#FOWC #Nature #Birds #Instinct
Inborn – that’s what they call it
Noted scientists use the word when they just dont know!
So why birds fly south for the winter –
They use the fall back position – this word
If they gave it a little thought
Creativity might be applied to the question
Till then – you’re left – pondering their answer
A post in response to the Tuesday Photo Challenge from Inky
Tuesday 26th March 2019
What’s with the guitar Inky ?
I thought i’d start with the musical link – an electric guitar. Clapton, May, Deacon come to mind. It’s loud but in time is methodical, and lyrical – its also the nearest thing to an electrical instrument that doesn’t need a programmer….it does need an amplifier though
Much like the Rocks you find on your average beach….(eh?)
Add a chirp or two following the sound of the rocks and the sea – you have a three piece band 🙂
Reminiscent of something i read in Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Novel Soul Music
Music with Rocks in – Quite a ring to it too.
And all of this is Acoustic….no electric required.
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
Salford, 23rd March 2019
Modified from an instagram post i posted this morning,
When i wake up
What do i see, beyond the works of
Writing on my desk ?
Wide, are the curtains flung – from
West to east – bringing light to the painted
walls where i do most of my scribbling
Marshmallow pillows float
softly in Salford Skies as
flocks of feathered friends
return from their alfresco restaurant, to
five star accommodation – peering across towards my way
as they enjoy the view.
#Light #Nature
Its the thing that brightens up your day
without it – your mood would be pretty dark
as flowers fruit and vegetation
would sleep on down in the ground
It’s the deliverer of colour
bringing shades of blue to the sky
occasionally bringing colour
in the form of a rainbow
And how many stars in the night sky
create the patterns above your head
with a lightshow of colour
before you go to bed ?
Salford, 2nd March 2019
Winter wasn’t kind to our friend round the back
Who was anchored to the rocks by its roots
The evergreens kept a watchful eye
As it sat there dormant in the wind rain and snow
Till one day last week – a clarion call
from our feathered chums returning from their homes in the south
“Spring’s arriving, the sun’s getting warmer”
and our little plant from the far east
began to wake up – and grow its buds
The birds they all cheered – and the wildlife revered
For as they did cheep – out of slumber the maple creeped
Salford 1st March
Like a bullet
It flew down the street
Towards the other side of the dual carriageway and
The waterside
Local cats, couldn’t catch him
Even if they tried – he was too far up to reach
Before our feathered friend
Islands of Plenty – with seeds galore
Ready to be eaten by our feathered friend and his chums
Dropped on a patch of green
“Taking the rough with the smooth”
Raised impressions of copper coins
Out of the Aquarium, smooth glass beads fool the fish
Under the fingers, some textures provide something to hold on to
gritty sand , much like the coastal rock it came from and
Home to a variety of creatures, whose armour mirror their own.
“Move the Camera”
Its funny how a couple of steps, or a turn of the body can change the view of what you are capturing.
I was stood by the pontoon of the watersports centre on Salford Quays, when the Canada Geese came up the centenary walkway for their elevenses.
In they came one after the other, heading for a grassy spot by the pontoon where a water bailiff had generously left some bird food across it. They all ate like royalty, and then waddled back down the walkway to the watersports centre, where they hopped in and out of the canal basins
“Breaking the rule of thirds”
a thought from inky.
