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
Nature
Same Park, Different Walk
Nature, Outdoors, Parks, Photography, Places, Poetry
Ordsall Park Motif
Salford, 10th May 2018
With the appearence of what seemed to be the slight raise in the mercury, i decided to walk down toward the local park and take a couple of snaps with my trusty Nikon D3100
Trees in the Park
Sun Peeking through the Apple Blossom
Apple Blossoms
Walking the Dog
Spot to Rest
Colourful
Acrostic, Fruit, Garden, Nature, Poetrycould it be, the first signs of spring
out of all the signs of Mother Nature that
leap out at us,
of all those signs, green leaves appear and
radiant colours join them in the
form of beautiful blossoms … whilst
underneath them ?
luscious fruits
Prolific : Tale of a tree
Garden, Nature, Photography, Seasons
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
Blush
Birds, Character, Emotions, Nature, Poetrybright as a button
long rows of garden plants
unassumingly hide their colourful wares
somewhere under a mass of green leaves
hopefully though, the shy fruits will be spotted before the birds get them
Wonder
Acrostic, Animals, Nature, PoetrySalford 9th March 2018
When you look around the world you live in,
Open your eyes – for sometime you can be oblivious to the
Number of things , living on the land you call home
Down in the Water, and Up in the air
Every kind of creature lives on the planet –
Rejoice and enjoy the things around you – they’re eyedropping!
Driftwood
Acrostic, Animals, Poetry, WaterSalford, 3rd February 2018
Detritus floating en-masse down the ship canal
Readily aided by the boats and the water
Is floating aimlessly towards the basin gates
Full stop only happening upon hitting the booms where each stick gangs
Together forming a pretty pattern on the
Waters surface
Overjoyed geese, plunder the booty, piling
One large stick on top of another till a safe place for eggs has been built, whilst
Downstream, a boat with a foriegn name (and crane) is coming to pick up the leftovers
The master thief
Acrostic, Nature, Poetry
Sitting halfway up a tree
Quietly observing his target
Unaware they’re being watched
In an Instant he’s jumping, and flying
Rolling about on the picnic blanket and
Ravishing the goodies laid out before him
Escaping back the way he came – and raising a smile
Loathe him ? some might, but he is a cheeky chappie.
Nest
Acrostic, Birds, Growing up, NatureNear to the top of the tree
eggs are sitting in their little bed of twigs
safely in a huddle until
the time arises to hatch – with a little help from mum and dad
Cacophony
Cityscapes, Life, PoetryIt begins quietly enough
the sound of birds waking from their nests
and perching themselves on the sculpted columns of buildings
the sound sweetly moves past the windows
joined by a wail of a cat and a dog
arguing over the stray beefburger
dropped the night before
the rumble of tyres – joined by their horns
as products make way from a to b
kids on the march from home to school
noise from records in an aim to look cool
the birds fly away – soon to return
and you have to get up – as your ears start to burn
