is saying
I can’t see
a thing…..


there ain’t no sun and
the horizon has gone!
[late sunrise (!)photographed around 7.30 am today
no change at 10.30 am so far]
Gill McGrath © April 7
in a pink and blue mist
by the whispering moon
as the quarter bell rings
…its where the bird sits
the peach air breathes
dew drips from the gate
the spangling grass sings
[titles of photo sequence from 6.27 until 7.07 am this morning] Gill McGrath©
them getting away from it all…..round about 9 o’clock

not sure if they are coming or going

above it all the jackdaw pair

We are all fascinated with this particular Jackdaw pair who survey everything as they hang out in their nest on the chimney over the way and also in the trees where they count the cars-
We are fascinated with the daddy’s unique white feathers on his head and front. He looks royal and is the only one like it in the flock so he is easy for us to spot!- I guess the mother bird can pick him out just as easily and see what he gets up to!
At 7 this morning ( maybe it tried before that) the sun shone promising a nice day…..took the photo….. as it turned out the sun went in quickly and wasn’t as bright as it’s promise ….

decided to hang out at home…….
But the sun did come out in the end….in the evening…… and for as long as it lasted it looked like a half eaten Easter egg still in bright wrapping and hiding in the trees! Yeah!
[three stages the descent between 7.15 and 7.35 tonight]
Nice chilled but busy sort of day. The weather forecast for tomorrow is sun so with any luck will definitely plant the seed potatoes and cut the grass (maybe)
Gill McGrath© Today. Diary. Easter Sunday April 5
wet is the color
grey is the name or fly <press


New shoots making their claim
And the kite that can’t fly today!


The kite that can’t fly ‘as was’ last summer….
Press Kite to fly or color me in
Gill McGrath© Diary today. March 3 Good Friday 7.00 am color in the fields ~ (sky project©)
Happy Happy Easter!!!
summer time
is it summer?
are they looking for planes?
or the kite
that can’t fly
that has been flying all day
in the wind
in the sky
unnerving the crows
Gill McGrath ©
I remember standing at the sink at the end of last summer and picking through the last of the runner beans to slice up for the last pot of the season and finding, as usual, one special pink and black dotted bean and declaring it magic, how we would have to plant it and then leaving it on the window sill! After that it’s a bit of a haze as to what happened to it. Did n’t give it another thought! But just a couple of weeks ago a new leaf, appeared in the Aloe Vera pot which has sat on the same window sill for over a year now! The new shoot, clearly a runner bean, has grown rapidly in just a few days clinging to the green fingers of the Aloe Vera and it is now flying up a stick reaching for the sky! Come on Jack tell me it was you who put it there… in that pot before you left, and that you have been waiting for news! I know it’s something you would do, and then not say a word! The leggy stalk is nearly three feet high with no place to go but up, and it really is getting too tall for indoors. I think it is trying to get out of the window but it’s a bit too cold to put outside especially as your Aloe Vera would have to go outside with it, and it can’t. I know it’s a bit early but I think the bean can’t wait to see you in the summer!
Gill McGrath © March 30 2015
(pictures of sky activity taken in the last 24 hours)