July 30 - Running the Gorge

Sea-foam mounds pile high
In the bay near the narrows
Frosting a low tide

July 29 - Morning at the Gym

Mirrored walls reflect
Hard bodies, twisted faces
Strength and vanity

July 28 - On the Porch

When I have moved on
I will miss this perfect spot
Amid the flowers

July 27 - Chinatown Night Market

The dancers' long sleeves
Float like pennants as they sway
Swirls of white and red

July 26 - Music Night

Old men are singing
About blue skies, and Dover
They all remember

July 25 - Learning Stardust

One note, then one more
Until a song emerges
Somewhere, my dad sways

July 24 - Esquimalt Lagoon

Summer's heat at last
Families spill from stuffy cars
Beach towels flying

July 23 - Thetis Lake

A dog splashes past
Happy to swim in circles
Snapping at nothing

July 22 - Paxton on Facebook

A first kiss, this boy
A child only days ago
Rushing to be grown

July 21 - On My Volunteer Shift

He had a life once
But lost it all when she died
Sorrow makes him drink

July 20- Melissa

Old friend, you're still here
Waiting for something better
From this long, hard life

July 19 - Buskers Festival

Glass balls float like ghosts
Over his knuckles and wrists
Catching evening's sun

July 18 - Summer's Slow Arrival

A moment of sun
The flowers reach out on damp stems
Grateful for the warmth

July 17 - At the Petting Zoo

Six tiny piglets
Draw a crowd of rapt children
To peer through the glass

July 16 - Chinatown

Chimes whisper their songs
Stirred by the breezes of boys
On an urban prowl

July 15 - Bamberton

Two boys at the beach
Slapping wet sand with shovels
Strangers once, now friends

July 14 - Englishman Revisited

Damp towels, the funk
Of mould on every surface
We flee south, hopeful

July 13 - Coombs

No goats on the roof
No sun, no fun, just downpour
Four boys and me, stuck

July 12 - At the Swimming Hole

Ice cubes wouldn't melt
In this river where they plunge
Shrieking at the cold

July 11 - Englishman River

Terror feels like this
Sliding down a mountainside
Led astray by boys

July 10 - Bedtime

We sprawl on the bed
Reading stories of sled dogs
In a race to Nome

July 9 - Florencia Bay

Driftwood lines the beach
We gather armfuls to stack
Like giant Jengas

July 8 - Mackenzie Beach

The wind finds us here
Hiding in the tall beach grass
Sand scours our faces

July 7 - Tofino Undone

Tension rules this house
Someone else's sentiment
But we own it now

July 6 - Wickaninnish

Sunburned cousins sit
In a row, feet in the sand
Hawaii ahead

July 5 - Radar Hill

Trail's mud pulls our boots

The plane is frozen in rock
High above our heads

July 4 - Morning

Night's cold lingers on
Coffee vanquishes the chill
Sambuca mornings

July 3 - Tofino

Summer draws us west
To Tofino's wild ocean
We are 15 strong

(Note: Wild-waves graphic was selected by my grandson Zachary, age 11, who is an early riser and has been helping me with my haiku project while on our family holiday in Tofino)

July 2 - Dominion Observatory

Prospect Lake below
My bike and I climb higher
Swallows scour the oaks