Out of the dawn
And the leaves of his hiding place
Comes the king of the urban jungle
Lightly skipping towards the garden fence
And a well furnished bowl
Of the latest catch
Breakfast beckons
Garden
Squirrel
Acrostic, Animals, PoetryOctpowrimo, 29th October 2018
Signs that winter is on its way
Quite inquisitive fellow made his way across the garden fence
Under the fir trees and around the hyacinths
In search, of something
Round , red brown, and tasty to
Restock his larder for winter
Every now and then looking around, protecting his hide
Looking for morsels in every inch of the garden
Adventures in the garden
Garden, Insects, Poetry#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!
Light green moments
Colours, Photography
Salford, 8th September 2018
Saturday morning, and I’m pondering the next shade of colour in fees fun foto challenge
lime green
now you say lime green to me, and my artistic thoughts go directly to the fruit bowl
But limes nowadays seem much darker in tone than what I’d normally associate them with….you would have to split them open to get the colour you were looking for
But a quick scan of the kitchen cupboards soon reveals this light green colour. In a packet of custard, or perhaps pasta or even strawberry jelly (strange but true). For the doubters it’s the one in the green packet…
lime jelly ? An acquired taste.
and outside in the garden, the trees have more of a lime green colour to them than the actual shade of a dark green lime
look again… and the outside of the lime is hiding in plain sight…
Bee Industrious
Museums, Photography, Poetry25th August 2018
#beeinthecity #manchester
Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester
Captured in his own little Garden at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry, Industrious
Busy little bee sits in his own little world
Among flowers and scents and colour
working over the flower beds
where the people wait for the train
industrious little fellow he is
Ballerinas in the garden
Poetry#garden #flowers #dancing #photography
Wednesday 15th August 2018
hidden away during winter
Prima ballerinas in their brightly coloured tutus
Spiral around in a northern wind
Attracting an audience
From above and below
Out in the back garden
Poetry
I sat open mouthed
as i watched the goings on
taking place in greenery
facing the kitchen
In an attempt to claim
a tree in their name
two or three white butterflies
engaged in aerial combat
Flying past the window
and around the roof
soaring to grab
their place on the tree
who won the contest ?
that’s anybodys guess
maybe we’ll find out
when the caterpillars hatch
Picnic days
Food, Poetry#summer #food #sport #garden
24th June 2018
Perfect time to relax in the Garden
In the shade of a cool umbrella, out of the sun
Cucumber sandwiches and iced lemonade
Nice accompaniament to the Barbecue chicken
Inside the wicker basket – under the foil
Chocolate cake for afters – the perfect sweet
Spiders in the house
Acrostic, Animals, Home, Insects, Poetry#spiders #web #house
22nd June 2018
an acrostic from inkdrop
from a prompt from the imaginarium
sometimes I wonder why they’re there
popping up from out of the garden and setting up in the kitchen
i get the idea, these six legged fellows don’t like the cold…
desperate, they’ll weave their webs in hidden spaces, like
every cubby hole or stair cupboard
Resident, until cleared out with a head of a brush
Out of this world
Acrostic, Nature, Outdoors, Poetry
Taken root
On a spot of earth
Alien invader starts to feed
Devouring the water below
Some plants sit, aghast as they watch
The alien eat up their food like an unwanted guest
Others, are more philisophical as
Over time – the alien and his cohort – will be
Lifted, and thrown away – or (if edible) eaten
