nothing like mist

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Strange is the mist

That has no face

That is

That was

That cannot be

Forever

That settles its breath

For miles

And cannot see

Where it was

Is going to be

Clinging to the mask

That will

Must

Break

Then rest in peace

Some other place

~ Gill McGrath © July 16    [photo taken 4.23 am July 6]

My little ode to the early morning mists which roll around  over the river at the bottom of the hill carrying on upwards ~ defining the  layers and dips beyond the ridge in turn revealing and masking the horizon~ only  to disappear  into  the  warmth of  the  rising sun.

it says paint me. pick purple….

……
color me in….
with sweet lavender, wild blackberry
soon ready just here by the gate
and on field edge
the thistle flower ~ a gentle cobweb pink…
but be careful if you are a flying thing!

(press last pic to find at least one thing with wings acting careless…)

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Gill McGrath© July 15 nice afternoon!

A Summer Place

So hot today we walked and walked
Towards the water to keep cool
And laughed~
Found a spider sitting on a rock
Or was it really a poor mean eyed – sad eyed croc?
~ Or am I in the shallows of a cool dark cave?
In a salt filled secret grotto
Near miles and miles of golden sands
In some far off summer place
Looking back…..
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Gill McGrath© 1 July SOooo hot today 32c in shade mid-day

‘Take your boots’ she said …

Take your boots
…. and walk where
the shadows define the step downhill
which show the way to
the winding river
take a quick glance back
towards  the top of the ridge
(and wave to me)
before you walk
with care
by the water’s edge….
[ GM© June 17]
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Gill McGrath© June 17 2015

(words are more or less what Great Granny said)
[tracing©][color me in©]

so that was Sunday (not much sun!)

for some today
it was all about finding
a place to sit
in pink
and grey
a bit to eat
and smelling something quite delicious…

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Gill McGrath© diary June 14 Sunday. description.

ps -. any sun caught by camera in any of these shots, is about all the sun there was!