Roy has a Word of the Day widget from Free Dictionary on his blog and it included a fantastic image in the usage example for today's word Apiary, second-hand queen. Lovely, innit? And an intriguing subject for a poem.
The weather icons tell me to expect rain for the next few days here in Gardnerville, Nevada. Excellent. We need it. It hasn't rained hard for months and the neighbor's roofs are dotted with bird poop. When I lived in Oregon I came to count on the rain. Spill your coffee on the sidewalk? No problem. Bird poop, vomit, spit. Who cares? The rain will tidy everything up. But not here. Not in the desert. Spit on the sidewalk. Look at it for months. So ... rain, rain come and play / wash the bird poop all away.
41°F Scattered CloudsWind: N at 6 mph Humidity: 40% |
Today
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49° | 33°
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52° | 33°
9 comments:
We need rain too... none here for a long time. sigh.
My weather icons say rain is headed your way. Yipee!
it is a tinkle of rain as we speak but we need a season long dousing, often.
but today, my moody skies. hooray.
:-) No rain here yet but we're still hoping.
So - a second hand queen... Is that because she was setting up an inexpensive apiary - using a "used" queen bee as it were.
Or, has my brain just aged into middle-aged mush?
We had a tinkle of rain here in SF. I love the rain. I wish us all many, many drops in the days to come...
Oh - and you must write a poem about the second hand queen.
Almost sounds like the name of an alternative band.
Hmm.
Wiggy: Yes, second hand queen, it's already a three word poem.
Good luck on the rain. We're still waiting.
Yes, rain. Rain! The mountains cry with thirst, the rivers weep without tears. A dusty summer looms, great brown billows on the horizon. The dog pond will crack, and birds will walk to save energy, from sprinkler head to sprinkler head, hoping.
Yes, the icons have lied. No rain, not yesterday. Not today.
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