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Category: Animals
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#wildlife #outdoors #fox you might not see him in the hours of the day as he feeds his cubs but when the sun moves you might hear a noise beyond the back garden fence and sights of dead prey please don’t be alarmed – its only the fox saying thanks
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#fffc #crane #sleep A bird’s got to get some sleep After travelling over land and sea All to find the perfect spot for A nest to rest her egg (or two) And it might be in A countryside plot or even up in An urban waterside All it needs is the space And when her…
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#wdys #spider image by Don Coombes on Unsplash The life of a spider can be hazardous it’s bad enough looking out for predators but even setting up home can be a dangerous task so you drop your delicate strands of silk over the spikea and thorns hoping that they don’t break apart leaving you forlorn
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#CCC058 #Tree #Nibbled #Hangout #forest #octpowrimo There’s a spot in the forest that many a furry animal hangs out at Birds eat the berries while the squirrels eat the nuts as the gophers enjoy a feast Tasty morsels from the base that the gophers simply think they’re ace all located in one particular place
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#Cats #Night #Doorstep #octpowrimo He’s sleeping now waiting for the sun to rise or should that be the son to rise? for while everyone slept our great explorer enjoyed the lights and sounds and bounty around Fast food joints a perfect spot to try out a Moonlit supper English , French, Spanish, Italian his choices…
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#socs #eeek The cat is outside in his favourite green spot and he is laughing for while he would like to scamper after rodents what’s there ? catnip mouse of course he will leap into action grabbing his toy heading for the lawn
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#fffc #mfffc Sat on a pumpkin while autumns leaves descend down he waits for his lift birds on the branches ponder whether or not to tell puddytat the date for while leaves fall down halloween is a few days off its still september
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A poem in response to https://crispinakemp.com/2025/08/20/crimsons-creative-challenge-048/ while the hoomans are picnicking and playing their games out in the heat of the summer sun a stripey little fellow travels about the garden flowers collecting nectar for his hive and you’ll know he’s about and around by the noise of his buzzing sound
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#WDYS #Lions #Learning #Jungle #Mum #cubs While the jungle king sleeps off a night of hunting his queen is teaching little charges are taught the do’s and dont’s of the land and where they play they may be princes but respect for mr elephant adds a day of life and snakes and spiders need to…
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King of his own backyard furry cat was flustered to find another feline feasting at his feeding spot funny thing was from looking at each other, nose to nose it was like looking in the mirror the only difference the foibles how they approached their bowl pauper would eat anything – princes fish had to…
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