To all of you wonderful people: I am off to the beach for a vacation, which feels very welcome right about now. Since it is purely relaxation and reading (of course) and writing (again, of course), there is a good chance that you might hear from me during my holiday. I hope to at least read some of your blogs while testing my sunblock.
In the meantime, stay safe and well and read and/or write something delicious! I leave you with a ditty about a dragon at the beach.
Buff the Sinewy Dragon
Buff the sinewy dragon lived by the sea
he was the most muscular creature
you’d ever want to see
He liked to sun himself on the beach
collect seashells and horseshoe crabs
anything in reach.
One day threatened a hurricane
with fierce winds and raging sea
that drove Buff plain insane
For this was his afternoon off
when he could just lie in the sand
dunking his dragon toes in a sea trough
So Buff gathered all his might
And blew a fiery wind toward the clouds
achieving quite a height
The hurricane did evaporate
as water mixed with fire tends to do
for Buff, time alas to ruminate
and maybe have a barbecue.
5/30/2017
Sascha Darlington
Hoping you enjoy a spectacular vacation and I Totally adore Buff….delightful indeed!
Very cute poem! If you add illustrations, this could be a good children’s book 🙂
Thank you, Sophie. I might just give it some thought. Much appreciated! 🙂
Have fun on your vacation!
Thank you so much! I hope to. 🙂
Enjoy your well deserved break 🙂
Thank you. I am soooo looking forward to it! 🙂
I might be a little jealous! It’s so cold here!! Say hello to Buff for me 😀
I may be scoffing. I think cold for Australians may be our 60F…which would be delightful in winter. 😉
It’s currently 50F and might get up to 60F if we’re lucky. Overnight it was 37F though. Is that cold enough? 😛
I didn’t know it got that cold there. That’s kind of odd, isn’t it?
Obviously Australia’s PR is working lol! Where I live we average between 40F and 60F daily but I live an hours drive from one of the major snowfields, not all of Australia is this cold 🙂
You have snow? What are you…New Zealand? 😉
Australia = New Zealand like USA = Canada 😀
lol…kind of, except Canada is now trying to find a big enough saw to cut themselves off from the US.
ps. you may hitch a ride and come to the beach…lots of room and warm sunshine.
I’m so jealous! I want to vacation by the sea! But I’m editing in the desert. Have fun!
Enjoy your vacation
Thank you so much. So far so good! 🙂