SkyWatch - Winter Weather

Grey skies

fading light . . . rain 

tree breaking wind 

over yonder far away hill

a touch of colour

that has the power to banish 

the winter blues

Whatever your weather

have a great day!

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Wild Bird Wednesday - Kookaburra

A puffed up, very cold Kookaburra

hoping for a handout

field mice are in their burrows and

the snakes he likes as a take-away

are too cold to show their faces

poor old kookaburra

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OUR WORLD - Wonders of the Forest

A picnic in the forest

with glowing red Amanitas

a basket of delicious pine mushrooms

and best of all,

three blond beauties in pink

A very special day for me indeed.

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TODAY'S FLOWERS & I Heart Macro - Iceland Poppies

A little while ago

I put in a patch of poppies . . .

after enjoying their winter jewelled coats,

they grew tall 

and unfolded their silken petals

winter winds quickly stripped them bare

to show off their golden hearts

they are so pretty from every angle

and provide sustenance to bees and butterflies

when not much else is around.

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SkyWatch - Cloud Overload

The darkness is lifting, two weeks

in bed with a virus???

A good book, Viggo Mortensen, maybe

but a VIRUS??? Just not my style.

Eyesight still not up to scratch

so visiting is limited

These were all taken one early morning 

from just about the same spot in my garden

first shot is East, second West

and the above is straight up.

North-west

South

  

North

and one of the peacocks getting in on the action.

Stay well and be happy!

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OUT WORLD - Pollution

Pea soup in Singapore

the same in Hong Kong

and even on the Great Wall in a remote area.

Sorry, I could not find the ones of people wearing 

smog masks in Beijing.

If you think this is bad, think of me with my lungs blocked and 

my barely functioning heart not coping well at all.

No, I'm not exposed to pollution here on the farm, those shots
are from our trip to China 12 years ago.

I'm just sick as a dog with some dreaded lurgie.

It looks like I shall make a strategic retreat for a while

and take to my bed.

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TODAY'S FLOWERS & I Heart Macro - Snippets from my Garden

On a misty winter morning,

the Wallflowers and 'Hot Lips' Sage

are taking over the path

looking through the last of the cherry tomatoes

at a riot of parsley and oak leaf lettuce

up close and personal with one of my little bliss bombs

they have been uprooted recently but all the 

little green tomatoes are colouring up nicely.

and the last of my roses

but who knows???

Today the sun shines

and I'm out the door to do some weeding.

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SkyWatch - After Sunset

The sickle moon  shines brightly

although the last light of the sun

still lingers in the western sky

the light that mimics the curvature of the Earth 

just goes to show that the Earth is round after all.

Captured an hour ago . . .

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