Leaf like a skull

Posted on October 12, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Bud, Colour, Crumpled, Leaf, Old, Skull, Time, Tired, WitheredLeave a comment

It’s withered, like a dead skull, on York stone pavement. Crumbling, dried, sad. Losing colour, frayed round the edges. On a thin stem, fallen from a great height, spiralled down from the highest treetop. Remember when you were a bud? Barely broken out of your twig…? Then you swelled as rain fell onto the ground. Expanding green, growth, sucking in sunlight. Changing it to sugars. Then the cold wind bit, frost grew on your surface, ice crept into your veins. Ended, you fell. You will be dust soon, forgotten.

Side window view of neighbourhood

Posted on October 11, 2020 Posted in Fine Art, Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Abstract, Art, Autumn, Female artist, Fine Art, For sale, Fun, Nail varnish, Neighbourhood view, Shine, Staffordshire, Urban sketchers Stoke on trent, Woman artistLeave a comment

You know when you just want to do something different? My view out the side window. Including pink orchids. Started out with white chalk on a black background and nail varnishes I don’t wear anymore. Then felt pens, metallic marker pens and more nail varnish including a clear coat…. Messy but fun! Next one might be painted…. Neighbourhood (1). Bit whiffy, I can smell the nail varnish from the other side of the room. As long as it doesn’t crack it should be OK. I think it’s absorbed into the paper. I shall use it on a few more abstract pictures, I used to wear mad colours to work but my nails went manky!

Cold chills

Posted on October 9, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Blue, Bright colours, Cold, Frost, Grey, Poem, Poetry, seasons, Spring, Waiting, WinterLeave a comment

Something cold

Something blue

Strong winds

Cold showers

Gale force time

Leaves off the trees

Strewn on the ground

Kicking them round.

Run through the mounds

Of yellow and gold

Reds and russets

Spiralling down.

Crisp and clear

Frost on the way,

Sparkling blue skies

Or raining all day.

Overcast with clouds

Grey and misty

Fungi are found

Surrounded by mystery.

Soon will be winter

End of bright colour

Till spring

Comes again

In showers and bluster.

Sunflower and Cyclamen

Posted on October 5, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Back yard, Colour, Cyclamen, Gardening, Hanging basket, Life, Summer, Sunflower, weather Station, YardLeave a comment

It’s amazing what will grow in a hanging basket. There are cyclamen that my hubby recently planted at the back of this basket, plus miniature sunflowers he planted the seeds of in the spring. An interesting combination at this time of year….

Today is cold, wet and windy. You can see the raindrops on the window, but as long as the temperature does not fall too low these should last a little longer. Below the basket you can see begonia leaves. Their flowers are still surviving too. Any little bit of food for insects. I hope the bees got their fill this summer.

The thing on the fence is our weather station, I can see the weather when I look out the window, but it’s good to watch the air pressure going up and down…

Roses

Posted on October 2, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Black spot, Covid, Flowers, Fungi, Life, Sad, seasons, Spring, Thinking, Winter, World, YearLeave a comment

The roses have faded and are gone. Only memories stay with you. Perfume, thorns.

The autumn and fungi are here, rosehips are swelling, elderberries feed the birds. Clouds are gathering, nights are earlier, mornings later. Time for spooky evenings, pumpkins and spiders. Black cats and rats. Mists descend, people try and raise their spirits with bonfires and fireworks, lighting up the sky with flashes and whizzes. Now few entertainments will be allowed. Life continues, but a grey boredom faces us. Keep away, keep away, keep away, the bird Sings. Out of the darkness people laugh, hide, drink, get up to high jinks. Fools for a day or the season. As the year creeps on festivals are cancelled, subscriptions to TV channels you never watched before increase. Firms named after rain forests cash in. Work continues but strangely. And snacks to comfort us are eaten. Winter arrives in cold airs and frosts, the seasons turn. Will spring and rose buds ever return or will black spot spoil the days?

Leaf

Posted on September 28, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Garden, Leaf, Mulch, Photo, Plant, Poem, Poetry, Regrowth, Time, WinterLeave a comment

One yellow leaf, fallen

Sitting with weeds and grass

Old brown leaves

Already over.

Leaves that turn to mulch

Rotting

Nutrients

Sinking

Into the ground

To renew next year

Feed the roots

To grow new shoots

After winters sleep.

You know its coming…

Posted on September 26, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Cold, Dark, Earth, Equinox, Life, Long evenings, North, seasons, South, Tipped earth, World6 Comments

In the northern hemisphere at least. We’ve hit the equinox, when the day and night lengths are the same. Cold, arrives, now. Unless we get some late summer heat. There’s been hailstorm in the North East of England and heavy rain in Scotland. Across the Northern hemisphere there have been hurricanes in North America and Typhoons in Asia.

The other side of the world is experiencing Spring. The South is getting warmer as the Earth starts to tip its south Pole towards the sun. The tilt of the Earth means that we have seasons. If the world was at 90° day and night would be equal across the whole world. 12 hours of light, 12 hours of dark. No glorious late evenings in summer or long dark nights in winter. What an interesting world we live on.

And it’s not flat!

At last, a courgette!

Posted on September 22, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Back yard, Courgette, Feed, Flower, Food, Gardening, Life, Nature, Plant, Tiny tomatoes2 Comments

My vegetables didn’t do well this year. It sort of fizzled out in August and nothing grew much apart from the pears. But I spotted this growing last week. The weather is due to get cold in the next day or so but I hope if I give it a lot of water and some feed it might grow a bit more before the frost gets the plant. There are more flowers on it.. I also found a few baby tomatoes in a hanging basket. Green, but maybe they will survive for a while.

Sore throat

Posted on September 20, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Achy, Autumn, Cold, Fed up, Ill, Random, Sick, Sore throat, Tired, Weather4 Comments

Oh I feel rough. My throat is really sore and I’m aching. I’ve had a very quiet day, plenty to drink and some painkillers. I’m sure it’s just an autumn cold but I’m fed up with it. I have things to do. College starts again tomorrow. I’m still walking and trying to get a bit fitter, but I feel like I’ve been knocked off my feet. I will see how I feel later but I might have an early night. I haven’t blogged much today. I have a few pictures I might add. I don’t know yet….

Leaves

Posted on September 15, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Brown, Colours, Death, Gold, Green, Life, Poem, Poetry, Red, Tree, WinterLeave a comment

Leaves leave

Leafy loss

Trees shiver

Bare branches shake.

Wind blows

Northern ice

Frost burns

Firey colours

Through your crown.

Here today

Gone tomorrow….

Gold, red and green….

Brown

Mulch.

Mallaband-Brown

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