Velvet

Fallow deer, Bradgate Park, Leicestershire, July 2024
Fallow deer, Bradgate Park and Swithland Wood, Leicestershire, July 2024

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Summer soft antlers

are protected and nourished

then the autumn rut

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by Scooj

St Swithin’s Day

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It rained half the day

does that mean that it will rain

for the next twenty

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by Scooj

Nature crisis

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Unpollinated

where have all the insects gone

a summer without

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by Scooj

Spooked

Little Egret, River Frome, Bristol, July 2024
Little Egret, River Frome, Bristol, July 2024

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Fishing stint disturbed

eye on approaching danger

little egret flies

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by Scooj

Crunch time for Engerland

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Semi-final clash

potential to fluke a win

likely bore us all

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by Scooj

That’s my girl

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In Cambodia

daughter spent a day fishing

feasting on her prize

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by Scooj

Star boy

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England victory

penalty ghosts laid to rest

Saka man of match

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by Scooj

The afternoon after the night before

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Feeling deflated

been looking forward so long

got what I wanted

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by Scooj

  • After yesterday’s General Election, which went pretty well from my point of view, I am left feeling flat. I have waited so long to see the back of the Tories, that I think I am slightly in denial.

Independence Day

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Fourteen years ago

the occupation began

voting for freedom

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by Scooj

No sun flower

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Long overcast days

just two feet high and rising

low expectations

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by Scooj