Friday, March 28, 2008

Flor di Sanger Verbena

You heard this last night too, but I'm putting it on here anyway. Hey, I can't write something new for you every blinking day, so just be happy with what you get. Not that anyone complains, you understand, I'm just setting out some boundaries. So there. ;-)

Mona sat on the patio watching the sunrise behind her send pastel shades of rose and gold in streaks across the sky to paint the tops of the iron gray clouds crouched on the western horizon behind the little offshore island. She watched the curl of steam rise from her cup of mint tea and smiled at the drops of dew that trembled on the ends of the palm fronds. Tiny emerald and brown lizards splayed themselves on the stucco wall, did their morning push ups, and displayed their orange throats at each other. The vivid red and yellow verbena that screened her patio from the neighbor's view reminded her of early morning at a busy airport with the squadron of black and iridescent green hummingbirds swarming around jockeying to be first to sip the nectar from each tiny trumpet. She mourned the fleeting moments of perfect stillness and harmony she felt as she sat there every morning that were so quickly lost when the maid Maria arrived.

Have a good weekend. And remember, I like to read what you write too.

--Barbara

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