The Mundane and the Marvellous
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Optimism – Haiku
Though there’s no blue sky
You can always find the sun
If you care to look
Bounty – haiku
A laden table
heavy with spring’s sweet nectar
is a gift to share
Contortionist
Posted in response to the Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s theme ‘Twisted’
This determined little chap had to really contort to get at the bird’s peanuts! I admire his fortitude, but he is a bloomin’ little nuisance.. keeps busting the feeder. D’oh! He seems quite pleased with himself though 🙂
Straight in Japan
Posted in response to the Daily Post weekly photo challenge. This week’s theme ‘Lines’.
Plenty of lines to see in Japan! Here are just a few that I captured:
Aim High
Even the smallest tree
will become taller
when it reaches for the stars
Lucky Little Lady!
I’m not in the habit of entering competitions, from past experience it’s a recipe for disappointment for me. However, this weekend I was encouraged to enter a photograph in the ‘nature and wildlife’ category at the local village flower and produce show (mostly because I wasn’t up to entering a painting and the rest of my art group were tsk…). Anyhoo… hey… whatdayaknow… I won! Not exactly international success or fame and fortune I know, but nonetheless, I was quite chuffed, and got a certificate and everything!! So here she is, the lucky little lady:
Sleeping Beauties
aahh…
Taken at Daneshill Lakes a few weeks back!
A Haiku to the apple on my tree
Crisp, green and juicy
When will you be ripe enough
for me to savor?
Bewildered
We may be numb with sorrow
Yet the bee still buzzes
And the birds still sing
Rebooting 