The Inkwell

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Born and Bred in Salford, England – I live a short distance from Old Trafford – Home to Manchester United Football Club. I volunteer at Sale Harriers athletic club and at Imperial War Museum North – where i help as a guide to visitors in the galleries. A blogger, photographer, volunteer and occasional writer.

Category: Garden

  • Olive Green

    #cyw #olivegreen #olive #green Out in the summer sun Living it up on Grecian shores It’s like you were made, for the mezze Vine Leaves and Feta Cheese Even the tomatoes seem juicier when you’re around Gem of a fruit of the vine Roasted lamb seems to like you Even served as a stuffing Enjoyed…

  • Wild Blackberry

    Salford, 21st June 2020 flown in over field and dale landed among the town’s bracken and bush entangled in some weird hug with the original bush where expert eyes, pick up the most sumptuous berries inspected, and sent off to the kitchen – spending time next to the sugar and pectin – for creating a…

  • Innocence

    A tale of Growing up, by inky. The fruit fell lightly from the branch to underneath the tree my little nephew picked them up and asked a question of me “Uncle, i know pears are ready to eat when they’ve fallen from the tree but why do we call them pairs ? when there’s clearly…

  • Robin

    Robin

    #Robin #EuropeanRobin #Redbreast #Bird Salford, 30th May 2020 Returning to the garden after a brief sojourn our friend you find on christmas cards, was found resting on the fence bringing a spot of additional colour to the trees in the garden its possible, he was interested in the wildflower seeds near the little spruce trees…

  • The recyclers

    Salford, 29th April 2020 They’re picking up your plastic your glass, and paper , man they’re taking it to the depot in their big new shiny van They’re re-using all those used things you would normally throw away no time to be sticking them in the ground they’ve found another way The rubbish is carefully…

  • Crazy Paving

    Crazy Paving

    #fowc #Crazy Colourful trail leading up the garden path rocky slabs laid at really strange angles at first, you might think – some mad zany designer had taken a hammer to your pavement, but you would be wrong – each piece has been placed on purpose as you look carefully – each bit of stone…

  • Wildflowers

    Salford 17th April 2020 A Spot by the big trees became vacant recently, considering the weather, i cleared the space and dropped some the seed into a channel….no expectations – i just need to water them during the day flowers ? they’ll all be different and some you might go and consider them as weeds…

  • Visitors

    Salford. 26th March 2020 In the time’s of this nasty virus It’s very good to know Mother nature’s sent out a message and the birds have said hello For while we’ve been in isolation our friends with their wings have flown by to give us some pleasant distraction from the news that’s been catching our…

  • Green

    Green

    #CYW #Green 4th March 2020 The place where blue meets yellow crafting colours seen in the most vibrant of gardens lawns and evergreen trees line the garden path being a canvas for other colours in front of the house and yet you could paint the perfect picture with the various shades of leaf, from tree…

  • Granny Smith’s Apple

    #CYW #Grannysmithsapple Salford, 29th February 2020 Grown for many years , from the fruit trees in the garden really fresh and juicy apples got picked at springtime and used in a variety of ways now, sometimes – they were chopped up and used in a strudel… next time, they’d be mushed up and served up…