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Janey...

Rowan berries red,

childhood scent of warm damp fern,

the wild mountain lake

Helen...

The roses we trained

Are unruly now, spilling

Pale clouds of petals.

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Janey ...

Summer

Inexorable...

 montbretia emerging and

early blackberries!

Helen...

Broad beans in fat pods,

Potato plants in flower,

Courgettes still struggling.

72 micro-seasons 29

Janey...

Agapanthus blue,

the sky reflects my garden.

An empty rain-butt

Helen...

Breathe it in: the trees,

Hot blue sky, white cloud, soft breeze.

The trees breathe it in.

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Janey...

Quiet early day,

twin birches, branches entwined,

the wood- pigeons call

Helen...

Wheeling and squealing

Our swifts are back. I admire 

Their aerobatics.

72 micro-seasons 27

Janey...

Searching for a sign -

the perfect shell, white feather,

heart-shaped stone. 

But no.

Helen 27...

Plummeting gannets,

Such beautiful assassins 

Leave only a splash.

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Janey ...

Trying out their wings,

three hatchling gulls hop, flutter

on the rain-wet roof

Helen ...

Flowering Hebe

Humming with dozens of bees

Busy, then dozing.

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Janey ...

Bright the horizon,

storm-clouds chase across the sky -

sunglasses, cagoule...

Helen 

Everything is full,

Beds of blue geranium 

Spilling onto grass.