I love the smell of Tiger Balm in the morning OR The JOYS OF SUMMER

Spotted my first little cascade of honeysuckle as well. Pallid gold in the sheltered wood bank.

Jess - Love the 'pallid gold'.

My walk this morning,
Through a green dripping canopy
Of trees and mist with
Sun pierced shards of sunlight
That lay cracked, crazed pools
Of light at my feet.
The leaves above and below
Pillowed and twisted with wind and footsteps
Shone, shimmered and crunched
As I walked and thought
That days such as this
Are here for the taking
Offered as a gift.

Wonderfully evocative, Butter

Butter...one of your very best. Really is beautiful and very moving.

nag & soop +

Sun rises in the north-east by north behind hills and is shining on my toes in a north-east facing room as I write this.

This evening's sky
Fulfilled what dusk and a lowering sun
Can give
With a strip of orange
And above, some three feet to the eye
A thumb smudged brush of charcoal
Below a rising moon
Full
In a pale indigo sky.

That's a wonderful image, Butter. Thank you.

Butter As always, you express yourself beautifully.

I am touched by your comments.

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Butter you are a very special lady. Now that I'm the chief cleaner of Lil's Bar, may I invite you to partake of a little light refreshment. You are assured of top quality standards...

Chilled Sancerre would be lovely! In a BIG glass, please .

Lovely to see you, Butter! I'd steer clear of the pork scratchings, though....

Seas of wind
Shift, shape, dance with
Boughs of Walnut trees
Hanging low
Arching over
And above
Silent places
Shaded
Against sunlight's glare
Where movement
Gives dappled brilliance
Of light,
And their shadowed beauty
Offer arms that hold
Fragility,
And embrace strength and
Solidity
For future growth
In their constant seeking
Of growth
And life.

Superb. I can see it.

butty, How lovely to draw strength from a beautiful walnut tree.

Exquisite words Butty

Beautiful words, Butty

Baby birds
Three species
In a flock
To a cherry tree
All at once
Across the garden:
Great tits,
Long-tailed tits,
And Willow Warblers!

...and having a grand time too, I bet!

I went outside to deal with some hogweed before it spreads seed everywhere but got distracted by a juvenile hedgehog. I gave it a dish of dried mealworms which it tucked into voraciously, then it meandered about for quite a long time, with me following it to see if it 'went home', but eventually it just curled up to sleep in the middle of the lawn! I hope it's allright.

Bags...wonder if your hedgehog is related to Rory's new pal. Both ate their supper side by side last night. Must try to get a photo. Hogweed - vile stuff!

Hedgehog was fine after its nap on the lawn. Texted DH to take it easy coming up the hill in case it didn't know its Green Cross Code. It didn't. He had to wait for it to get out of the way of the car wheels (not to mention the wheelie bin that he had dragged up by attaching it to the tow bar).