A Typical Summer Evening

It was nice to sit on the deck at Poppy's house last night.  The sun had set.  The smoke from the High Park fire was billowing in a different direction and the evening was dimming to night.  An outline of a crane waded in the water at the edge of the lake while we chatted and laughed at Josie spraying our dachshund, Wilma, with a water gun to help her cool off.  Then, a small light was spotted in the distance, traveling across the sky.  Rudolph was mentioned, and Donner, of course.  Isaac declared that we all must sing Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer together and so we did.  We sang of a foggy Christmas Eve as we sat in the fading heat of a lovely June day...you know, like anybody might do on a typical summer evening.