California's drought is all the talk. Walnut crops (brain food) will suffer. Haiku & photo by CC -- 25 June 2021 (prompt word - talk) I...

Thistles. Man's retired, sits near the mulched bed -- gloved, trowelled -- cuts, digs and bags prickles, says he's got time. Crapsey...

Those with "conditions" must consider options if Covid's around. Haiku & photo by CC Note: I haven't gone in here for a couple of years,...

one false stretch the worm miscalculates the robin doesn’t Haiku & photo by CC Perhaps strangely, I have found connections between the...

Holding pansies (mixed colours), the old pot Granny used to make lye soap. 21 June 2021 -- Haiku & Photo by CC p.s. I LOVE pansies. These...

New leaves in May never stood a chance. Now on Solstice day shocked to see park beeches. All trees bare - the big and small. Tanka by CC ...

warm after sunny day off-island rocks protect lighthouse -- chair with backrest haiku by CC

when dogs test the air do they like lilac blooms or is it a bee thing? haiku by C--C Note: I originally wrote this haiku and took the...

packed poppy buds wait their turn to wear scarlet robes for graduation! (the artist disagrees , says they’re more cadmium orange) *...

The bronze bowl is secondhand. Who else has made it ring? Haiku by C--C

The first bush rose -- not obscured by other blooms -- is noteworthy. * haiku by C--C ** phenology *** prompt word is 'obscure'

baking sour-dough loaves (they're obviously also great as doorstops) Haiku / Senryu by C--C p.s. But each has been edible ... so far.

next to bloom are lupins who reseed and if allowed spread blithely -- haiku by C-C

the old forsythia resprouts jubilantly after spring pruning haiku by C-C

I’m Crone’s Companion (C-C) and have been reading and enjoying Crone’s blog posts since the very beginning. We’ve been good friends for...

Actually, I don't think this IS a forget me not.

This time it is a snake. A dead one.

...well, ok, it's only a stick.

... and under the eye of the fat pigeon I was reading papers by one Edward Harcourt.

Lived experience? The experience of the 'service user', as they put it.