Different styles of weather comes and goes
Sun, rain, wind, more rain, sun again
My spirits are high, then low
I wonder why couldn’t the … Read the rest
Category: Towns, Villages & Countryside
Without a Doubt
Steel hitting steel, a solid sound rings out
A boule lands, a cloud of pebbles rise
Yes, Petanque has come to Market Drayton
And just … Read the rest
Carpets
A carpet of leaves beside the road
Golden colours on a green canvas
How quickly colours change and drop
You have to look, to wonder, … Read the rest
An Autumn Dawn
Shades of different hues
Hang across a county road
Green is turning to red
As we hear Autumn’s tread
The light of Summer is gone… Read the rest
The Spirit of Nature
The Autumn mist hangs across the land
And deep in the shrouded trees
The spirits of nature wander free
Hidden in the mist, enjoying the … Read the rest
Hand in Hand
(photo taken by Veronica Simms)
All around them the countryside
Trees gently swaying in the cool summer breeze
The couple stand on the bridge recalling … Read the rest
What That is Worth
Look the past is before you
Yes, it may now be a ruin
But stop and look again
This was once a home deep in … Read the rest
The Waterwheel
The waterwheel is no longer turning
At one point key to village life
But time also turns, villages change
No longer earning, no longer working… Read the rest
Shades of Green
They are all around me
Everywhere I look I see
Shades of green, dark to light, light to dark
A hundred greens under a blue … Read the rest
Another Summer Ends
Autumn is at our door
Now a chill in the evening air
Nights now darker than before
As the wind bites at our heels
The … Read the rest