before breakfast
before the blackbird
Gill McGrath© 6.30am today September 13
Tag: figs
simple lines
Saw an early bird against a tiny patch of sky
~Picked red tomatoes ready washed in rain
Stacked garden chairs all wet and sun lit baked
Picked cut some figs and ate~
Then the cloudless sky at sunset late
Moon purple climbing high…….
Gill McGrath© August 27 [6 am to 8 pm]
I can feel your stare!
Hey! You beautiful thing
I am talking to you
I know you are there
I can feel your stare
Take your eyes off me
As you sit in your tree
Yes, you are welcome to the figs
But leave some for me in place
Just smile for the photo now
I have only half your face. Gill© squeeze thumbnail for more 
Hey! You up there…. Happy New Year!
View from the fig tree.
(where tiny green fig buds are hanging on in the frost waiting their chance)
September 14th Saturday
Dear Emma,
Today I have been eating figs. At £2 for four at Tesco (at least £2), I guess I am a bit spoiled at the moment. I don’t know if you remember the fig tree we planted in the garden about 8 years ago. You should see it now. It always produced a few figs but this year I have been picking about 40 figs (ripe brown and sweet) everyday for the last fortnight, and there is still a ton left on the tree. They seem to have ripened late enough to miss the wasps. Can’t believe what a wonderful crop it is. I am not even fed up of eating them. I have probably eaten 15 everyday. Daren’t add up how much that would have cost at the shop. What ever would your Mum think?
Love Rosie
Gill McGrath 