#countryliving
Baths outside —
It's a country thing...
After a hard day’s work
of rounding cattle, shovelling steamy ****
hoeing weeds, woe, fixing fences fast fit
and grounding the grass, you’ll mantle it;
the horses and red-hot stamp them with bit...
You may break for brunch,
coffee (necessity!) and a bite to eat,
But then it’s back on your feet.
For more jobs to greet...
When the singe-worthy sun starts setting,
slipping behind the slopes, staged in the set background,
as on 'McLeod's Daughters' and ‘Yellowstone’ found—
You throw off your clothes and get right in, ohhh sounds (insert)
to the outside bath,
And soak off the grime from your bones, worn out.
Sip an icy-cold beer or shot a wild whiskey, with relieving cheer!
"ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Sep 13, 2025
Sep 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM UTC
Mrs. Goddard
Looked like Mary Poppins
Always a smile on her face
Caring, Kindness Grace
I wanted to please her
By doing my best
Ace every test
“If At first
You don’t succeed
Try Try again”
The reward
“To be a Study Buddy”
Help a friend do better
“A feather in your Cap”
We all wanted to be
The little engine that could
To always do good
“I can if I think I can”
Third grade was
A milestone
Our touch tone
It was the First time
Our voices were heard
Even the
Outlandish absurd
I wanted to
Come to school
To learn
“The Golden Rule”
Every morning
She smiled
Every inch
Every mile
She started
The class
With promise
We were beguiled
She had many sayings
Like Mary Poppins
“A spoon full of sugar
Helps the medicine go down
Is the most delightful way”
I still remember
“Silence is golden
So get rich quick”
We would settle in
Wiggling anxiously
In our chairs
Giggling without care
Soaking up
The happiness
In the AIR
Glancing around
Anticipation giddy
Ready to get to
The nitty-gritty
It was a look
A glance
A waltz
A dance
An expression
Her finger
On her lips
She invited us…
“Are you ready?”
Every face, Smiled
“All right, Boys and Girls ”
“Put on your Thinking Caps”
Each eager child
Full grin smiles
One and all
Went through
The motions
Of putting on
Their Thinking Caps
Arms over the head
Adjusting it just right
She would ask
“Is it on
Good and tight”
We Readjusted our
Caps for good measure
Her face beaming
Smiling with pleasure
We saw our Cap
in our mind
By her
Design
That was the start
of Our
Imagination
Time
Infatuation
Admiration
Appreciation
Nurtured
We grew
Sublime
We were all
Diamonds
In the rough
With years of
Refinement
We will shine
Sparkle glow
To perfection
Let our inside
Show
Don’t worry
About
Little chips
Imperfections
Polish and shine
Until
No detection
Five minutes
Seemed
Like Forever
Seeing
the end In sight
Never
As we grew
We knew
Interminable
Time
Marched on
All we can do
Is wait
For what comes
Next
Inspired songs;
1) everything is beautiful 1970
By Ray Stevens
2) remember the days of the old school yard 1977
By Cat Stevens
3) teach your children well
By Crosby Stills Nash & Young 1970
BLT Webster’s word of the day challenge
May 27, 2025
Interminable
Things that have or seem to have no end, especially because they continue for a very long time.
May 28, 2025
May 28, 2025 at 12:59 AM UTC
I can’t wait to be a hundred;
turning over the thoughts
and plots, of Caledon
floating on Zimmer inserts
and dusted Florsheims
three steps forward
in a dream woven
summer afternoon
Through the barn doors
and bee keeper flats
assimilating voices
from Sachems
and Forbes
and Hope Healers
coming and going
as the countryman
comes and goes
You can feel it
in a place like this
the 3 in the tree memories
of Allis Chalmers
and combine parts
of Sundrim poppers
and shallow carp fields
of patterned lawsons
and fading caulk
(on the ripped and rolled
frontier seats)
it’s a wishing well
for the peddler
and bold hydrangea...
both peeking their way
through the rusted
grinders wheel
Jan 24, 2017
Jan 24, 2017 at 11:55 PM UTC