#Napowrimo #Easter
Monday 13th April 2020
Every easter, it’s rumoured
a furry fellow in white
sends a special delivery
to commemorate the resurrection to
every kid in the neighbourhood
ready wrapped and sent as quick as Santa
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Salford 11th April 2020
A sweet sounding prompt from the inkwell
Hi Folks
Inky back with another photographic delight from the inkwell.
all sorts of candy treats….from milk chocolate bears to candy bananas……
Yes. it is the last day of lent…and yes it has been a pain knowing just where i’d stashed all that yummy stuff away till now
However , Given the odd sunday allowance and my birthday tea –
i reckon i’ve done rather well from abstaining from the sweet stuff,
there is of course one thing that re-emerged on my birthday
And its not being opened till Bank Holiday Monday 🙂
As its easter – and im doing Napowrimo – here’s a little something sweet inspired by Matthew Tomlinson’s sweet shop at Salford’s Lark Hill Place
It’s called Pick and Mix
Open up your bag, and round
your choice of sweets for just a pound
a choice of sweets, is hard to choose
with more than just the penny chews.
Some candied shrimps, some lemon drops
chocolate footballs, fizzy pops
Bonbons of strawberry, cola cubes
Dolly mixtures and sherbet in tubes
Candy lollies in different flavours,
Fruit sherbet drops with tastes to savour
lemon pastilles, and aniseed balls
and space dust that’s fizzy to not one kid but all
Chocolate cups, a favourite for me
were usually the thing to be eaten wi’ glee
But don’t eat them all now, or else there won’t be
any room left in your tummy for tea!
#Easter #Holiday
The collective heads at the weather office
looked dumbfounded at the view outside the window
it was a common convention – it rained on a Bank Holiday
and yet, blue skies and sun were the order of the day
flowers were drenched in sunshine
and people were enjoying picnics in the park
as confectioners ran with their easter eggs
to keep their creations whole.
In response to the prompt
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/prompts/craving/
It’s hard giving up something you love,
even more when its everywhere in plain sight
but – you made the conscious decision
of giving up chocolate for Lent….
problem is – It’s EVERYWHERE!
Chocolate bars on the counter
Chocolate eggs on the supermarket shelf
So for thirty days – your chocolate cell acts like a demented toddler
“I Wanna bar of Chocolate!!!!” it screams
The arrival of the Easter Bunny can’t come soon enough.
In Response to Seasonal Scents
As I write from my Suburban Terraced House in Salford, Lancashire – I’m reminded we’re still in Winter in Britain. Although the religious festival of Lent has arrived early, which normally means the onset of Spring – there’s a definite nip in the air.
Winter is hanging on for dear life
The smell of pine leaves was abundant around the streets around Christmas time, as was the all too familiar scent of Warm Minced pies, which were in every kitchen where a Christmas Dinner was served. Mulled Wine released the festive smells of Cinnamon , Nutmeg and Cloves in the Christmas Markets and it warmed the hands and the hearts of those who drank it as they walked around the festive stalls.
The Smell of Mulled Wine has been boxed away till next Christmas season, leaving a gap for wintry treats of hot chocolate to take its place.
Wafting aromas of chocolate, mint, caramel and orange travel up the nose. A perfect remedy for the last of the winter weather. As I write, the weatherman on the BBC announces not just Frost on the way – but Snow! So much for the Mercury rising. I’ll wait to see what Mother Nature delivers in the week.
And as Christmas is remembered, but not forgotten. Churches fill the air with scented candles as preparations are made for Easter time. One definite smell of Lent – the smell of the incense from the incense burner at Holy Week, Not for a while yet – but the candles are doing their best to fill the air with a Lenten smell.
