After the ice cream cones

I live with two wonderful people who now operate at a different speed than I do.  Or perhaps I should say: Now I operate at a different speed than they do.  It wasn't always this way.  Now it is.

After the ice cream cones

We bought two flats

Of flowers,

One for the back,

One for the front,

Then came mushroom compost

At the local hardware store.

We must find lawn furniture

She said.

So

We looked for lawn furniture

At Jewel.

When it wasn’t there

We shopped for food.

I used to be able

To do several errands

In a row.

Now I must do

One at a time.

Today I contemplate

Mushroom compost,

The planter preparation.

Today I even consider

The possibility

Of trimming the hedge.