Today’s video poem is about my appreciation for the seasons. Each one has something beautiful to offer.
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Linda’s prompt word for this week’s Stream of Consciousness post is season. We can use it however we wish (even adding a suffix to it) and get bonus points for starting and ending with a season or seasoning. Oh, and a picture gets even more bonus points!
Autumn is well and truly settling in we have had all kinds of weather, ranging from unseasonably warm days and days like today which are cold and blustery. (I think storm Brian is popping in and out just to keep us on our toes)!
I feel that every season has something to offer. Autumn with its beautiful reds and golds, crisp mornings and chilly evenings. Of course, there is also Halloween with the kids dressing up and houses decorated in all sorts of spooky ways. Then it is Guy Fawkes night and the sky will be lit up in all kinds of colours as fireworks whizz and pop into life. Hopefully, the skies will be clear so that people can enjoy them.
Winter is burrowing in time! Wrapped in a blanket on the settee with fleecy pyjamas and thick socks, then getting then having a hot flush! Dark nights and mornings mean wanting to stay in bed where it is warm and cosy. Hearty, filling meals like stews, and casseroles, stodgy puddings, crumbles and custard, and large mugs of hot chocolate or milky coffee. Ahhhhh, I can dream of all those delicious calories waiting to be consumed! If we are lucky (or unlucky if you have to drive in it), we might even get a bit of snow. Such fun for the kids as inevitably, the schools will shut down, there will be chaos on the roads and the trains will not be able to cope with ‘the wrong kind of snow.’
Spring is always so welcome to me, the lighter evenings, warmer weather that is not sweltering, just pleasant. The flowers poking their heads up above ground to see what is going on, bluebells in the woods, blossom on the trees, birds singing, digging out the shorts and t-shirts only for it to suddenly turn arctic!
Lastly, the beautiful summer, blue skies, hot sunshine, beaches, barbecues and loads of daylight. Of course, it also means, suntan lotion, insect bites, dragging the fan out of the loft, chucking the duvet off the bed, and moaning about the heat!
Yes, each one has something to offer, but being British, I also love to moan about the seasons!
TJ has given us ‘garden’ for this week’s Household Haiku Challenge, which you really must check out. His own haiku this week is brilliant!
Seeing as it is now well into autumn over here in England, my garden is looking a bit neglected, and there is not much to see. However, there is a little bit of colour, and I have played with the photo a bit trying to bring it to the forefront. (I am a total amateur at photography as you know, but am pleased with it)!
Anyway, on to the Haiku:
Untroubled by rain,
cosy in their purple capes
sweet peas hang in there!
I have taken TJ’s advice and am linking it to the Daily Post’s ‘Careful’ photo challenge.
I am liking the words this week for Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge, which are ‘cheer’ and ‘call.’ I have taken a bit of a liberty with the ‘cheer’ part of the challenge and have taken it literally!
I decided that I would write my haiku about the changing colours of the trees in autumn.
Autumn pays a call
Yay, time for a new outfit!
Does orange suit me?
Majestically it stands there
Surveying all it sees
The winter branches barren
Devoid of lush green leaves.
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Yet life is still within it
Just waiting for the spring
When its buds start blooming
And the birds begin to sing
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In summer comes its glory
When it wears a party dress
Of several different colours
Its beauty outshines the rest
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Then autumn comes a-calling
And it starts a slow striptease
The leaves are changing colour
And are dropping in the breeze
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This is the work of nature
Of death and then re-birth
The barren and the beautiful
The treasures from the earth.
This is a poem I wrote some time ago, that I thought would fit the bill perfectly for my understanding of a vignette, the task for today’s Writing 101 course.
Yesterday was such a beautiful day. I went to a friend’s wedding with my sister.It was warm and sunny and we decided to get a few photos out in her garden before we went. Today after a bit of rain, it did clear up a bit, but as you can see from my garden photos, the sunflower is dead now. We are still getting visits from Tubs and his Mrs (they are perched on top of the fence) for now, but summer is fading away.
Last days of summer
final gasp of heat and warmth…
hard to say goodbye.
Summer days spent swimming
And picnics on the sands
Strolls along the seafront
Lovers holding hands
Autumn leaves are falling
Golden leaves lay at our feet
Halloween and Bonfires
Kids going ‘Trick or Treat’
Winter and its freezing
Kids sledging down the hill
Holidays and presents
The season of goodwill
Spring brings new life with it
As nature’s cycle starts again
The leaves and flowers grow once more
Refreshed by winter’s rain
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