The Naughty List

Photo by Gustavo Fring on Pexels.com a seasonal poem from inky Santa’s had a little list produced on parchment all year to attribute presents to naughty and nice If you’ve been good you have nothing to fear See while he’s been busy in the workshop his crack team of elves have been here watching goings …

Colours of Autumn

Photo by ROMAN ODINTSOV on Pexels.com #Acer #Nature #Colours #octpowrimo You can tell when summers ending by looking in our back yard as the bright green leaves of the Acer tree have already started to change by the turning of green to yellow start of autumn sees a lack of green ink as the yellow …

Apples and Pears

#paperswans Fruit stall : Image from Paperswans There’s plenty of variety on show at the local market Apples of various kinds Oranges, Tangerines Pears, Plums and Peaches Strawberries, blackberries, and blueberries (Not forgetting Grapes) and like the people who buy them there’s a host of variety to see different sights, different flavour of course – …

Creature in the House

#Animal #Acrostic #Poetry #Writeclub Salford, 15th June 2020 Chocolate munching reptile having a field day in the house he is! arriving on a mission – to empty larder cupboards – munching on oranges, strawberries and lemons even limes take his sweet tooth to 7th Heaven Lemon sorbet’s and Chocolate cake can’t escape his grasp of …

Ode to a fly

#Napowrimo #fly #insect A fly flew round the mulberry bush the fly himself got bored he headed for an open window and through the air he soared his little wings a flying he stopped upon something sweet he landed on the bowl they were in and decided to enjoy a treat but then who should …

Scrooge

#SoCS #Scrooge So looking back, How was your Christmas ? Counting the savings from making the kids wait till Boxing day for their treat Roast Chicken and less vegetables than usual Of course, you can defend yourself by saying you’re “Economical” – but Oranges are meant to be eaten, they’re not just a table decoration. …

Conjure

Conjure Crafting a dessert, is a bit of a magic trick Oranges sliced and pineapples diced get laid in a dish, and Next comes the syrup and then the batter, before the dish is covered in foil Just before the dish is put in the oven – four holes are made to let out steam …

Fruit salad

Savor The Oranges sliced, sing on the plate… they’ve been quite lonely as of late all alone in their bowl of blue looking quite bright – but with nothing to do Now with apples, diced they share bowls that cooks of note prepare with other fruit from orchards near and strawberries grown in the fields …