30 Days Wild-ish

01

Pausing to look on the way back home
the freedoms of breeze, light rain and clouds overhead.

02

Enjoying the nettles and some cow parsley
on a walk through a wild corner.

03

Looking round a friend’s wild garden
to me it seemed quite cultivated.

04

Inhaling lovely scent of white plate blossoms
stunned there are so many more to come.

05

A female blackbird perched on a log pile
the male winging through the darker trees beyond.

06

Sketching a garden rose
good to pay such close attention to a flower
but oh how hard to get the colours right!

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Looking up to gauge the weather
damp air, clouds overhead
a pigeon on the chimney pot next door.

09

Smelling the flowers of peonies
not a wild plant now but still profuse with leaves.

10

Down in my wild garden
face to face with a cat in a lilac tree.

11

Walking round and round the old folks’ garden
smelling roses
some of them wild.

12

This cloudy dry time suits the wilder roses
so spent an afternoon cutting them back.

13

Walking in the garden on a misty day
like being in my own mountain retreat.

14

Everyone shut in by a cold throwback
but warming by a wood stove feels like nature.

15

Picking wild flowers out the back
wild sights, wild smells
and one beautiful rose.

16

Out on the north side of town
only children playing
but felt like anything might happen.

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18

Reclaiming the garden paths
taming the Wild
but only a little.

19

Surprised by tall grasses in a graveyard
somewhat outside time and space.

20

Stillness of midnight after rain
scents of sweet wild rose and astringent elder.

21

Summer solstice at Willow Tree Studio
lone birds calling in the dusk.

22

From the river straight overhead
a silent pigeon confirms thoughts of retirement.

23

Two racketing gulls overhead
fly beneath a strong new moon.

24

Plump pigeons bouncing branches opposite
then joined by a blackbird after something good.

25

Two little cats romping on a humid day
so good to see them spending time together.

26

Watching TV animals with my two wild girls
sheltering from the rain by the glowing wood stove.

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Snatching a moment with a big bright moon
not quite full but blazing through gauzy clouds.

29

Plants I might consider to be weeds or waste
turn out to be quite pretty placed together in a vase.

30

In a churchyard feeling the comfort of the Wild
both dense and unexpected.