Gael Stuart

The Silver Sage

Are you ready? Come on along and read some homespun poetry as well as a jot and tittle regarding distinguished poets and their works. Gael offers a positive balance of her own nostalgia notes and poetic meanderings with those of others. [Editor's note: Gael no longer contributes to Silver Planet, but we have made her archived blog entries available as a service to our readers.]



An Idyllic Day

By Gael Stuart

An early morning with warm air and blue skies. Hawks wending their way overhead as they scan the fields for a yummy rodent breakfast. I sip my aromatic coffee and anticipate the wonders of fresh produce on an early Saturday morning as I prepare to head to the farmers’ market. Did you ever notice how much better fresh fruit and veggies taste when they are grown nearby and purchased from the people who grew them? I wish summer could somehow last forever—I don’t want to clean preservative wax off my greens anymore!

The farmers’ market in my town has expanded to a craft exposition as well as a produce paradise. My little dog, in his short summer ’do, is ready to parade around the various stands and lead me directly to the booth that sells natural-ingredient doggie treats. Now how does he know exactly where that is?

What else do I love about summer . . . ?

A Small Dog Lazing in Wildflowers 

Small dogs lazing in prolific wildflowers
Butterflies kissing in mid air
Fawns weaving their way through scrub Oak
Columbine catching splashes of dew
Foxes prancing in scraggly fur coats
Hummingbirds at war
Insect choirs in darkest night
Red rocks and rainbows
Squirrels giggling in chase
Sunrise and Sunset
Shooting stars
The black and white flash of Magpies
The whoosh of wind in the pines
Thunder and rain to refresh and nourish

The panorama of summer in the Rockies . . . idyllic!

By Gael Stuart
The Silver Sage Blog

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