July meadow garden

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NJ Highlands Appalachian bedrock

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solstice garden

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Six

for Sharon

As the calendar marks our sixth anniversary together

The ever closer closeness of you

Amazes me and delights me again and again

More than ever so happy to be with you

As we lead a life of leisure six months into retirement

Able to travel to warm places in winter

Able to hike and bike and go birding every day

With time to read in depth and explore the world of ideas

We do not deny or ignore the difficult lives of others

--There but for fortune go you or I--

But at least for now we are indulging ourselves

Getting exercise, eating healthy and enjoying each day.

Nothing lasts forever as we are well aware

This moment will soon pass into the next

So for now we share being here in the present

Laughing, loving the live long day.