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  • Somewhere Under the Rainbow: haiku

    Somewhere Under the Rainbow: haiku

    Somewhere Under the Rainbow: haiku

  • November: an acrostic poem

    November: an acrostic poem

    November: an acrostic poem

  • The Flower Moon wafts across the night sky in May

    The Flower Moon wafts across the night sky in May

    There was a flower moon last night (16th May 2022). Did you see it? The full moon in May The full moon in May has many popular names, but my favourite is the Flower Moon. I can imagine a big glowing flower wafting across the night sky, scenting it with a soft, fragrant light. A…

  • Will you be my Valentine?

    Will you be my Valentine?

    “The Luperci (Priests) carried on running amok, naked and slapping women with bloodied hides—even when under the powerful influence of the Church of Rome!”

  • Perhaps it’s time to tell TV weather forecasters to wipe the smiles off their faces?

    Perhaps it’s time to tell TV weather forecasters to wipe the smiles off their faces?

    Happy fair weather forecasters Am I the only one who gets a trifle irritated when TV weather forecasters, with big smiles on their faces, exclaim with glee at the forecast of so called ‘good weather’? Many of us in the city live in flats and apartments with glass facades, without gardens. New builds (and old…

  • Little Robin in the Bramble

    Little Robin in the Bramble

    It’s the time of year for a Robin picture! So, here is a watercolour I have painted in honour of Christmastide. I was taking a walk on an RSPB nature reserve at the close of Autumn when a lone Robin’s clear song drew my gaze to one of my favourite little birds declaring (and perhaps…

  • The Bee: oh what a wonderful thing to be…

    The Bee: oh what a wonderful thing to be…

    Where would we be without the bee? Where would we be without the honeybee?We’d be in catastropheIt would not be funnyThere’d be no honeyNo summer hum in the grassesNo time that passesNo buzz in the fieldNo flowers or cropsNo yield Where would we be?Without the humble bumble We’d stumble and crumbleAnd tumble into the pitIt would…

  • The Little Wren

    The Little Wren

    The Little Wren A flick of leaf A flash of light On the ground In out of sight Under a bush A shush— then, that is when I see the  Wren! It darts stops starts And hops Here and there Everywhere Hither, thither whither Under the hedge to fledge Tail standing proud It stood briefly…

  • City Fox

    City Fox

    I know there is a fox who lives in a small wildlife garden in the City of London. There are telltale signs—leftovers from a recent meal scattered on the grass…a hole in the foliage leading to a den by the pond…trodden down trails through the wild flowers…fox scat…and evidence of take-aways. Leftovers from a recent…

  • After #30 Days Wild I’m In Need Of A Comb!

    After #30 Days Wild I’m In Need Of A Comb!

    The Wildlife Trusts Challenge during June, was to share our random acts of wildness photos using #30dayswild. I took photos and posted some of them on IG — but it’s not all about taking photos — it’s about SEEING and DOING. Obviously there are random acts of wildness that go unrecorded by the camera! Like…