Forgot my hat

.

Bandana and beard

and looking like a biker

out digging again.

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by Scooj

Sun, sun, sun

.

Special, sun-soaked spring

ameliorates lock down

the best on record

.

by Scooj

 

* I believe that with tomorrow’s forecast for sun, that this spring (March, April and May) will have broken all records for sunlight-hours. Thank heavens. How much more difficult the last period might have been with cold, wet weather.

A message?

.

Late afternoon sun

falls on the The Tao of Pooh

I’ve never read it

.

by Scooj

Keep your distance

.

Outdoor existence

seen through a two metre lens

I long to embrace

.

by Scooj

English climate change

.

Dry spell continues

after such a wet winter

a summer-like spring

.

by Scooj

Emerald bomber

.

An approaching drone

zig-zag crashing on the hedge

cheer the rose chafer

.

by Scooj

 

Rose chafers are the most beautiful beetles, and one of the larger ones found in the UK. They seem to be more prevalent than they were in my childhood and provide an exotic touch to our gardens during May and June. They are closely related to cockchafers colloquially known as May bugs, but are rather more attractive. Loud and clumsy, these beetles have a charm all of their own (although the grubs are monstrously destructive).

Allotment evening watering

.

Ear close to the ground

listen to the grateful earth

drink with a sizzle

.

by Scooj

Dirty, rotten scoundrels

Without contrition

without dignity, honour

or integrity

 

The self-styled ‘king of the world’

shows his true colours again

 

by Scooj

 

I didn’t think that I could be upset by Boris Johnson any more. He represents nothing that I believe in, but by jingo he has done it again by his pathetic and snivelling defence of Dominic Cummings’ wrongdoings. Remember this lot will ‘win at any cost’. Well sometimes good governance is not about winning, but is about learning from mistakes and moving on, bringing the people with you for the greater good. I am so saddened by what is going on.

 

Ridiculous

Inside the greenhouse

watering seedlings and plants

outside it’s raining

 

by Scooj

 

Chattering

.

Starlings ascending

disturbed while feeding their young

I the disturber

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by Scooj