Come for a walk!

Two for Tuesday

Views from my study window!

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For the first time in quite a few days we awoke to a decent sky, but all can change at the drop of a hat!
It is early, but as I looked out of the window, once again the sheer simple beauty of the sheep grazing over the road in Ronnie's field brings a tingle down my spine!
A good way to start any day, appreciation of what is on our very doorstep, for free.

Each month we have a village magazine delivered.
Quite a simple, informative local publication, but nevertheless worthy contributions can often be found.
One such contribution this month was a poem written in appreciation of the area by one of our neighbours.

Wayside World
By George Skaife

Come, take a quiet evening stroll
Down a pleasant country lane
Into Nature's "wayside world"
A wide and wonderful domain

Within these wild grass verges
Often hidden from view
We find wild, blue forget me nots
The yellow primrose touched with dew

Here, white umbrella flowers sway
On a sea of tall hedge parsley
Soft whispering in the undergrowth
On a stoat looking unwary

High above the wayside
A kestrel hovers in the sky
In fear the timid creatures hide
To escape its eagle eye

Browsing in warm sunlight
On the purple thistles head
We see the colourful butterflies
Their fragile wings outspread

Scattered along the hedgerows
Standing tall in wild confusion
Foxglove and Rose Bay Willow herb
With scarlet poppies in confusion

The beauty of a wild dog rose
Sweet honeysuckle's clinging vine
Shy violets hang their dropping heads
Where twisting stems entwine

From deep within these leafy bowers
We hear the cheerful cries
Of Chaffinch, Wren and Blackbird
Their melodies fill the skies

Among these wayside flowers
The constant hum of busy bees
Green dragonflies hang motionless
In the warm, soft summer breeze

Now as the twilight shadows fall
On this peaceful countryside
We slowly homeward wend our way
In the gentle hush of eventide


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