Tea

.

The perfect cuppa

is best drunk when it’s at the

right temperature.

.

by Scooj

N.B. That temperature may be different for each person, but the perfection remains the same.

Fledged

.

The trial begins

timid uncertain first hops

urgent need to fly.

.

by Scooj

Garden shredder

 

So satisfying

shrubby branches in one end

mulch out the other

 

by Scooj

Corona beard

.

It’s what my mother

would call a Grizzly Adams

a little too grey

.

by Scooj

Share

 

There’s room in the nest

in the pot in the greenhouse

five fluffy fledglings

 

by Scooj

New normal

.

Where did the day go?

Exhausted from nothingness

ready for my bed

.

by Scooj

Warning

 

Chook, chook, chook, chook, chook

blackbirds send distraction call

the threat diverted.

 

by Scooj

Room at the inn

 

Front garden bushes

heavy with buzzing insects

pollinator’s inn

 

by Scooj

At which we excel

.

Nation of queuers

our moment at last has come

static shopping line

.

by Scooj

Change

.

Cold northerly wind

reminds us it is still spring

a warm shirt and hat

by Scooj