Indian Summer

Writer's desk

A clean desk

is no good omen.

Give me piles of notes

memos about preventing ants

Red sunrise 

Vane points hurricane

Barometric pressure between 

send in the fifty third Squadron

Hot Autumn nights 

Cautantowit caught off guard

Smoky destruction ahead

spells the fortune cookie.

Orange Red  Sunrise photo by Caroline Gerardo

Indian Summer by Jozef Clemonski 1875

Notes:

Yes I know it is so not politically correct to even say "Indian Summer." I'm part native and find no

offense in sports teams using the image. Lawsuits in general only benefit attorneys. 

Kautantowwit or Cautantowit is the Algonquin god from the southwest... 

Temperature here climbed back up. I long for cool evening walks. I can't wait to wear wool. My sweet gum is already turning, she is confused. When can I set a Fall hearth? Is it dry and hot where you live?  

Grave in The Rose Garden

Another Grave in the Garden

Hurricane failed to rain?

Leaving passion's steamy heat

whisper then whistle under the covers

like a smoke detector battery gone bad.

Broken on my doorstep

 there's a symbol on the knocker: 

welcome hearts lost in darkness.

If I patch your wings, 

if  I calm your despair,

give me pardon.

Your songs bereft and sad,

make healing grow.

Remember moments when the wind

whips up the canyon lifting chamomile seeds

she's making tea to ease your pain.

Tonight begin a life under the rose garden.

The sun blazes down across the sea.

You came home to me.

Photo of tiny bird on my doorstep this morning.

Flycatcher Fidalgo he was a character in my current

novel in progress. Unknown what happened to him.

 I have a southwestern willow flycatcher pair that

lives in the canyon below me and nests near my fountains. 

They are endangered and don't belong here.

 I wish I knew the cause of death...

This guy is buried under this porcelain plate below the

rose cultivar climber Blair Annabella, my patent 1992 named after daughter.

The rose is hearty. Flowers start pink then the petals blush to cream before they fall.

Hurricane Odile hasn't brought a drop of rain here. 

Are you living somewhere with drought?

 Let me know how you deal with it.

Thousand Steps Beach

Surf waves at thousand steps beach

Sharing my morning walk. Come rest your toes. 

We just climbed thousand steps beach stairs three times.

Star Gazing

meteor

Wanderlust 

star gazing though

I'm no astronomer.

Eyes are meteor tired this morning 

Sticking to my goals, worked late at the office,

ate healthy, edited twenty pages, hiked to the

canyon to see the Perseids shower alone.

How can I say alone when a crowd reached to see?

Strangers whispering and waiting for the sky to open,

sharing a moment with the ancients who sought answers.

Did the Greeks see the same gods as the Shosone?

Firmament reflecting earth, she delivered a 

few omens for us. A child spotted the most.

I'm sending you stars to light your way.

You know what bad habit to drop, execute the 

difficult chore first, don't waste morning on emails.

Get close to your dream right now.

I hand you the wishing star my friend.

antique star sky map poem

northern sky

Perseids Meteor Shower

This post was 2014 this year 2016 I experienced three shooting stars and a cluster of meteor storm right after 3:00 AM August 11, 2016. set your alarm if you live away from city lights or fog the shower can be seen with your eyes - no equipment needed

Here's a link to check when the moon falls or goes down allowing a darker sky to see the stars - enter your local city read the time it rises and add 12 

http://www.timeanddate.com/astronomy/

Piero di Cosimo "Perseus"

Perseids Meteor Shower tonight-
Find a refuge away from city lights.
I'll be in Modjeska Canyon
facing due north.
Aries sits on the right of Perseus.
Perseus runs across in the sky.
Catch flaming comets falling -
sparklers from past 4th of July.
Did it burn your bare feet?
I wish upon the stars that
you won't have clouds and
the super moon don't meet.

Caroline Gerardo

My diagram to see the Meteor shower tonight at midnight for my children