Smiling Rock, Total Solar Eclipse

Smiling Rock grinned up at me from the road,
with ancient intelligence beyond my understanding,
so I asked Toad.

Maniacle GRIN

'What a load!' croaked Toad, 'you should have know'd -
you humans are the ones that arranged the road'

annoyed toad face in the road

then he paused, no longer mad.
'Been here for millions of years at least,
since back in the days of the giant lizard beast
Rocks witness us as a passing fad.'

This Smiling Rock and 'his' many friends
were exposed, the dirt road washed away by flash floods
climate change
new weather trends.

exposed road

Smiling Rock is granite or feldspar, lined with quartz.
Smooth pebbles in your hand soothe,
but even a tiny rock in your sock hurts.

rainbow

The road was a rainbow of sand and pebbles, of colored rocks and stones.
Some were dull, some crystalline and translucent, some glittered, shimmered and shone.

translucent (transdimensional)

Many rocks have lines and designs.
They like to hang out, all colors, shapes and sizes coexist, in harmony, just fine.

lines and designs, crescent moon and star nightscape

Those that sparkle, shimmer, and shine, have mutual respect
with those glassy and translucent, or dull, dense, smooth and specked.

We rely on rock in many ways, for protection from rivers and streams
to creation of foundations, roads a bridges to gardens, art, and lots more things.

Smiling Rock lives by the frog pond, marsh grass high,
Frog gets startled and jumps into the drink as I drop by.

Frog with tadpole and fairies

Ferns

Large ferns - giant ferns to the frogs and toads, grow along the roads and are known
in the woods to shelter the fairy, elf, pixie, brownie, sprite and gnome.

gargoyle with munchies playing flute

The cicadas start their first song with the birds.
Their entry reminds of summers long past.
You can not describe this feeling in words,
just want this moment to last.

rocky road, rocks exposed

The Tamarack grove stands tall.
The needles have gone from their limest spring green
to darker summer evergreen.
Tamarack (Larch) appear to be pines,
but their needles turn yellow and shed in the fall.

Tamarack

Earlier on the road there were rocks out of place, two-toed hoof prints in the sand,
for these wonderful animals, as far as fairness is concerned, this is also their land.

deer, photo © Currier Photography 2017

Smiling Rock looks up with his grin
grinning so hard he's got no chin.

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Happy Total Solar Eclipse! 

 "August 21st is the date of “the Great American Eclipse”, and the hype around it is already starting to reach a fever pitch.  It is being called “the Great American Eclipse” because this will be the first total solar eclipse ever that is only visible in the United States.  In other words, since the United States became a nation there has never been a total eclipse that was only visible here and nowhere else.  And this will be the first total solar eclipse to cross from the west coast to the east coast in 99 years.  So for those that love astronomy, this is bigger than the Super Bowl."    http://themostimportantnews.com/archives/the-most-unusual-and-significant-solar-eclipse-in-u-s-history-will-happen-next-month-on-august-21