Daily Bucket-- Purple Haze

The sky's haze dominates my vision. My brain free-associates "Purple Haze" by Jimi Hendrix, and plays it over and over in my mind.

But even bold purply flowers, like this welcome offering from my hacked-down artichokes, seem washed out, as if horror author  Stephen King’s Tommyknockers are draining colors from view.

I’ve offered some purple, now for the Haze.

In some ways this is scarier than a Nebraska tornado cloud. No where to go.

 We are safe, and we pray for everyone at risk.

I see only the hummingbirds bickering, and the squirrels stealing pears, in the back yard.  A couple of juncoes visited for a minute.   The hummers are hitting the feeders hard. 

The Bartlett pear tree is dropping 10 a day now.

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/s/ Redwoodman