Last night
The evening blush
Promised early morning sun
Yet over there at break
The bird still sits
Hidden in a mist
And on the chimney hush
Another barely wakes
While the long legged watchman
On the roof
Quietly stares
Gill McGrath© August 29
first shot: yesterday evening from window ~ late
other shots: this morning from window ~ early
Gill McGrath 
Up with the lark and other feathery folk again Gill – only caught a touch of that sunset in rosy-edged clouds here so appreciate seeing it from your perspective – especially such a sharp intake of breath shot
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I only just managed it Laura. The general light went pink and I happened to be up stairs so got a roofy shot!. Same thing this a.m . ……walking by the same window ( at 6 …oh dear) saw the heron on the roof over the way! Have a lovely bank holiday with you and yours!
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Hi Laura. The sky was the same last night even redder but the night and morning has rained and rained ….
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Beautiful!
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thanking you! 🙂
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A Heron on a roof. There’s something you don’t see every day 🙂
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Hi Richard ! There is a bit of a flight path overhead just here reaching towards the river. You see the odd one sometimes on the rooftops (early) round here taking a breather en route x.
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We have some near us but I’ve never seen one like that, it was fabulous.
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if seen at all, its first morning light that catches them on roof tops!
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Good tip 🙂
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Beautiful, words and photography, fabulous lady! You certainly live in a gorgeous region of this world!
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oh thanks Holly . Yours words made my day! 🙂 x
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Great set of photos!
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Thanks Timothy! 🙂
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Love the heron! Beautiful xxx
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thanks so much…. ❤
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Hi Gill …love these images. The first one is amazing! A heron on the roof .. that sure is unusual. How nice to be able to catch him / her there. Wonderful prose … Happy Sunday
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thanks Julie for your appreciation! yes the heron is a bit unusual just here. Sometimes one stops on the way to the river at the bottom of the hill and luckily he was just sat there for a bit. Enough time for a few snaps before flying off! Have a lovely day ❤
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You use light wonderfully well. Your daily dawn shots always inspire.
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thank you Andrew for your lovely words! 🙂 ❤
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By your photos and your poem you make the earlt morning sing.
And why not a prelude of a afternoon ? :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_7loz-HWUM
Love ❤
Michel
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This is fabulous…thank you so much for the link Michel ❤
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lovely
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thank you Maureen! 🙂
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So peaceful, so mellow. I love the ethereal bird hidden in the mist, and the long-legged watchman is wonderful. 🙂
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Hi Jet , Thanks for your words! The heron was a bit of surprise. He just sat there…. in time for me to grab camera and simple stare at him and snap. From there he has a big view of fields. I wondered what he was thinking! His mind is really on flying further downhill to the boggy meadow by the river but he looks here as if he is thinking of taking a bit of a change. He didn’t! ❤
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