Who’d have known shiny

blue-tailed skinks could provide such

great family entertainment?

~

Ethical concerns

not withstanding, one must

enjoy one’s toys completely.

A celebration

should not leave one feeling drained

and lacking all energy.

~

If they do, it must

be time to examine why

it had that effect on you.

Setting sun filters

through still green leaves, bidding them

a golden farewell.

~

These closing hours

Of a bright, glorious day

Are suffused with amber light.

If three score and ten

be our reasonable years,

are what remain reasonless?

~

Only someone who

has not reached three score and ten

would ask that question.

Catching sight of Knox

and me, that rabbit hightailed

it straight for the woods.

~

Both Bull-Terriers

and Septuagenarians

inspire flight in many.

As our end draws nigh,

shall we face it with regret

or embrace it joyously?

~

Each one will answer

this question in their own time

and in their own way.

Distant train whistles

and nearby car honks signal

humans on the move.

~

A few scant miles

away, the whistle’s nearby

and the care honks distantly.

Occasionally,

from unfortunate events,

wonderful rewards arise.

~

And we give thanks for

those rare, or maybe not quite

so rare occasions.

What is there to say

that hasn’t been better said

by someone else? Still, we try.

~

Others can not speak,

no matter how good they are,

in a voice unique to me!

Adventures abound

before being brutally,

capriciously, car contained.

~

It’s better to have

adventured, contained or not,

than to do nothing at all.