Summer days

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Summer holidays

a break from school and routine

more time for nature

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by Scooj

  • On reflecting on the joy of summer holidays when I was a youngster and I could spend time in Cornwall with my grandparents and commune with nature, all day, every day. Happiest of days.

Small moth, big name

Small fan-footed wave moth, Redland, Bristol, August 2024moth
Small fan-footed wave moth, Redland, Bristol, August 2024

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With modest cream wings

moth boasts the craziest name

Small fan-footed wave

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by Scooj

Spider

Spider, St Pauls, Bristol, August 2024
Spider, St Pauls, Bristol, August 2024

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Little Miss Muffet

is eating her curds and whey

look who comes along

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by Scooj

A wonderful thing

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Heart of the city

the Avon, a sandpiper

heard though not quite seen

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by Scooj

After the heat

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Cooler winds arrive

and silver birch leaves rustle

English summer’s day

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by Scooj

Undefeated

Sunflower, Redland Bristol, August 2024
Sunflower, Redland Bristol, August 2024

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Leafless sunflower

savaged by marauding slugs

determination

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by Scooj

Home

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Heathrow arrivals

new text message ‘just landed’

few minutes longer

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by Scooj

Swallow-tailed moth

Swallow-tailed moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria, Redland, Bristol, July 2024
Swallow-tailed moth, Ourapteryx sambucaria, Redland, Bristol, July 2024

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Lured by a false moon

a nighttime visitor comes

conspicuous hue

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by Scooj

Swift return

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Peerless aeronauts

I feared they would not return

sky-high joyful flight

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by Scooj

Comma

Comma, Purdown, Bristol, July 2024
Comma, Purdown, Bristol, July 2024

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Disproportionate

joy of spotting butterflies

a rare sight these days

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by Scooj