The Inkwell#Christmas #Dog #Walk
Cooped up inside
He tried his best to enjoy the festivities
Reality is – despite playing with all his toys
Indoors isn’t where he wanted to be
So, he persuaded his owner
To take him for a walk over the
Mossy greens of the local park where
A host of trees and twigs will be played with – on return
Sausages will be found in his bowl – Late gift from Santa Paws!
#SoCs #Trees
Resting in the corner of the back yard
on granite and limestone
conifers and other evergreens
keep their spot looking tidy
Growing at a pace
a number will have to wait till their
rosy flowers appear with the warm weather
deciduous plants cold in the cold of winter
except when they’ve been clipped for
new table decorations at Christmas
#writeclub #winter
The crows sat atop the garden trees
looking for their friends
They’d hopped onto a thermal wind
headed for lands end
the pigeons were still sat about
on a gable end
but the other birds were hidden
on a greenish bend
for while the trees were caked with snow
and the winter wind did blow
the birds at home stayed in their nest
away from the most unwelcome guest
Problem is the guest – you could not see
and turned up unexpectedly
with his chums rain, sleet and snow
popping up to say “Hello!”
and while the guest blew up the snow
amounts of white stuff it did grow
so deep in the evergreen the birds all flew
while winter turned trees into an igloo.
#WDYS
A perfect getaway
set in trees and mountains
a place to get away from it all
take in the mountain air
and catch a fish or two
then perhaps after you’ve ate
you dip your toes in the waters blue
#writeclub #freezing
If you think you’re feeling cold today
count yourself lucky
you could be a bird
hanging about in the winter time
tending to its clutch of eggs
while cold winds from the north
blow through the trees
that said, you could be a fish
down in the water of the darkest sea
the ice might be on the surface
cold and bright white
but its perishing below
you could be a vegetable
freshly picked today
and put in a bag with others
before you can get away
then stored in a great big chiller
with the door closed behind you with ease
its a hardlife, living as it does
as a garden pea.
#weather
There must be something
wrong with the thermometer
for the man at the met.office
is suggesting we all
wrap up snug and warm
in the next few days
His colleagues and pals
say “its too warm for snow”
but its hiding in the clouds
while the winds are a go
waiting for a mercury drop
when on the grasses and roofs it’ll stop
So while it’s in clouds
the wildlife will stay
having their fun and playing away
till the flakes of snow land on the ground
and they head for their nests and burrows around
#Writephoto #Emerging
Everybody – keep calm
may as it seen – it looks like a giant coming through the wall
every forester knows who it is – its Pan!
reviving the trees and preparing them for autumn
green grasses being pushed up by his fingers
it might come as a shock – but hes a busy guy this time of year
note how the seeds are opening up and falling to
ground ? Thats all down to him
#WDYS
Its early morning
It Might not be St. Tropez
but it’s got its advantages
holidaying in a forest setting
sunlight peeking through the trees
looking out for birds and squirrels
and all before returning to the comforts
of a log cabin – where little un will draw what she’s seen
#CFFC #Pink
It’s hidden away
the muncher of the grass clippings
but easily spotted
if you know where to look
The Acer and the conifers smile
as the backyard waste control
engages with the garden ornaments
in a game of hide and seek
Garden Fairies Giggle
as his strawberry coloured hat
tells every bird and squirrel
exactly where he is
But One day – what’s this?
He seems to have disappeared
Wondering beyond the rock garden
That’s weird.
He’s been emptied out
by the big white van
to turn the clippings to biofuel
that’s the plan.
#promptuarium #thevisitor
Living down in the depths of the deep
this merman surfaced – from the water he leaped
to replace some greenery that fell in the sea
the hedgerows and bushes, the occasional tree
And he made some friends – with the kids from the shore
learning about the fallen plants and more
they were growing their flowers and he was keen
to share details of sea plants that he had seen
So during the months and days that passed by
the merman kept watch on the cliffs and the sky
while the birds and the humans enjoyed the scene
the lovliest spot there had ever been.
The Inkwell