Westonbirt arboretum

 

And here on Broad Drive

carpets of new bluebells bask

by ruddy Acers.

 

by Scooj

ER

 

I’m rather drawn to

civil disobedience

when the stakes are high.

 

by Scooj

Warm weather haircut

 

Number two on top

grading to a one elsewhere

and lose the fluff please.

 

by Scooj

 

  • These days there isn’t an awful lot to cut and most of the hard work is getting rid of the hair on/in my ears, my eyebrows etc – getting old is the pits.

Sounds of spring

 

Pigeon coo cooing

heard in the front room fireplace

chimney stack calling.

 

by Scooj

Dog gone

 

Missing for an hour

Ruben ran and disappeared

feared we had lost him.

 

by Scooj

Unexpected tick tock

.

Old mantle piece clock

unwound for years, announces

there’s life in her yet.

.

by Scooj

Rest permitted

 

On doctor’s orders

taking it easy today

an afternoon snooze.

 

by Scooj

Choked

 

Conifer-smothered

poorly paulownia tree

leggy and forlorn.

 

by Scooj

Dog walk benefits

.

Ruben and I see

an orange-tip butterfly

the first of the year.

.

by Scooj

One year on

.

My sister and me

we remember him today

and tell our stories.

.

by Scooj