him into a reading exercise, and that requires measuring Shiv's current reading level. Which is crap. A great deal of emotional angst and test-taking panic ensues. If you're sensitive about school/reading/testing issues, be careful with this one. Present environment actually is supportive but Shiv is so messed up that he can't really feel that. He does get through it, though, enough to meet the goals. If these are touchy topics for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward. It's a major plot point, though, so it'll leave a gap if you skip it.
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crowdfunding Creative Jam. It was inspired by a prompt from alexseanchai. It also fills the "missing paperwork" square in my 11-3-15 card for the Disaster Bingo fest. This poem has been sponsored by lilliane and LJ user Ng_moonmoth. It belongs to the Shiv thread of the Polychrome Heroics series.Warning: This poem includes some challenging content. Highlight to read the warnings, some of which are spoilers. Shiv is struggling with some unfamiliar social dynamics, Dr. G talks him into a reading exercise, and that requires measuring Shiv's current reading level. Which is crap. A great deal of emotional angst and test-taking panic ensues. If you're sensitive about school/reading/testing issues, be careful with this one. Present environment actually is supportive but Shiv is so messed up that he can't really feel that. He does get through it, though, enough to meet the goals. If these are touchy topics for you, please consider your tastes and headspace before reading onward. It's a major plot point, though, so it'll leave a gap if you skip it.
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