"Sleeping Under Cowboy Stars"
By, Cheryl Harwell Bailey

The "Moon" belongs to everyone! 

The best things in life are free!

In this computerized world, its hard to imagine 
a hot summer without air conditioning.

When my Dad was a little boy, in the
 dessert climate of "Bakersfield" California,
  Grandma had a remedy for this.
 She seemed to have a remedy for every crisis. 
Even with all the windows open, the cottage was too warm.

Fans didn't help much. The simple solution for a restful sleep? 
Move the "BED"
 outside under the moon & stars.

 So simple, yet so profound. 
The aroma of trees, flowers, and orange blossoms,
 filled the warm air.
 The cottage was smack dab in the middle 
of the famous "Sunkist" orange groves.

The sound of the "Night Owl,"
 against the quietness of the night. 
The slight breeze. 
 Soft cotton sheets against moist skin.
 Oh so relaxing beneath the trees, 
counting the bright stars, 
under silvery moonlight.

 Slumber at last for
 "Grandma & Grandpa"
 &
 all the little cowboys!

Maybe I will turn the air off tonight, 
after I move our bed outdoors. 
Save the planet & some money.