Beach Front

The sun rises to soft, silent, creaking

To sand crunching in rhythmic beats

Back and forth 'neath her warm weight 

As feathered pastels sway against

The age old canvas of waves guarded

By an old heirloom rocking , drifting

As the gentle sun rays reach round

Footprints of life begin to appear

The moon's french tipped fingers

Yeild the world to the heat of day

Nature awakens and raises her voice

Skipping through sand and grass

Waiting for the day to begin

Desperately painting  ivory skin

A sun-kissed brown,  my child

My daffodil yellow swimsuit

With my breeze blown hazel hair

Curling in a tempter's wind

Alas, the sun is up too soon

Leaving this creaking rocker barren

Garden Gnomes

Red caps. Dented triangular piles of clay.

Dancing. Their hanging tips  revolving.

Circling. Round and round the opening

Daisies.  Their gravity pulling young white

Feathers. Pulling. Pulling. Pulling them out.

Circumcising a sun with brutal grace. Detailing

Nature's god with an elaborate lace collar.

Praising the sacrifice. Holding her prisoner.

Waiting for first light to bring new hope.

For a fresh dew to settle. Wash their feet.

They will stay. They will wait. They are hers.

Clothed in faux leather, beating the ground.

Rhythmic tramping. A voice of earth rising.

Beating. Beating. Broken wood into mud.

Rituals keeping tempos in check. Holding back

Deep black guillotine arms. Even Death laughs.

Bites his tongue. Bides  his time. Deftly Chuckling.

The first snow falls.  Silent. Soft. Slow. Smothering.

 One.

                 Two. One.

                                         Breathe.

Guardians of life. Ever watchful. Standing.

Red caps  tilted to the ground in reverence.

Stone faces. To turn away the night's Silence.

Waiting for her stone to melt away. Green life.

Breaking through. Reaching up. Surviving.

Amazing Pizza Bites

Time to prep/cook: 10 min / 10 min
Ingredients: Biscuits, Spaghetti sauce, Mushrooms, Green Bell Peppers, Sausage/brats, Cheese
Serving Size: 3 (roughly 200 calories for 3)

1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
2. In a small frying pan cook1 sausage/brat that has been cut into slices (I used the lower fat jalepeno chedder chicken sausages) 
3. On a non-stick baking sheet arrange 9 out of 10 biscuits (I used the 50-cent Kroger biscuits)
4. Using your finger, push the center of the biscuits down to create a small bowl shape out of each biscuit
5. Spoon in a teaspoon of spaghetti sauce (I used a garlic and roasted tomato sauce) 
6. Add a piece of diced green pepper and a piece of diced mushroom (The dices should be about the size of your thumbnail)
7. Add a slice of sausage on top top of the veggies
8. Add a small piece of cheese (The size of the vegetable pieces)
9. Cut the 10th biscuit into 9 pieces, and gently stretch each piece and lay over the the top of the biscuit
10. Bake in oven about 15 minutes or until the biscuits are cooked/brown
11. Enjoy!!!