#Winter #Birds #Vanished Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com A few days ago they were going about their business sailing through the blue sky and dropping on any morsel you could find Bird feeders lined with Bacon fat would find nuts and berries galore and Magpies, Crows and Swallows would feast like kings or queens Occassional …
Tag Archives: Nuts
What’s behind the door?
#writeclub Stuff….. Stuff you stored away for a rainy day Stuff with its own character Stuff that’s lived a life That thinggummy-bob that you spent an arm and a leg for that oh-so crucial job now resting by a desk a desk laiden with boxes and tins holding chips and sprockets, nuts and bolts an …
Malleable
#Fowc #Malleable Maybe , you would think it would take an age to mould metal as it is, some like gold and silver are really soft little amounts of heat are needed for the smith to shape it loosely for use in rings and bracelets even iron can be bent into shape with a little …
Combine
#Fowc #Combine I. Baking Take your favourite root vegetable add it with some fat, flour, and a sugar for sweetness put some additional berries or nuts stir in, and stick in the oven when ready – retrieve – cut up and enjoy II. Art Trying to get the colour of flowers in the garden isn’t …
Chestnut
#CYW #Chestnut 6th November 2019 Coming from two trees that hold its name Horse and Sweet varieties exist Each Autumn kids can be found playing games with conkers Sweet fare created from the conkers sibling Tartlets and pies and they’re even used at the Christmas table Note however – you can’t eat the conker Unless …
Squirrel
Octpowrimo, 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 …
Almond and Raspberry Bake
#Threewords #Food #Baking 8th September 2018 I was never a fan of almonds as a child come to think of it – i never liked any nut if it was still in its shell. it might have had something to do with the way you could never break them open after the joys of unwrapping …
Two Squirrels
Promptuarium, 18th August You meet all sorts in your local park two furry vermine were scampering past the bowling green when they both sought my advice on where the tastiest seeds were “The Hazel tree is off to the west, but the Conker tree has started dropping its seeds” I told them, they paused , …
The master thief
Cheeky 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 …
Galvanised
Salford, 21st January 2017 Formed to hold things together – keeping the cogs of the machine going, the humble six sided nut, and his mate the bolt have quite a creative side to their partnership. watch in awe – as the mighty pair … mimic michalangelo turner or Lowry in the shapes and pictures , …
The Inkwell 