Drafted this in the car and meant to post it last night, but didn't get to it.   Drive five hundred milesto say goodbye to old friendat brief cremation.   This dreary grey day,lemon orange willow branchesbrighten up the landscape. &nbs... Read more

Tall, dark, handsome youthgains an auburn halo assun appears behind.

They said it would rain,yet the sun baked us pink, aswe walked in raincoats.

I see I'm not the only one short on time for blogging lately, and by way of explanation, I'm cheating by copying my latest post in blogspot below.   I'm hard put to find time for anything other than clearing my backlog of work at the moment.... Read more

From October   Blue tea-time sky is dotted with multi-coloured clouds touched by the sun.   From Consecutive Days in November     November sun peepsthrough the clouds and warms us fromthe fresh wintry breeze.   ... Read more

I'm going to have another go at rejuvinating my haiku diary.  Despite my previous efforts, I've completely lost the inmpetus.  So I thought I'd start by focussing on the weather which is pretty changeable at the moment.   Here's yest... Read more

This came into my head while I was on a train some weeks ago.  I just found it on a scrap of paper while clearing up a bit.  It looks as though it could have been written by a six year old, but I thought I'd post it anyway, so it's not wast... Read more

I am failing miserably in my efforts to keep up my haiku diary.  Some days I find myself with some thinking time when I am out and about, on a bus or a train, and I write one in my head, then find I have nothing to write on and it doesn't get an... Read more

I took a day off yesterday, and spent most of it mooching around Poole Quay.  In the early evening, I sat outside a pub waiting for my hubby to bring me a drink and observing the boats, which included one of the amazing tall ships with hundreds ... Read more

With the reinstated haiku diary, I thought I'd start small and take it a day at a time (with probable gaps) for a bit.   At the wavy shoreblack-headed gulls paddle bydipping their red beaks.