Apricot Tree

There’s a single apricot tree standing

at the end of my apartment building

that I watch as its fruit go from flowers,

to green, to orange, then ripen & drop 

onto the Lillies of the Nile below;

Happily, I pick them up, 

& eat them out of hand.

(31 MAY 12, Valley Village 4-4D

390 N. Winchester Blvd. Santa Clara CA 95050)v3

A Total Eclipse of the Sun

Around 6pm PST, Dr.Ginny & I tried to watch the full-eclipse of the Sun
visible here in the Western states; each time, we were blinded by it. It
proved better seen on [{TV}] every few minutes during the news-hours
as a darkly-fliltered image. If you saw it: when, where, how?

(20 MAY 12, Santa Clara CA)

W@KING UP

{crash-note:} I've just accidentally deleted the headnote & 4 days of entries
(beginning on my 70th birthday, 21 MAY 2012.), so I'll just begin again.

[HeadNote:] Would you like to read & comment on a daily blog that includes
what I see & think soon after waking up? If so, this is it. - Bill Costley

(24 MAY 2012, 7:05 PST) I put my morning glass of cold water aside to shave
& then write this, glancing briefly to the N. at a pure blue sky. I'll be taking the
V V van to Kaiser Hospital @ 8:45am.for a 10am audiology appt., back by noon.

(25 MAY 2012) Anita forwards me a poem about her garden; I call her back &
listen to her talk about what gardening is for her & can be; it is for me, too, now,&
like a succulent, need a cool drink as Reggie waits beside me patiently, so I take him
out for a while as it slowly  gets colder outside. Ginny appears & walks Reggie; we
sit on the green bench until we're too cold & Reggie heads back to my apt; I make hot
cocoa for us, butter&mayo on a 1/2-slice of sourdough bread for myself..

(27 MAY 2012) I wake at 6:15am with Reggie on my chest, purring, stroke him,
get up & pour myself a tall glass of cold water. All night I'd been thinking of the
French surname Chouinard (cabbager), why, I really don't know.

(03 MAY 2012, 5:20am) I had the strangest dream last night of auditions for Hamlet
that bore no resemblance to the actual play; so I left w/out doing mine, which would have
failed miserably; I was simply not up to it. Now I'm going back to bed.

 ....2 mos gap

(07 JULY 2012, 08:11am) A few fingerfuls of thick oats microwaved 1 min have just made a satisfying start to my currently diatetic day. Next: cold sour fermented juice. Wt. 279

(10 JUL 2012) After a day of painful constipation, I now realize I'd better drink that tall glass of water every morning & take some psyllium. Wt. 279.5  BP 127/672

...5 days gap

(16 JUL 2012)  [Yest.] I weighed-in at 277 BP 119/6~  I'm thoughtfully drinking a cupful of cool water every time I'm at the sink because I've had no bowel movement in the last few days. FINALLY! a soft green substantial dump!

(17 JUL 2012) Took my fallen crown to dentist for reseating; no chewing on that side today, so I put my sloppy salad into the blender & will eat it at room temp.all day.

 ...3 days gap...

(20 JUL 2012)  rode black Shogun to Safweway for 4 delicious qts. yogurt@$1.99, gave 1 to Ginny

(21 JUL 2012) woke to spoon 1/2 cup of vanilla yogurt, drink small cuppa water w/acidophilus wafer, fish oil, vitamins: B complex, Centrum, etc.

Reggie's Ears

Reggie’s ears

are soft seashells,

capturing sound

from all around

as he turns alertly

swiveling both of

his delicate ears.

(05 MAY 12, Santa Clara CA) v4

Touching

We all need gentle touching,

stroking, from birth onwards;

Reggie taps me @ daybreak,

asking me to touch him, so

I twiddle his ears, stroke his ribs

& back, until he’s fully satisfied.

(05 MAY 12, Santa Clara CA)v3