My Work Place

For years my work place was a desk in an office

Sometimes with windows which had a view

but more often not

Light was florescent 

I'm fortunate for at Linderhof I have two places to "work"

One upstairs in the sunroom off the master bedroom

A room with two walls of windows 

Because it's on the second floor

in the summer, I feel as if I'm in the treetops

And I can watch the traffic down below

And see the rain

And see the snow

And see the blow

(which it often does on the prairie)

And my other work place

Is this desk in the corner of the living room

It's bright and sunny

And I can watch the traffic from my left

And on the right is the side garden

Right now the burning bush is a brilliant red

And the dogwood has some nice copper tones

So it looks like fall!

My little computer is here

A light for illumination

at night or on dark and dreary days

And old carriage clock keeps track of time

And pictures keep me company

Daughter Sarah, Grandgirl Lucy, Aunt Matt (for whom I was named)

My mother, aunt and uncle as children . . .

And a relative of Husband Jim's but we know not who!

And always a plant or some flowers in the corner

Today's is my newest orchid

Bought just today!

A wee orchid in an old blue and white wee pot

It's called an ice orchid

Not because it's an icy white

But because once a week you drop an ice cube in it

(That's how you water it!)

(We'll see how good that method is! --

I may be a short lived orchid

For I would think that the ice would be chilling on tender roots.

It's a pleasant corner

To write letters by hand

To write blog posts and columns for the newspapers

And the fire is at my back

So on chilly days like this

it's a warm corner.

Much more pleasant than my workplaces of old!