Mountain Views News          Saturday, March 12, 2016

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Mountain Views-News Saturday, March 12, 2016 


Walking Sierra Madre…The Social Side 

by Deanne Davis


“Spring has returned. The earth is like a child that 
knows poems.” 

Rainer Maria Rilke

“Spring is nature’s way of saying “Let’s Party!” 
Robin Williams

It’s definitely Spring! Everywhere we look buds 
are ready to burst into leaves on all the deciduous 
trees, daffodils are brightest yellow, purple, white 
and yellow dutch iris buds are open, ornamental 
cherry and plum are showing off with pink flowers 
all over town, the first roses are blooming and Sierra 
Madre has never looked more beautiful. Enjoy 
these beautiful spring days when the mountains are 
so clear and there’s always something to be happy 
about...even gophers! Remember the gopher in 
Caddyshack?

 We are totally ready to party here in town with the 
Wistaria Festival coming up tomorrow and we’ve 
been crossing our fingers all week that it doesn’t 
rain. Wistaria is in bloom in places you never 
noticed before and our world-famous wistaria vine 
should be beyond fabulous. If you’ve never gone to 
see it, make this the year you go and bring a friend! 
We were thrilled to see last Monday’s rain, which 
was quite something with lightning, thunder, wind 
and a cloudburst at 7:00 a.m. that shook the house 
and rattled all the palm trees. 

 Trader Joe’s has 10 stems of daffodils for $1.49 and 
they last about a week. Sitting on the kitchen table, 
they make you smile every time you walk through 
there and, let’s face it, does walking through the 
kitchen usually make you smile? Seems like every 
time one walks in there, somebody wants food! 
Looking out my kitchen window at all the lemons 
on the tree made me think of this nice moment in 
time when the dishes are done and a quiet spring 
moment is available...

Kitchen Window

Sunlight on the lemon tree,

Old dog sleeps in the corner, dreams of rabbit 
hunts, twitches in her sleep.

House is clean enough, if you ignore the shower.

Plants are watered, dishes done.

Rain from last night’s storm still drips from the 
eaves.

Blue jays perch and sway on the Chinese elm,

Beady eyes searching for foolhardy earthworms 
down on the ground.

Fat squirrels drag avocados around,

And fight like six year olds over whose avocado is 
whose. 

Guys! There are enough for all of you!

There’s one cup of coffee left in the pot,

And the phone hasn’t rung once.

Can there be anything pleasanter than this?

 An excellent time to ignore the paint chipping off 
the window sill,

Have that last cup of coffee,

And think about defrosting something for dinner.

Days like this don’t come around that often.

 The front porch tomato plant has blossoms on it 
and we’ve picked our first naval orange of the year. 
If you haven’t fed your citrus trees, you better do 
it and it’s not too late to put that . cup of Epsom 
salts around the roses. We’ll see you at the Wistaria 
Festival! 

 

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Window is part of “Tablespoon of Love, Tablespoon 
of Laughter.”


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