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Category: Colours
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Those bananas look like they’ve been picked too early and are those lemons or limes ?
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#Coloryourworld #Cyw #Yellow I like the colour yellow, like the way it appears in a sunny day or a soft boiled egg at breakfast so many colours depend on it we’d have bluegrass on the lawn and funny coloured sunflowers and Citrus fruits ? No Orange, Lemon or Lime So Have a Banana! and Rejoice! this bright…
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#coloryourworld #cyw #Dandelion King 👑 of the wildflower beasts in the centre of the lawn you survey your kingdom blades of grass bow to your yellow mane as your family sets root across the square of green one day, it will be time to pass your crown 👑 to another but until then enjoy your…
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#Coloryourworld #Cyw #Goldenrod Humble wildflower, mistaken for a common weed. Patches of your glorious gold – shine in the morning sun Bringing a smile to insects and birds alike As bright as the sun, wise men use you for medicine and your cousins look on with their lion like stare for in essence – they’re a…
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Where was I ? Paradise.
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#Coloryourworld #CYW #Bananamania By jove! – a prompt on the banana A bendy little fruit – handy for lunch boxes Nice between two slices of buttered bread And even better when combined with Nuts, ice cream and chocolate sauce to produce A delight to be served after dinner Maybe – its the way you tell everyone you’re ready As you…
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#Coloryourworld #CYW #Redorange As the sun fell past the horizon the summer sky turned fizzy the blues turned tan as the summer sun went on its way to the other side of the earth from blue to orange and white to red saying goodbye for tonight, as the moon appeared in its goodbye glow
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#Coloryourworld #cyw #Shadow He’s there by day (and sometimes at night), Follows round me like a puppy – but doesn’t bite. On Night streets, he’s home before I reach gate, arrives in the morning, he’s never late. I see him on Curtains, on walls and on doors in front of me on lawns and pavements…
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Yellow A Zesty colour sign of the start of spring and summer daffodils and daisies explode with colour and marigolds make hay in the morning sun Lemon sponge sits in the oven cooking slowly for a farmhouse lunch – Vanilla custard softly turning in a copper pan as breakfast is served – a soft boiled egg with…