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The barn had been red
in its younger days.
Now the wood has faded
to beautiful greys.
The walls, once straight,
now bowed on this day.
The roof, when new; rife with shingles,
has holes, letting in the rain.
So, a leaky, faded red barn,
is now where the children play.

A slight breeze ruffles the
leaf's of the vine,
as the fruit begins to
ripen and grow,
towards a day when
the harvest begins,
with the picking and crush
of the grapes.
The crushed grapes will sit
for awhile.
Soon it will be the right
time for bottling the
juice, from the vine.
Next step, is to taste
the finest of wine,
at the Rooster Cafe and Bakery,
patio, amongst the fruit
of the vine.

NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

Plowing through Earth's atmosphere at 60 kilometers per second, this bright perseid meteor streaks along a starry Milky Way. Captured in dark Portugal skies on August 12, it moves right to left through the frame. Its colorful trail starts near Deneb (alpha Cygni) and ends near Altair (alpha Aquilae), stars of the northern summer triangle. In fact this perseid meteor very briefly outshines both, two of the brightest stars in planet Earth's night. The trail's initial greenish glow is typical of the bright perseid shower meteors. The grains of cosmic sand, swept up dust from periodic comet Swift-Tuttle, are moving fast enough to excite the characteristic green emission of atomic oxygen at altitudes of 100 kilometers or so before vaporizing in an incandescent flash. Notable APOD Image Submissions: Perseid Meteor Shower 2021

Photo by Miguel Claro

I am struggling now,
with my drawing art.
I cannot bring
myself to start.
To put lines on
the sketch pad.
It's not a way
to do my part
and begin drawing
as it was once art.

A patio, secluded, a cozy nook,
I write this verse,
with pen in hand,
surveying this choice meeting place,
where couples, two by two,
meet for a private rendezvous.

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Hearing the noise
of a passing train,
makes my head hurt,
as it rattles my brain.
Not much of a verse,
but I am to blame
for writing these words,
which are quite lame.
It's ok by me, you see,
for this writer has no shame.

It flows
over rock,
gravelly sand,
down hillsides,
it's grand.
Cut through
dark loam,
going to
eternal home,
the Sea.

A fascination.
An infatuation.
An attraction,
Puppy love.
For jealousy,
or envy
and hate,
why do
we have
to berate,
the love
of another,
more different
than we.
As a
total stranger
was pulled
from the
beautiful Sea.
What happens
now to
the most
beautiful word,
for hate
does not
belong here,
in this,
our land.
Hoping you
now understand.

I hear the sound of Fall in the air
as the Canadian Geese fly by.
Honks in the morning, at daylight;
no other sounds are heard until
they return when it is Twilight.

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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day:

The Ring Nebula (M57), is more complicated than it appears through a small telescope. The easily visible central ring is about one light-year across, but this remarkably deep exposure - a collaborative effort combining data from three different large telescopes - explores the looping filaments of glowing gas extending much farther from the nebula's central star. This composite image includes red light emitted by hydrogen as well as visible and infrared light. The Ring Nebula is an elongated planetary nebula, a type of nebula created when a Sun-like star evolves to throw off its outer atmosphere to become a white dwarf star. The Ring Nebula is about 2,500 light-years away toward the musical constellation Lyra. Amateur Astronomers: Please take the Night Sky Network's Survey

Photo by Robert Gendler