A few days away
and cherry blossom gone,
but look — cherries form.
Returning
I refill
the bird feeders.
Rare visitor flies in.
Jackdaw.
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Returning
18 May 2018 2 Comments
in aros, Elfje, Haiku Tags: aros, bird feeders, cherries, cherry blossom, Elfje, haiku, Jackdaw
Delicate Beauty
20 Apr 2018 3 Comments
in aros, Elfje Tags: aros, beauty, blossom, bold, delicate, Elfje, Magnolia
Magnificent
delicate beauty
yet so bold,
palest pink, purple tinged.
Magnolia.
Unbowed
13 Apr 2018 4 Comments
in aros, Elfje Tags: aros, blue, Elfje, grape-hyacinths, rain, skywards
Blue
grape hyacinths
joyfully point skywards,
unbowed by the constant
rain.
Easter
30 Mar 2018 2 Comments
in aros, Elfje Tags: aros, Easter, Elfje, winter
Easter
arrives early
this year, yet
Winter’s grip does not
relent.
Crocus Blooms
16 Mar 2018 6 Comments
in aros, Elfje Tags: aros, crocus blooms, snow, weather
Few
crocus blooms —
crushed by harsh
weather. More to come;
snow!
Jenny Wren
16 Feb 2018 5 Comments
in aros, Elfje Tags: aros, birds, Elfje, Jenny Wren, rockery
Shy
little brown
bird, hopping, creeping
around the rockery, Jenny
Wren.
Back Again
19 Jan 2018 6 Comments
in aros, Elfje Tags: aros, back, Elfje, food, gone, news, pheasant
Pheasant,
two weeks
gone, no news.
Back again now seeking
food.
Pheasant
03 Jan 2018 4 Comments
in aros, Elfje Tags: aros, Elfje, pheasant, shooting season, visiting, Yuletide
Yuletide
pheasant visiting.
Will he stay
when the shooting season
ends?
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Around about the time of the Solstice a cock pheasant appeared in our garden and he has been visiting almost every day since – I think he has only missed two days. The first day he appeared I put out some seed which he gobbled up greedily so I re-filled his supply and he gobbled that up too. I’m guessing he has strayed from the fields up the road to avoid the shooting and wonder if he will return home once the shooting season finishes in a few days from now. Meanwhile I’m going away tomorrow for a long weekend on our boat so have given my youngest son, who will be holding the fort, instructions to look out for him and make sure he has food. Interestingly a second cock pheasant turned up the other day but my resident friend soon saw him off!
Melting
13 Dec 2017 3 Comments
in aros, Elfje Tags: aros, fading, grass, melting, snow, White Christmas
Snow
slowly melting,
green grass peeping.
Chance of White Christmas
fading.
Down At The Boat
11 Aug 2017 4 Comments
in aros, Elfje Tags: activity, aros, boats, dew, Elfje, marina, martins, rigging, sun, wind
An Elfje sequence:
Morning.
The marina
comes to life.
Calm waters belie increased
activity.
Martins
twittering, flittering
around the boats,
among the rigging, playing
catch.
Hardly
a breath
of wind, barely
a ripple disturbs the
water.
Decks
wet with
overnight dew. Drying
sun beams down, set
fair.
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This Elfje Sequence has also been posted today on ‘Simply Elfje’ here.
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