Its been another full month of Haiku Year 24, so I am collecting all the postings from the month of August and putting them in one place with a new recording.
I upgraded to Windows 10, and somehow someone at Microsoft thought it would be a good idea to not let their users choose with which microphone their Camera App uses to take video recordings. I could choose in the settings of Windows 8’s Camera App to use my Logitech headset’s microphone, which is why I wear it in the videos. That was something I didn’t know earlier on, so one of the first videos I made for this project has the same poor quality sound recording as this one’s intros and outros. Even though I’m smarter about video recording and editing, Windows 10 is somehow not smarter about these things than Windows 8 was. I cannot comprehend it. I don’t want to have to downgrade for something so dumb. That’s more effort than I need to be spending right now. Windows Movie Maker, however, does give me the option of choosing which microphone I use. The haiku readings are done with a higher quality recording because I use the Movie Maker program to “narrate” the pictures after I upload them in order and set their duration to 15 seconds each.
Anyways. I’m really busy with school and work, so I’m just trying to get this AND week 12’s video out this extra long weekend. Week 12 traverses the border between August and September, so there will be some overlap between this monthly recitation and the weekly one.
Without further ado….
August of Haiku Year 24
August 1st #51/365
Preparing themselves
Milkweed seed pods fattening
For diaspora.
August 2nd #52/365
The sun of August
Ninety three million miles
Blazing into view. 
August 3rd #53/365
The Norway Spruce cone
tells me about growing pains
as it opens up.
August 4th #54/365
Hand hewn wooden beams
Warm breeze sighs through an old barn
Aroma of hay.
August 5th #55/365
The Pokeberry bush
Green from white and black from red
Swelling by the day.
August 6th #56/365
Overfilled baskets
The leek and onion harvest
Yields many soup bowls
August 7th #57/365
Simple happiness
Bright yellow in the meadow
Goldenrod cascade. 
August 8th #58/365
Bittersweet goodbye
The last morning on campus
Exit farm intern
August 9th #59/365
The wild violet
Not entirely welcome
Growing wherever.
August 10th #60/365
I seek reflection
In the shade of the dogwood
Where the bench beckons.
August 11th #61/365
Along the low path
Passing through leaves overhead
Golden evening light.
August 12th #62/365
Fish swim underneath
Cool waters on a warm day
Pond vegetation.
August 13th #63/365
Lonesome pink blossoms
Odd stragglers to Spring’s display
Seem out of focus.
August 14th #64/365
View from the air:
City along the river
Green trees, blue water.
August 15th #65/365
A calm lake in Maine
Where birds sing of these stories:
Water leaf and sky
August 16th #66/365
The treeline at dusk
Launchpad for ravenous bats
Mosquitoes beware.
August 17th #67/365
Over-encumbered
To rain on New York City,
Clouds drop their burdens.
August 18th #68/365
Seated heavily,
An abandoned metal gate
guards a forest path.
August 19th #69/365
The hoods of warm cars.
Enjoying life’s small pleasures-
The tabby cat, Thor.
August 20th #70/365
Quickly rush outdoors
Black helicopter convoy
Buzzing the blue sky.
August 21st #71/365
Neutral meeting ground
Midday houseplant assembly
progresses calmly.
August 22nd #72/365
By proximity
Spider cohabitation
Tolerance levels.
August 23rd #73/365
Inhale the rich air
Nothing to do but press on
Going for a whirl.
August 24th #74/365
A study in depth
Stretched out from end to green end
Swallowing sunshine.
August 25th #75/365
Wind whips waves to foam
A scattering of soft sounds
Actually grass.
August 26th #76/365
A wearisome day
Remedied by simple sights
Five yellow petals.
August 27th #77/365
Convincing facade
The meanest kid on the bus
Softer than Lamb’s Ear.
August 28th #78/365
Viewed from the window
Black-eyed Susans on the deck
Goldfinch visitors.
August 29th #79/365
Grasshopper nomad
Fleet-footed and relentless
Eating the landscape.
August 30th #80/365
Thick rays of sunlight
An Ailanthus webworm moth
Visits coneflowers
August 31st #81/365
The noble lamp post
A selfless giver of light
Vacant parking lots.
Changes in social media visitations from End of July to End of August:
Twitter followers: from 40 to 43
YouTube Channel Views: from 168 to 226
Blog stats in August: 57 visitors, 130 views, 24 likes
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