It's the grass this morning—the lowly grass of home—and the way the dewdrops cling to it. In places gray, in places green—odd patches of color—accentuated when viewed at a slant from a ground level seat on the front doorstep. Quiet. Comforting. Cooling. Inviting.
The sun is not yet above the eastern canopy, yet the day is already warm. After an invigorating walk with the Ya-yas, I'm drenched in sweat—and hot. The grass is covered in dew—and cool. I want to roll in it, but what would the neighbors think?
Moe often tells me he loves to walk through the wet grass in his bare feet when he goes out for the morning paper. He says its a nice way to start a day. I try it. He's right.
Now I really want to roll in it. Still, I resist. If I ever saw any of my senior neighbors prostrate on their lawn at dawn, I'd call an ambulance. I envision protesting to the EMT, "No really, I was just sweaty." So I content myself with imagining. dkm
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6 comments:
Deb, you should roll. It seems to me this experience of dew won't be complete until you do (well it won't be 'complete' even then, but you know what I mean). One of the best things about getting older is the freedom to transgress those boundaries of social convention - and in doing so we give others permission to do the same :-) I hope to hear about the ROLL shortly - maybe even a pic?
One day soon. Maybe I can talk the yayas rinto olling with me ;-)
Interesting spoonerism there Debs :) And I hope big boy bison is not in your backyard! As long as there are no animal doings in the grass .. go for it ! :o))<
Oops! Make that "into rolling." And I love my big guy.Even if misleading about backyard. Favorite photo of Wyoming vacation. Can't post new photos due to an iphoto glitch. Hopefully fixed soon. Niki's photos very intriguing!
A farmer not far from us has a few buffalo .. Niki is really keen to get a FLASH camera and get even more into photography. :)
For the record, cannot talk the yayas into dew-rolling. Will try grandchildren.
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