The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

Category: Garden

  • Bumblebee Bokeh

    Salford 27th February 2019 #Spring #Bumblebee #Photography

  • 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 saw…

  • #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 – his…

  • #Promptuarium #HugeCreatures we went looking for bugs in the garden each of us using a magnifier, every kind of insect was spotted varying from a caterpillar to a spotty ladybird in fact many were interested in our looking glass – 7 weevils in a line looked like monsters!

  • #promptuarium #prose #inkdropk Took myself on a walk – to remember happy times, when a group of us went a wondering to places far and wide places planned, and journeys grand remembering a mate, and wondering why it was far too early to say goodbye

  • Colorful could it be, the first signs of spring out of all the signs of Mother Nature that leap out at us, of all those signs, green leaves appear and radiant colours join them in the form of beautiful blossoms … whilst underneath them ? luscious fruits

  • Prolific : Tale of a tree

    Prolific Salford 19th April 2018 My “little” Acer tree, in the back garden of the house beginning another set of flowers to signal Spring We bought it from a garden centre in the pennines , quite a few years ago now, and planted it alongside a couple of dwarf conifers and perennials to give the…

  • Salford, 9th February 2018 Tend Plants need looking after when they’re little. I remember , as a lad being given three packets of seed by my Grandad. they never told me what was in those silver packets but each day i’d go to my spot by the lawn, to see what popped out of the…

  • Growth So you plant these little round things into fresh soil over time , and with a little patience – they pop up out of the ground in time, they get bigger and bigger – looking like their mum and dad later on, comes the colours – in the form of flowers or maybe fruits…

  • Bite lunch was two hours ago and dinner is hours away the hunger pangs are out of the cage And they’ve begun to play So over to the brown bread you go And forage for a filling or two When the jars of peanut butter and jam Located above tonight’s spiced ham Decide to greet…