Queen’s flight

.

A single purpose

to start a new colony

queen ants leave the nest

.

by Scooj

Fish and chips

.

When it’s in your head

there is nothing you can do

fish and chips it is.

.

by Scooj

Doldrums

.

Each day like the last

opportunities becalmed

the new normal life

.

by Scooj

Therapy

.

An idea comes

paint spray permeates the air

idea fulfilled

.

by Scooj

Downpour

.

Chat interrupted

hammering on the Velux

drainpipes overflow

.

by Scooj

Purdown battery

.

Where once AA guns

fired upon German bombers

keeping Bristol safe

natural wild overgrowth

thrives in the concrete ruins

.

by Scooj

Late afternoon

.

Late afternoon sun

warms damp lawns and flower beds

fine smells of the earth

.

by Scooj

 

PMQ*

.

Boris obfuscates

in only the way he can

Russian involvement?

.

by Scooj

 

* Another blustering/bumbling performance from Boris in the final Prime Minister’s Questions today. He really is a jumped up little school prefect with zero gravitas. How much the Malvolio quote from Shakespeare’s the Tempest resonates:

“Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon ’em.”

Cayenne

.

Photogenic fruit

rising star in the greenhouse

generating heat

.

by Scooj

Ephemeroptera

.

Fleeting existence

here today, gone tomorrow

like politicians

.

by Scooj