Salford 27th February 2019
#Spring #Bumblebee #Photography
“Weather”
5th February 2019
“Red skies at Night, Shepherds Delight…..“
This old phrase is still around today.
It was the shepherds way of telling fine weather – a red sky at night normally foretold of fine weather next morning
Whilst a red sky in the morning, normally was followed by grey clouds in the skies above. It gave the shepherd time to get his flock onto lower ground and avoid an immediate drenching 🙂
We’re not out of winter yet in the UK, no matter what the met office say, and I’ve known it snow in March, despite it being technically Spring.
#octpowrimo
winters calling,
in some ways, the mercury retreating was
notably a sign from the thermometer
travelling swiftly toward the bulb
even the food has changed from salads to
roasts and shepherds pie
mother nature announced
the end of summer
the winds went wild
and the clouds went through
a stream of emotion
anger and upset
lightning bolts thrown in major league tantrums
many of them sobbed
as their tears fell to the ground below
the mercury rose again today
over at the campsite….they don’t need a match
just a circle of stones baking in the mid morning sun
plonking the pan on top and waiting
waiting for the small drop of oil
to start sizzling.
white fluffy clouds make their way towards the sea
while cool winds come in off the western coast
butterflies take in nectar
from the yellowest of daffodils
while birds blend in with reds and blues
on the hunt for the grubs for lunch
#Promptuarium #Earlymorning #Summer
An early morning acrostic by inky
Summers Mornings
Unusually found the Son up before
Mum and dad
Maybe its because he
Expected the smiling sun to
Reach beyond the curtains and say hello
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 back of the house a bit of colour!
It was caught out by a really hard frost and snowfall in March, when it should have flowered then. The mercury in the thermometer refused to budge, so it slept on till the Easter Holiday, and while i celebrated my birthday – one or two of the flowering buds popped out to say “Hello!”. Soon it’ll be covered in lovely pink and white flowers, and (Northwest English Weather permitting) they’ll be there to brighten up the back garden all the way through summer and early autumn – when it’ll lose its foliage and it’ll prepare itself for the following spring.
Camera Details : Nikon D3100, No flash, Natural light, Yongnuo Prime Lens 58mm
you could call it crisp
its definitely dark
stars in the sky night twinkle and spark
out in the distant carpet called space
each cluster of stars don’t seem out of place
and standing like statues,
they watch as snow falls
creating their flurries that land soft but tall
As the competition began to place
The audience and judges shivered in their space
As a young guard, who’d never done the job before
Created a draft inside on the competition floor
Now this might not be bad for contestants so bold,
But judges observing were getting a cold
Said head judge to colleagues, as he spoke to all
I think next year, it’s summer not fall
And sending out messages to stewards away from floor
I know it’s an open…but someone please…shut that door 🚪
