four turkeys in June
Photo by J. Harrington
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This morning we watched four wild turkeys hunt and peck their way around the field behind the house. If we're lucky, they were gobbling down ticks. They seemed to be taking more time than usual working their way through the field and into the woods on the North side of the property. I've no idea why they were slow moving today but it was fun watching them. Sometime soon we should start to see poults along with the hens.
Please accept our best wishes — that we all get to enjoy a safe, healthy, mellow Summer. I'm sure there are some who may feel that such conditions may infringe on their freedom and ability to raise hell. For them, I wish a prompt visit from karma. I have a stack of new, unread books; a fly line that has yet to touch the water and needs to be baptized; plus an aversion to crowds and becoming infected with COVID-19. I say let's "roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of Summer" while each of us enjoys our very own Summer place.
Summer Wind
It is a sultry day; the sun has drunkThe dew that lay upon the morning grass;There is no rustling in the lofty elmThat canopies my dwelling, and its shadeScarce cools me. All is silent, save the faintAnd interrupted murmur of the bee,Settling on the sick flowers, and then againInstantly on the wing. The plants aroundFeel the too potent fervors: the tall maizeRolls up its long green leaves; the clover droopsIts tender foliage, and declines its blooms.But far in the fierce sunshine tower the hills,With all their growth of woods, silent and stern,As if the scorching heat and dazzling lightWere but an element they loved. Bright clouds,Motionless pillars of the brazen heaven–Their bases on the mountains–their white topsShining in the far ether–fire the airWith a reflected radiance, and make turnThe gazer’s eye away. For me, I lieLanguidly in the shade, where the thick turf,Yet virgin from the kisses of the sun,Retains some freshness, and I woo the windThat still delays his coming. Why so slow,Gentle and voluble spirit of the air?Oh, come and breathe upon the fainting earthCoolness and life! Is it that in his cavesHe hears me? See, on yonder woody ridge,The pine is bending his proud top, and nowAmong the nearer groves, chestnut and oakAre tossing their green boughs about. He comes;Lo, where the grassy meadow runs in waves!The deep distressful silence of the sceneBreaks up with mingling of unnumbered soundsAnd universal motion. He is come,Shaking a shower of blossoms from the shrubs,And bearing on their fragrance; and he bringsMusic of birds, and rustling of young boughs,And sound of swaying branches, and the voiceOf distant waterfalls. All the green herbsAre stirring in his breath; a thousand flowers,By the road-side and the borders of the brook,Nod gayly to each other; glossy leavesAre twinkling in the sun, as if the dewWere on them yet, and silver waters breakInto small waves and sparkle as he comes.
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