Rooks squawking
building higher —
rainy summer!
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Haiku (Irregular): Rooks
Tag: summer
Haiku: Summer Yearning
Long ago summers
Fresh fragrances of our youth
Swards of innocence
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Black Fungi — I can’t believe it! (Reblog)
I seem to have come across a few black fungi recently, so tried to identify them. This one was in grassland on a cliff in Devon in the summer, 1-2 inches across. I’m not sure about this, but it could be indigo pinkgill. This one was on a dead birch log in the autumn in […]
Black Fungi — I can’t believe it!
Animal Encounters — tanja britton (Reblog)
Meetings with animals wild and tame make me happy. And while birds touch my soul most profoundly, I’m always grateful for opportunities to observe and photograph other creatures. All of the following pictures were taken this summer, except for the last one. I had to chuckle when I came across these slightly uncommon pets: not […]
Animal Encounters — tanja britton
*Gerald Durrell’s books about animals in Corfu are fantastic.
Haiku Poetry: ‘Forest Fire’
No rain for two months
The summer was long and hot
Nature’s innocence
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