It Must Be Monday Again

The weeks might be going by faster

but they sure are taking up more fabric mileage!

The clouds rolled in on Monday

We were lucky to be on the edge of Sandy

luckily relatives in New Jersey are fine

without power, but fine

On Halloween the Rusty Pups turned five

five pumpkins and five bones

On Thursday Diane and I made marks in sketchbooks

For Friday I was thinking that Sandy's dense clouds nearly touched the treetops

Over the weekend I needed some colour

Solid clouds still overhead

When will the sun come back?

I said my weeks were using up much more fabric

The scratched scroll from July until now is much larger

than the first half of the year

and

I still have two months to go.

And it's November fifth 

a day never forgotten by us Brits!

Remember, remember

The fifth of November,

The Gunpowder treason and plot;

I know of no reason

Why the Gunpowder treason

Should ever be forgot!

Guy Fawkes and his companions

Did the scheme contrive,

To blow the King and Parliament

All up Alive.

Threescore barrels, laid below,

To prove old England's overthrow.

But by God's providence, him they catch,

With a dark lantern, lighting a match!