Paint splatters, french doors almost complete. Cat a-zizz.Coffee time.This afternoon a river swim but, a warning, beware of slow moving warm water, slimes and stuff.
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Pause for paws
Put cat in towerCat escapesPut cat in towerCat escapes WaitCat gets in tower
Oooooh, no!
An eel. Our hottest day this summer. Happy families in the river. It’s warm. An eel swims by. He’s superb at underwater. I depart company over water. A young woman about to enter the water. Instinc . A shriek. I swim my lengths and depart while the woman is still negotiating terms with Neil theContinue reading “Oooooh, no!”
Rubbish Day
Sprightly pensioner makes a run for it
Whiskey
In the beginning there was breadBread from grain then from that grainWhiskey Kiln dried, it’s Irish you seeSo the whiskey is spelled with a ‘e’ In Scotland it’s boiled over twiceIn Ireland once more – distilled thrice In a barrel three years to gain flavorThen two drops of water to savour From grain to whiskeyContinue reading “Whiskey”
The Barometer
Put it in a clear plastic bag and put pressure on itYou see the needle turn.A barometer. An eight year old’s curiosity, another way to read the weather.Hanging on my wall I haven’t looked at for years.I read the barometer, the weather, on my watch.And I don’t unless someone is coming to stay. When youContinue reading “The Barometer”
Just a sample
Hot, with butter and recently made plum jam.
As Chaucer Might See It
Supermarket Shopping Thys fellowe smyles I knowst hym welle.Yn ower smalle toun. A search, he delvesWhere canst be it, we kannot tell.In Pak and Save among the shelvesBye nite be murmrings, little elvesDo frolik, change thyngs on displaeAnd kepe us guessyng eche new day Yon lane Sixs lirks baykinge powrdre.And be therre Pam’s and EdmondsContinue reading “As Chaucer Might See It”
Yes, a Daylily
Visitor has arrived I return from my river swim An exercise Serious A weed cutter whines Cat stretched on warm concrete “Yes, a Daylily. Hemerocallis”
Ain’t Easy Being a Cat
Planning dinner Shopping Clearing magazines from coffee table Thinking stuff to amuse humans
David in Pen and Pics 