Tag: Spring

Emerald bomber

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An approaching drone

zig-zag crashing on the hedge

cheer the rose chafer

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by Scooj

 

Rose chafers are the most beautiful beetles, and one of the larger ones found in the UK. They seem to be more prevalent than they were in my childhood and provide an exotic touch to our gardens during May and June. They are closely related to cockchafers colloquially known as May bugs, but are rather more attractive. Loud and clumsy, these beetles have a charm all of their own (although the grubs are monstrously destructive).

Allotment evening watering

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Ear close to the ground

listen to the grateful earth

drink with a sizzle

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by Scooj

Manana

 

Seeds in their packets

won’t be growing anywhere

I’ll plant tomorrow

 

by Scooj

Barbecue spring

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Who needs a summer?

already the swifts’ shrill cries

fill gorgeous blue skies

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by Scooj

Ever so slightly cool

 

Soft wind sweetly blows

gently soothing sun-soaked skin

it’s not yet summer

 

by Scooj

Changeable

 

This day is too hot

enter Goldilocks moment

this day is too cold

 

by Scooj

Bad timing

 

End-of-tunnel light

quashed by arrival of rain

allotment must wait

 

by Scooj

 

  • I’ve been looking forward to finishing work all day today to be able to pop up to the allotment before cooking an evening meal. A badly timed shower has goofed up all my timings and my excitement. Tomorrow it will have to be.

Late afternoon

 

Sunlit afternoon

through the blinds dancing patterns

tell a spring story

 

by Scooj

 

Upside

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These summer-spring days

small compensation for the

lock down misery

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by Scooj

Although I have to say that I am enjoying the slower pace and quiet streets. Of course the full horror of the virus is too much to bear, but I am clinging to simple pleasures.

Room at the inn

 

Front garden bushes

heavy with buzzing insects

pollinator’s inn

 

by Scooj