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July 2021: Midsummer Break

7/5/2021

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Lake in Northern Ontario
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            Summer Vacation  

The chairs are stacked, the books all stowed, the floor           
Swept clean of all debris. Students are gone,
In a confusion of good byes.   Alone
She takes a last look back then shuts the door.
 
A week to rest, recoup her energy             
Perhaps in quiet reflection just sit
Or go out in the garden, weed a bit
 Lie on a mat, read under a tree.
 
And then she has two workshops she must take                   
Has lessons, activities to plan too,
Standards to meet with lessons fun to do,  
And last, a fun-filled weekend at the lake.

In early August, Autumn will draw near.
A list of last things to do she will make
And at the crack of dawn she will awake,
All ready to start a brand new school year.
​
​-MW
​Summer is…                                                    
 
Long days in the sun
Running through sprinklers
Swimming in the pool]
Eating popsicles, 
While riding your bike
By the empty school.
 
Summer of freedom
Spending time with friends
Working  summer job
Or lounging about,
Moments of quiet
Before your new path.
 
 A break from routine,
 Time with family,
Outings with the kids:
Zoo, merry-go-round.
No evening homework.
 
Long twilight evenings 
Sitting on the porch 
 Quietly talking
Watching  children play,
Remembering days past
Of your own childhood
 
…is Summer

​-MW
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Last week of the school year Class trip to the Oakland Zoo
         
​          Late Osprey Summer
PictureRivet August 8, 2017 contemplating migration? all rights belong to GGAS

The last chick fledged, the pair sits on the nest
 Quietly watching out over the Bay.
They now have time to sit, to watch, to rest,
To spend time by themselves resting  each day
 
The fledglings fly, soaring over the Bay
To fish, find friends, whatever they may wish,
Learn as they roost each night and fly each day,,                                     
And visit the nest when they want a fish
 
Until one Autumn day they come no more.
Soon after Rosie too, takes to the sky.
Alone, Richie flies to the reservoir,
While the others to Southern beaches fly.
 
And thus the season ends, while in the West
Dockside, there sits an empty osprey nest.

​-MW
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Empty Nest Sept. 7, 2017 all rights belong to GGAS
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                 Summer in Ontario

 A Passing Summer Storm

Low-floating, moist-laden billowing clouds
Above a landscape thirsting for moisture.
All is hope and expectation.
People and plants stare and wait.

Thunder follows flashes of lightning.
A sudden wind begins to blow,
A downpour follows in its wake,
A sigh of relief wells and spreads.

Flashes and rumble quickly subside,
The rush of wind becomes a whisper,
The darkened sky now gradually lightens
And the rain sings its pitter-patter.

Hours of soothing steady raindrops
Leave the landscape quenched and fresh,
Leave human beings relieved and thankful,
Assured that all's well with the world.

​JM

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Píccola says: Summer bliss is lying in the late morning  sun on my master's lap. 
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