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June 19, 2014
Maybe in June
Maybe in June
In June, the crows called and the crickets chirped. The Mountain Lilacs bloomed, and then the flowers faded and fell away.
The grass grew up waist high and went to seed. The hummingbirds fought vicious, protracted battles over the feeders. The deer moved silently through the grasses out back, only their heads and antlers visible as they move slowly about the place.
The squirrels came down to hang on the feeders, sending them crashing to the ground at times. Finally, even the scrub oaks have leaves, dense as Florida mangroves.
The temperature is finally perfect now. Too hot down the hill, but just perfect at 7,500 ft above sea level.
The Cordilleran Flycatchers returned, hiding discreetly among the evergreens. Largely invisible, betrayed only by their distinctive song.
Maybe the days were long, so that it wasn't really dark until 9:00 p.m., and finally, I decided that work was too much drama and the weather was too nice to be indoors, squatting in a basement down in the Springs. And maybe I looked around one day at the people I was working with, and maybe I looked at what I was being asked to do, and maybe I said "I quit".
Posted by Rob Kiser on June 19, 2014 at 6:10 PM
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