Bob and my 17 syllables
Summer 2012
Eastern Tour
Windshield wipers on high
Jansen tour off the highway
2 moose, no camera
Wynyard rainy golf
My sister’s beautiful home
Slept sound, dreamed big
6 grainbin’s tipped
1 atop grain auger
Canola and wheat grows
Yorkton’s building boom
Cow pastures, gravel pits, marshland
Horse rolling on it’s back
Treed cattle country
Processing plants, Birtle, Man sign
Highway construction
Green river valleys
Nice even crops, 23 degrees
Home of Margaret Lawrence
Lilies, art and friendly folk
No Post office to be found
Round bales, corn, potatoes
Reflecting on peace
Bob and I hold hands, share plans
Sunflower field waves
Flat land near Portage
Confuses me mid July
Harvest gold barley
Our trip so far was
Relaxing, uneventful
Perimeter road ahead
La Salle Hospitality
Two Inns, Business Talks
A fifth wheel way to live
Home with a river view
Sun room, bird watch, children’s books
A family I never knew
Pine treed cambrian shield
Rock cuts, 4 lane # 1
Welcome Ontario
2 laned 90 k
Blue lake, pines, cottage country
2 cranes in the marsh
Bald Eagles, egrets
A cabin in the trees
Boat ride on Loch Bay
Water Lily, a garden lunch
Afternoon Catch Up
A dear first cousin’s place
Hummingbird Haven
Water lapping floating dock
Visits, Smile on my face
Chattering Chipmunks
Travel talk, whats up next
Steak, shrimp and eggplant
Listen to the bird sounds
Oak, balsam and birch
I cry, am so grateful
Pine smell of the north
Sun glistening on leaves
A journey being prepared
A beautiful day
A breeze off Lake of the Woods
A paddle boat cruise
Slow walk Kenora
Lunch overlooking lake
Bob swims, I meditate
A room with a view
Deck upon deck upon deck
So still I can see the birds
Woodpecker up close
Heron visits, loon calls
Lemon ginger sesame
After dinner drinks
Sleep like a baby
Black eyed susans wave good-bye
Pulp load check area
Sieux Narrows, Fort Frances Day
Float planes park, deer graze
Gas station grandson of
Someone we hoped to meet
He’s dead now, new cousins met
Tug boat tour, ice cream
Pulp mill smell river walk
34 humid degrees
International Falls
US border guard
Took orange Left beer for us
Minnesota deer stand
Gardens everywhere
A white and black eagle
Combining complete
Corn high as a sign
Roseau, county fair’s last day
Chickens, geese, guinea fowl
Demo derby, raffles, games
Exhibits, rides, homemade pie
No charge for anything
Except the pie, Hotel for $69
With fireworks & breakfast
Cattle sleep under trees
Turkey farm with fowl outside
Crop duster flying low
Farms, co-operatives, legions
Same as Canada thought
So many pro-life signs
20 miles to Canada
North Dakota sign
Combining barley in progress
Sunflowers, sugar beets
Red river of the north
Slow moving truck, near accident
Army missile silo
Sweet peas climb fences
Langdon city street fair
Historic homes 1888
Old car show off
Child’s trapeze dream come true
National wildlife preserves
See not much time of year
Black birds, hawks, kildeer
The scalp um shop
Turtle Mountain reservation
Casino Entrance
International Peace Garden
Great design, weeds surprise
Unkempt, disappoint
Back in Canada
Bumpy roads, bulls, beans, peas
Neater farms where we’d been
Brandon Hills acreages
Virden oil wells and soon
Into Saskatchewan
Feel like storm chasers
Lightning close by, rainbow show
Ominous dark clouds
Whitewood diner meal
Freight train miles long
Quapalle Valley Market Gardens
Sunset at Craik and Gervin
Sliver moon in pink sky
All the way home
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