For Late July

The grass in early morning with frost silver grey
Though it has turned out to be a nice sunny day
With a high for the afternoon of a pleasant fifteen degrees
With even a slight warmth in the coastal breeze
Blowing across Illowa in the sunlit sky
In weather quite seasonal for late July
Five weeks from the beginning of the calendar Spring
How nice in Winter to hear birds chirp and sing
And the warblings of the birds who sing all through the year
The black and white magpies so pleasant to hear
The countryside green after the recent showers
And the wattles resplendent cloaked in their yellow flowers
A winter sun shining in the blue and grey sky
In weather quite pleasant for late July.