weekend list

oh, weekend,

let me tell you what i love about thee:

my sweetheart in her muck boots

 hauling fresh bark mulch

with garden tools worn smooth from use

in the trusty old wheelbarrow that has carried

the weight of so many years.

oh how i love

to look all around and see 

the endless possibilities

of what we can create

with soil, sun,

water, and seed.

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life just doesn't get any better

than this...

(especially with this face

looking up at me)

old man tucker

our gardening helper, who digs with glee

through our gigantic pile of compost and soil mix.

he loosens and aerates it

and sometimes if i aim the wheelbarrow right beneath him

i can catch it and save myself some shoveling.

my sweet old survivor boy...

i didn't think i'd get another summer with him,

and yet here it is!

full of more chances to roll and scratch

and dig and fetch and

swim and

lie in the mud and

have belly rubs

and

kisses and love.

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oh weekend,

thank you.