An audience

.

Sweetest serenade

blackbirds swap variations

taking turns to sing

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That feeling

.

In the warming air

my pale face bathed in sunlight

spring is approaching

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Last show

.

For twenty five years

an ever-present bloomer

has staged her last show

 

I planted and nurtured her

and she spoiled me with flowers.

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Forgot my hat

.

Bandana and beard

and looking like a biker

out digging again.

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Sun, sun, sun

.

Special, sun-soaked spring

ameliorates lock down

the best on record

.

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* I believe that with tomorrow’s forecast for sun, that this spring (March, April and May) will have broken all records for sunlight-hours. Thank heavens. How much more difficult the last period might have been with cold, wet weather.

A message?

.

Late afternoon sun

falls on the The Tao of Pooh

I’ve never read it

.

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English climate change

.

Dry spell continues

after such a wet winter

a summer-like spring

.

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Emerald bomber

.

An approaching drone

zig-zag crashing on the hedge

cheer the rose chafer

.

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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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Manana

 

Seeds in their packets

won’t be growing anywhere

I’ll plant tomorrow

 

by Scooj