Frost forms in swirling ferns and birds sing it’s praise,crows call far out across the fields and beyond expanding my hearing and my heart as I follow the sounds into the beyond. The average first frost for many inland areas in the UK and Ireland is within the first ten days of November later along the Read more about First frosts[…]
Sitings of the crescent moon glowing in the embers of the setting sun reach us on Sundaybut we only catch sight of it on moon day and are awed. with the risingthe little egret orchid blooms, takes flight and fades almost within a day we could so easily have missed it. And it’s presence Leads Read more about Late September[…]
Cuckoos and dandelion clocks South easterly winds scatter blossom forget me nots and bluebells burst into blue seagulls and crows a jet black cat soaking up the sunshine and having it stroked in Flies darting to and fro in the sunlight and the dappled shadows dancing across the grass chased by a tiny tortoise the Read more about Wild garlic and rhubarb[…]
The site of old dreams re emerges With a beautiful view and a wood pigeon Two flowers serve as reminders One yellow as the sun with a dark heart The other white as the moon with a bright sunny heart The wolf in me picks up the scent Tracing it forward through the Fens to Read more about Garden notes[…]
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/tqF1Yd6TCXNcRZz87 https://www.michaelmelvin.co.uk/stanzastones/trail_guides/Stanza-Stones-Trail-Guide.pdf
Time to step outside, time to step outsideTime to step outside you. House on fire, leave it all behind youDark as night, let the lightning guide youStep outside, time to step outside, Time to step outside you Living life, feeding appetitesStayed through every hard stop, every goBeing blandBreathing half the time House on fire, leave Read more about Time to step outside, let the lightening guide you[…]
Bare Shivering stems in pale wintry shadows
And frozen earth
But now the birds are singing at 3am. life is stirring above and below ground,roots are starting to tingle. They are laying the foundations That will provide the stability.