Bringing a flash of colour from the movement of its wings the sight of them landing on the greens oh what joy it brings like windows of brightness they appear on the green having grown from caterpillars mostly unseen with wings translucent it passes by it brings to the watcher a smile who watches asContinue reading “Butterfly in the Garden”
Category Archives: Garden
Ballerinas
Salford 12th September 2019
Dirt
#Fowc #Dirt Destination – Under the Grass It’s the place where the bulbs and seeds Rest before its time to say hi to the sunshine Treading on it – leaves a mark on it and a mark on you!
Blue-Violet
#CYW #Blue-Violet #Colours Tuesday 13th August 2019 Some say this flower Has its own unique place in the flowerbed As it’s not blue, or violet – and please Do Not call it Purple – there’s far too much blue in Each of its petals Some call it Violet-blue, but gardeners know it as Blue-Violet
Tale of a tree
Salford, 5th July 2019 A piece of poetry, taken from my repository on Allpoetry.com The rotten apple of the bunch, was saved from sentence of th’bin it was placed inside a plot of soil and kept warm there and in. Now Children wondered – would it grow, with loads of apples there in tow? DadContinue reading “Tale of a tree”
Getting Arty
#Freedomofexpression #Art A response to the latest challenge from Iscriblrs Freedom of expression series (and yes – I will be getting arty with his one!) A pencil and paper – the start of the process Composing where the individual flowers went Encapsulating the sandstone sundial at its heart Transferred to hardened plastic And painted inContinue reading “Getting Arty”
Blossoms
Salford, 25th March Spring has definitely sprung The rock gardens resident birds Announced it…the acer is in bloom they chirped Rejoicing at the sight of little pink buds They don’t look much at the minute but Eventually, the wind will stop moving the branches and the Red and pink blossoms will start to appear
Bumblebee Bokeh
Salford 27th February 2019 #Spring #Bumblebee #Photography
Reflection
A response to #Iscriblr’s Freedom of Expression challenge Where I’ve come with my new hobby It was never about capturing a moment blink at the wrong time – it was gone hands gripped around the camera like my life depended on it but then with the picture of a simple silver garden decoration I sawContinue reading “Reflection”
Necromancy
#promptuarium #ghosts #animals #acrostic #children Grandfather always wondered How every time his favourite granddaughter visited Out in the garden, the traps stayed empty – and Something furry was nibbling at his prize vegetables They all seemed to reside by the tree at the back – where the children’s Swing rested on a branch – hisContinue reading “Necromancy”
