Traditionally in the world of journalism, August is regarded as lacking any news of note, and is, in the UK at any rate, dubbed the “Silly Season”. In homage to that view-point, and instead of doing one of of my usual blog posts, I searched for all the haikus I have tweeted over the last three years and present them here for light relief.
Thirsty snails
Short of water, snails
Circle and swirl on the rocks,
Waiting for a storm.
All the stones of any consequence were encrusted with snails. Then the rain came and they were gone.
Italy 25 July 2014
Evening lift-off
Italian evening;
Bats swoop as stag beetles lift
Into lurching flight
Note the hole in the left elytrum, the resident kitten at our Italian holiday villa really enjoyed herslf snatching the poor lumbering beasties (in this case a Rhinoceros beetle) out of the air ☹
Italy 27 July 2014
Breakfast?
Italian morning;
Lizards scurry on the stairs
as cicadas sing
Admittedly not on the stairs, but close enough 😊
28 July 2014
Seasons
Spring has sprung
White, pink fluttering,
the gentle breeze scattering;
cherry blossom falls
Outside my office – 24 May 2016
Summer?
Blue sky, sun shining
Ducklings following mother
Winged aphids – summer?
4 May 2016
Summer?
Dull, damp, cold drizzle.
Clouds glowering down on me.
Flaming June my foot 😦
29 June 2017
St Martin
September sunshine;
Eating lunch sitting outside.
What could be better?
10 September 2014
On the way
September morning,
Sunlit, moist mist-laden trees;
Autumn is coming
8 September 2014
Autumn
Crickle, crackle; leaves,
underneath my slipping feet.
Autumn is with us.
20 October 2015
I used to camp here as a lad!
Sodden tent, wet feet.
Rolling hills and drystone walls.
English Lake District
8 October 2014
Damp
How I hate mizzle;
as wet as real rain, but no
comforting refrain
26 November 2015
Satisfaction
Shuffling through brown leaves
On a sunny autumn day;
So satisfying.
2 November 2016
Wet Pavements in Lille
Desert boots are great
except when soles are holey.
Then rain means wet feet
10 December 2014
Transience
Icing sugar snow,
Gently being washed away;
Grey drizzle falling
29 January 2015
Miscellanea
Job downside
Academics hate
marking student assignments
on a sunny day
7 December 2016
Sunday lunch
Butterflied mint lamb
roast potatoes and carrots;
apple and pear tart.
11 December 2016
Dedicated to @IMcMillan who spends a lot of time at stations
Cardboard coffee cups
tentatively raised to lips;
Morning commuters
7 July 2016
Definition
Searching for the why
and how things are like they are;
Entomology
20 December 2015
Blood Moon
Lustrous, silver orb
Bloody, awe-inspiring moon
Night-time amazement
28 September 2015
Evening entertainment
Bats, swiftly looping
Snatching insects from the sky
Feeding on the wing
26 July 2017
Regular readers, rest assured, normal service will be returned in the next post 🙂
