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monday verse: gloire de dijon
When she rises in the morning I linger to watch her; She spreads the bath-cloth underneath the window And the sunbeams catch her Glistening white on the shoulders, While down her sides the mellow...
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california poppies
I’ve posted some pictures of these before, but they really are my favourite flowers in the garden this summer – California Poppies. There’s a paler yellow colour that I want to try next year too.
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weekly photo challenge: beneath your feet
these boots were made for walking A quick last-minute entry for this week’s photo challenge, which asks us to show what is beneath our feet. This is my preferred option – feet in walking boots, and a...
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monday verse: blackberry-picking
ripening blackberries Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one, a glossy purple clot Among others, red, green, hard as a knot. You ate...
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new camera
bee on the hyssop It was David from 750 metres’ birthday this week, so he bought me a gift. I don’t think he’s entirely got the hang of how birthdays work. Anyway, I’m now the proud owner of a new...
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elderberry cordial, from bush to mug
We have a large elderberry bush in the garden, and we’ve been watching it closely for the past couple of weeks. The berries have been formed for a while now, and it’s a fine balance between them being...
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weekly photo challenge: thistles from every angle
I’ve been admiring the huge thistle in our garden for a while now. It looked splendid when the purple flowers were out, and it was a magnet for the bees. But I almost prefer it now that the flowers...
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monday verse: autumn journal
“Close and slow, summer is ending in Hampshire, Ebbing away down ramps of shaven lawn… And August going out to the tin trumpets of nasturtiums And the sunflowers’ Salvation Army blare of brass” from...
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monday verse: blackberrying
Nobody in the lane, and nothing, nothing but blackberries, Blackberries on either side, though on the right mainly, A blackberry alley, going down in hooks, and a sea Somewhere at the end of it,...
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