That rhyming title reminds me of seventh grade, when the response would be "You're a poet and didn't know it 'cause your feet are two long fellows." Middle school humour.
This delight is one of my favourites - bird song. A little house finch serenaded me on our deck throughout the first half of the summer.
They seem quieter now, as always happens in August. The other thing that occurs as the summer progresses are forest fires. This year is particularly bad in British Columbia and two of the three camp grounds we visited this year have been evacuated. Considering the town of Lytton burned completely to the ground without much warning, it must be frightening to get the message to evacuate. Unfortunately much of the province is on fire.
Although we're 150K from serious fire activity the smoke has painted our sky with a red wash. Early this morning I noticed a car stop in front of our house. The driver snapped a picture. I grabbed may phone in case of a photo worthy opportunity and this is what I found. Our sun dyed pink by smoke. There was even ash on the car. This is not touched up:
It reminded me of the lyrics in the Cyrkle's song, from those same middle school years of mine, "The morning sun was shining like a red rubber ball." Apologies to those of a certain age for the ear worm.
A couple hours later, the sun burned through the haze, but the air is thick with the scent of damp burning wood.
Last year we camped at Manning Park, parts of which are on evacuation watch this year. I just finished this painting from a Zoom class where coincidentally, the subject was Manning Park.
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