Looks kind of like a castle, doesn't it?
This place is in my backyard. Every 40 seconds or so it makes a sound best described as a crow coughing.
Last night Bru and I walked around the neighbourhood taking pictures of houses and buildings. I love digital cameras. I love that Shauna owns one and lets me use it.
The houses of strangers may seem like a slightly twisted choice of subject. I choose mostly large, splendid ones I could only dream of living in. I don't care about the people in them, I just like the structures themselves. Rare paint color, clever yard layout, out-of-the-ordinary portico, etc. I have to rev myself up a bit to do it, though. I'm always worried that someone is going to come running out and slap me with a lawsuit. That's how I imagine rich people; apt to go from zero to litigious in .6 seconds.
I've got a busy week coming up...going to see The Rolling Stones at the SkyDome on Monday; driving to Niagara Falls, NY to send 200-odd books to my uncle in Mexico on Tuesday; a job interview at Sun Life Financial on Thursday and getting Zooby neutered on Friday. Oh, and learning how to take a bike from an assemblage of rust and deflated rubber to a rideable vehicle next Saturday. I can foresee a few blog entries in there. Thanks to Shauna, Julia and Nancy for the comments so far. My readership of three fine ladies. Stephen, I know you're reading, but you haven't commented. Once you do, we'll have a readership of four fine ladies.
Ok, I gotta go take a shower and make something of this day.
At the houses of strangers
I rethink the leadership
of my readership
and the uncommon dangers
of life in high finance,
while the satans of virility
and a bunny approaching sterility
bookend a week of happenstance
5 comments:
Beautiful poetry, dah-ling. I would like to direct you to my blog, to see why it's important to sometimes pay attention to people, as well as houses. I know, from zero to litigious, but thanks to the Puff-Puff Give study, I can accurately estimate .6 seconds for you, just in time for us to flee! so keep me in mind, not just my digital camera, when you're planning your walks. wish i was home more.
oh, and p.s. - you can delete those nasty junk-posts (the newest and most disappointing form of advertising) and protect against them with human-recognition software. you know the kind... type the wavy pretty letters that a computer can't identify?
Ryan, I feel so lucky now that I'm a lovely lady! Hello Shauna! I'm all out of witty reparte today (I put in a full day yesterday on Messenger-ha!). Hope all is well.
Dude...Did you just call me a girl?
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